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Singapore Startup Doctor Anywhere Raises USD 38m for Regional Expansion

Apr 2020 Singapore, Healthcare

Doctor Anywhere, a telehealth company founded in Singapore in 2015, recently raised USD 27 million in a series B round to drive its international expansion plans. With this ...

Singapore Concludes Negotiations for Digital Economy Agreement with Australia

Apr 2020 Singapore, Economy

Singapore and Australia have concluded negotiations for a Singapore-Australia Digital Economy Agreement (DEA). The DEA will create a framework for deeper cooperation in the ...

Sembcorp Design and Construction to Build Biosolids Treatment Facility for Tuas Water Reclamation Plant

Apr 2020 Singapore, Environment

Singapore's National Water Agency PUB has awarded Sembcorp Design and Construction (SDC) the contract to build the biosolids treatment facility for the Tuas Water Reclamation ...

Open Source Tech-Based Urban-Planning Solution Being Developed in Singapore

Apr 2020 Singapore, Infrastructure

ST Engineering recently announced its collaboration with Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to work on an Urban Planning Solution that supports global ...

LYS Energy Group Receives USD 14 Million Green Loan from UOB

Apr 2020 Singapore, Energy

LYS Energy Group (LYS), a Singaporean solar independent power producer (IPP), has received a USD 14 million loan from United Overseas Bank (UOB). The credit is issued under ...

Hyundai Motor to Open Mobility Global Innovation Center in Singapore

Apr 2020 Singapore, Manufacturing

In March 2020, Hyundai Motor Company announced plans to establish a Hyundai Mobility Global Innovation Center in Singapore (HMGIC), with support from the Singapore Economic ...

Enterprise Singapore Announces Support Package to Help SME Retailers Sell Online

Apr 2020 Singapore, Retail/FMCG

Enterprise Singapore (ESG), the government agency which supports enterprise development, has launched a support package to help SME retailers, who have little or no ...

BEUMER Group to Upgrade Changi Airport’s Baggage Handling System

Apr 2020 Singapore, Defense/Aerospace

The German BEUMER Group, a global leader in the design and manufacture of intralogistics systems, has been awarded a contract to upgrade the Baggage Handling System (BHS) at ...

Various Telemedicine Facilities Launched to Control COVID-19 Infections

Apr 2020 Philippines, Healthcare

In early April 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Privacy Commission (NPC) in the Philippines developed a framework for telemedicine services in a bid to ...

Ride Hailing Platforms Launching Grocery Delivery Service in the Philippines

Apr 2020 Philippines, Retail/FMCG

Grab, the leading ride-hailing platform in South East Asia which also offers food delivery and digital payment services, officially launched its on-demand grocery delivery ...

Philippines Providing Incentives for Importers and Manufacturers Amid Covid-19 Outbreak

Apr 2020 Philippines, Economy

The Philippine government has passed Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act, in order to facilitate the flow of essential goods as the country is put into ...

Philippines Focusing on Independent Medical Manufacturing in Response to COVID-19

Apr 2020 Philippines, Manufacturing

As worldwide supplies of Medical items needed to beat COVID-19 has become scant, the Philippine government is helping local companies and scientists set up an "independent" ...

Philippine Military Considering Russian Helicopters for Purchase

Apr 2020 Philippines, Defense/Aerospace

A Philippines defense delegation consisting of representatives from the Department of National Defense (DND) and Armed Forces for the Philippines (AFP) visited Russia to ...

Holcim to Use More Waste as Fuel for Cement Production

Apr 2020 Philippines, Environment

Holcim Philippines, Inc plans to further increase its consumption of qualified and properly segregated and pre-processed waste as alternative fuels and raw materials to ...

First Offshore Wind Energy Projects to be Developed in the Philippines

Apr 2020 Philippines, Energy

A consortium of Filipino, Swiss and German Energy companies was given the green light by the Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) to study and develop the country’s first ...

DOST Philippines Funds Production of AI-Enabled Thermal Scanners

Apr 2020 Philippines, ICT

The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) has allotted PHP 561,000 ...

Construction of Big-ticket Infrastructure Projects to Resume Under Modified Quarantine

Apr 2020 Philippines, Infrastructure

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Philippines is preparing plans to “fast-track” the resumption of projects under its Infrastructure pipeline that had ...

US-based CommScope Appoints Fortesys as Local Distributor for Ruckus in Malaysia

Apr 2020 Malaysia, ICT

US-based global network Infrastructure provider, CommScope Inc has appointed Fortesys Distribution Sdn Bhd as the authorized distributor in Malaysia for its Ruckus range of ...

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