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Data Editorial Our Future Smart Nation 

[Apply Now] Reading Group on Digital Technology

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

Digital technology has quickly become a key area of focus for societies globally. It has allowed people to create, innovate,

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Economy Explainers Security Smart Nation Urban Development 

Rethinking the Push Towards a Cash-Free Society

March 3, 2019March 5, 2019 Cashless, Economy

As part of the Smart Nation initiative, the government has been pushing for Singapore to go fully cashless within the next few years. Soh Kian Peng lays out the benefits and drawbacks of this move and explains why a complete switch away from cash might not be desirable.

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Data Explainers Op-Ed Smart Nation 

Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act: A Legal Primer

June 11, 2018October 24, 2018 #featured

As we put more of our lives and data online, personal data and its management has become a much more controversial issue. What are Singapore’s laws on the issue, and how do we balance technological progress with personal privacy? Jarret Huang explains.

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Op-Ed Smart Nation 

Becoming Citizens of the Smart Nation

May 29, 2017 featured

BY JOCELYN LANG What, or who, really is the Smart Nation? In the era of the #SmartNation Singapore, discussions of “smartness” abound in the news space, but corresponding discussions of nationhood are few and far in between. …

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Op-Ed Smart Nation 

Beyond Apple vs FBI: Implications for Singapore’s Smart Nation Project

March 5, 2016October 17, 2017

BY BENJAMIN ANG The ongoing legal dispute between Apple Inc and the FBI, over accessing data on the iPhone of

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Op-Ed Smart Nation 

Smart Nation & Its Implications: The State in a Hyper-connected Singapore

January 27, 2016October 17, 2017

BY TAN TECK BOON As Singapore transforms itself into a Smart Nation, challenges will emerge. Instead of being decentred, the

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Op-Ed Smart Nation 

Open Data for An Open Society

May 17, 2015October 17, 2017

BY MICHELLE KHOO Will Singapore’s next General Elections be as fiercely contested as the last? During the last General Elections,

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