Surbana Jurong became the first consulting firm in Singapore to have Infrastructure Sustainability Accredited Professionals (ISAPs), as three of its staff attained the accreditation and are now qualified to evaluate assets for sustainability, including railways,...
In its twelfth year of operation, with 26 stores in Singapore and approximately 1,400 employees, Uniqlo now plans to open more brick-and-mortar stores in the country. Despite the importance of e-commerce, the company considers the offline channel to be a “very...
The Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore’s national water agency, has received SGD 51 million (USD 37.8 million) in funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) for water research. This is the fourth tranche of RIE funding received by PUB, which will be used...
Singapore’s National University Health System (NUHS), a Singapore group of healthcare institutions, announced that it had integrated four solutions from California-based enterprise data company TIBCO Software into its Endeavour AI platform, which is used for...
A joint initiative, known as the Integrated Robotics & Automation Solutions Initiative, was set up between the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore in September. As part of this initiative, the...
The new Tuas Mega Port is set to begin operations as scheduled by the end of this year through the opening of the first 2 berths of the port. These 2 berths are part of Phase One of the Mega Port, which is expected to comprise a total of 21 berths capable of handling...
Metal E-Waste Management company Metech International announced in late September that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Asian Green Tech Pte Ltd, had entered into a joint venture with X Diamond Capital. The new company, incorporated as Asian Eco Technology, will focus on...
Despite the changing restrictions, delays and safe-management measures resulting from the pandemic, Singapore is still seeing many businesses being formed, with the number of businesses formed exceeding that of closures. According to the Accounting and Corporate...
In July, a commercial factory that produces chicken products through cell culture, which is the growing of animal cells in a bioreactor instead of slaughtering live animals, was given approval by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) to begin operations. The factory, owned...
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...
