Infrastructure remains bright spot for business, employment

Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah, launched an infrastructure capability development programme for regional government officials at a virtual signing ceremony held yesterday. Developed by Infrastructure Asia (IA) and the World Bank Group, and delivered by the SMU, the Growing Infrastructure Programme will train senior and mid-level regional government officials involved in project preparation. The first run of the programme will focus on clean energy, a sector which has been resilient despite the pandemic. World Bank Singapore director Jyoti Shukla, IA executive director Seth Tan and SMU President Professor Lily Kong witnessed the ceremony.