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AI Is Making Singapore’s Workers Anxious. PM Wong Says Training Is the Answer

Singapore PM Wong said that AI is giving anxiety to country's workers.

Singapore’s prime minister used his National Day address to acknowledge what surveys have been signalling for months: workers are anxious about AI. Lawrence Wong promised skills and training investment — but Q2 retrenchments rose to 4,500, and only 14% of Singaporean employees report being engaged at work.

Just 14% of Singapore Workers Are Engaged, Even as It Bets Big on AI

A new report on Singapore Global Workforce 2026 shows that only 14% of the country's workers are employed.

Singapore’s first SID–Gallup Workplace Report finds just 14% of employees engaged at work — among the lowest in Southeast Asia and unchanged since 2019 — even as the government readies the workforce for an AI-led economic transition.