URBAN TALK 2021: SMART CITY TECHNOLOGY

KPKT akan menganjurkan Urban Talk 2021 bertajuk Urban Talk: Smart City Technology. Program bual bicara secara maya ini membincangkan kepentingan Smart City Technology terhadap pembangunan bandar, kesan atau faedah serta kes kajian yang boleh dijadikan rujukan oleh para peserta. Program ini akan berlangsung seperti ketetapan berikut: Tarikh:        28 April 2021 (Rabu) Masa:         10.00 pagi.…

KWP launches smart city blueprint

PUTRAJAYA (April 8): The Federal Territories Smart City Blueprint (MySmart Wilayah 2030) was launched today, with the aim of drafting and steering the planning and development of smart cities through the application of digital technology in the Federal Territories. Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said the MySmart Wilayah 2030 outlined 25 policies, 76…

Cover Story: How smart are our cities?

Imagine a city where citizens can monitor in real time the location of buses or trains and authorities can do real-time surveillance of roads or traffic conditions. Officers are deployed immediately to fix broken traffic lights, potholes or broken pipes. Most processes, whether it is paying for parking or applying for licences, can be done…

Digitalising Healthcare

Physical lockdowns, social distancing, and masks – the year 2020 will be remembered for how COVID-19 has changed the world indefinitely. However, one silver lining of the pandemic is that it has accelerated the rate of digital transformation globally, as the governments and businesses adapt to the new normal, said Dr Ang Kong Hui, chief…

Farm in a City

Pak choy, Brazilian spinach, and sweet potato leaves – these were among the fresh greens that Malaysians began cultivating in their homes during the Malaysian Movement Control Order (MCO), as urban farming grew in popularity Urban farming presents an attractive and sustainable form of ensuring food security, with more than half of the world’s population…

No Wonderland Without Water

Like every great city, an uninterrupted water supply is a necessity. One crucial aspect of Sunway City Kuala Lumpur’s status as a smart sustainable city is actually in our own backyard. After six million years of inhabiting planet Earth, we have yet to fully comprehend the amazing element that comprises 75% of it – water!…

Who Says Money Can’t Grow on Trees?

A well-planned city with first-class green infrastructure is more resilient, sustainable and equitable to face strong environmental challenges posed by planet Earth. Little do people know that trees can be beneficial, not just sustainably, but profitably as well – being two to three times more than the investment made in planting and caring for them.…