Widespread use of artificial intelligence, WeChat in Chinese courts
Courts around the country are extensively leveraging the popular social media platform, WeChat, for answering queries, managing court procedures, communicating and holding trials remotely.
SkillsFuture Singapore launches seven new Earn and Learn Programmes to meet manpower needs in emerging sectors
The new ELPs focus on areas such as tech startups, Robotics
& Automation, Industrial Internet of Things and Applied Science.
Singapore’s Payments Council endorses specifications for national QR code for e-payments
The SG QR will be adopted and deployed by payment services providers in Singapore through 2018.
Singapore CIOs lag in machine learning adoption, according to “The Global CIO Point of View” Survey
The survey also found that 28% of CIOs in Singapore are making some investments in machine learning currently, and this number is expected to grow within the next few years as Singapore gears towards a Smart Nation.
Hong Kong Government approves sandbox initiatives by three financial regulators to facilitate FinTech development
“We welcome the move by our three regulators to introduce and upgrade sandboxes to promote innovation in the financial services industry.”
Victoria launches new thunderstorm asthma forecasting system
The forecasting system considers grass pollen forecasts, weather observations and data including wind changes, temperature, rainfall and grass coverage.
Industry task force for data verification of pre-paid cellular service users formed in Malaysia
To ensure the integrity of the database, MCMC will regularly audit the registration data by the Service Providers and its representatives.
Top 4 grand prize winners for 3rd edition of Ageing-in-Place Tech Challenge announced in Singapore
“The Tech Factor Challenge encourages engineers and entrepreneurs to develop commercially-ready applications that can address real world problems.”
CSA report identifies ransomware, phishing, website defacements and compromised C&C servers as common cyber threats in Singapore
The report also highlights the risk of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) in a time of increasing geopolitical tensions.
EXCLUSIVE – Digital hospitals are the future: How to stay connected, increase efficiency and enhance patient satisfaction
The future-oriented collaborative care model of healthcare allows for patient-centric automated workflows, better cost control and inter-site workload sharing.
EXCLUSIVE – Fostering greater public-private cooperation in the fight against cybercrime
“Sharing of information is one of the keys to success against crime in general but in particular, in the fight against cybercrime.”
EXCLUSIVE – Using data analytics to provide an enhanced education experience and improve student engagement
At the same time, tweaking the intervention process after monitoring the students’ progression and getting their feedback can also improve learning outcomes.
EXCLUSIVE – Facilitating the process of safe and secure air travel with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
“ICAO is really developing the regulatory frameworks and it is up to the states to implement it in their structure.”
EXCLUSIVE – What’s ticking behind the newly formed Data Innovation Programme Office, IMDA
While the use of data and data analytics present enormous opportunities, there are pre-requisites to the potential of data science.
EXCLUSIVE – Serving the public good and engaging multiple stakeholders at Smart City Iskandar Malaysia
“Engaging the community is more important to us than getting our organisation being recognised as always advanced in doing projects.”
EXCLUSIVE – Public Sector Digitalisation: Going beyond digital government services
“Customer-oriented digitalisation goes across sections in different organisations and it doesn’t care whether it is public or private sector.”
EXCLUSIVE – Collaboration between multiple stakeholders to tackle cybercrimes in the ASEAN region
“Cooperation between the public and private sectors against cybercrime is also growing, as this is a key element necessary to effectively identify and counter cybercrime.”
Balancing between accessibility and control: Data protection and managing insider threats
OpenGov spent some time with Mr. Brandon Swafford, CTO, Data Protection and Insider Threat, Forcepoint. Mr Swafford shared on topics such as data sovereignty, dealing with data privacy and security, as well as insights to data protection and managing insider threats. Could you tell us more about your role as CTO of Data Protection and […]
Working with governments to provide safe and secure forms of electronic identity in the digital era
OpenGov speaks to Mr. Ng Fook Seng, Senior Vice President, Government Programs, Asia, Gemalto as he talks about the development of electronic identity cards and electronic passports in the region, physical and digital security in electronic documents and upcoming trends in electronic government services. What are electronic identity (eID) cards and their role in moving […]
EXCLUSIVE – Enhancing public safety through ICT technologies at the Singapore Police Force (SPF)
At the regional level, Singapore is the ASEAN Voluntary Lead Shepherd on Cybercrime, responsible for charting ASEAN’s initiatives against cybercrime.
EXCLUSIVE – Making Catalonia a Smart Nation, revamping the healthcare system and the challenges ahead
“The other topic, which we are starting now, is creating a nationwide platform for IoT sensors so that all sensors that are used for capturing data can share their info in an open platform.”
EXCLUSIVE – Encouraging collaboration and sharing of knowledge within the government and beyond at the City of Quezon
“Being fully completed is the city government’s electronic financial system linking the city government’s financial processes, from budgeting, inventory control, procurement, accounting and fund disbursements.”
EXCLUSIVE – Strengthening the data protection ecosystem in Singapore through the work of PDPC
“We want to enhance the data protection ecosystem, and will put in place additional resources to help businesses use personal data responsibly.”
EXCLUSIVE – Working towards making Makassar a world-class Smart City
“In the future, we hope the Smart City vision can be realised. Makassar can be the best, cleanest, the most hygienic and most innovative city.”
EXCLUSIVE – Towards a Smarter Cauayan City through collaboration between government, private sector and civil society
“The achievement of Cauayan City being the Smarter City is a collaborative effort not just of the local government but all the people of Cauayan City.”
EXCLUSIVE – Helping the public sector to become more productive, innovative and responsive to citizen needs
“Public sector innovation is about enabling people – civil servants, citizens, businesses – to bring forward and test their ideas on how to do things better to meet local needs.”
EXCLUSIVE – Combining cutting-edge human genome research with practical scientific and medical applications
“My goal is to create useful technologies that we can either apply in the lab to help scientists study natural phenomenon or apply in the clinic to help patients.”
EXCLUSIVE – Leading cutting-edge cancer research in Singapore and translating it to real world treatments
“We have, from a situation where we only had a few drugs – now we’ve got hundreds of different drugs so increasingly, you’re seeing this very personalised treatment.”
EXCLUSIVE – eGovernment development trends in the ASEAN region
“However, this confluence of technologies also brings about challenges to the government. Many jobs will be displaced as a result of automation and robotics.”
EXCLUSIVE – Embracing technological disruption and designing citizen-centric services across government platforms – Report on the Indonesia OpenGov Leadership Forum 2017
“In order for integrated services to happen, governments need to understand citizens’ needs, talk to them and understand their pain points.”