Ngokombiko we-Bloomberg wangomhla ka-8, ngaphambi kokugubha iminyaka engu-61 iSingapore yazimela, uNdunankulu waseSingapore uWong enkulumweni yakhe yoSuku Lukazwelonke uveze ukuthi ukuthuthuka ngokushesha kobuhlakani bokwenziwa kuletha amathuba amasha okukhula eSingapore. Njengoba abanye abasebenzi bekhathazekile ngokuthi i-AI ingaphazamisa imisebenzi nemithombo yabo yokuziphilisa, uhulumeni uzosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusha ukukhuphula ukukhiqiza, ngesikhathi edala amathuba emisebenzi asezingeni eliphezulu.
UWong uthe: “Intuthuko entsha kwezobuchwepheshe idala amathuba ebesingeke siwacabange eminyakeni embalwa edlule, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo iletha nezinselele nemibuzo emisha. Lapho abanye beqhubekela phambili, asikwazi ukuhlala singanyakazi, kodwa futhi asikwazi ukwamukela bonke ubuchwepheshe obusha ngaphandle kokucabangisisa. ISingapore izokwamukela le ntuthuko ngokwezidingo zayo zangempela.”
Mayelana nokuphepha kwezingane ku-inthanethi, uWong uthe uhulumeni uzophinde wakhe izinyathelo zokuvikela eziqinile, ukuze usize izingane ziphile emhlabeni wedijithali ngokuphepha nangokuzibophezela.
Idatha yokuqala ikhombisa ukuthi umkhiqizo wasekhaya ophelele waseSingapore ukhule ngo-5.7% engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, wehla usuka ku-6.3% wekota yokuqala. UMnyango Wezohwebo Nezimboni waseSingapore okwamanje ulindele ukuthi umnotho ukhule ngo-2% kuya ku-4% kulo nyaka.