Mission
To promote economic growth and create jobs, so as to achieve higher standards of living for all.
This will be done through three strategies, which are derived from Singapore's general philosophy of economic management — strong adherence to a free market economic system, and active pursuit of outward-oriented economic policies:
- Facilitating the development of industry sectors with strong growth potential and fundamentals.
- Protecting Singapore's international trade interests, in particular, with a view to enhance access to global markets for our goods,services and investments.
- Providing a good understanding of the current state of and outlook for the Singapore economy for policy formulation and refinement.
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