Significant structural changes to Singapore’s economy are likely, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: Handout Significant structural changes to Singapore’s economy are likely, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: Handout
Significant structural changes to Singapore’s economy are likely, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: Handout
This Week in Asia /  Economics

‘Jobs will disappear’ as coronavirus speeds up digital disruption, Singapore PM says in Labour Day speech

  • Workers and bosses must both make sacrifices to save businesses, but some sectors will die completely due to digitalisation, says PM Lee Hsien Loong
  • Sunrise industries include biotech, food production and delivery, medical services and IT

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Kok Xinghui
Kok Xinghui in Singapore

Updated: 1:43pm, 1 May, 2020

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Significant structural changes to Singapore’s economy are likely, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: Handout Significant structural changes to Singapore’s economy are likely, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: Handout
Significant structural changes to Singapore’s economy are likely, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: Handout
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