87yr Old Lao Hero Uncker still can earn one fish ball noodle by filling up forms at Jiuhu …. Samster steam?

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Anyone who's visited the Home Ministry complex on Jalan Duta may have spotted him before.​

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Seated behind a large wooden board balanced on a four-point walking frame, the 87-year-old helps visitors fill out government forms for RM5 each.

According to social media posts and RELA officers at the complex, he is stationed at KDN Jalan Duta from Monday to Thursday, assisting anyone who has difficulty completing government paperwork.

His printed sign "Filling Forms/Penulis Borang/填表格"displayed in English, Malay, and Chinese, reflects his ability to assist people in all three languages.

 

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In this episode of Lens on Singapore, a video podcast from The Business Times, we spoke with Dr Christopher Cheok, assistant chairman of the Medical Board for Digital Health at the Institute of Mental Health, and David Leong, managing director of PeopleWorldwide Consulting. One sees the anxiety up close in clinical settings. The other advises organisations navigating workforce transformation. Between them they gave us a picture of what this moment actually feels like for the people living through it.

Why listen

• Why the anxiety is not about losing a job but about whether we will still matter Dr Cheok makes a distinction that most of the public conversation misses entirely, and it is one worth sitting with.
• Why white-collar workers are now more exposed than blue-collar workers Leong explains the inversion that has happened since 2022 and what it means for anyone in a structured, routine or analyst-level role.
• Why upskilling alone may not be enough and what to do Dr Cheok gives practical, grounded advice for anyone watching restructuring happen around them and feeling frozen by it.
• Why the time AI saves us raises its own uncomfortable question Leong puts it plainly: if AI frees up your hours, what are you actually going to do with those hours?

AI may change how we work, but it is already changing how we see ourselves. This conversation takes that seriously. Listen now.

 

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Photo from Pexels by Tara Winstead.

AI failures put 86% of Singapore CEOs' jobs at risk​

CEOs are still cautious about allowing AI to make decisions without human approval.

More than eight in 10 Singapore CEOs believe their jobs are on the line if their artificial intelligence (AI) strategies fail, as executives face mounting pressure to deliver measurable returns from AI investments, according to a new global study by Dataiku.

The Global AI Confessions Report: CEO Edition 2026, based on a Harris Poll survey of 900 CEOs, found that 86% of Singapore CEOs believe their role is at risk if they fail to deliver business gains from AI by the end of 2026, compared with 80% globally. Meanwhile, 83% expect a fellow CEO to lose their job due to a failed AI strategy or AI-related crisis.

The findings suggest AI has become a board-level accountability issue rather than simply a technology initiative. Whilst 62% of Singapore CEOs ranked AI strategy as a high or top business priority, only 13% identified it as their single highest priority.

Despite the stakes, the report found that CEOs remain cautious about handing over decision-making to AI despite increasing adoption.Although 89% of Singapore CEOs said they would stake their job on the success of AI initiatives, one-third said they would not allow AI to make decisions without human approval.

Governance also remains a key concern. About 95% of Singapore CEOs believe employees are using generative AI tools without approval, whilst 78% expressed concerns that AI agents could create legal risks. Another 59% warned that poor explainability could trigger a customer trust or brand crisis.

Executive oversight of AI has also intensified. Around 78% of Singapore CEOs said their involvement in AI-related decisions has increased, whilst 59% participate in most AI decisions. However, nearly two-thirds said they challenged AI vendor or platform decisions made by their CIO or other executives over the past year, highlighting the growing scrutiny of enterprise AI investments.

Despite strong confidence in AI deployment, implementation challenges persist. Whilst 81% of Singapore CEOs believe they will be able to deploy AI agents at full scale this year, 88% of CIOs said gaps in explainability and traceability have already delayed or prevented AI projects from reaching production.