Full Coverage: Singapore

10.01.2008 A new mobile phone service launched in Singapore aims to extend the reach of government e-services to the public and business users on the move.

04.12.2007 Does Japan want to scrap the international agreement on climate change, the world's biggest climate action NGO network asked at the start of the second day of United Nations negotiations on a programme to tackle global warming.

17.04.2007 Singapore-based AMIC is organizing the RadioAsia Conference 2007 at Singapore Expo. The conference will supposedly challenge the perception that technology alone is responsible for driving change in communications.

18.09.2006 L'azione di protesta da parte delle Ong internazionali dei seminari programmati con Banca mondiale (BM) e Fondo monetario internazionale (FMI) agli incontri annuali delle due istituzioni, ha portato l'Unione europea e lo stesso presidente della Banca mondiale, Paul Wolfowitz, a stigmatizzare la condotta del governo di Singapore che, nei giorni scorsi è tornato sulle proprie decisioni autorizzando l'ingresso di 22 dei 27 attivisti che erano stati banditi dalla città asiatica. Nella lista nera delle autorità erano finiti anche due italiani, Antonio Tricarico ed Elena Gerebizza di Crbm/Manitese. "Troppo tardi" - commentano le Ong che all'apertura del contro-forum di Batam, isoletta indonesiana a poche miglia da Singapore, avevano lanciato il loro boicottaggio agli incontri di BM e FMI. Tra le principali questioni in agenda negli incontri delle due istituzioni la revisione delle quote di potere dei Paesi membri del FMI: il sistema della distribuzione dei voti non permette ai Paesi in via di sviluppo di avere voce in seno all'istituzione.

15.09.2006 ActionAid is demanding that the World Bank and IMF no longer hold their annual meetings in countries restricting civil and political liberties, after three of its staff were detained and one is about to be deported.
From: ActionAid International

13.03.2006 The Singaporean authorities have rejected calls for foreign domestic workers to be given a mandatory day off each week.

16.02.2006 AlexandraHospital is piloting a bed management system as part of a collaboration with Cisco Systems and Fujitsu Asia to address healthcare challenges such as bed shortages, the delivery of medical information and location monitoring of patients and hospital assets.

05.01.2006 Singapore is well known for its shortcomings in human rights, freedom of speech and democracy. It’s also well known for creating a stable, safe and prosperous multi-racial society. Maybe it’s time, says Bill Gunyon, Editor of OneWorld Guides, for students of human development to take a closer look.

05.01.2006 Singapore is well known for its shortcomings in human rights, freedom of speech and democracy. It’s also well known for creating a stable, safe and prosperous multi-racial society. Maybe it’s time for students of human development to take a closer look.

05.01.2006 Singapore's National Library through its portal and its digital library has extended access to its more than 500,000 e-books to book lovers all over the world.

04.10.2005 The e-choupal project of ITC Ltd has won the 'IT excellence award 2005' instituted by the 'MIS Asia' magazine in the category of 'Best business enabler'. The award was announced in Singapore at the 'MIS Asia IT Summit'.

03.10.2005 IBM’s Academic Initiative and Centre for Advanced Studies will help equip 3500 students per year with IT skills to become a more competitive workforce.

02.09.2005 Some of Asia, America, Africa and Europe's top government IT policymakers are set to gather at the PSTM Government Technology Forum 2005 on 5th October 2005, at The Fullerton, Singapore.

11.03.2005 The Global Information Technology Report (GITR) 2004-05 ranks Singapore, for the first time, as the most advanced economy taking full advantage of ICTs. GITR, a yearly publication of the World Economic Forum, serves as the key benchmarking tool to determine the comparative strengths and weaknesses in their ICT usage and deployment.

01.02.2005 Hallituksen pelikasinohanke on herättänyt yleensä politiikasta piittaamattomat singaporelaiset vilkkaaseen väittelyyn ja kampanjointiin. Osaksi uutta laajaa matkailukeskusta suunniteltua kasinon pelätään rapauttavan neljän miljoonan asukkaan saarivaltion perinteisen arvomaailman ja vetävän maahan roistoja ja rahanpesijöitä.

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14.11.2003 Singapore’s Parliament has amended Article 15A of the Computer Misuse Bill, allowing continuous surveillance of cyber-suspects and authorising their pre-emptive arrest before a crime has been committed. Reporters Without Borders has warned against the risk of abuse of the amendment. Cyber-criminals are liable for jail terms of up to three years.

01.10.2003 Indian human rights organisation, People's Union for Civil Liberties, has launched an email petition to save a young Indian from imminent execution in Singapore. The rights body has found a number of serious discrepancies in the case of Arun Prakash Vaithilingam, who has been sentenced for murder.

16.05.2003 The role played by Malaysia and Singapore in laundering illegal Indonesian timber onto international markets has been exposed in a new report, following a series of undercover investigations.

09.05.2003 A recently negotiated United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement favours intellectual property patent holders at the expense of broader community interests such as public health, a major development group told the US Congress yesterday.