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Soul-searching in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Aug 12): The Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Singapore Master Plan (both the 2014 and the Draft 2019 iterations) is a well-thought-out, comprehensive, and sensible plan to ensure Singapore is ready for the future of city living and working.
August 08, 2019
State of the City
Soul-searching in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Aug 12): The Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Singapore Master Plan (both the 2014 and the Draft 2019 iterations) is a well-thought-out, comprehensive, and sensible plan to ensure Singapore is ready for the future of city living and working.
August 08, 2019
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. In another corner, a few seniors are engrossed in a game of mahjong. “We
September 03, 2018
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. But she is less comfortable about the zetabytes of data that the government and commercial organisati
July 09, 2018
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 clothes to wash. It took Tan almost a year to convince customer
June 25, 2018
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. He will pay about 20% less than what SPS currently charges, he says.
April 23, 2018
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. The ride-hailing giant’s sale of its Southeast Asia operations to its rival
April 02, 2018
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 information. “We wanted to empower patients,” Loke say
March 19, 2018
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. “It allowed us to get the outreach we needed in the initial stages,” Verma tells The Edge
March 05, 2018
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. His recommendations were issued following anti-dumping investigations that have
February 26, 2018