Paul MacAndrew May 06, 2021 10:36
In Hong Kong, workers have grown accustomed to having the flexibility to work remotely as a result of the pandemic, which saw the biggest remote working experiment in history. Remote working arrangements have significantly cut down commute time and costs – which have long been a source of stress for many, thereby allowing workers to have more control of their daily schedule and improving overall work-life balance. This shift in employee behaviour and mindset has resulted in a growing demand for offices to be located closer to where people live, well-connected and cost-effective.
Yet, with all the hype about remote working, the workforce is not quite ready to completely let go of physical workspaces. There is still a pertinent need for a physical office from time to time, notably, to create and strengthen organisational culture, and facilitate efficient discussions through face-to-face contact, amongst others. This is why hybrid work arrang
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The sun is rising on a Japanese rooftop fragrant with muskmelons. Amid the greenery, a network of monitors and sensors pulsates reassuringly.
The idyllic, glass-enclosed roofscape provides a real-life platform for digital agriculture – one of many applications with the potential to feed smart cities of the future. But before this verdant vision can become reality, certain enabling conditions must be in place.
Information islands
Current methods of smart city governance are challenged with huge volumes of accumulated data and fragmented “islands” of information and services increasingly straining the limits of operational management.
To address such atomization, smart city planning must shift increasingly from products and services to unified platforms, which can boost data integrity, encourage data sharing, support more applications, and reduce costs. Smart cities applications need to be interoperable and scalable, aligned with robust international standards and reinf
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News Analysis: Tigray Interim Agriculture & Development bureau head warns against looming starvation in the years to come
By Medihane Ekubamichael
Addis Abeba, April 27, 2021 – Addressing humanitarian needs in Tigray has been a top agenda for many followers of the crisis. International as well as local humanitarian aid providers raised their concerns soon after the onset of the armed conflict in Tigray region. The humanitarian crisis, since then has been escalating along with access and logistic difficulties in connection to the security situation.
The magnitude of the humanitarian crisis in its highest level was first acknowledged by Abraha Desta, Arena Tigray Party Chairperson who served as the Interim Administration’s social Affairs Bureau, mentioning that the scale of the danger could be “unprecedented in the region’s history” and that 4.5 million people were in need of immediate aid.