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HDB wins eGov Excellence Awards for 3 e-services projects

Posted on 30 Apr 2013 | Comments Off on HDB wins eGov Excellence Awards for 3 e-services projects

Eighteen government services received awards for excelling in e-Government services at the inaugural e-Government Excellence Awards.

Six distinguished winner awards and 12 merit awards were given out in six award categories: Websites, e-Services, m-Services, Data Sharing, People Engagement and Shared System & Services.

The awards aim to recognise exceptional government initiatives that use information technology in an innovative way to enhance government operations, provide a more open and transparent government, and deliver impactful citizen services.

The Housing & Development Board (HDB) was awarded the eGov Excellence Awards for three projects.

HDB’s winning projects are MyDoc@HDB, Mobile@HDB, and HDB InfoWEB.

Two of the Land Transport Authority’s IT projects also won awards.

MyTransport.SG Mobile App emerged as the Distinguished Winner in the m-Services category, while its data sharing initiative DataMall@MyTransport.SG took home a Distinguished Winner award in the Data Sharing category for its contributions to the developer community.

LTA said DataMall@MyTransport.SG was conceived through a cloud computing programme in November 2011 with the aim of sharing LTA’s rich repository of land transport data such as public transport, traffic and geospatial data.

MyTransport.SG offers a wide range of information for all modes of land transportation – empowering commuters, motorists and cyclists in Singapore to make informed decisions and better plan their journey with information on the nearest bus-stops and taxi stands, nearest cycling paths, parking lot location and availability, traffic cameras, and real-time road conditions.

The award was given by the Ministry of Finance and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.

The projects were chosen out of 93 submissions from 49 agencies.

Source : CNA – 30 Apr 2013

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S$1.5 million boost for HDB neighbourhood shops

Posted on 29 Apr 2013 | Comments Off on S$1.5 million boost for HDB neighbourhood shops

The Housing & Development Board (HDB) is setting aside about S$1.5 million to help 3,000 shops island-wide enhance their business vibrancy and competitiveness.

This is the fifth batch of shops to benefit under HDB’s Revitalisation of Shops Scheme and is rolled out in response to the numerous requests from the Merchants’ Associations, following the success of the earlier four ROS batches.

The scheme is part of the government’s on-going measures to help HDB retailers.

Started in November 2007, the scheme has benefitted 4,500 shops, covering about 50 per cent of our town and neighbourhood centres.

Under the scheme, retailers can get co-funding for upgrading of common area, promotional events and rent-free periods for tenants to renovate their shops.

For promotional events, HDB will co-fund up to 50 per cent of the expenditure for promotional events organised by merchant associations to attract consumers.

In a blog post, Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan said the HDB has so far spent about S$7 million in co-funding under the Revitalisation of Shops Scheme.

He cited Boon Lay Shopping Centre, which was recently revamped and saw many improvements under the scheme.

These include toilet upgrading, new floor tiles and a spruced-up community corner for residents.

Mr Khaw said the revamp was a success only because of the tireless efforts of the stakeholders – the Boon Lay Merchants’ Association, the shop owners, HDB and West Coast Town Council.

He said local merchant associations must take the lead and work closely with shop owners.

He added that with good planning and execution, the scheme is a big positive for shop owners and their customers.

Source : CNA – 29 Apr 2013

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