Singapore will continue and complete its mega infrastructure projects, including key projects such as Changi Airport Terminal 5, Tuas Mega Port, and submarine cable hubs, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing in...
Four industry leading companies, Keppel Data Centres, Chevron, Pan-United, And Surbana Jurong signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) committing to work together and develop the first end-to-end decarbonization process in Singapore. The main focus of the...
The government of Singapore is setting aside SGD 20 billion (USD 14.5 billion) to support basic and applied research in high impact areas, such as health and biomedical sciences, climate change, and artificial intelligence. It will launch a series of Innovation...
In response to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Singapore Food Agency is actively seeking new suppliers to diversify food sources in order to ensure greater food security for the island nation. One such agreement was reached with Poland to enhance...
The Singaporean government plans to increase the total projected value of its ITC contacts for fiscal year 2020 to USD 2.52 Billion, representing a 30% increase from 2019. This is being done in order to help companies through the COVID-19 crisis and also to accelerate...
FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) and Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, announced the launch of Singapore’s first LNG bunkering vessel on 1 June 2020. The construction of the 7500 cubic meter LNG bunkering vessel is on...
The Economic Development Board (EDB) of Singapore announced that the city-state secured around SGD 13 billion (USD 9.3 billion) in investment commitments during the first four months of 2020, notwithstanding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Ministry of Trade...
The Singapore Police Force started trialing a new drone system to complement to their ground operations during the COVID-19 outbreak. With the city under lockdown (most businesses have reopened since the Phase 2 reopening on 18 June but working from home remains...
Singapore-headquartered energy, marine and urban development group Sembcorp Industries announced in May 2020 that it has secured a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the city state’s national water agency, the Public Utilities Board (PUB), for a 60 MW...
The Singaporean Government has assigned more than SGD 500 million (USD 360 million) to support businesses as they digitalize amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This sum is part of the government’s fourth package, dubbed the Fortitude Budget, of SGD 33 billion (USD 24...
CapitaLand, the operator of Singapore’s largest mall network, launched an e-commerce platform eCapitaMall in June, as well as an online food ordering platform Capita3Eats, to complement its existing physical presence through shopping malls. The company announced that...
French multinational Alstom and SMRT Trains, with support from Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA), have signed an agreement to ensure the continued reliability and availability of the driverless train control system installed by Alstom on...
