The International Trading Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) 28 July 2016

The International Trading Professional Conversion Programme (PCP), a manpower training programme providing opportunities for jobseekers to start a career in international trading, was unveiled today by Mr Ong Ye Kung, Acting Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills), as part of the Adapt and Grow initiative.

The programme is jointly developed by IE Singapore (International Enterprise Singapore), together with the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), Singapore Management University's International Trading Institute (ITI@SMU), and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Academy.

International trading is the second largest contributor to Singapore. There are over 34,000 companies in the sector employing 320,000 people, which makes up 10% of the total workforce in Singapore. From now until 2020, an estimated 15,000 new jobs will be created in this sector. 






For the press release, click here http://bit.ly/2ajkGx2


A panel discussion moderated by Professor Annie Koh of ITI@SMU, and joined by Mr Ng Cher Pong, Chief Executive of WDA, Mr Mark Lee, CEO of Sing Lun Holdings Limited, Mr Gopul Shah, Director (Corporate Treasury and Structured Trade Finance) of Golden Agri Resources Ltd, Mr Gerald Sun, Vice President (Business Development) of MasterCard, and Mr Nicholas Ng, Managing Director, FoodXervices Inc Pte Ltd.







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