Nationwide movement launched to boost productivity efforts,
4 additional sectors identified to boost productivity drive
The National Productivity and Continuing Education Council (NPCEC)
has identified four new sectors of interest with the potential to boost the
national productivity drive. The identified sectors are: financial services,
accountancy, social services and process construction & maintenance. These
sectors, together with the 12 priority sectors identified in 2010, will expand the
scope of sectors reviewed by the NPCEC from 40% to approximately 55% of
Singapore’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and from 55% to 60% of
employment in Singapore. This was announced by NPCEC Chairman, Deputy
Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, at the official launch of Way to
Go, Singapore, a nation-wide public outreach effort on the national
productivity drive.
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MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
29 December 2011