Lawrence Wong holds the line: AI will not produce jobless growth in Singapore
Singapore’s parliament has pledged that the country will not see jobless growth as artificial intelligence reshapes the economy, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday in coverage citing Channel NewsAsia.
The statement reaffirms the position Prime Minister Lawrence Wong took in February during the parliamentary debate on the 2026 Budget, and represents the most explicit commitment a major Asian economy has made on the AI-and-employment question to date.
Wong’s framing has been consistent. In his 26 February speech, the Prime Minister told MPs that the government would harness AI to grow the economy while ensuring that growth translates into good jobs and better wages. “These concerns are real and we must and we will take them seriously,” he said in response to opposition and backbench questions about worker anxieties around AI deployment.
The substantive question is whether Singapore can deliver on the pledge. Wong identified three specific concerns MPs had raised: that greater...
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