LKYCIC NEWS
Staff Achievement: Dr Belinda Yuen
LKYCIC is pleased to announce that Dr Belinda Yuen has been to appointed to the Editorial Board of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Library Series with effect from 1 Jan 2021.
Building a Sustainable Future, (CNBC Catalyst, 30.11.2020)
CNBC did an interview with Prof Chan on Building Tomorrow for the Singapore component on smart decision making using technology in urban solutions. Her segment can be heard from 2.11 min mark.
Launch of Smart City Index 2020 by IMD and SUTD
The Institute for Management Development (IMD), in collaboration with Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), has released the 2020 Smart City Index, with key findings on how technology is playing a role in the COVID-19 era in a way that is likely to remain.
With real-time supply-demand data insight, PAIR mobile app helped 25% of taxis in Chengdu boost income by more than 8%
At the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, the Smart Cities Lab looks at tools that build smart government, businesses, and communities, and scales these smart tools across a network of smart cities for greater impact. Over the past few years, Dr Andy Zheng (Adjunct Fellow) and Poon King Wang (Director) have partnered the use of PAIR Taxi big data insight platform to empower workers in the taxi industry.
Media reports of LKYCIC Chair Professor Chan Heng Chee’s third IPS-SR Nathan lecture
The following are media reports featuring LKYCIC Chair Professor Chan Heng Chee's third lecture in the IPS-SR Nathan Fellow Series. She covered the Singapore General Election 2020, the Singapore Political & Economic Model and Singapore Strategic Choices in the International Regional Environment.
LKYCIC NEWS ARTICLES | OP-EDS
Commentary: Can we co-exist with PMDs? Yes, but we need to take a different path (CNA: 07.08.2019)
The move to regulate and ban PMDs from void decks and corridors shouldn’t miss out on the bigger picture: We should be doing our utmost to enable people to move around their city.
Resisting the polarising pull of US-China rivalry (ST, 18.06.2019)
The Straits Times published an article “Resisting the polarising pull of US-China rivalry” written by Professor Chan Heng Chee, 18 June 2019.
Why waste management is such a knotty issue in Singapore (Today 10.04.2019)
TODAY featured an article written by LKYCIC research fellow Julienne Chen and HASS Assistant Prof Lyle Fearnley on the topic of waste management.
Commentary: Lessons from San Jose and Stan Lee as Singapore’s Smart Nation efforts enter new phase (ST 06.12.2018)
The momentum in Singapore’s Smart Nation drive has picked up but this doesn’t guarantee adoption of upcoming services and technologies.
The 5 biggest challenges cities will face in the future (The European Sting, 30.10.2018)
The European Sting published an article by LKYCIC’s Prof Chan Heng Chee and Dr Harvey Neo on the five biggest challenges cities will face in the future.
LKYCIC IN THE NEWS
Designing S’pore’s future: Integrate nature with built environment as climate shifts (The Straits Times, 24.07.2021)
Straits Times an article about the need to integrate nature with built environment to mitigate climate shifts. The article included quotes from LKYCIC senior fellow, Dr Harvey Neo, who advocated building resilience into Singapore's long-term
Heart of the Matter: E-scooters – what’s happened with rules, riders and pedestrians and what comes next (CNA, 22.07.2021)
Channel NewsAsia podcast programme ‘Heart of the Matter’ did a feature on the new rules for e-scooters rolled out by the government and interviewed three experts for their views. One of the interviewees was LKYCIC research fellow, Dr Samuel Chng. Click on the link to hear the podcast.