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Use the Gov QR Payment and save both time and effort; it’ll pay off! πŸ“±πŸ’°

5⃣ Key Takeaways:

πŸ’» With the Gov QR Payment, you can now scan the QR code on both your physical and electronic bills to transact with the Government.

πŸ’» The Gov QR Payment is integrated with various banks’ e-payment apps that have QR scanning features.

πŸ“ As of today, citizens can transact with CPFB, HDB, NYP and SLA.

πŸ“ For e.g., there is now no need for buyers and sellers who have no credit cards to make payment personally at HDB. Fees could be made using the Gov QR Payment system.

πŸ“ To date, more than 10,000 individuals have used the Gov QR Payment to transact with the Government.

Read more here: http://go.gov.sg/pay-your-bills-by-scanning-a-qr-code

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πŸ“„ Never dig for your physical academic certificates again!πŸ“„

5⃣ Key Takeaways:

πŸ“ OpenCerts platform offers an easy and reliable way to issue and validate tamper-resistant academic certificates.

πŸ“ Education institutions benefit from cost savings of verifying issued certificates automatically.

πŸ“ Students too receive them as digital files for easy viewing and sharing.

πŸ“ Platform is developed by GovTech, Ministry of Education, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and SkillsFuture Singapore.

πŸ’» OpenCerts is built upon blockchain technology, specifically the Ethereum public ledger.

Read more here: https://go.gov.sg/opencerts-platform

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Wishing all our Indian friends and their family, a happy Deepavali!
πŸ‘‹ Hello Merdeka Generation and Parents with young children πŸ‘‹

4⃣ Key Takeaways:

πŸ“ Seniors will have convenient access to information and programmes to stay engaged.

πŸ“ The Active Ageing module is added to the existing Moment of Life (MOL) app, and on trial since 1 September 2019.

πŸ“This follows the launch of the MOL app first introduced in 2018 to support families with children aged 6 and below.

πŸ’» It provides integrated services through a single platform.

Read more here: https://go.gov.sg/merdeka-generation-mol-app

Download the MOL app here:
https://go.gov.sg/download-mol-app
Sick of misplacing or damaging your MCs? 🀧

6️⃣ Key Takeaways:

πŸ“ In 2017, about one million hardcopy MCs were generated by SingHealth.

πŸ“ Hardcopy MCs are easily misplaced, damaged or forged. There could also be hassle of keeping records of employees’ submissions.

πŸ’» A team from Open Government Products has built a digital medical certificate system - DigiMC.

πŸ’» The team has put safeguards in place, to address privacy concerns about data disseminated on DigiMC. For example, patients are required to unlock the digital MC with their date of birth.

πŸ’» Employers need not worry about the authenticity of Digital MCs generated via DigiMC as they are hosted on a Government-affiliated web domain and each digital MC has a uniquely identifiable key.

πŸ’» The team plans to implement DigiMC across all SingHealth institutions by early 2020.

Read more here: https://go.gov.sg/no-more-hardcopy-mc

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myResponder β€” shave time, save lives ‼️

5️⃣ Key Takeaways:

πŸ“ According to the SCDF, more than 1,900 people suffer from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest every year in Singapore, with a survival rate of just 3%.

πŸ’» myResponder is an app developed by the SCDF in collaboration with GovTech.

πŸ’» The app enables the quick crowdsourcing of community first responders, to improve patients' chances of survival. With early performance of CPR, a suspected cardiac arrest patient's survival chance goes up by two to three times.

πŸ’» Whenever the SCDF is notified of a medical emergency and assesses it to be a case of cardiac arrest, it sends out a message to registered CFRs that are within 400 metres of the patient.

πŸ“ As of September 2019, there are more than 60,000 registered responders and over 31,000 responses to cases.

Read more here: https://go.gov.sg/meet-the-man-using-myresponder-to-save-lives

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One-stop portal where ideas become reality! πŸ’‘

Keen to solve problems and issues that Singapore may be facing?

Brought to you by GovTech and MCCY, Ideas! is a platform where citizens can find and participate in challenges by all Government agencies.

Categories of challenges range from art & design, to environment and technology.

Participate in the challenges, share your ideas, and play a part in shaping a better society for all!

Learn how you can contribute here: https://go.gov.sg/ideas-portal

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SingPass Mobile β€” if you're not using it, you're missing out!

3️⃣ things you'll love about the app:

πŸ’» Bye bye passwords
With two-factor authentication, simply tap or scan the SingPass QR code with the app, and use your fingerprint or face recognition to log in!

πŸ’» No more losing tokens
All you need is your smartphone to log in securely to digital services. A much safer way, especially for frequent travellers.

πŸ“ Info at a glance
With SingPass Mobile, you can now quickly peek at your CPF balance, HDB property details or passport expiry date!

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Always safe to use: When the app detects potential security breach or presence of malicious software on your mobile device, it'll not allow you to use the app on that device!

Find out more here: go.gov.sg/spm-techbytes

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Simulating 4 million bus rides a day just got wheel-y simpler 🚌

4️⃣ Key Takeaways:

πŸ“ Planning a bus route is never easy as it has to factor in the ripple effects of a given change to the transport network.

πŸ’» GovTech and the Land Transport Authority developed Reroute, a programme that simulates the impact that bus route changes or withdrawals have on commuters in our busy city.

πŸ’» To make this possible, the project team analysed farecard data which captures commuter behaviour and journey patterns to get a good estimate.

πŸ’» Instead of computing hardware, the team relied on managed services on the cloud to minimise configuration time and allow the simulator to be scaled on a pay-per-use model.

Read more here: https://go.gov.sg/simulating-4-million-bus-rides-daily

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