Tag: Lee Hsien Loong

FinTech’s green focus in Singapore

Posted on   |  by Adam Lyle
The launch of InnovationAsia has come at the right time in relation to Singapore. In recent weeks Singapore has hosted three major tech-focused conferences that not only boasted record...

ASEAN wrap-up: Ties that bind

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Recent fears within Australia’s tech and innovation circles that the sector might have been forgotten by its friends in Canberra may be overblown if the first ASEAN-Australian summit hosted...

Lion City links a smart deal

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Malcolm Turnbull says Australia would continue to look to Singapore for smart city development ideas and inspirations. Speaking to media at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit on Friday, the Prime...

ASEAN-Aust in digital trade push

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled a digital standards cooperative initiative with Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) trade partners to work together to adopt and develop international standards...

Preview: ASEAN Business Summit

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Leaders from around south-east Asia will converge on Sydney over the weekend – with large trade delegations in tow – for a “historic and unprecedented” summit with a focus...

ASEAN summit a huge opportunity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australia-ASEAN Special Summit to be held in Sydney in mid-March is surely the least talked about and yet most important regional forum ever hosted by this country. Leaving...

PM Lee sings a familiar song

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
In many ways the contrast between the vast resource-rich Australia and geographically tiny and resource-free Singapore could not be more stark. And yet the two countries are becoming ever...

No internet means no cyber crime?

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Singapore, the country that gave social engineering a good name, has come up with a sure-fire way to ensure its government computers are not hacked. It is disconnecting them...

Looking for love in the Lion City

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Singapore has come out of the Asia Pacific’s increasingly competitive technology blocks fast in 2016. Its all-seeing government is set to streamline the state agencies that oversee and invest...