Amir's News Monitor

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is significantly ramping up support for fresh information and digital technology (IDT) graduates by expanding the TechSkills Accelerator for Institute of Technical Education and Polytechnics (TIP) Alliance to include university students.Announced on Friday (April 10) by Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How, the new TIP Alliance+ programme aims… Read the full story

Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, only 44% of Singaporean small businesses surveyed achieved business growth last year, down from 51% in 2024 and below the Asia-Pacific average of 63%. Read the full story

According to sources, one of the goals of Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez's visit to China on Saturday is to persuade Chinese companies to share more technological know-how with their Spanish partners. Read the full story

A new dedicated job portal lists entry-level positions for cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and data analytics. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read the full story

There have been reports of many local companies laying off employees or closing factories so far this year, but industry insiders point out that the overall layoff situation in Singapore in the first quarter of this year is still stable. However, under the impact of geopolitical tensions and rising costs, the pressure on layoffs in industries such as financial services, catering, transportation and logistics may be more obvious. Read the full story

During a survey in Henan, Chinese State Councilor Chen Yiqin emphasized the need to ensure employment for key groups such as college graduates and migrant workers, increase vocational skills training to promote employment, and ensure overall stability in employment. Read the full story

The Adult Learning Institute has launched a number of new initiatives such as the "Employee-led Enterprise Innovation Plan" to help enterprises transform learning into actual performance and respond to the challenges brought about by rapid changes in the market environment in the era of rapid development of artificial intelligence. Read the full story

It is the first of three new schools to cater to a rising number of children with autism and intellectual disability. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read the full story

The full-time employment rate for university graduates from art, design and media courses fell to 50% in 2025, 12 percentage points lower than the previous year and the largest drop among last year's graduates. But overall, 83.9% of this group of graduates found jobs within six months, a year-on-year decrease of 4.1 percentage points. Read the full story