The Singapore government will be leveraging the opportunities provided by Big Data, sensors, cloud and open data to improve productivity and citizen services, while ensuring information security, said Zaqy Mohamad, Member of Parliament & Chairman for the Government Parliamentary Committee, Ministry of Communications an
The Singapore government will be leveraging the opportunities provided by Big Data, sensors, cloud and open data to improve productivity and citizen services, while ensuring information security, said Zaqy Mohamad, Member of Parliament & Chairman for the Government Parliamentary Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI), Singapore.
“In order to prepare for the next 10 years, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and MCI are now embarking on the Infocomm Media Masterplan 2025 Consultation to crowd source ideas that can benefit citizens and businesses, as well as make Singapore a Smart Nation,” he said.
Above-Ground (A-G) Boxes will also be rolled out to improve city management and services. These boxes have sensors for better monitoring and enable intelligent services, such as traffic monitoring cameras, environmental sensors, pedestrian crossing monitors, speeding monitors, traffic light control system, junction crowdedness, street lighting control systems and more.
Big Data analytics is another area of focus for Singapore. “By harnessing the value of data, we can transform our e-service delivery. Data is a powerful tool to better the lives of citizens, enhance policy decision making, and provide feedback for better programmes by understanding trends,” said Mohamad.
This will not be possible without open data. Singapore's Data.gov.sg portal has published 8800 data sets from some 60 government ministries and agencies.
The Singapore government has invested in G-Cloud, a whole-of-government hosted infrastructure that provides agencies with services such as hosting of web sites, e-services, storage, database, middleware, analytics and content management services.