first published week of: 09/09/2013
Despite being a city state with limited resources, Singapore has impressively overcome various land challenges to achieve an enviable spot as one of Asia’s most liveable cities. This is the result of many factors such as good city governance, long term land policies, and strategic use of Information Communication Technologies (ICT).
“In the general use of ICT, Singapore has done well in areas such as national IT plans, e-government program and ICT research and development,” says Quek.
Today, ICT has become a part of the government’s DNA for public administration and service delivery. As a result, the government’s efforts have been consistently recognized worldwide as an international benchmark in e-government services.
“In URA’s case, we have been using GIS as a strategic enabling platform to ensure that data are spatially captured, organised and linked into a single portal for complex visualisation and analysis required in land use planning.” continued…