How Singapore can ride the AI wave into the future
The public and private sector must join in tandem now to work through fresh regulations, build unfamiliar networks and form new models of partnerships that might not have existed before
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WHEN Singapore gained independence in 1965, it quickly embarked on a rigorous industrialisation programme to boost economic development. In 10 years, manufacturing’s share in Singapore’s gross domestic product rose from 14 per cent to 22 per cent.
People who grew up in kampungs and could not afford school textbooks were now working steady corporate jobs, bringing unprecedented resources home to the family. We had built a substantial industrial base, and Singaporeans rode the wave.
One of the smallest countries in the world has carved a reputation for itself as Asia’s key economic and financial centre.
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