Rooftop solar energy generation continues to grow in Singapore, with leading local solar energy system developer, owner and operator, Sunseap winning a contract in October 2019 to install more than 170,000 solar panels on rooftops of Housing & Development Board...
The Singapore government is planning to roll out four 5G networks in the city state, including two full-fledged networks and two smaller networks based on existing 4G infrastructure. On 17 October 2019, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) launched a Call...
Singapore launched its inaugural Zero Waste Masterplan in late August 2019, aiming to reduce the amount of waste that Singapore sends to its landfill on Semakau island by 30% by 2030. This could help extend the lifespan of the landfill beyond the current projection of...
The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Singapore announced on 10 October that it will introduce mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labels for less healthy pre-packaged sugar sweetened beverage (SSBs) and advertising prohibitions for the least healthy SSBs on local mass media...
Singapore achieved the top rank in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index for 2019. In the 2018 index, it was ranked in the second place behind the US, among 141 economies. The index is an annual yardstick for policy-makers to assess their...
On 27 September 2019, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and SITAONAIR signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the deployment of space-based Very High Frequency (VHF) voice communications for air traffic management (ATM) in the Singapore...
Singapore Poultry Hub Pte Ltd (SPH) is setting up the first smart and green factory for the poultry industry in Singapore. Singapore Poultry Hub is a joint venture among five parties, namely Mr Tan Chin Long and four poultry producers and processors – Tong Huat...
Singapore-based investment group Clermont acquired a majority 70% stake in Israeli company, Eviation Aircraft (Eviation) in August 2019. Eviation is the developer of the Alice all-electric business and commuter aircraft. Clermont also has interests in the healthcare...
On 27 August 2019, Munich-headquartered industrial gases and engineering company, Linde, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new integrated manufacturing complex to be located and integrated with its existing gasification facility on Jurong Island in Singapore....
A new Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) campus being built in the upcoming Punggol Digital District (PDD) will house the region’s first Multi-Energy Micro-Grid. Construction work on the campus commenced after a groundbreaking ceremony on 10 September 2019. The...
American fitness wearables company, Fitbit, announced a collaboration with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) on 23 August 2019 on a healthy population project in support of Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative. HPB is a Singapore government agency that aims to...
The Singapore government launched a new government e-service, Trade Finance Compliance (TFC), on its Networked Trade Platform (NTP) in September 2019. The NTP under Singapore Customs serves as ne-stop trade and logistics ecosystem for Singapore linked to other...
