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Port workers won't lose jobs as PSA goes for automation
Workers will be reskilled and reassigned, and new positions will be created, says its South-east Asia chief
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Fabian Koh
Today's workers will not be made redundant as port operator PSA shifts towards automation, but be reskilled and reassigned to other roles in the company.
Indeed, there will be even more people hired for new positions such as dealing with data and artificial intelligence as PSA moves to its new Tuas base, which will be the biggest fully automated port in the world come 2040.
