Commentary
The Kent Ridge Common, 16 Aug 2009
SINGAPORE – Not too long ago, the Singapore government targeted Biomedical Sciences as a potential avenue for growth. Life Sciences became the talk of the town. Places in the universities leading to a Life Sciences degree increased. There has always been the danger that we could end up producing an over-supply of Life Sciences graduates, and soon we will face the conumdrum of having too many Life Sciences graduates competing for a limited pool of Life Sciences-related jobs. Thus, Life Sciences graduates are advised to upgrade themselves to the Ph.D. level. Non-Ph.D. holders are qualified to wash test-tubes, according to former A*STAR chairman, Mr Philip Yeo.
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