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• ICTs in economic sectors: This sector plays a major role in the transformation of Singapore into a
smart city. The "Infocomm Media 2025 (ICM2025) plan is a 10-year master plan which sets out to
create a globally competitive and infocomm media ecosystem that:
(a) enables and complements Singapore’s Smart Nation vision;
(b) affects economic and social transformation; and
(c) creates enriching and compelling content.
This masterplan is developed by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). Projects in
the economic sector focus on data analytics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, Internet of Things
and immersive media.
• Smart City Management: In the future, most of the data collected from the sensors and cameras
will be embedded in Singapore’s public infrastructure and will be fed to repositories known as
Virtual Singapore (for 3D Data) and the Smart Nation Platform (for other sensor data). These
repositories will be controlled by the government. The data from these repositories can be used to
analyse and predict different behaviours people exhibit in reaction to different occurrences. It would
also be possible to estimate the spread of a disease by analysing data collected through these
sensors.
These platforms are expected to help public agencies with the following:
(a) satisfying sensor deployment needs;
(b) sharing of collected data;
(c) conducting data analytics;
(d) supporting needs like urban planning and incident responses.
The development of the Smart Nation Platform is being led by the Government Technology Agency
(GovTech) which will play the role of the lead central agency in collating the data from across the
government that would have otherwise been managed by individual agencies
• Energy efficiency at the household and business level: Singapore’s energy policy is to diversify its
energy sources and reduce the demand for energy. Possible sources that are being explored are
waste-to-energy, biofuels, solar energy and possibly nuclear energy. Singapore also focuses on the
R&D of renewable energy options and presents itself as an R&D Centre and ‘living lab’ for new
energy technology in Asia. One key example is Singapore’s first large-scale electric vehicle (EV) car-
sharing programme, which will see the deployment of an island-wide fleet of 1,000 shared EVs and
installation of 2,000 charging points across Singapore, and lay the foundation for a national EV
charging network to support the greater use of EVs.
• Green buildings: HDB plans and design towns, precincts and buildings using smart technologies to
meet sustainability goals. These include smart planning tools that stimulate wind flows, shading
effects of buildings and solar irradiance. These simulations help planners to harness breezes that
cool and improve air quality and to locate greenery in the right places for reducing the urban heat
island effect. In addition, the Building Energy Efficiency Master Plan (BEEMP) also contains programs
and measures that span the whole life cycle of a building.
• Water challenges: Over the last 50 years, Singapore has built a robust and diversified supply of water
known as the "Four National Taps". Singapore has tackled its water scarcity through the application
of advanced membrane technologies to purify treated wastewater for reuse and desalinate
seawater for drinking. In addition, two-thirds of Singapore is water catchment, capturing rainwater
and channelling them into 17 reservoirs. One of these, the Marina Reservoir, showcases Singapore’s
ability to capture and treat urban storm water for drinking purposes. Despite the use of
unconventional water sources, Singapore’s tap water is well within the World Health Organisation
(WHO) drinking water guidelines and is suitable for drinking without any further filtration.
• Smart education: Education plays an important role in preparing its citizens to contribute and thrive
in the future workplace. Meaningful use of technology for learning can help to nurture 21st century
dispositions and imbibe in students the joy and enthusiasm to collaborate and learn new skills.
MOE’s ICT Masterplan in Education continues to ensure "Quality Learning in the hands of Every
Learner - Empowered with Technology". EduLab, a key initiative under MOE’s ICT Masterplan, is a
joint MOE-NIE ICT innovation programme seeded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) that
bring together teachers, researchers, developers and MOE HQ officers to collaborate and jointly
develop ICT innovations for quality learning. Through the EduLab ecosystem, successful ICT
innovations in learning are adopted and adapted by different schools across the system.

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