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Budget 2024: In S$131.4b 'Forward SG Budget', DPM Wong unveils first steps towards achieving 4G team's 'ambitious agenda'

SINGAPORE: In what is expected to be his last Budget statement before he takes on the top job, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong gave Singaporeans a first look at how he plans to turn his team's "ambitious agenda" into reality, particularly with significant investments into helping workers retrain and bounce back ....

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Snap Insight: Budget 2024 - SkillsFuture has levelled up, so should Singaporeans

With the SkillsFuture Credit top-up, access to subsidised diploma and a training allowance, individuals could be pulled towards upskilling proactively instead of being pushed by circumstances, says NTU economics assistant professor Chua Yeow Hwee. ....

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Participation in training courses rising, but only 'small minority' have used up SkillsFuture credits

On why some Singaporeans might not be using their training credits, Minister of State for Education and Manpower Gan Siow Huang says some have cited a lack of time while others have raised the issue of opportunity cost. ....

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24 skills in digital, care industries forecast to grow in demand and remain transferable over next two years

The skills were identified based on a statistical projection of past trends, according to data from the past 11 years.  ....

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You don't have to be in your 40s or 50s to make a career switch

There are teachers who were once engineers and engineers who now work in digital marketing. But often the stereotypical view is that mid-career switches happen when someone is a lot older. But 31-year-old Ng Jia Min was only five years into her first job when she decided to move as she explains on CNA's Work It podc ....

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