Technology
New Digital Plan To Help Precision Engineering Industry Digitalise And Build Capabilities For The Future
About 2,700 businesses and 101,000 employees can now tap the Precision Engineering Industry[1] Digital Plan (IDP) to drive productivity and transform through digitalisation. Jointly led by Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), in partnership with the Singapore Precision Engineering & Technology Association (SPETA), the IDP was launched by Mr Alvin Tan, Minister of State for …
Microsoft Singapore’s Commitment To Building Sustainable Financial Services For Web 3.0
By Umair Hameed, Financial Services Sales Lead, Microsoft Singapore We are at the forefront of technological innovation, which has been further accelerated by the COVID‑19 pandemic. Fundamental disruption arising from decentralized data networks, artificial intelligence, and edge computing has created a Web 3.0 era, presenting the next wave of the internet. This change has shaped …
GrabMart Scales Up Grocery Delivery With Major Retail Chains Across Southeast Asia
Grab, a leading superapp in Southeast Asia, today announced an expansion of its grocery delivery service across Southeast Asia, welcoming major supermarket and convenience store chains onto GrabMart, its everyday goods delivery service. The company also unveiled a new “Shopper” solution to support its growing retail partnerships in the region. Online grocery shopping is taking …
Sembcorp Industries To Acquire 658MW Of Operational Wind And Solar Assets In China
Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) announces that it has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sembcorp Energy (Shanghai) Holding Co. Ltd, signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire a 98% interest in a portfolio of operational wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) assets from CGN Capital Partners Infrastructure Fund III and its affiliates for a consideration (net of external …
SingHealth and SGInnovate Partner To Advance Health Science Innovations And Further Deep Tech Adoption In Healthcare
SingHealth and SGInnovate announced a three-year partnership to build and scale up health science innovations today, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare as the first area of focus. The partnership seeks to advance the development and adoption of AI as well as other emerging technologies to improve diagnostics and treatment, and enhance healthcare delivery and clinical …
Why Robots Are A Game-Changer During And Post-Pandemic
From accelerating COVID-19 testing to disinfection and surveillance services, robots have demonstrated their crucial role in the pandemic—and how they can be helpful in the years ahead. The COVID-19 crisis has pushed organisations to innovate more than ever, paving the way for robotics to play a vital role—a role that will likely grow and increase …
World’s First Digital Trade Financing Pilot Between MLETR-Harmonised Jurisdictions
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), in collaboration with commercial partners DBS Bank, Emirates NBD and Standard Chartered, have successfully concluded the world’s first cross-border digital trade financing pilot of its kind. The pilot used IMDA’s …
Filling A TAL Order By Advancing Local Innovative Tech
From tray-collecting machines to contact tracing technologies deployed across the island, Singapore is no slouch when it comes to harnessing tech for public good. However, implementing technology can be lengthy; with months of review, refinement and setup behind each new solution ready for mass deployment. Despite having the best technology for the task, it can …
Cisco And NUS Launch S$54 Million Corporate Laboratory To Boost Innovation And Research And Accelerate Singapore’s Digital Economy
Minister for Trade and Industry Mr Gan Kim Yong (centre) launched the Cisco-NUS Accelerated Digital Economy Corporate Laboratory on 5 November 2021. He was accompanied by NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye (right) and Mr Andy Lee, Managing Director, Singapore and Brunei, Cisco (left). Global technology leader Cisco and National University of Singapore (NUS) today …
100 Million Changi Rewards Points And Porsche’s First All-Electric Sports Car To Be Won In Changi Airport’s Brand New ‘Win With Changi’ Shopping Campaign
Launching today, ‘Win With Changi’ is Changi Airport’s brand new airport-wide shopping promotion that rewards shoppers and diners with a line-up of attractive prizes the whole year round from November 2021 to October 2022. These include a total of 100 million Changi Rewards points in the form of weekly prizes of 1 million Changi Rewards …