The Business Times reported on the launch of the Smart City Index, developed by Switzerland's International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). The article also featured quotes by Prof Chan Heng Chee, Chairman of Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD.

The Straits Times and multiple other media reported about the inaugural Smart City Index published by International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), which ranked Singapore as the top Smart City.