State of the City
Elderly don't need institutionalising; private sector, community to step up
SINGAPORE (Sept 3): It is 11am at HoviClub in Bukit Timah, and Glenn Miller’s In The Mood is on the speakers. An elderly lady and a nurse are swaying together to the jazzy tune.
State of the City
Singapore's smart city push cannot create Smart Nation without everyone's buy-in
SINGAPORE (July 9): Housewife Doreen Tan is “brushing up on the use of computers” to prepare herself to be part of Singapore’s Smart Nation vision.
State of the City
As Singapore moves towards water self-sufficiency, price hikes are a fact of life
SINGAPORE (June 25): When Tan Tiong Peng started a laundromat in Singapore eight years ago, customers complained that his imported washing machines spat out too little water as they put their cloth
State of the City
Open electricity market slow to gain traction in Jurong soft launch; retailers still positive
SINGAPORE (Apr 23): This month, Joshua Loke switched his electricity service provider. Instead of Singapore Power Services, Loke now buys electricity from Keppel Electric.
State of the City
Uber’s sale of Southeast Asia operations to Grab leaves drivers, riders at a loss
SINGAPORE (Apr 2): The 500 Uber employees who turned up for work at the company’s Singapore offices on March 26 received a rude shock: They had till 4pm to pack up and leave.
State of the City
National Electronic Health Record brings patient rights, integration concerns
SINGAPORE (Mar 19): Nearly 20 years ago, Dr Eugene Loke and a few classmates from medical school began tinkering with a web-based personal health record system that put patients in charge of their
State of the City
Co-working spaces: Vibrant communities or a drain on workplace productivity?
SINGAPORE (Mar 5): When Dr Shravan Verma started his company, an on-demand medical house call service called Speedoc, he chose to do so from a co-working space.
State of the City
What does Singapore have to fear from escalating protectionism in the US?
SINGAPORE (Feb 26): On Feb 16, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross proposed a tariff of at least 24% on steel imports from all countries and at least 7.7% on aluminium imports.
State of the City
As e-commerce retailers experiment with alternatives, malls may change
SINGAPORE (Jan 29): Alvin Lim, CEO of SGPomades, recently began selling his Ubersuave texturing wax and Mister Pompadour peppermint shampoo using vending machines.
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Hospitality industry faces challenge of integrating technology to pursue growth
SINGAPORE (Jan 15): At the 120-year-old École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), executive dean Inès Blal is aiming to train a generation of technology-ready hoteliers.
