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</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Entrepreneurial youths <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Jonathan Kwok
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The results revealed that 18 per cent of the Singaporean students aspire to be entreprenuers - or 'remaining independent' - when they graduate. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SINGAPORE is a nation of budding student entrepreneurs, according to a new survey.
A National University of Singapore Entrepreneurship Centre probe released on Monday shows that 18 per cent of tertiary students questioned want to become entrepreneurs after graduation.
This compares to 69 per cent who prefer a regular salaried job and 13 per cent who want to involve themselves in other activities or are unsure about their futures.
'Some people perceive that university students will definitely want to work in an MNC or with the Government after they graduate. This survey shows that some students have thought about being entrepreneurs before their graduation,' said Professor Wong Poh Kam, director of NUS' Entrepreneurship Centre.
Prof Wong pointed out that increased awareness of entrepreneurship due to initiatives by the Government and schools would be a major factor propelling youth towards wanting to run their own business.
He added: 'The younger generation will have different ideas from the previous generation. Last time people only wanted a job after graduation, but now perhaps they think differently.'
Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Entrepreneurial youths <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Jonathan Kwok
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The results revealed that 18 per cent of the Singaporean students aspire to be entreprenuers - or 'remaining independent' - when they graduate. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SINGAPORE is a nation of budding student entrepreneurs, according to a new survey.
A National University of Singapore Entrepreneurship Centre probe released on Monday shows that 18 per cent of tertiary students questioned want to become entrepreneurs after graduation.
This compares to 69 per cent who prefer a regular salaried job and 13 per cent who want to involve themselves in other activities or are unsure about their futures.
'Some people perceive that university students will definitely want to work in an MNC or with the Government after they graduate. This survey shows that some students have thought about being entrepreneurs before their graduation,' said Professor Wong Poh Kam, director of NUS' Entrepreneurship Centre.
Prof Wong pointed out that increased awareness of entrepreneurship due to initiatives by the Government and schools would be a major factor propelling youth towards wanting to run their own business.
He added: 'The younger generation will have different ideas from the previous generation. Last time people only wanted a job after graduation, but now perhaps they think differently.'
Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
