Building a smart nation: Singapore's digital journey

• Main Author: HOE, Siu Loon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: smart nation; digitalisation; Singapore; Asian Studies; Digital Communications and Networking
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7156; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8159/viewcontent/201806291749575110.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Singapore’s smart nation journey began when the drive was officially announced by the country’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in November 2014 (Lee, 2014). The vision is to improve people’s lives and create more opportunities through information and communications technology (ICT). The smart nation drive is an effort by the government to co-create innovative, people-centric solutions with citizens and businesses. The three priority areas, underpinned by cyber security, are elderly, transportation and data. Since then, various digital strategies and policies have been further articulated, and digital programmes and projects implemented in the country.