No economic forecasting can cover both the known unknowns and unknown unknowns for the next 50 years. We return to fundamentals and question whether the basic strategy for Singapore’s success in the past – leveraging off the Three L’s of Location, Land, and Labour – are still valid, especially the role of manufacturing when other city-states have moved entirely into services provision. Then, a few sacred cows or below-the-radar issues which will impact on the very long term future of business and the economy are examined in more detail. These include the need for a more integrated immigration and foreign worker policy, changes to the education, land and housing policies, the need for new indices of economic well-being, and the creation of an innovation-attracting social environment.Downloads
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Mr Ho Kwon Ping
2014/15 S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore
IPS-Nathan Lecture
Singapore
Fri 5 July 2024
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Tue 7 May 2024
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Fri 12 April 2024
Wed 6 March 2024