The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has announced that Cyber-Security service providers will have to be licensed by early 2022 to continue operations. As these providers help to verify if businesses are vulnerable to hacking and monitor information technology...
Singapore has lost the top spot among Asia-Pacific Countries in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021 to South Korea after topping the list for seven consecutive years, although it has maintained its global ranking of 8th. This comes after South Korea has made...
An agreement between Keppel Electric and Electricite Du Laos (EDL), Laos’ state electricity generation, transmission and distribution company, will allow Singapore to begin trials to import renewable hydropower from Laos via Thailand and Malaysia. The LTMS-PIP is an...
Singapore and US-based biotech company, TurtleTree, will scale up and develop its pioneering cell-based technologies on a commercial scale through a partnership with Solar Biotech, a US-based biomanufacturing company known for helping start-ups to scale up. TurtleTree...
The Singapore government and relevant industry players recently undertook a study to determine the feasibility of integrating sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) with conventional jet fuel for use at Changi Airport. The study, which also identified viable...
The Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has upgraded its 2021 GDP growth forecast range from 4-6% to 6-7%, despite the continued global rise of Covid-19 cases due to the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant. This revision was made in light of an...
The Energy Market Authority (EMA) of Singapore has proposed changes to the country’s Electricity Act, requiring power generation firms to improve the energy efficiency of their existing units and shift towards cleaner and more efficient modes of power generation. This...
In mid-August 2021, the Singapore National Environment Agency announced the establishment of its SGD 3 billion Multicurrency Medium Term Note (MTN) Programme and Green Bond Framework. The programs are expected to help finance sustainable infrastructure development...
Johnson & Johnson Vision, the eye health unit of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, will develop an integrated eye health ecosystem in Singapore that uses AI, data and digitalization to connect key stakeholders within the eye health journey –...
US-based data center operator Equinix has officially launched its fifth data center – named SG5 – at Tanjong Kling Data Centre Park. The launch marks the company’s continued expansion across the Asia Pacific region. In the first phase of its launch,...
As part of a project by Temasek Holdings and government-owned electricity and gas distribution company SP Group, seven buildings in Tampines – Central Tampines Mall, Telepark, Century Square, Tampines 1, OCBC Tampines Centre Two, Our Tampines Hub and UOB Tampines...
Hyundai Motor Group will complete its sophisticated assembly plant in Singapore in 2022, where it will assemble, sell and export the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the Hyundai Ioniq 3 for Singapore and the rest of the Asia Pacific region. This puts the company in a prime...
