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Singapore’s biggest startup opportunity isn’t AI; it’s building ASEAN’s operating system

"Complacency is our greatest threat." That was Defense Minister Chan Chun Sing's warning during Singapore's National Day Rally season. Around the same time, Acting Manpower Minister Jeffrey Siow argued that younger Singaporeans will change jobs more often than previous generations and that lifelong retraining will become a permanent feature of the economy.

Singapore’s biggest startup opportunity isn’t AI; it’s building ASEAN’s operating system

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"Complacency is our greatest threat." That was Defense Minister Chan Chun Sing's warning during Singapore's National Day Rally season.

Around the same time, Acting Manpower Minister Jeffrey Siow argued that younger Singaporeans will change jobs more often than previous generations and that lifelong retraining will become a permanent...

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"Complacency is our greatest threat." That was Defense Minister Chan Chun Sing's warning during Singapore's National Day Rally season. Around the same time, Acting Manpower Minister Jeffrey Siow argued that younger Singaporeans will change jobs more often than previous generations and that lifelong retraining will become a permanent feature of the economy.

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