At this week’s Parliamentary Sitting, I spoke on the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency (SSG) Amendment Bill.

SSG is the main vehicle for Singapore’s national SkillsFuture movement to promote lifelong learning through skills mastery of Singapore.

I am personally very passionate about lifelong learning, having owned and sold a training and consulting firm in my past business career. As a Mayor, my CDC also now runs hundreds of free SkillsFuture Advice sessions to urge residents and corporate employees to take up skills trainings to future-proof themselves.

In this speech, I sought clarifications on how the Bill can be improved to avoid abuses of the funds. And how SSG can align further to meet Education Minister Chan Chun Sing’s vision of the future of education and work.