Singapore, US renew collaboration in infrastructure, cyber security

Singapore

SINGAPORE and the US strengthened their collaboration on infrastructure, the digital economy and cyber security this week, renewing the US-Singapore Collaboration Platform Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and signing a Declaration of Intent (DOI) to collaborate on a Singapore-US Cybersecurity Technical Assistance Programme for Asean member states.

On Tuesday, Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) permanent secretary Loh Khum Yean and US Embassy Singapore chargé d'affaires, ad interim, Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath signed the renewed Collaboration Platform MOU, which was first signed in 2016. The countries agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation in traditional infrastructure areas such as energy and standards, and support the digital economy and new growth areas such as fintech, e-commerce, smart city solutions and deep technology, MTI said on Friday.