Go out into the world, take risks and opportunities, Alvin Tan tells youth at Asia-readiness webinar

SINGAPORE -"Don't just stay in Singapore. Go out there, learn and spend a couple of years to travel when the Covid-19 situation allows," Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan urged youth participants at a webinar on Wednesday .

The programme, which was launched in late 2020, has provided regional exposure to over 5,000 Institute of Technical Education , polytechnic and university students through online internships and projects with companies in Asia. As key Asian economies like Asean, China and India continue growing, Singapore's ties with these countries will become increasingly important, he added.

He added that Asean has also seen developments in high-potential sectors such as infrastructure and intelligent systems, and manufacturing and Industry 4.0, which lines up with Singapore's strengths. "Everywhere that I went in Asean I would immerse myself in the different cultures and try to learn the language. You will learn different cultural nuances and develop cultural intelligence and quotient."This has business application in localising a product or service to different consumer preferences, he said.

When you are educated in a cocooned state you are not able to think outside the box so to speak. It's unfortunate that fear of fines makes docile citizens!

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