SMU Professor of Economics Hoon Hian Teck shared his thoughts on the subject of driverless vehicles and how will it affect driving jobs. Experts in Singapore noted that driving jobs will inevitably have to go if autonomous vehicles prove to be safer, more reliable and resource efficient. Prof Hoon said driverless technologies can lead to a rise in structural unemployment, when jobless individuals cannot find work due to a mismatch between their skills and those demanded by employers. "Government policy must prepare workers of the future to acquire the skills to perform complementary tasks," he said, and that is how SkillsFuture can be "a national effort to build a society more resilient towards disruptive technologies".