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Economy & Policy

Singapore, HK workers less optimistic than regional peers about AI impact on jobs: report

2026-07-24T09:23:57.000Z
The issue is not a shortage of jobs in Singapore; the bar for securing one has quietly moved higher.
Opinion & Features

AI is reshaping entry-level jobs – but the upheaval was happening before this

2026-07-23T23:00:00.000Z
Operations manager Choo Cheng Peng (left), who once ran the entire warehouse by pen and paper, now manages Tong Seng Produce’s workflows on a computer system following a digital transition led by second-generation leader, executive director Max Ng.
Companies & Markets
BRANDED CONTENT

Digital tools, decades of know-how: How this family rice business has grown by backing its veterans

2026-07-22T21:50:00.000Z
(From right) David Leong, Dr Christopher Cheok and host Claressa Monteiro.
Podcasts

AI and the Singaporean worker

2026-07-08T21:00:00.000Z
AI will have such a profound impact on businesses’ cost and pricing structures that failure to adopt rapidly will prove existential for a large swathe of the economy.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

If you thought the global financial crisis was bad...

2026-06-29T09:07:08.000Z
As machines learn more and more, how will that affect the way that people acquire, practise and pass on the expertise previously gleaned from experience?
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Teaching AI how people work is fraught with problems

2026-06-26T05:13:44.000Z
When a job is restructured out of existence, the worker loses the career infrastructure, professional identity and forward momentum that was built around the role.
Opinion & Features

Why middle management isn’t ‘safe’ from AI displacement

2026-06-17T23:00:00.000Z
“Findings suggest that roles are being reconfigured, rather than phased out, as demand for AI-related jobs rose,” the PwC report noted.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Singapore public sector commands highest AI salary premium as job postings surge: PwC study

2026-06-15T06:56:54.000Z
Total employment's expansion in Q1 is underpinned by stronger resident employment gains.
Singapore

Singapore’s total employment growth slows in Q1; job vacancies dip while retrenchments inch up

2026-06-15T04:30:00.000Z
Once in the hundreds, postings for the City of London’s corporate lawyers, software developers, management consultants and digital marketing managers have all slumped into the double-digits. 
International

AI turns coders, lawyers and analysts into ghosts of London’s past

2026-06-14T11:50:49.000Z
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