People sit on the waterfront as sunlight shines on the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort during dusk in downtown Singapore August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lam
Singapore’s government will support technology startups by doing business with them rather than having them rely on grants as the city-state pushes ahead with a plan to become a high-tech hub, a top minister said.
The government wants to fuel private-sector innovation, especially among small and medium-sized firms, in a bid to create a digitally integrated economy, Vivian Balakrishnan, the minister in charge of the country’s “Smart Nation” initiative, said in an interview in Singapore on Aug 22.
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