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Tong's Portfolio
Work from home or office must be the sole prerogative of the company
While WFH was the most productive (really, only) option during the pandemic, is this still the case in a post-pandemic world? We think not.
October 23, 2024
Commentary
The productivity remedy
Growth and inflation over the next 10 years will be significantly influenced by productivity growth
September 06, 2023
Budget 2023
Budget 2023: More support for innovation and training activities for SMEs
Singapore will top up $4 billion to the Government National Productivity Fund to drive innovation across industries.
February 14, 2023
Tong's Portfolio
The golden decades of broad-based wealth creation (accumulation) are over
Real and perceived income-wealth inequality will lead to more conflicts.
October 07, 2022
News
Tech news in less than 5 minutes – January 2022
Bite-sized news on data fragmentation, artificial intelligence, digital payments, robotics, and how to level up in 2022.
January 05, 2022
Covid-19
Majority of Singaporean employees expect work-life balance to improve as WFH becomes the new norm, says UOB survey
Some 70% of Singaporean employees also expect their productivity to improve with the new flexible working arrangements.
October 15, 2020
Singapore economy
Majority of Singapore SMEs not ready for impending GST increase, says UOB survey
“The measures chosen by SMEs to manage the anticipated increase in GST suggest that are looking for ways to mitigate the increase in costs without passing it on to customers,” says Mervyn Koh, UOB’s business banking head in Singapore.
January 07, 2020
Ageing
Changing mindsets to meet needs of the ageing population
SINGAPORE (Nov 12): When it comes to keeping older workers employed, Singapore has scored well among developed nations. But more can be done, says London Business School Professor Andrew Scott.
November 13, 2019
Global Economy
Growing talent mismatch & productivity issues taking a toll on global labour market: Hays
SINGAPORE (Sept 25): The global labour market is coming under increasing pressure even with expectations of economic growth to maintain its momentum over the next 12 months, finds the latest and seventh edition of the Hays Global Skills Index.
September 25, 2018
Tech
Robots still missing from the largest part of Japan’s economy
TOKYO (June 22): Japan is famous as a land of robots, but most of those machines haven’t made their way off of factory floors.
June 22, 2018