• Guide for MAD: ST news & other industry news (2025)

The Account Planning Group's (APG) biennial Creative Strategy Awards celebrates the best of creative, strategic thinking and delineate the contribution 'Planning' and planners make to excellent communications strategy and excellent, original campaigns:

• Best Strategic Response to the Challenge of Climate Change and PR Special Prize
• Best Insight
• Best Performance in front of the Judges and Prize for Creative Bravery 
• Best Media Thinking
• Best Audience Understanding

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The Workplace Learning Report 2025 highlights the growing importance of career development in fostering adaptability and innovation across industries. Organisations investing in leadership training, internal mobility, and AI-driven upskilling are better positioned to attract and retain creative talent

Future of Jobs Report 2025
World Economic Forum, Jan 2025

This year’s edition captures the perspectives of over 1,000 employers, representing more than 14 million workers across 22 industry clusters & 55 economies. Technological change, geoeconomic fragmentation, economic uncertainty, demographic shifts & the green transition are among the major drivers expected to shape & transform the global labour market by 2030:

• Broadening digital access
• Increasing cost of living
• Climate-change mitigation
• Aging & declining working age populations
• Geoeconomic fragmentation & geopolitical tensions

Record 46 Recipients Awarded 2025 Arts and Heritage Scholarships by National Arts Council and National Heritage Board

The National Arts Council and National Heritage Board awarded Arts and Heritage Scholarships to 6 outstanding individuals in 2025. NAC achieved a record 44 total scholarship recipients, tripling from 13 in 2024, and launched its new Diploma-level scholarship programme.

Celebrating Singapore’s growing arts philanthropy

Acting Minister David Neo celebrated record-breaking arts patronage at the 2025 Patron of the Arts Awards during Singapore's Diamond Jubilee. With 515 patrons contributing over S$45 million, including 412 individual donors (double from 2021), the ceremony highlighted growing support for Singapore's vibrant arts ecosystem.

“EMERGE @ FIND” grows beyond Southeast Asia with expanded Pan-Asian presence for Singapore Design Week 2025

EMERGE @ FIND expands for Singapore Design Week 2025 with first local co-curator Edwin Low alongside Suzy Annetta. The showcase features over 70 designers from across Asia presenting 100+ works, adding China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to Southeast Asian participants.

Singapore to Build AI-Fluent Workforce to Accelerate National AI Ambition

Minister Josephine Teo announced Singapore's AI workforce development strategy, targeting both tech and non-tech workers. With three-quarters of surveyed workers already using AI tools regularly, IMDA will expand TechSkills Accelerator programmes to build AI fluency across industries and occupations.

100 Women in Tech Power Singapore’s Digital Future as Nation Marks 60 Years

The fourth SG 100 Women in Tech list recognised 100 outstanding professionals and 25 young talents, receiving a record 635 nominations. Themed "Empowering Yourself, Inspiring Others", the initiative celebrates women driving Singapore's digital transformation across AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.

Singapore launches new tools to help businesses protect data and deploy AI in a trusted ecosystem

Singapore launches three key initiatives in 2025: Global AI Assurance Sandbox, PET adoption guide, and Singapore Standard for Data Protection. These tools help businesses implement AI responsibly while protecting personal data, offering testing environments and certification benchmarks for data protection excellence.

Singapore Design Week 2025 explores Singapore’s design journey as part of 60 years of nation building

Singapore Design Week 2025 celebrates the nation's 60th independence anniversary through the theme "Nation by Design". Running from 11-21 September, this festival showcases Singapore's UNESCO Creative City status and design journey through exhibitions at Bras Basah.Bugis Design District.

A Tribute to Our Founding Generation - The First Million Citizens

Acting Minister David Neo's speech highlights Project Citizens, celebrating Singapore's founding generation who chose citizenship in 1966, showcasing their stories of resilience and nation-building spirit.

Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre and National Arts Council Join Hands to Launch Inaugural Chinese Opera Festival 2025

SCCC and NAC present Singapore's first Chinese Opera Festival, featuring five local troupes performing different dialect operas from June to July 2025, alongside workshops and talks.

Made-with-Singapore film, ‘Renoir’, beats close to 2,900 films to compete for prestigious Palme d’Or award at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

Singapore's film industry continues to punch above its weight on the international scene with three Made-with-Singapore films selected for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. 'Renoir', a Singapore co-produced film, leads the way in the main competition, competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or award against 20 international films.

Industry Leaders to Accelerate Tech Adoption including GenAI for more than 6,000 Enterprises

In support of the nation’s Digital Enterprise Blueprint (DEB), new partnerships with industry giants Alibaba Cloud, Prudential and ST Engineering will equip businesses to accelerate the adoption of frontier technologies and strengthen cyber resilience with advanced AI capabilities. 

Celebrating 60 years of ‘Singaporean-ness’ through the lens of local content creators and filmmaker

To commemorate the 60th year of Singapore’s independence, the local media industry will be coming together to feature a series of films, dramas, content, publication and exhibitions. The stories will celebrate ‘Singaporean-ness’, told through the lens of different media talent and personalities.

ArtsEverywhere@CDC set to reach out to more Singaporeans with double the performances and three times more artists and arts groups

As part of the SG60 celebrations, ArtsEverywhere@CDC’s rich line-up of arts and culture activities will bring communities together and build greater inclusivity, as we collectively celebrate Singapore’s unique shared values of multiculturalism in this special year.

From independence to innovation – Singapore celebrates 60 years of design with Future Impact 3: DESIGN NATION

Singapore celebrates 60 years of design with "Future Impact 3: DESIGN NATION," featuring 14 designers whose innovative works address global challenges and highlight the nation's design legacy, emphasizing sustainability, creativity, and future impact.

Reframing Accessibility in the Arts

The speech emphasizes Singapore's commitment to enhancing accessibility in the arts, promoting inclusive programming, supporting artists with disabilities, and fostering collaboration through initiatives like ArtsEverywhere@CDC to ensure everyone can engage with the arts meaningfully.

The DesignSingapore Scholarship 2025: Briefing Session

Since its inception in 2005, the annually awarded scholarship has supported more than 70 scholars who have become design leaders powering the industry towards new frontiers. Join the briefing to learn more about the scholarship and the application process.

Singapore announces new AI Safety initiatives at the global AI Action Summit in France

Singapore has introduced new AI governance initiatives to enhance the safety of AI for both Singaporeans and global citizens, given the transboundary nature of AI products and services

Somerset Reset invites youths to translate concept into reality for Somerset Belt transformation

The six-month engagement campaign will see youths engage directly with the precinct development team, government, and the wider community on detailed design and programming

Enlivening Our Shared Spaces and Broadening Access to Arts

Speech by Ms Low Yen Ling, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry of Trade & Industry, for the Launch of Art Under Viaduct Spaces Initiative on 17 January 2025

Art Unites: Connecting Communities and Fostering Social Good

Speech by Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth & Second Minister for Law, for Mapletree – Art with a Purpose