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Committee of Supply 2021 debate, Day 3: Xie Yao Quan on Singapore’s role in data flow governance Singapore
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Committee of Supply 2021 debate, Day 3: Xie Yao Quan on Singapore’s role in data flow governance
02 Mar 2021 04:05PM (Updated:
14 Mar 2021 11:33AM)
Data is fast becoming the world’s most valuable resource and data connectivity infrastructure and enablers will be critical, said MP Xie Yao Quan in Parliament on Tuesday (Mar 2). He said Singapore can be a thought leader and trusted hub for secure, seamless cross-border data flows and asked how it is working towards this. Mr Xie also wanted to know how Singapore is helping to shape the global governance of cyberspace.
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Balancing diverse views: New MP Xie Yao Quan shares how he connects with Jurong residents In the first of an occasional series of interviews with new members of parliament elected in GE2020, Xie Yao Quan talks about how he was a late addition to the People s Action Party s slate of candidates after the controversy surrounding Ivan Lim.
MP Xie Yao Quan. (Photo: Gaya Chandramohan)
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SINGAPORE: Most of the residents seemed not to know who he was, although one or two said they’d seen him before in the neighbourhood.
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Bill restricting use of TraceTogether data for serious crimes passed by Parliament
Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 2) passed a Bill to restrict the use of personal contact tracing data to seven serious crimes, including murder and terrorism. Privacy concerns over the TraceTogether national contact tracing tool for COVID-19 were raised after it emerged in Parliament last month that the police have the power to order anyone to produce data, including TraceTogether data, for criminal investigations. 2 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery.