Hong Kong working towards becoming Asia’s top fintech hub
This
year has seen Hong Kong double its investments in fintech to almost HK$ 4.3
billion (S$743 million). InvestHK claims this can be attributed to the
country’s strong laws and financial regulations. Hong Kong also boasts of its
commitment to innovation and technology.
Singapore’s NTU, Surbana Jurong and NRF launch S$61 million joint corporate laboratory
NTU Singapore announces that it will be launching a corporate lab
with Surbana Jurong and NRF. The research
will centre around three main themes: digitalisation, green and sustainable urban
solutions, and the future of the industry and productivity.
Singapore’s Integrated Building Implements Assistive Technology
Singapore’s Integrated Building (IB) has pioneered a new way to help patients recover faster and transition them to everyday living. Collaboratively operated by Changi General Hospital (CGH) and a community hospital, IB is a first in Singapore.
Singapore to enhance ASEAN development by boosting regional economic integration and tech
Prime
Minister Lee Hsien announced that Singapore will increase its support for an initiative
aimed at tapering the development gap among the ASEAN member states. Economic
integration and technology adoption are the key ways in which the development
will be done.
New Zealand to launch micro-credentials system to future-proof employability
Micro-credentials
will help people update their skills across multiple careers over their
lifetime, and it will be easier for them to refresh the skills they use in
their current jobs. Micro-credentials will be able to address the shortages of
skills across a number of sectors.
How Singapore’s NUS is digitising the study of pathology
A team of pathology students, non-academic staff and IT
specialists work tirelessly to digitise
the 5,000 specimens currently in physical form at the NUS Department of
Pathology. The digitised pots can be
found on a website called ‘Pathweb’.
Hong Kong working towards becoming Asia's top fintech hub
This
year has seen Hong Kong double its investments in fintech to almost HK$ 4.3
billion (S$743 million). InvestHK claims this can be attributed to the
country’s strong laws and financial regulations. Hong Kong also boasts of its
commitment to innovation and technology.
RMIT University partners to leverage blockchain technology for the transformation of health care models
Blockchain
technology will change how property rights are used in private data works. The
patients will own their personal health data and may decide how they will use
it.