Economic Strategy Review: AI won’t replace every job, says David Neo

0 January 30, 2026 03:12

AI integration into the workforce should be “great news” for Singapore given its perpetual issues surrounding manpower, Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo said on Thursday (Jan 29). “The appearance of a technology that can actually increase multiple fold the productivity of each person should be great news to us,” he said, adding that with AI, “every Singaporean can do way more”.

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong added that the government acknowledges the anxieties among Singaporean workers and assured that the government will support them “every step of the way”.

Mr Neo and Mr Gan were speaking at a press conference with Acting Transport Minister Jeffery Siow on recommendations from Singapore’s Economic Strategy Review. More here: https://cna.asia/49R8Udm

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