Indonesia Readies Maritime Defence with Tech
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The Indonesian government has initiatives to improve coordination in maritime radio frequency spectrum control; migration to IPv6; and advancement of new renewable energy sources.
Exclusive! 7th Annual Malaysia OpenGov Leadership Forum 2022
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Malaysian digital leaders gather to explore accelerating digital innovation strategies for sustainable growth for the nation since the acceleration of transformation brought by the pandemic.
Singpass Features Multiple Languages
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The Singapore government is taking steps to make digital services more accessible; Singpass App will better support citizens with four of Singapore’s official languages – English, Tamil, Malay and Chinese – in the app.
NIRYAT: India’s One-stop Platform for Foreign Trade Information
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The NIRYAT portal is another step in the country’s journey towards self-reliance: ‘Antmanirbhar Bharat’ and is expected to facilitate easier and more efficient exports to achieve the nation’s ambitious economic targets.
PolyU Gets Boost for Spatial Science Programme
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A Hong Kong-based product design firm has provided a donation to establish an Endowed Professorship in Spatial Science, to support PolyU’s continuous contributions to China’s space exploration projects.
“Postcards from the Future” Highlights Singapore’s Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise
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Singapore is now using an augmented reality tour to imagine how the country will respond to sea-level rise and climate change in 2121 and beyond.
Vietnam Develops Smart Cities in 41 localities
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Vietnam’s transformation is based on 3 pillars: digital governance, digital economy and digital society; it has set a vision for the planning, management and sustainable development of urban areas by 2030 with a vision till 2045.
Thailand Spearheads Automation Technology for SMEs
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The innovation allows for the quick storage and retrieval of inventory which will improve enterprise competitiveness by allowing them to reduce errors, save labour and energy, and achieve greater efficiency.
Nationwide Network Data-Sharing System to Establish in the Philippines
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The Philippine Space Agency is looking to strengthen the capacity of the local government units, researchers and the public through a new project to capacitate and enable various sectors to access and use space data.
Singapore Allows Green Funding, Employs AI to Combat Greenwashing
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Singapore’s Monetary Authority has announced the first use case of its NovA! initiative; a joint exercise for cross-border cyber crisis response and preparedness was held.
Chinese University of Hong Kong Gets Boost for Biomedical Tech R&D
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The scheme supports projects that can develop new diagnostic tools or therapeutic approaches and will also facilitate the evaluation of these new tools and accelerate the translation of basic research outputs into clinical applications.
U.S. Researchers Discover Quantum Sensor That Can Detect Any Electromagnetic Pulse
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing ultrasensitive nanoscale detectors with potential applications in quantum computing and biological sensing.
Indonesia Accelerates Digital Transformation in its Tourism Sector
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As the nation’s economy is heavily dependent on the tourism industry, the country is now accelerating digital transformation in the sector to improve efficiency and offer a better experience for tourists.
U.S. Researchers Develop Optimisation Method for Robotic System Simulation
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Engineers from the United States develop a new general-purpose optimisation algorithm that can accelerate the design of walking robots, self-driving automobiles, and other autonomous systems.
NTU Singapore Promotes Green Data Centres
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Singapore’s 60 data centres accounted for 7% of its power usage in 2020. NTU and its spin-off firm Red Dot Analytics have a new solution to minimise the energy consumption and emissions of data centres.
Centre for Brain Research Inaugurated in India
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The centre will carry out vital research to explore appropriate, evidence-based public health interventions to delay the onset of dementia and slow down its progress.
Philippines Deploys Community LTE Networks in Rural Areas
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REIINN bridges the digital divide in the Philippines via universal connection and enhanced policies on spectrum management and community networks, while SARwAIS analyses earth observation data with a remote sensing method.
AI Platform Optimises Chemotherapy Dose in Singapore
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Researchers from NUS have developed an AI platform that leverages a patient’s clinical data, including medication kind, dose, and cancer biomarkers, to determine the appropriate chemotherapy dose.
HKSTP Co-Launches Co-Incubation Programme to Drive Biomedical Tech Development
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The programme allows local and global qualified start-ups in infectious diseases and immunology to access HKSTP’s complete ecosystem and the company’s extensive biotech funding network.
Thailand Encourages Businesses to Utilise 5G Technology
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Everyone across Thailand is encouraged to support and participate in initiatives that develop the country’s digital economy while users of social media were cautioned against posting videos without permission.
HKU Engineering Team Develops Label-Free Cell Monitoring Tech
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The partners have developed a low-cost, highly miniaturised and incubator-compatible GaN chipscope which enables real-time monitoring of cells in the limited and humid space of an incubator.
NSW Grants Funding for Revolutionary New Institutes of Applied Tech
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Over 26,000 students exploring careers in critical industries will benefit from an additional AU$ 108.5 million over four years for the NSW Government’s two new TAFE NSW Institutes of Applied Technology.
UK- Singapore Digital Economy Agreement in Effect
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The UKSDEA includes digital economy pillars like data as well as cooperative components in a wide range of developing and innovative fields like AI, fintech and regtech, digital identities and legal technology.
India Develops Portal to Help Rehabilitate Children in Need
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Baal Swaraj is a portal launched by the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights for the online tracking and real-time monitoring of children in need of care and protection.
India Launches AI-Enabled Portal for Pension Distribution
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The AI-supported portal, Bhavishya, will send automatic alerts to pensioners and enable users to submit suggestions and grievances. It is expected to improve ease of processing, speed, and accuracy.
E-Invoicing and E-Receipting Data Centre in the Philippines
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E-invoicing together with e-receipt and e-sales systems will be implemented by the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the Philippines commencing in July 2022 as part of a new Electronic Invoicing System.
Vietnam, Australia to Cooperate in Technology, Trade
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The Vietnamese and Australian business communities have agreed to cooperate in transferring solutions and technologies in clean energy, high-tech agriculture, and digital transformation.
Singapore Expands Energy Security and Resilience Measures
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Due to prolonged instability in the global energy market and the Ukraine situation, the Energy Market Authority is expanding measures until 2023 to strengthen Singapore’s energy security and resilience.
U.S. Announces Cyber-Resilient Energy Systems Strategy
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The strategy provides guidelines for constructing resilient, cyber-attack-resistant renewable energy systems to achieve a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 which requires a robust and dependable sustainable energy grid.
Singapore Joins IFC, UNDP on Digital Financial Literacy Skills Programme
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation and the United Nations Development Programme has established a global financial literacy and empowerment initiative for MSMEs.