Crowdsourced Data Helps Cities Fight Litter
Analysing the amounts and composition of litter, combined with information on location, data are giving cities insights for better intervention and messaging strategies.
Thai Banks Using Digitisation to Evolve into Diverse Value-Driven Organisations
In Thailand, many of its major banks have already embarked on a multi-year transformation journey to realise their full potential and take advantage of the opportunities of digitisation.
EXCLUSIVE: Smart Cities Must Think Locally, Partner Globally
Horng Shya Chua, Managing Director, Oracle Singapore, shares an expert opinion on how Smart Cities must think. Digital innovations developed across Southeast Asia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are a testament to the region’s ongoing commitment to building a range of “smart” infrastructure and applications. The Singapore government, already a leader with its cutting-edge […]
How Mapping Technology is Key in the Fight against COVID-19
Geographic information systems, or more commonly known as GIS, is a technology that combines location with real-time or static data. This technology collects, manages, analyses, and shares data to achieve location intelligence. Rooted in the science of geography, GIS integrates many types of data. It can use large data sets from different sources and represent […]
COVID-19: Making Data Speak
Without becoming overly dependent on projections, leaders can use data and analytics to envision beyond the pandemic; scanning for opportunities and challenges to consider how they could address a post-crisis world.
HKU and partners develop big-data-enabled COVID-19 tracker
Differing from usual epidemiological models that rely on historical data or assumptions, the team used real-time data about actual movements focusing on aggregate population flow rather than individual tracking.
Coronavirus technology solutions raise data privacy concerns
Privacy and data protection laws cannot and should not get in the way of government strategy to saving lives. But even at times of crisis, data privacy should still be respected, and frameworks put in place.
GovTech’s fast acting citizen-centric response amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Recognising the importance of getting timely and accurate information, a team of developers at the Government Technology Agency of Singapore developed MaskGoWhere – a website providing information on mask collection points.
The European Commission Releases its Strategy for Data
Built on four pillars, the EU strategy designed to establish policy measures and investments to enable the data economy in Europe for the next five years.
Database for the Provision of Programs and Services to Fisherfolk
Listahan provides concerned stakeholders with a database of poor households as basis in identifying potential beneficiaries of social protection programs and services.
Data-Sharing Agreement to Improve the Philippines’ Credit Information
Under the agreement, the Department of Trade and Industry will provide publicly available data of business enterprises to improve the Philippines’ competitiveness ranking.
University of the Philippines to Open Map Data for Taal Volcano Rehabilitation
Free access to the map data will be given to the public so that it can be used for planning and reconstruction of areas damaged by the Taal volcano eruption.
India’s Data and Analytics Platform to Democratise Publicly Available Government Data
An inter-ministerial committee will oversee the development of the platform. A group of experts have been inducted into an advisory group to provide technical guidance.
Singapore Intellectual Property Office announces initiative to support innovative business in global markets
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) announced a new initiative to support innovative enterprises as they enter global markets. The initiative is called the Intellectual Property Insurance Initiative for Innovators (IPIII), and it will give innovative enterprises insurance coverage for legal expenses that may be incurred in intellectual property (IP) infringement proceedings worldwide. The […]
Hong Kong and Singapore Sign MOU to Strengthen Co-operation in Personal Data Protection
Hong Kong’s and Singapore’s data protection authorities today furthered their warm relations by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation in personal data protection in the two jurisdictions. The MOU was signed by Mr Stephen Kai-yi Wong, Hong Kong’s Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data and Mr Yeong Zee Kin, Deputy Commissioner of Singapore’s […]
Organisations with CCTV failing to notify or obtain consent on collection of personal data breach PDPA
After a gym in Singapore was found out to have CCTV cameras active in a ladies changing area, it sparked huge debate on privacy laws and personal data protection nationwide. This week in Parliament, the Minister for Communications and Information was asked whether the Ministry has plans to better regulate the installation and access to […]
The Australian Federal Government creates National Data Advisory Council
The Australian Federal Government has created a National Data Advisory Council in order to manage data better and to drive innovation and economic growth. The advisory council was created based on a recommendation of the Productivity Commission’s 2017 review of Australia’s data sharing and release arrangements. It also recommended a new Data Sharing and Release […]
How Thailand is using open data and AI in its justice system
The Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) and partners hold a roundtable on Technology for Justice to discuss how Open Data and AI can be used for Participatory Justice.
GovTech launches National Data Visualisation Video Challenge in Singapore
Students from tertiary institutions and JCs will use, analyse and apply open data to generate new insights and present them through easily understandable videos.
International survey finds 10% of Singaporeans use OGD on daily basis; 51% cite lack of awareness as biggest barrier to greater use
When using OGD, citizens value user experience features such as the ease of access and easy data visualisations.
GovTech Singapore conducting international survey on Open Government Data
The study seeks to compare OGD initiatives across 10 countries: US, UK, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Finland, Mexico, Australia, France and India.