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Singapore’s manufacturing workers are ageing. Here’s how to help them
The sector is largely staffed with mature workers. Simple initiatives can ensure that they don’t get left behind.
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Manufacturing is the bedrock of Singapore’s economy, contributing to a fifth of the nation’s gross domestic product.
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Patrick Tay
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Some may call this an opportunity and others may see it as a risk, but here is an important point to ponder: The average age of a manufacturing worker in Singapore is 50.
This is a risk because it highlights that the manufacturing sector is an ageing one. Yet, there is an opportunity to tap this huge pool of experience and human capital and make it even more effective through technology and support at the workplace.
