GovTech to shed up to 9% of workforce in phased exercise; 93 in first phase

The Singapore government’s tech arm, GovTech, will let go of 93 staff in the first stage of what it calls a phased transformation. The two-year exercise, which aims to help the agency shift its focus from project delivery to product ownership, will eventually affect up to nine per cent of its 3,900 workforce. GovTech chairman Chng Kai Fong stresses that the move is not driven by artificial intelligence, nor is it a cost-cutting or downsizing exercise. Sabrina Ng with the details.

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