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Editorial
We are living in an age of rapid technological advancements and disruptions;
an inflection point where our economies and societies are being re-shaped.
Platform technologies continue to transform the way we organise our
societies, plan our cities, and cater to the evolving needs of our people. As we
move into the age of ideas, connectivity, information and data, those who are
best able to innovate, generate knowledge and make creative leaps forward
will find great success.
We need to prepare our people with new skills for future jobs. Our citizens will
demand higher quality public services from public agencies that respond in
real time. Our media, cultural and social dynamics will be transformed by the
same digital revolution.
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Minister-in-Charge of the
Smart Nation Initiative
Republic of Singapore
Singapore is well-positioned to explore these new opportunities and resolve
new challenges, due to our highly wired and technologically savvy society,
a strong commitment to invest in research, innovation, and our people and
businesses to thrive in the new digital economy.
I thank the SGC for their continuing efforts in fostering collaborations
between Singaporean and German companies. Singapore will continue to be
a partner and enabler for businesses and industry and to push the boundaries
that technology can be harnessed to solve some of our urban challenges. We
can be that laboratory to test-bed smart solutions which can be scaled-up,
customised and commercialised for the global markets.
We continue to be open to ideas from all over the world, and look forward to
opportunities working together to co-develop, adapt, pilot and deploy these
ideas; first in Singapore, and then the world.
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan
Minster for Foreign Affairs and
Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative
Republic of Singapore
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