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Mace Consult is the leading global consultancy fully focused on programme management and delivery across property and infrastructure sectors – from mobility to commercial property, data centres, advanced science and industrial facilities, sports and entertainment venues, and social infrastructure and regeneration projects.

ASEAN

Recent steps by the US and China to ease tensions are crucial for South-east Asia, as the relationship between the two major powers has “direct and immediate consequences” for the region, said ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn on May 30.

Singapore News

In his address at a Shangri-La Dialogue plenary session on May 31, Chan said that while multilateral institutions are the pillars of international cooperation, countries cannot be “held hostage by the lowest common denominator” as new domains evolve rapidly.

Singapore News

Amid growing regional interest in nuclear energy, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu will visit London and Paris to meet nuclear regulators, experts and technology providers.

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Transport, Logistics & Supply Chain

A liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered container ship – touted as the world’s largest of its kind – arrived in Singapore on June 1 during its maiden commercial voyage.

Singapore News
Technology

A registry of artificial intelligence agents is being developed for 150,000 public officers in Singapore to use cutting-edge AI in their work without compromising data security.

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has committed more than $300 million to build Singapore’s applied artificial intelligence sector, a burgeoning field focused on integrating AI models into everyday workflows for productivity gains.

Getting passengers from one gate to another kilometres away, delivering baggage across multiple terminals and sequencing aircraft landings and take-offs on runways are tasks that artificial intelligence tools can help manage as Singapore’s passenger capacity increases.

Singapore’s core consumer prices unexpectedly rose at a slower pace in April, though the pass-through of higher global energy prices will likely raise electricity, transport and production costs in the coming months.