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BBC News: Singapore teaches India about water purification
Posted by max in Singapore News on July 7th, 2010
India is enjoying a much better monsoon this year, with rains expected to help boost output of grain and oilseeds.
It is also expected to help inflation which has triggered widespread protests. But that doesn’t mean that India’s water issues are gone.
The World Bank has warned that unless something is done, India’s fresh water supplies could be used up by 2050. Singapore faced the same problem, but it has found a solution and the view is that India can also use the same technology.
Mariko Oi reports from Singapore.
Interview of a Singapore Entrepreneur: Thorben Linneberg, CEO of OrSiSo
Posted by max in Multimedia, Singapore News on October 7th, 2009
We at Acian Technologies, are wishing all the best to OrSiso, the Singapore startup that wants to reorganize social networks…. Here is an interview of their CEO, conducted in the building next to ours at INSEAD:
StarHub CEO retires, Neil Montefiore from M1 to replace him
Posted by max in Singapore News on July 14th, 2009
FORMER M1 chief executive Neil Montefiore has been appointed to helm rival telco Starhub.
Starhub said on Tuesday its current CEO Terry Clontz, 58, will retire from his leaderhip position after over a decade with the company.
Singapore’s Economy Begins to Stir
Posted by max in Singapore News on June 2nd, 2009
I met some visitors from the French government last week, who were visiting some of the facilities at Fusionopolis (where our office is). They were saying that the Signaproe government was painting a very rosy picture of the economy and it was difficult to know what was the real situation.
The fact are: 1. Singapore is in a deep recession; 2. the government is in a strong position to counter-balance this with targeted investments, 3. things are improving
An excert from a recent article on the economy:
“The recession hasn’t diminished Singapore’s zeal to make the city a science and technology hub. The government is pushing ahead with plans for three new universities, including one linked to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It has inked a deal with Nissan (NasdaqCM:NSANY – News) and Renault to test electric cars here. It’s providing a $300 million loan to memory-chip maker Micron Technology (mu.) to upgrade a factory. And it has encouraged big drugmakers such as Abbott Laboratories (abt.), Novartis (NYSE:NVS – News), and GlaxoSmithKline (gsk.) to set up research centers at Biopolis, a government-funded biotech park.”
Singapore Government Continues To Invest In Infocomm: Projected S$1.73 Billion Worth of Public Sector Infocomm Tenders in FY09
Posted by max in Singapore News on May 25th, 2009
Projected S$1.73 Billion Worth of Public Sector Infocomm Tenders in FY09
The Singapore Government plans to invest S$1.73 billion worth of new infocomm tenders in Financial Year (FY) 20091. This will further increase infocomm adoption in the public sector to better meet the growing expectations of businesses and citizens in an ever-changing infocomm landscape.
Re-Igniting Interest in Engineering
Posted by InnoBunny in Singapore News on April 6th, 2009
New group aims to dispel myth and re-ignite interest in engineering
By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
April 6, 2009 Straits Times
ENGINEERS are fast becoming an endangered species as more students opt for less ‘boring’ disciplines.
Rather than sit around to see their kind go the way of the dinosaurs, a group of engineers from the private sector has started a movement to encourage youth to take up engineering and to dispel the myth that it is boring. The intrepid dozen have called their group Creators of Tomorrow.
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Innovation: Singapore Is No. 1, Well Ahead of the U.S.
Posted by InnoBunny in World News on March 27th, 2009
Innovation in Singapore
Singapore’s emphasis on science education and a highly talented workforce puts it well ahead of the U.S. in a new global ranking of innovation leaders. For anyone interested in working in an innovative environment, the U.S. has long been the top destination. The U.S. has the culture to support innovation: the best universities, the biggest venture capital funds, the most supportive financial markets. American companies from Silicon Valley are among the world’s most inspiring success stories for entrepreneurs in China china, India india, and other emerging markets, with startup business leaders looking for inspiration to the likes of Hewlett Packard (HPQ), Intel (INTC), Apple (AAPL), and Google (GOOG).
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