Some 40,000 new jobs in both the private and public sectors will be created under the Government’s new SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package, announced Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minster Heng Swee Keat in the Fortitude Budget, in Parliament on 25 May 2020. The initiative is designed to provide support for the immediate needs of workers, and will cater to the different skill levels, career aspirations and needs of diverse workers and firms across numerous industries. Furthermore, the Government will expand capacity in career conversion programmes, such as in Place-and-Train conversion programmes under the Adapt and Grow Initiative, and Company-led Training programmes under the TechSkills Accelerator or TeSA initiative, in order to prepare Singaporeans to take on these opportunities.
