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SINGAPORE: From population and employment figures to white papers, government data was vital in getting business at Caregiver Asia off the ground. The online platform, launched in 2015, links freelance caregiving professionals to those who need their services. Chief executive officer Yeo Wan Ling said it used population statistics to find out where elderly people live in Singapore, to deploy freelance carers where their services are needed most. Through white papers and figures from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the labour movement, the firm also found out that many freelancers were not protected by legal agreements or work-injury-compensation insurance. It then set out to develop products to plug these gaps in the market, Ms Yeo said. Indeed, the availability of public data, coupled with breakneck advances in technology, has made once tortuous tasks - such as finding a freelance nurse, part-time cleaner or even a home - much easier these days. READ: New framework aims … [Read more...] about The Big Read: Strides made, but some way to go for Government to quench thirst for data

SINGAPORE: More than 500 food stalls at 44 hawker centres, coffee shops and industrial canteens have adopted a unified e-payments system, said Enterprise Singapore in a statement on Saturday (Jun 29). The 10 hawker centres include Maxwell Food Centre, Chomp Chomp Food Centre and Zion Riverside Food Centre. The 22 coffee shops and 12 canteens are located across the island from Bukit Batok to Tampines. The full list can be found at http://www.epaysg.com . The move, in line with the Government's Smart Nation push, allows both merchants and customers in the food establishments to make cashless transactions. READ: Hawkers want to embrace cashless payments but say they need help tackling barrier, a commentary The stalls are currently able to accept a total of 23 payment schemes under one point-of-sales terminal. In September 2018, Enterprise Singapore, together with the Housing and Development Board, National Environment Agency and JTC Corporation, appointed payment … [Read more...] about More than 500 food stalls at hawker centres, coffee shops have adopted e-payments

SINGAPORE: They can mop and scrub, "sing and rap" and even make "jokes" at passers-by - meet the cleaning robots that will soon be deployed by several companies. About 300 of these robots will be produced by LionsBot International, which said it is the world's first company to offer cleaning robots on a subscription model. This means companies looking to use the robots will not need to invest in the ownership and maintenance of the machines. Launching the local production of the robots on Wednesday (Jul 17), LionsBot said six cleaning partners will deploy the robots by March 2020. According to LionsBot, its robots use up to 70 per cent less water compared to existing cleaning solutions, and can work together as a team. "Multiple cleaning robots are able to coordinate and clean a given area simultaneously, without the need for human programming," it said in a media release. The robots have also been programmed with “warm personalities”. "They are able to wink at … [Read more...] about Cleaning robots that ‘wink’ and ‘joke’ to be deployed by March 2020

SINGAPORE: A new framework to facilitate the ease of sharing data between organisations was introduced on Friday (Jun 28), as a means to increase trust in Singapore’s digital economy. Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Transport Janil Puthucheary introduced the Trusted Data Sharing Framework during his speech at the ongoing Innovfest Unbound tech event here on Friday. READ: Singapore plans data portability requirement as part of PDPA update READ: New office for digital industry aims to help create 10,000 tech jobs in Singapore The Info-communications Media Development (IMDA) said in its press release that it worked with the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) to speak with industry players before developing the new framework to create a common “data-sharing language”. Some of the challenges businesses face in this area today include a lack of guidance and systemic approaches to sharing data, establishing trust with partners when … [Read more...] about New framework aims to better enable data sharing, increase trust in Singapore’s digital economy

SINGAPORE: Businesses looking to securely conduct visitor registration or customer acquisition at roadshows will be able to tap on a new service offered by the Singapore Government later this year, as part of its efforts to develop a national digital identity. Called SG-Verify, the service will allow businesses to perform secure identity verification and data transfer through the scanning of QR codes, said the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) in a press release on Tuesday (May 28). It added that this will be introduced by the third quarter of Financial Year (FY) 2019. Mr Kwok Quek Sin explained at the sidelines of the annual Smart Nation and Digital Government industry briefing on Tuesday that banks and financial services companies, as well as charity organisations, could potentially benefit from the new offering. Using the example of charity organisations who deploy employees to recruit new donors in public spaces, Mr Kwok said people tend to avoid doing so because after … [Read more...] about Singapore to offer secure identity verification service for companies by Q3