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Opinion & Features
SENSE & CENTS

Salaried workers should learn from entrepreneurs to ensure career longevity

2026-08-18T07:00:00.000Z
In July, retirement and re-employment ages rose to 64 and 69, respectively, signalling that longer working lives are expected and valued.
Opinion & Features

How Singapore can outsmart AI age bias and redesign work for longevity

2026-08-17T23:00:00.000Z
We don’t have androids yet, but it is chilling to know there is no foolproof “Voight-Kampff test” for detecting AI-generated content, says the writer.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

In the AI age, we must all be fact-checkers

2026-08-03T23:00:00.000Z
Growing demand for AI-savvy workers has led some companies to ramp up entry-level hiring.
Technology

Nearly 9 in 10 finance executives say AI skills are more valuable than MBAs

2026-08-03T10:44:38.000Z
AI is having the greatest impact on functions where work is highly process‑driven, data‑intensive or operational in nature, says recruitment agency Robert Walters.
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
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