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Launch of Smart City Index 2020 by IMD and SUTD
The Institute for Management Development (IMD), in collaboration with Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), has released the 2020 Smart City Index, with key findings on how technology is playing a role in the COVID-19 era in a way that is likely to remain.
Karung guni trade on brink of extinction as scrap industry bears brunt of Covid-19
Scrap dealers unable to export due to lockdowns in importing countries, global travel restrictions Demand for certain items such as clothes…
Demand for land in Singapore is bad news for golfers
The Economist wrote an article about how demand for land in Singapore is bad news for golfers as golf courses give way to public housing and infrastructure. The article included a quote from LKYCIC senior fellow Dr Harvey Neo.
美中争锋非冷战 冲突必然或可免?
Lian He Zao Bao published an opinion piece by LKYCIC Chair Prof Chan Heng Chee about the US-China rivalry. This article was based on a lecture she delivered at the 7th IPS-Nathan Lecture Series titled The US-China Rivalry: Inevitable War or Avoidable War.
US-China rivalry: it’s not a Cold War, but is conflict inevitable or avoidable?
South China Morning Post published an opinion piece by LKYCIC Chair Prof Chan Heng Chee about the US-China rivalry. This article was based on a lecture she delivered at the 7th IPS-Nathan Lecture Series titled The US-China Rivalry: Inevitable War or Avoidable War.
Putting common good ahead of individual freedoms have helped in Asian countries’ fight against Covid-19, says Chan Heng Chee. (ST, 18.06.2020)
The Straits Times reported on Prof Chan Heng Chee’s first lecture as IPS’ 7th S R Nathan Fellow. Under the fellowship, Prof Chan’s lectures, which examines Singapore’s place in a world that is rapidly changing, will be published in a book.
Coronavirus: Dorm operators expect changes to push up costs by at least 50%
New standards for migrant worker dormitories will enhance workers’ well-being, said dormitory operators here, but will come at a cost…
Rethinking dorms: Next steps for foreign worker housing in Singapore
New safety rules could shake up how dorms are run, and also result in consolidation