New technological advancements such as artificial intelligence can drive significant productivity gains, for examples, by reducing the time public officers spend on tasks such as note-taking.
Specifically in the case of healthcare, we might imagine that nurses would be freed from routine and repetitive administrative tasks. The time saved can be allocated to delivering personalised care in the community as part of the Age Well Neighbourhoods initiative.
All of us could embody the “we-first” Singapore spirit and volunteer our time to caring for others in our community.
Perhaps this is the way we might, as a united people, achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation.
Christopher Gee is deputy director (research) and senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore.
