The newly-launched Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) office will be the "first stop" for firms in digital industry-related matters.

Exact details were sketchy, with a Google spokesperson merely saying that "they were in town to learn about Singapore's development story".

In a bid to encourage the adoption of electric cars in Singapore, an island-wide electric car-sharing programme will be launched by mid 2017.

Singapore announced plans to trial an electric vehicle car-sharing programme to gain deeper knowledge on this new industry, will it take off?