MDDI 演讲稿 · 2026-03-02
张仁宝部长在2026年供应委员会辩论上的致辞
张仁宝部长在2026年供应委员会辩论上的致辞
要点
- • 数码发展及新闻部推出"全国人工智能影响计划"，目标在未来三年内协助一万家本地企业将人工智能融入业务流程。
- • 目前约15%的中小企业及十分之七的员工已以某种方式使用人工智能；该计划将同时扶持尚未起步的企业及希望超越基础应用的企业。
- • 人工智能解决方案已占资讯通信媒体发展局"中小企业数码化"平台工具总数的30%，当局将在补贴支持下扩大预获批准的低成本工具范围，助更多中小企业以可负担的方式整合人工智能。
- • 数码发展及新闻部将强化"数字领袖计划"并推出全新"数字领袖加速训练营"（DLAB），重点培养企业在变革管理方面的能力，而非仅限于技术层面。
- • 新加坡在批准新数据中心时将评估低碳能源使用情况，对旧数据中心引入能效新要求，并通过"全国人工智能研发计划"资助资源高效型人工智能研究。
- • 数码发展及新闻部重点关注专业、管理及执行人员与知识工作者，协助他们将例行任务交由人工智能处理，从而将人类判断力集中投入更复杂的工作。
完整译文（中文）
MDDI 英文原文译文 · 翻译日期: 2026-06-21
主席先生，感谢各位议员提出的削减动议。请允许我先以华语作答。
主席先生，转眼间，明天就是元宵节了。过年前，我问妈妈要不要我陪她去买衣服。
没想到，83岁的老人家竟然说："不用啦！我已经在网上找到自己喜欢的衣服，下了订单。"
我担心她受骗，便问她：怎么知道卖家靠得住？
她自信地回答说："东西到手，我看到满意后才付钱嘛。"
吃团圆饭那一天，她兴致勃勃地拿新衣服给我看，我才放心。
主席先生，数码科技为我们的生活带来许多便利，企业也因此创造了新机遇，但它也让我们面临前所未有的风险。
同样的，人工智能（AI）技术既有利也有弊。多位议员都提到这一点。
有些国人担心自己会跟不上AI时代的步伐。我自己也有过同样的感受。
但正如总理所说，我们不能因为惧怕AI而裹足不前。
所谓"逆水行舟，不进则退"，其他国家都正在积极开展AI计划。如果我们的行动不够快、布局不够广、扎根不够深，迟早会落后。
关键是，我们的目标要明确、措施要有力。
在AI时代，如何确保国人不掉队，并协助中小企业保持竞争优势，是我们密切关注的核心议题。
就像我母亲，虽然不是数码高手，但在适当的帮助下，也能安全网购。
我们不需要刻意勉强自己成为AI大师，因为每个人掌握AI的能力不一样，受益方式也会不同。
重要的是，我们要保持自信、保住底气，我国才能在AI时代稳步前进。
今年的拨款委员会辩论，数码发展及新闻部将朝这个方向，提出各项计划，确保国人不仅不掉队，还能从中获益。
主席先生，AI已成为今年财政预算案辩论及拨款委员会辩论的核心议题。议员们既对各种机遇抱持乐观态度，也对AI对就业、创造力及自主性所带来的影响表达了担忧。
Sharael Taha议员就新加坡在AI领域的独特定位提出了一个战略性问题。我们很幸运：
国际伙伴认可我们跨行业、跨企业、跨劳动力全面应对的能力，背后依托的是一系列支撑条件——从研发与基础设施，到安全与治理。
在全球舞台上，新加坡频繁出席各类重要场合。
我们对AI采取渐进、深思熟虑的方式，使我们成为值得信赖的合作伙伴和有价值的参照标杆。
这使我们得以设定更高的目标。
黄总理、甘副总理及贸工部（MTI）同僚概述了培育AI卓越企业（AI Champions）并推进国家AI使命（National AI Missions）的相关计划。
稍后，人力部（MOM）及教育部（MOE）同僚将探讨如何赋能当前及未来的劳动力，使其充分发挥AI的潜力。
我将重点阐述这对我国广大企业群体意味着什么。
简而言之，我们希望充分发挥AI民主化的潜力——或者更直白地说，让AI的惠益广泛普及，因为那些曾经过于昂贵或复杂的解决方案，如今已变得更加触手可及。
但如果AI走的是以往技术浪潮的老路，只有少数处于前沿的企业才能脱颖而出、拉开差距。
规模较小、资源往往更为有限的"长尾"企业，追赶的时间则要长得多；然而从整体来看，它们雇用了我国大多数劳动者。
一旦这些企业落后，受损的不仅仅是GDP，更有创业者的希望与梦想、劳动者的生计，以及整个社区的发展进程。
AI：深化企业与劳动力的能力
正因如此，MDDI 正在创建全国AI影响计划，将AI的可能性转化为现实，惠及大众，而非少数人。
目前，15%的中小企业以及约十分之七的工作者以某种方式使用AI。
我们希望鼓励尚未起步者迈出第一步。
并帮助已在使用AI的人超越基础应用。
在未来三年内，全国AI影响计划旨在支持10,000家本地企业将AI融入其业务流程。这将形成相当规模的早期采用者群体。他们可以在社区中发挥乘数效应，通过潘丽萍女士向总理询问的中介机构分享经验与知识。
小型企业获益最大。以Durian Memories为例，这是一家位于宏茂桥的单店零售商。他们无力专门安排员工处理顾客咨询。可想而知，当饥渴的榴莲爱好者得不到及时回应时，他们便白白流失了销售额。
但Durian Memories通过实施一套配备聊天机器人的AI赋能客户关系管理系统，自动回答顾客咨询，从而成功应对了这一挑战。结果，高峰期销售额提升了30%。
目前已有许多AI工具能以简单、有效的方式改善业务运营。如今，这些工具占IMDA「中小企业数字化」平台上数字解决方案总数的30%。
我们将在资助支持下扩大AI赋能解决方案的范围，以满足不同业务需求。届时，更多中小企业可获取这些经预先审批、具成本效益且经市场验证的工具，便捷、经济地融合AI。
与毕丹星先生和穆哈敏先生一样，我们希望这些解决方案兼具变革性与以人为本的特质。与此同时，李马克先生就"AI洗白"问题发出了警告。我们将为资助和激励措施设立保障机制，同时尽量不让规则过于繁琐。
部分企业已准备好借助AI实现更多突破。
以Mocha Chai Laboratories为例。他们是一支才华横溢的多媒体创作团队，专注于提升电影的视觉与声效。
鲜为人知的是，电影音效至今仍由人工添加，往往需要4至8周时间。在加入IMDA的数字领军计划（DLP）并积累技术能力后，Mocha Chai开发了一款全新的GenAI工具，能够分析视频素材并自动生成匹配的音效，将数周的工作量压缩至仅需一天。
这项创新不仅让公司节省了成本，更开辟了潜在的新收入来源！它为企业及员工双方都创造了新的机遇。
我们希望看到更多像Mocha Chai这样的成功案例。
但正如杰西卡·陈女士、李马克先生和沙拉尔·塔哈先生所指出的，AI的更复杂应用需要多重因素共同支撑才能成功。往往技术已经就绪，但人员尚未准备好。
正因如此，我们正在提升DLP并推出全新的数字领军加速训练营（DLAB），以培养变革管理方面的技能与信心，而不仅仅是技术能力。
我们还感谢安德烈·刘先生、丹尼斯·陈先生、法德里·法兹先生和沙拉尔·塔哈先生认识到提前规划的必要性——正如政府已做到的那样——以管理AI广泛应用所带来的能源影响。
我们通过多种方式实现这一目标。
我们审慎地扩展数字基础设施。
在分配新数据中心时，我们评估其利用低碳能源的程度。
我们正在引入新的可持续发展要求，以提高旧数据中心的能源效率。
此外，通过全国AI研发计划，我们将支持资源高效型AI领域的公共研究，以更好地了解我们的选择。
随着更多企业采用AI，提升劳动力素质、帮助员工保持竞争力的机遇也随之而来，无论是入门级别还是职业生涯后期阶段。
除总理的承诺和MOM的计划外，我想向阿都·穆哈敏先生、卡珊德拉·李女士和朱佩玲博士等议员保证，MDDI正全力专注于此。
我们深知，专业人士、经理及执行人员（PME）和知识型工作者所感受到的压力更为迫切。
但许多人已找到借助AI更有效工作的方法。
以审计专业人士Geraldine Lau为例，她在毕马威（KPMG）已任职27年。每次审计，Geraldine都要翻阅大量文件以评估风险。在雇主提供的培训支持下，她创建了一个AI智能体，能自动整合公司公告中的关键信息，用于审计复核。
该AI智能体整理信息的速度快于Geraldine，但她的领域知识是确保其查找方向正确的关键。节省了数小时的人工工作后，她现在可以专注于更深入的风险评估，并将自身的人类能力——智慧、审慎判断与职业素养——运用于更复杂的工作。
Geraldine 和许多 PME 正在证明，AI 专业知识、领域专长与人文关怀是一种强大的组合。我们并非人人都能成为 AI 工程师。但我们可以在 AI 与自身专业领域做到"双语兼通"，从而解决各自领域中的问题。
作为起点，政府将支持10万名工人成为 AI 双语人才。他们将成为有实质意义的 AI 技能提升的先行者，供他人效仿。
我们最初的重点将放在高度受 AI 影响、且服务于多个行业的职业群体上。IMDA 将与相关机构和专业团体合作，扩展其科技技能加速器（TeSA）计划，在关键领域培养 AI 双语人才。
我们将从会计和法律专业起步，并将覆盖范围扩展至人力资源等其他领域。
正如郭亨利议员所指出的，AI 也在改变科技行业——如今许多人借助 AI 便能编写代码、构建原型。
因此，我们将增强 TeSA 的课程与服务，帮助科技工作者在价值链上向上跃升，从编写代码，到统筹由 AI 代理驱动的端到端系统。
AI：我们的治理方针
随着 AI 快速演进，我们的治理也必须与时俱进。我们认同陈慧玲女士和朱佩玲博士关于基于风险、务实推进 AI 治理的观点。与 Christopher de Souza 议员一样，我们认为 AI 不应取代具有判断力的人类思维。
我们新推出的《代理式 AI 模型治理框架》将帮助各组织管理能够更独立行动的系统，同时确保人类监督。我们是全球首个推出此类指引的政府。
对于前沿模型等高风险、高影响的系统，我们将逐步加强安全保障措施。
然而，正如陈佩玲女士所指出的，仅靠本地的努力是不够的。最先进的 AI 模型仅在少数几个国家开发，但这些国家在 AI 安全领域的合作尚不深入。
近年来，新加坡举办了多场重要的 AI 会议，以促进国际合作。
去年，我们主办了新加坡人工智能会议：AI 安全国际科学交流会。
此次交流汇聚了来自研究界、政府与公民社会的世界级思想者，形成了关于全球 AI 安全研究优先事项的《新加坡共识》。
近期，在印度 AI 影响力峰会上，我表示新加坡将举办第二届国际科学交流会，以更新《新加坡共识》。
尽管面临挑战，我们将继续为国际社会在 AI 安全领域的讨论作出实质性贡献。
维护网络空间的信任
接下来，谈谈网络安全。议员们对于我们的关键基础设施能否充分抵御恶意威胁行为者（尤其是国家支持的行为者）感到忧虑，这是可以理解的。
我希望向 Sharael Taha 议员和 Gerald Giam 议员保证，CSA 与国内外合作伙伴紧密协作，以侦测和遏制网络威胁。
在外交层面，新加坡近期完成了担任第二届联合国 ICT 安全及使用安全问题开放式工作组主席的职责。
现实而言，国家支持的威胁行为者是不可避免的常态。
尽管如此，就何为网络空间中负责任的国家行为凝聚国际共识，仍然至关重要。
然而，我们不能指望这些努力替代更强的网络防御能力。在这方面，CSA 将聚焦三个关键领域：
第一，我们将审查关键信息基础设施所有者（CIIO）的网络安全标准和要求。
第二，我们将为 CIIO 提供先进工具，使其具备应对高级威胁的能力。
第三，我们将与合作伙伴携手，提升网络安全人才队伍的能力。
59. SMS 陈将就上述工作作进一步阐述。
维护信息基础设施的信任
我们面临的另一风险是虚假信息与错误信息的传播，而 AI 等技术更助长了这一趋势。作为一个多元社会，我们尤其容易受到网络谣言的侵害，这些谣言会侵蚀社会与机构之间的信任。
幸运的是，我们一直在加强图书馆和档案馆的建设。它们通过培养阅读习惯和信息素养，帮助塑造具有辨别力的公民。政务部长 Rahayu 稍后将作进一步分享。
我们的公共服务媒体（PSM）机构同样在维护我们信息空间的公信力方面发挥着重要作用。感谢郭海威先生和陈佩玲女士对此的认可。
我们的PSM机构覆盖逾90%的新加坡人。
它们持续获得公众的高度信任，信任度高于具有良好声誉的国际媒体及网络媒体机构¹。
因此，我们的PSM机构在打击虚假信息方面已成为不可或缺的力量。
为此，MDDI将继续与我们的PSM机构密切合作，维持其覆盖范围并强化其事实核查能力。
例如，CNA将成立一支数字核查团队。
政府机构亦与《海峡时报》（ST）合作推出AskST系列，以应对虚假信息。
郭海威先生就在受众注意力和广告资源向数字平台转移的背景下，如何帮助PSM保持关联性、可发现性及财务可持续性询问了相关举措。
我们的PSM机构除了提供及时、可信的新闻资讯外，还制作能够强化我们作为同一民族认同感的内容。它们亦通过定期出版学生刊物及举办校际竞赛，在培养年轻一代的新闻素养方面发挥积极作用。
鉴于我们的PSM所承担的关键角色，MDDI将支持相关举措，确保公共服务媒体内容保持可见性并易于被发现。
我们正在研究其他国家的做法，并将咨询业界意见，以确保相关举措得到合理且有效的落实。
政府将继续对我们的PSM机构进行投入，协助其随着媒体格局的演变发展新能力。
结语
主席先生，总结而言，我们今天所作的投入将决定我们明日是引领潮流还是落于人后。通过加速人工智能的应用、强化技术治理，以及培养国人的辨别力，我们正在帮助新加坡人把握机遇，携手共进。
英文原文
MDDI 官网原始记录 · 抓取日期: 2026-06-21
Mr Chairman, I thank the Members for their cuts. Let me start my response in Mandarin please.
主席先生，转眼间，明天就是元宵节了。过年前，我问妈妈要不要我陪她去买衣服。
没想到，83岁的老人家竟然说：“不用啦！我已经在网上找到自己喜欢的衣服，下了订单。”
我担心她受骗，便问她：怎么知道卖家靠得住？
她自信地回答说：“东西到手，我看到满意后才付钱嘛。”
吃团圆饭那一天，她兴致勃勃地拿新衣服给我看，我才放心。
主席先生，数码科技为我们的生活带来许多便利，企业也因此创造了新机遇，但它也让我们面临前所未有的风险。
同样的，人工智能（AI）技术既有利也有弊。多位议员都提到这一点。
有些国人担心自己会跟不上AI时代的步伐。我自己也有过同样的感受。
但正如总理所说，我们不能因为惧怕AI而裹足不前。
所谓“逆水行舟，不进则退”，其他国家都正在积极开展AI计划。如果我们的行动不够快、布局不够广、扎根不够深，迟早会落后。
关键是，我们的目标要明确、措施要有力。
在AI时代，如何确保国人不掉队，并协助中小企业保持竞争优势，是我们密切关注的核心议题。
就像我母亲，虽然不是数码高手，但在适当的帮助下，也能安全网购。
我们不需要刻意勉强自己成为AI大师，因为每个人掌握AI的能力不一样，受益方式也会不同。
重要的是，我们要保持自信、保住底气，我国才能在AI时代稳步前进。
今年的拨款委员会辩论，数码发展及新闻部将朝这个方向，提出各项计划，确保国人不仅不掉队，还能从中获益。
Mr Chairman, AI has taken center stage at this year’s Budget and COS debates. Members have shared optimism about opportunities, and anxiety over impacts on our jobs, creativity, and autonomy.
Mr Sharael Taha asked a strategic question about Singapore’s unique positioning in AI. We are fortunate that:
International counterparts recognise our ability to respond holistically across industries, enterprises and the workforce, through a range of enablers – from R&D and infrastructure to safety and governance.
On the global stage, Singapore is frequently at the table.
Our progressive, thoughtful approach to AI makes us a credible partner and useful reference point.
This has made it possible to aim higher.
Prime Minister Wong, DPM Gan and MTI colleagues outlined plans to grow AI Champions and pursue National AI Missions.
Later, MOM and MOE colleagues will discuss how we empower the present and future workforce to make the most of AI.
I will focus on what this means for the broader base of our businesses.
In gist, we want to take full advantage of AI’s ability to be democratised, or to put it more simply, for its benefits to spread widely because solutions, once too expensive or complex, are more accessible.
But if AI follows the same path as previous technology waves, only a small group of companies at the frontier will get ahead and pull away from the pack.
The long tail of smaller, and often less-resourced businesses, take much longer; yet collectively, they employ most of our workforce.
When they fall behind, more than GDP is at risk. At stake are our entrepreneurs’ hopes and dreams, workers’ livelihoods, and their communities’ progress.
AI: Deepening Capabilities of Enterprises and Workforce
This is why MDDI is creating the National AI Impact Programme , to turn AI’s possibilities into reality for the many, not the few.
Today, 15% of SMEs and about 7 in 10 workers use AI in some way.
We want to encourage those who haven’t started to take that first step.
And help those already using AI move beyond basic applications.
Over the next three years, the National AI Impact Programme aims to support 10,000 local enterprises to integrate AI into their business processes. This will create a sizable pool of early adopters. They can be multipliers in the community, sharing their experiences and knowledge through the intermediaries that Ms Denise Phua asked Prime Minister about.
Small businesses stand to gain the most. Take Durian Memories for example, a single store seller in Ang Mo Kio. They did not have the luxury of dedicating a team member to handle customer enquiries. Unsurprisingly, they lost sales when hungry durian lovers were not attended to.
But Durian Memories tackled this challenge by implementing an AI-enabled Customer Relationship Management system with a chatbot that automatically answers customer queries. As a result, peak sales went up by 30%.
There are now many AI tools that improve business operations in simple, effective ways. They make up 30% of the digital solutions on IMDA’s SMEs Go Digital platform today.
We will expand the range of AI-enabled solutions with grant support to meet different business needs. More SMEs can then access these pre-approved, cost-effective and market-proven tools to integrate AI readily and affordably.
Like Mr Pritam Singh and Mr Muhaimin , we want these solutions to be transformative yet human-centred. At the same time, Mr Mark Lee warns about AI-washing. We will put safeguards in place for grants and incentives whilst trying, at the same time, to not make the rules too onerous.
Some enterprises are ready to do more with AI.
Take Mocha Chai Laboratories for example. They are a talented team of multimedia creators who improve film visuals and sound.
Unknown to most of us, sound effects are still added manually to films, often taking 4 to 8 weeks. After joining IMDA’s Digital Leaders Programme (DLP) and building up their tech capabilities, Mocha Chai created a new GenAI tool that analyses video footage and automatically generates matching sound effects, reducing weeks of work to just a day.
This innovation allowed the company to not only save costs, but create a potential new income stream! It has opened up opportunities for both the business and their employees.
We want more success stories like Mocha Chai.
But as pointed out by Ms Jessica Tan, Mr Mark Lee, and Mr Sharael Taha, more sophisticated uses of AI require multiple factors to succeed. Often, the technology is ready, but people are not.
This is why we are enhancing the DLP and launching a new Digital Leaders Accelerator Bootcamp (DLAB), to build skills and confidence in change management, and not just tech capabilities.
We also thank Mr Andre Low, Mr Dennis Tan, Mr Fadli Fawzi and Mr Sharael Taha for recognising the need to plan ahead, as the Government has done, to manage the energy impact of widespread AI use.
We do this in several ways.
We are judicious in how we expand digital infrastructure.
When allocating new data centres, we assess how well they use low-carbon energy sources.
We are introducing new sustainability requirements to improve the energy efficiency of older data centres.
And, through the National AI R&D plan, we will support public research in resource-efficient AI to better understand our options.
As more businesses adopt AI, there’s also opportunity to uplift the workforce and help them stay relevant, whether at the entry-level or at later stages of their careers.
Beyond PM’s commitments and MOM’s plans, I want to assure Members like Mr Abdul Muhaimin, Ms Cassandra Lee and Dr Choo Pei Ling that MDDI is focused squarely on this.
We know that PMEs and knowledge workers feel the pressure more acutely.
But many have found ways to be more effective with AI’s help.
Take Geraldine Lau, an audit professional who has been with KPMG for 27 years. For each audit, Geraldine pores through reams of documents to assess risk. With employer-provided training, she created an AI agent that automatically consolidates key information from company announcements for audit reviews.
The AI agent organises information more quickly than Geraldine can, but her domain knowledge is key to ensuring it looks in the right places. With hours of manual work saved, she can now focus on deeper risk assessments and applying her human abilities – wisdom, calibration and professional judgement – to more complex work.
Geraldine and many PMEs are showing that AI know-how, domain expertise and human touch are a powerful combination. Not all of us can be AI engineers. But we can be “bilingual” in AI and our own areas of expertise, and to solve problems in our domains.
For a start, the Government will support 100,000 workers to become AI Bilingual. They will be pathfinders for meaningful AI upskilling, for others to emulate.
Our initial focus will be on professions that are highly exposed to AI, and serve multiple industries. IMDA will work with relevant agencies and professional bodies to expand its TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) programme, to develop AI Bilingual workers in key domains.
We will start with the Accountancy and Legal professions, and extend our reach to other fields such as HR.
As Mr Henry Kwek noted, AI is also transforming the tech sector – many people can now write code and build prototypes with the help of AI.
We will therefore enhance the TeSA offerings to help tech workers move up the value chain, from writing code, to orchestrating end-to-end systems powered by AI agents.
AI: Our Governance Approach
With AI evolving quickly, our governance must also keep pace. We agree with Ms Jessica Tan and Dr Choo Pei Ling on risk-based, practical AI governance. Like Mr Christopher de Souza, we believe AI should not replace the discerning human mind.
Our new Model Governance Framework for Agentic AI will help organisations manage systems that can act with greater independence, whilst ensuring human oversight. We are the first government worldwide to introduce such guidelines.
For high-risk, high-impact systems like frontier models, we will progressively strengthen safeguards.
However, what we do locally is not enough, a point noted by Ms Tin Pei Ling. The most advanced AI models are developed in only a handful of countries, but their cooperation on AI safety is not deep.
In recent years, Singapore has hosted major AI conferences to promote international cooperation.
Last year, we organised the Singapore Conference on AI: International Scientific Exchange on AI Safety.
The exchange brought together world-class thinkers across research, government and civil society, resulting in the Singapore Consensus on global AI safety research priorities.
Recently, at the India AI Impact Summit, I shared that Singapore will host the second edition of the International Scientific Exchange to update the Singapore Consensus.
Despite the challenges, we will continue contributing meaningfully to the international discourse on AI safety.
Upholding Trust in Cyber Space
Next, on cybersecurity. Members are understandably concerned about whether our critical infrastructure is sufficiently protected against malicious threat actors, especially state-sponsored ones.
I would like to reassure Mr Sharael Taha and Mr Gerald Giam that CSA works closely with domestic and international partners to detect and contain cyber threats.
On the diplomatic front, Singapore recently concluded our chairmanship of the 2nd United Nations Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in the use of ICTs.
Realistically, state-sponsored threat actors are par for the course.
It is nonetheless important to forge international consensus on what constitutes responsible state behaviour in cyberspace.
We must, however, not expect these efforts to be a substitute for stronger cyber defense capabilities. In this regard, CSA will focus on three key areas:
First, we will review our cybersecurity standards and requirements for critical information infrastructure owners (CIIOs).
Second, we will provide CIIOs with advanced tools, so that they are equipped to deal with advanced threats.
Third, we will work with partners to build up capabilities in our cybersecurity workforce.
59. SMS Tan will say more about these efforts.
Upholding Trust in Information Infrastructure
Another risk we face is the spread of disinformation and misinformation, fueled by technologies like AI. As a diverse society, we are particularly vulnerable to online falsehoods that erode trust in our society and institutions.
Fortunately, we have been strengthening our libraries and archives. They help to nurture a discerning population by cultivating reading habits and information literacy. MOS Rahayu will share more later.
Our Public Service Media (PSM) entities too, are important in maintaining trust in our info-space. I thank Mr Henry Kwek and Ms Tin Pei Ling for recognising this.
Our PSM entities reach over 90% of Singaporeans.
They remain highly trusted by the public, more so than reputable international and online media outlets 1 .
Consequently, our PSM entities have become indispensable in countering misinformation.
MDDI will therefore continue working closely with our PSM entities to maintain their reach and strengthen their fact-checking capabilities.
For example, CNA will set up a digital verification team.
Government agencies have also collaborated with ST on the AskST series to address misinformation.
Mr Henry Kwek asked about efforts to help PSM remain relevant, discoverable and financially viable as audience attention and advertising shift towards digital platforms.
Besides delivering timely and credible news, our PSM entities produce content that strengthens our sense of identity as one people. They also play a role in cultivating news literacy among our young, through regular student publications and school competitions.
Given the critical role of our PSM, MDDI will support efforts to keep public service media content visible and easily discoverable.
We are studying approaches in other countries and will consult the industry to ensure that initiatives are implemented reasonably and effectively.
The Government will continue investing in our PSM entities, helping them develop new capabilities as the media landscape evolves.
Conclusion
Sir, to conclude, the investments we make today will determine whether we lead or lag tomorrow. By accelerating AI adoption, strengthening technology governance, and building discernment amongst our people, we are positioning Singaporeans to seize the opportunities and make progress together.