Singapore's older generation, with their wealth of experience, deep domain knowledge and better productivity, represents an untapped human resource for the local IT industry to tap on. However, companies can do more to provide the right environment and conditions for these workers to tap on, one observer noted.
According to Andrew Milroy, vice president of ICT research for Asia-Pacific at Frost & Sullivan, Singapore has the characteristics of a "rich world country" such as an ageing population and people having fewer children to replace a shrinking local workforce, though not as extreme as the situation in Japan. Full story
