Smart Cities: Singapore

With little land, few natural resources and an ever-growing population, Singapore needs every assist it can get from smart city technologies. Computerworld toured the city-state to see how it's all coming together.
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[@captroy7721]

Im a 58 yo s'porean. When I was young lived in a kampong with bucket system toilet. Whole kampong floods whenever it rains. Mosquito infested and snake infested as well. Now S'pore is a great city to live in. Majulah Singapura! And may God continue to bless our Nation.

[@rmns987]

Singapore is always a trendsetter. A strong success story that makes the so-called western world look in awe and envy.

[@alilacy424]

I really miss Singapore..I went there in 2014..Its one the greatest countries I've visited in my life..

[@InderpalSingh-zt4xs]

Q1

[@francesmatthews8753]

S'pore is clean, low in crime, that's why l love this city. Who cares its fake in some natures, at least they do something about pleasant it. Remember, S'pore is one of the smallest city in the world yet they doing good to prosper the nation and upgrade the environment. Look other third world countries still living in an nclean environment and lifestyles after decade and decade of years passed by still no improvement........

[@Food4thought1234]

I had a 24 hour layover in Singapore. Loved it. Got to see the Beautiful Garden and some of the city. Even tho I got food poisoning, I will go again.

[@Justyn_Lim_]

3yrs ago, damn may I ask where you got food poisoning from? Food poisoning is a big deal in SG.

[@zionen01]

Love seeing things like this, people genuinely caring about their collective well-being and improving quality of life for everyone around including themselves. Our history has so much revolved about wars, dictators, people whose main concern is their own thirst for power, and it never ends well, wish we follow Singapore example in a global scale and improve as a whole.

[@FreeDom-37]

But aren't smart cities not playing in the hands of dictators and tyranny? Might consider this

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

thanks to you I can see my country and garden city

[@seng628]

great video 💜❤ i love Singapore 🇸🇬

[@highafchihuahua]

The way he pronounced ice kachang😭😂

[@mastermarketinginnovationt2374]

Singapore, one of the best Smart city's exemple in the world !

[@dtb6648]

Singapore is a great country to live and work as a software engineer. If you're an computer engineering or electronics and communication engineering graduate it has a great opportunity in Information technology.

[@pemfimrs1419]

Yes a lot of people/countries can learn from Singapore

[@shahrulwakhassan]

Welcome To Singapore

[@ReasonableRadio]

"coding" is such an interesting way to view understanding mechanisms. Not many people will literally code in a few years with any likelyhood. The mechanisms built with languages like Java and Python can be constructed with many other tools and those architectures are what people should be thinking about, not coding as it exists.

[@instakittylover3706]

Im definitely visiting this place.

[@rawadsheikh476]

Such a beautiful city and nation bless them 🤗♥️definitely visiting

[@MelissaBrownapt215]

I once said I wish I want to come back as a Japanese. I'm changing to say, I wish I was a Singaporean child.

[@JaspalloMusician]

lol, untill you actually live in Singapore and realise how hard people lives are. lol

[@biri2biri]

@@JaspalloMusician My life's great.

[@JaspalloMusician]

@@biri2biri that's awesome. I am very pleased for you but when I went there, I hardly saw anybody smiling while I was wondering the streets. Not sure if everybody is as enthusiastic as you are.

[@biri2biri]

@@JaspalloMusician Nobody will be smiling as they walk... TAT That's just creepy. You don't have to keep smiling as you walk to show that you're happy. Maybe you're mixing up our culture with other countries.

[@NewmaticKe]

@@JaspalloMusician I have 2 properties, 4 companies. My daughter starts NUS in September & my son in a NTU scholar. So, my life's OK.

[@8Kwalking]

So cool Vlog.

[@Dulichbui2022]

Singapore history is great! Almost other Asian country must learn!

[@krnpowr]

Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have done well for themselves as well.

[@MelissaBrownapt215]

Not S. Korea. They have too much poverty and prostitution. Taiwan has a growing homeless population and no effort to assist their poor.

[@krnpowr]

Apt215 Melissa Brown. Idiot, the poverty rate in S. Korea is lower than in the U.S.

[@HelpMe-or1ki]

lol

[@iinathaniii2]

I feel like a lot of people can learn from them, it's hard to say if the things they do are easily scalable though.

[@beautifulsingagolden8749]

Thank you for making a video about my country Singapore!!! 😉😊

[@acajudi100]

i love Singapore. i will be moving there in August.

[@isshah2449]

acajudi100 Dont please.... just dont

[@sukruti7612]

acajudi100 me too 🙋

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

acajudi100 Will you be seeing the national day parade? it falls on 9th August, celebrating Singapore's 52nd year of independence

[@leehyunsong7001]

Another year of national day parada

[@marcuswilliam7877]

have you went

[@nyangaresidennis3662]

I love this

[@Ben-dh1kt]

Amazing lahh

[@NewmaticKe]

Good try, not quite

[@sueannerush3567]

Excellent

[@syedadeelhussain2691]

CONGRATS TO PAP AND LEE KUAN YEW.

[@isshah2449]

they r among the worst. yes agree they did wht singapore now. but the citizen suffers alot!! till now we are suffering.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

um........... Mr Lee kuan yew passed away at 21 March 2015 so.........

[@HelpMe-or1ki]

Roy Rockkingjunior, you are a piece of shit. What LKY and PAP did was for the good of singapore. Now STFU!

[@hehitsme7014]

@@isshah2449 You are a disgrace to Singapore! You are honestly the most ungrateful person I have ever seen. Lee Kuan Yew and PAP worked hard to build Singapore. If you think you are suffering, you should have thought about them 10 years ago. As a Singaporean I disagree with the fact that you think the citizens are suffering.

[@hehitsme7014]

@james conor I am a Singaporean citizen and I have to agree Lee Kuan Yew and PAP worked hard to make Singapore what it is Today. So if you are a Singaporean, please look through our history and you will understand why I disagreed with you.

[@timeislikeariver.6753]

Best one ☝️

[@vincentxiao601]

Hahaha.7:59 Hardest part of going to preschool is getting up. I just commented to my co worker that age is catching up on me. I can feel the strain on my knees getting up haha

[@jsuares73]

Majulahsingapure happy independent day singapure love

[@symonalex2152]

they're making super soldiers

[@b.kanishkaguluwita1583]

been to Singapore two-three times and experienced the city life first hand. True it is an urban legend in terms of the growth and innovation it has sustained, and continuing to sustain. I personally know many experts in my field supporting my take on Singapore. As a city planner, didn't fell in love with the city. Felt there was something missing in the midst of all these well-planned, clean and high-tech urban spaces. You could almost read this in the faces of locals; most of them seemed not entirely happy; you can also feel a little bit of tension whenever you are in a public space. Didn't see much wildlife in the urban greens; it felt artificial. But for some reason, you cannot point out and say this is what they are missing; it looks all is perfect, but, definitely there is something missing!

[@durgeshkinnerkar2826]

B. Kanishka Guluwita you expect wildlife and more nature ? Its a small country with very less resources instead of finding what they are missing we should improve our countries which are just stuck in corruption and ethnic or religious conflicts.

[@b.kanishkaguluwita1583]

Durgesh Kinnerkar by wildlife i meant those mammals, birds etc that you usually see in an urban park. Did you know that some time ago, they had a campaign for culling crows? We certainly have a lot to learn from them, but, like you said it's a small country with a strongly controlled population. So, it may not have the same complexities experienced by the other countries in the region.

[@durgeshkinnerkar2826]

Point taken...

[@gingercat777]

No flies and no dogs and not many babies.....coming from Australia it stood out.

[@b.kanishkaguluwita1583]

Squizzy Bollocks I currently live in Aus, and lived more than 25 years in Sri Lanka. So i know the two extremes. That's why i would rate aus cities above Singapore. They may have flaws, but the designed/planned spaces also support life like the birds, squirrels etc. and the natives. We humans are a part of nature, and have our own human imperfections that makes us living beings. If you try to make our cities 100% logical, rationale and orderly, you would end up removing the culture, the beauty, variety and the opportunity in urban environment, which i believe is what Singaporean cities are.

[@user-ey3dz6cw2v]

Great! Singapore can now join the ABU Robocon Competition. Don't be afraid.

[@oscarsucre9059]

"This was a mud flat, swamp! Now this is a modern city. Ten years from now, this is a metropolis!" And so it was. No one could do it better than you, Mr. LKY, simply no one!

[@caroline61804]

Trump needs to see this vid.

[@nOtSoDiRtYsHaNcHeZ]

He doesn't have the consent to go full Singapore

[@baharombobby8199]

Caroline Kuo I

[@ElectricChaplain]

@@CasperTheGhost64 He said while typing on his Asus computer. Above him was the flag "Trump 2020" he had bought from Alibaba on the cheap. If only they knew the Majesty of the Orange One, the protector of America from globalism, he thought as he played Dark Souls on his PlayStation (created by Sony).

[@ReasonableRadio]

He needs to see/read anything at all first

[@CloudXIl]

well, to be fair, i dont think trump is a good president, but he has to take care of all the united states of america, and all of them have different laws and legimitations. hell Singapore is not even as big as los Angeles, its a lot easier to gouvern and Focus your Attention to this small area than a Country the size of the USA. but also, Singapore is doing very great and we can learn a lot from them, harmonic international diversity and focused on the future. the only Thing i dont like About Singapore is the sightly oppressive Government.

[@VVVedic]

भारत भी क्र सकता है बस सेंट्रल और स्टेट ministry के department के officers और ministers के बीच,lack ऑफ़ coordination को ठीक करना है,जो अभूत ज़रूरी है।Policies हमेशा ही बेहतर है,बस इसी problem के कारण सही implement नही होती।और सही funds जुटाना सीखना और सही लागु करने पर ध्यान देना और काम करना होगा।

[@SeanTTS]

Watching this in the year 2022. I think the smart nation idea from the government has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[@shadowfightgaming2446]

Im a singaporean

[@ReasonableRadio]

You made it

[@Chinix]

Nice same

[@hehitsme7014]

@james conor You can't call someone racist just because they are a Singaporean. You wouldn't like it if I called you racist when you did nothing wrong. Stop hating on Singapore! No country deserves any hate!

[@vertie2090]

9:32 is that Apple product launch party?

[@PositiveInvesting]

Toronto will soon have a smart city component to it as well :-)

[@ReasonableRadio]

god I hope so. Right now it's not all that smart at all. Toronto needs some better zoning and large mixed-use projects rather than purely residential

[@michaelyoung7171]

Don't let this beauty of smart cities distract you of what it really is for it's actually for agenda 21 where everyone lives in these controlled cities where every camera is watching you from facial recognitions to an rifd chip implant in your right hand and foreheads there will be no freedom and no privacy.

[@ladyofthewildforest9902]

Michael Young exactly !!!!

[@pringlessourcream9527]

Other big countries used to look down on this little red dot and dismissed it away.

[@kl.johnny2232]

It is SMART!!! To build MORE High Rise apartments, so that MORE Singaporeans r residing in Higher floors.

[@CreamOfEcstast.]

What food did he say he eats 4:45 ?

[@lumtl789]

chicken rice with chill sause

[@orinnoco2919]

Hainanese Chicken Rice with Blended Chili sauce... Oh..Man, that sauce is going to burn your ass... but it's really a good pairing with that oily rice and succulent juicy chicken meat. Too bad I am a vegan now.. cannot eat that... LOL

[@Polonium222]

5:06 lmao

[@cheynespc]

The bus company name was SMRT. Homer Simpson I am so smart s-m-r-t

[@dorydayeav5941]

How they can smart in Cambodia 🇰🇭

[@Lil_Angry_Bitch]

Everybody raves about Singapore but I didn't love it. I was impressed by the Gardens by the Bay but I didn't care for the immense heat, how overly expensive it was and the unfriendly people (which is typically for a big city).

[@RIGHT-WING-PMP]

see, singapore has good private healthcare

[@gingercat777]

There is no such thing as good private health care....unless you're super rich.

[@gingercat777]

...better than lining shareholders pockets

[@gracusa]

Im sorry but 0.34 that himouto umaru chan keychain

[@natep6729]

Singaporeans are the best English speaking in the whole of Asia. I'd give 2nd place to Malaysia and 3rd to Hong Kong.

[@akmalesir1770]

singlish . lol

[@ReasonableRadio]

Isn't it the first languages for most purposes?

[@DarthMalgusSith_Lord]

​@A kid in Africa English is a Global Language, the official Language of Businesses, trades and Diplomacy, if you said "Fuck English not everyone needs to speak that shit" why the hell do you speak english then, why would you degraded a language that you have been spoken?

[@takamanch]

Yes very lamguage singapore. Very.

[@grace-qu9ks]

@A kid in Africa HAAHHAHAHAHH Very funny

[@sagal.h.462]

That's not how you take care of elderly. They need company. 😢

[@izdatsumcp]

It should be both.

[@southeastasiagoingastray731]

Smart technologie is very often wrong, and the 'A.I.' used in Singapore has dropped the ball many times.

[@jsuares73]

Cim

[@myofficialchannel418]

Learn also Rapid IoT which is equipped with multi sensors to support Smart City kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIvaoX6ad85qbLs

[@flagel552]

This is all on the surface BTW. The first thing I noticed about Singapore was the lack of emotion and communication in public. Everywhere you go, almost no strangers talk to one another. The younger generation also have less time with their parents, as the parents are usually both working full time jobs to support family with the high living cost. The child is taken to daycare, then perhaps given to grandparents to take care of. You can see this evidence by the almost utter lack of families outside in public just walking together.

[@biri2biri]

-_- It's not like that for most of us. Smh.

[@NewmaticKe]

haha

[@DaDoctorJ]

'How to not do littering...' May I suggest to starting to realize how much plastic and styrofoam is wasted on a daily basis in Singapore on take-away and do something about that? No need to know programming to see that's insane.

[@wodan74]

True, they put everything in separate plastic bags. One bag for meat, one for vegetables etc... and if you ask them to put it in one bag, they put 2 bags inside each other...

[@NewmaticKe]

Its not wasted. Those stuff are incinerated to generate electricity (like natural gas turbines) and the ash goes to landfill.

[@malcolm6455]

Dude ur wrong its a derivation from a tamil word and not sanskrit tamil and sanskrit are different

[@teonghaipoh9361]

I miss my country . two years haven't go back . because virus v19 . hope they missing in the world forever .

[@isshah2449]

Please make an interview to the locals. Hear whT they say. We sporean are suffering with the high living expenses. And our money that we cant spend. We will always grow old with debts. Please ask the locals on what dey think

[@haz1m195]

Isqandar Shah too true, from secondary schools to elderly. Money is always a problem for Singaporeans. Everything is expensive.

[@isshah2449]

9

[@preciousjose]

Joy Rockkingjunior why can’t u spend ur own money? 🧐

[@tasha3099]

Not all locals feel that way actually. Because there are super rich people too, expenses has to be higher

[@biri2biri]

When you don't work hard and plan your savings don't blame it on the country but yourself!

[@emeraldcloud9912]

Did this guy actually spend a week investigating in Singapore as he had said? So what explains why this episode is so superficial and sounds like tech cheer leading? Maybe a week eating ice kacang more likely

[@tjill1523]

"in 1965 Sinapore became a new nation and much of the country was poor, there was little clean water,and many families lived in shanteys" " Nonsense! In the 1940s Singapore was the most advanced country in Southeast Asia. I was born in 1938. We were not rich. But we did not live in "shantys"! We had piped water. The only thing we lacked when I was growing up was flushing toilet. How many countries had flushing toilet in the 1940s? I went to an Irish Catholic school, St. Patricks, there were many other schools like St. JosephInstitution, Raffles Institution, Telok Kurau English School, and many others! We had bus services such as The SingaporeTraction Co., Bedok Bus service Service, and others. All this in the 1950s! And yo call this POOR?

[@EcoDimension]

depends on which part of the island u grew up at. my parents grew up in very different conditions. mom had piped water (rochor) and dad had to draw water from a communal well pump (toapayoh/balestier area)

[@keffinsg]

Darling, you grew up in a privileged area.

[@DarthMalgusSith_Lord]

the fuck, are you from the upper class?, if so, you have to know the condition of the lowest class citizen lives and their poverty condition, the way you describe yourselves is like you born from a rich family and yet you complain? not all people within Singapore lived in your condition during that time ya know. in 1965, not everyone have accessed to clean waters and now every Singaporean have accessed to clean waters.

[@exs1803]

You sounds like you are living a very sheltered life, in a bubble. You obviously have not seen or lived in those shanteys or the many swamps in SIngapore then..... Heard of bucket system? LOL

[@terryofford4977]

You forgot to mention Hock Lee Amalgamated , Changi Bus, STC Trolleys, Katong Bedok and many others I cannot recall. I was based in Singapore 1956, my girl friend lived in Tiong Bahru later we married!, all the flats had running water and electricity. Yes the Kampongs were often poor but after having suffered under colonialism and the dreadful Japanese from 1942 to 45, Singapore and her people were lucky compared with many other countries in Asia. The Population of mainly Hokien/Cantonese, Malayu and Kling were all so wonderful despite the struggle they experienced, later I was back in Singapore 1967-70 then again 1973.76 and every two years I go to Singapore for holiday (Old and retired of course)Sadly, the population growth has expanded to almost exclude Singapore Born Peoples this is the fault of the government however, given the size of the island, it is the most intelligent of countries, and yes, financial struggles still exist and poeple work, work, work, but are generally better off materially than they ever were under British Colonialism and, looking at Indonesia and Malaysia, Singapore is STILL the winner.Look at Britain today, once ruler of the massive Colonial EMPIRE, destroyed by the Japanese in 3 years, yet Singapore people sprang from the ashes like a Pheonix.Be Proud, and look at the positive history.

[@troublemaker1228]

But the normal local people are strained. You can draw parallel between silicon valley local people and true singaporeans

[@maalat]

The kids need to learn polite skills. Several grabbing of objects. No on3 corr3cting.

[@hehitsme7014]

They are little kids not past the age of seven what can you expect?

[@openlast9122]

questionable dress code

[@NewmaticKe]

Shorts and slippers the standard

[@terryofford4977]

I beieve I spotted MAXWELL MARKET, Best Chicken Rice in the world there, I eat everyday on my last trip to Singapore, I also recall Hill Street had Fatty Loh's Chicken Rice back in 1956/60 and again 1967-70. that and The Nasi Lemat and Daging Rendang are meals for a KING. NO where in the world can you find better food at realistic prices (I mean Proper Hawkers food, NOT the garish Fusion Rubbish for which the ''Wannabe Chefs' charge an arm and leg, ask one these clowns to cook Hainan Chicken rice and you'll see what I mean. Viva La Hawkers.

[@NewmaticKe]

You're overdue for another visit

[@TheTraffic247]

50 nationalities. gives you an idea why diversity is so important.

[@Hadrianus01]

Lol what a non sequitur

[@SargentoBonzo]

In this case the diversity came along with good policies, something that every nation needs to learn about Singapore.

[@TheTraffic247]

@@Hadrianus01 for idiots living in a bubble it certainly is.

[@wodan74]

Their approach to embrace all religions and ethic background is indeed a nice example to the world.

[@TheTraffic247]

@@wodan74 there is certainly a preferential treatment towards whites but amongst asian countries they are doing a much better job in giving folks opportunities. It's not a perfect city but is doing a better job than most.

[@SwadeshiBakchod]

Sanskrit 😻

[@Amigps01]

*I wear a hat because my head sweats when I eat spicy food* Riiiiiiiight. So you eat spicy food every day for every meal? You sure you don't just wear a hat because you're bald? Nothing wrong with that, I just feel like you should accept it. No one cares.

[@xjack9955x]

everyone can sweat from their head so assuming he wears the hat cause the sweat is much more visible and shiny.. being bald and all

[@omairtech6711]

I thought he said " everytime I eat dog-food......" I'm confused 😕

[@eddorvil586]

The guy was making a joke. We all know it's because he's bald. Let the guy live

[@ReasonableRadio]

I think it was a joke lol he clearly wears a hat because he likes it and it's probably really hot and sunny outside, especially hard on the head when you don't have much hair

[@noelsoong777]

it's a joke with poor execution.

[@christianhortig7841]

*Pro pa gan da* #Agenda21

[@morningmist641]

Feel sad for future generations

[@biri2biri]

You don't have to. I'm happy and well here. 🙂

[@hehitsme7014]

@@biri2biri Same!

[@sandymoonstone855]

. 🚗 🚅 🚲 ／ 老人 👴 发送中国。send the elderly to China.

[@sandymoonstone855]

March the elderly through Malaysia,Thailand,Golden Triangle . Only the strong will survive. 哈哈哈哈

[@UltimateChocoWy1]

sandy moonstone start with YOU first.

[@globanxiety]

too many white angmos now smfh

[@globanxiety]

james conor you seem to have zero idea about Singapore. It’s property values and returns from rentals have been some of the highest compared to any other city. A minimum 1.6% rental returns from real estate and living expenses has been the same since my birth. The country didn’t crash or anything... it’s the best economy to invest (through funds and bonds) for example DBS is one of the most promising banks today. With or without foreigners the economy remains untouched, it’s just the social repercussions faced by countries like Vietnam or Indonesia by these ‘(s)expats’ now has hit Singapore, this was unexpected

[@sukhi5577]

Been to Singapore and it was boring. I do like the government policies and how they seem to manage infrastructure very well. Seems bland nation.

[@exs1803]

That must be because you are a very boring person LOL

[@NewmaticKe]

Sorry, no gogo bars here

[@hehitsme7014]

You must be one of those who don't actually know Singapore and simply assumes that what you see in a few days at that one location is what Singapore really is.

[@MS-dc9tx]

Without TAMIL PEOPLE Singapore won't be like this... Singapore is smart city it's just because of TAMIL PEOPLE....Tamil the great.... தமிழ் தமிழ்

[@NewmaticKe]

It does not work like this in Singapore

[@hehitsme7014]

@@NewmaticKe I agree.

[@hehitsme7014]

I think that without Tamil people Singapore will be just fine. Talking about the fact that not all the Tamil people here are smart people and are capable to help the Nation. Most high paying employees are Chinese. Then of course there are those life savers who work in hospitals, ever notice how many Chinese people are there? Please don't be delusional! If you want me to be nice, all I can say is that don't compare Tamil people with Chinese people because I can promise you, you won't be happy with the results.

[@NewmaticKe]

@@hehitsme7014 When I say it does work like this, I mean in Singapore we dont split up the races to measure performance. We did not succeed by being divisive. We found strength in diversity. Dont join in the game of the orginal comment.

[@ankushsamant3592]

No kids must not be given a gadgets specially drawings they must use their own hand n brain.. Y u guys can't understand? No matter wat generation it is, kids should use a normal technique of teaching.

[@manuelhernandez87]

Shut Up! Technology is the future.

[@NewmaticKe]

You're a long way off. www.businessinsider.sg/singapore-is-the-best-place-in-the-world-for-children-to-grow-up-in-while-the-us-trails-at-36th-place/

[@ladyofthewildforest9902]

Horrible horrible horrible!!