Smart Nation - Impact of the Digital Revolution on middle class jobs and free trade

Edited Transcript of Minister Vivian Balakrishnan’s interview with Bloomberg on 22 August 2017

VB: Two key points. First don’t blame trade; the real game in town is the technological revolution. The second point; don’t just aim to onshore obsolete jobs. There are no quick fixes. You need to focus. There are new jobs being created. The key challenge for governments is to ensure that people are ready with the right skills, relevant capabilities, to take on these new jobs. It’s not a quick fix, it’s not glamorous, it’s hard work, but it needs to be done.

Transcript of Remarks by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan at the MFA Townhall on 17 July 2017

DIPLOMACY OF A LITTLE RED DOT: PAST AND PRESENT

A very good evening to all our colleagues from MFA, and I believe we also have colleagues from SAF as well as from the administrative service and the civil service. I bid you all a very warm welcome. Let me start by saying it is not by coincidence that today we are at peace, we are at peace with all our neighbours, and we have good relations with all the major powers of the world. We owe a debt of gratitude to all our leaders and diplomats, both present and the past, for this happy state of affairs.

Wide ranging discussion on Singapore’s relations with the USA, Israel, and the importance of free trade for continued peace and prosperity.

DR VIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN AT THE STRAITS TIMES GLOBAL OUTLOOK FORUM, 29 NOVEMBER 2016

RISING TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES:

MANAGING INTERDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRATION

Well, first let me bid all of you a very warm good morning. I am very glad to be here because it gives me an opportunity to share with you some thoughts, to try to look back at 2016, hopefully to try to make some sense of what has happened and to also get an idea of what posture we need to adopt as we look forward to the year to come. If there is one phrase to describe this year, it is to expect the unexpected.

Opening Speech by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister-In-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative at Smart Nation Innovations / Innovfest UnBound at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, 17 May 2016, 10:00am

Prof Tan Chorh Chuan, President NUS,

Dr Yossi Vardi, Co-Chair of Innovfest Unbound,

Mr Daniel Seal, Founder and CEO of Unbound Media,

Dr Lily Chan, CEO NUS Enterprise,

Friends, ladies and gentlemen.

Good morning,