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The Pro-Enterprise Panel (PEP) is a private-public panel of business leaders and senior public officers that aims to create a more pro-enterprise environment, enabling businesses to grow.

04/10/2024

On 18 September 2024, the Pro-Enterprise Panel (PEP) held the 3rd session of the PEP Speakers Series, sharing the First Mover Framework and featuring the first accommodation built on Lazarus Island - Big Tiny, which was facilitated by Sentosa (SDC) and Singapore Land Authority - SLA (SLA).

Mr Adrian Chia, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Big Tiny was joined by Ms Kwee Eng Thien, Chief Executive Officer of SDC and Ms Wai Lin Thong, Deputy Chief Executive of SLA.

Using the case of Big Tiny breaking norms to set up accommodation on Lazarus Island, the panellists shared their perspectives on how regulations must remain fit for purpose to facilitate innovative business ideas and how regulators should balance between supporting operations and pushing boundaries.

To learn more about how PEP strengthens regulatory capabilities of Government officers and fosters exchange of insights on regulatory agility between the public and private sectors, look out for updates on our pages!

02/08/2024

In collaboration with our partners, the Public Service Division (PSD) and Civil Service College, the Pro-Enterprise Panel (PEP) held the 2nd session of the PEP Speakers Series on “Working through Partners in Smart Regulation” on 23 July 2024.

This session featured the regulatory reviews that happened behind-the-scenes following an industry suggestion for wider adoption of electronic signatures across Whole of Government. While the decision to adopt electronic signatures seemed straightforward, the implementation was anything but easy due to the legal, security, and technical considerations. The panellists from both private and public sectors shared insights and exchanged views with public officers from different agencies on the possible impediments to digitalisation and ways to overcome them to better support the needs of agencies and businesses.

We would like to give thanks to
Mr Lim Der Shing (newly retired PEP member and Co-founder and Partner of AngelCentral, a venture capitalist company),
Mr Tan Ken Hwee (Chief Transformation and Innovation Officer of SG Courts), and
Mr Teo Shu Li (Senior Software Engineer of GovTech (Government Technology Agency of Singapore)) for sharing their experiences and knowledge at the session.

05/06/2024

Do you have an innovation that will reshape the urban landscape, elevate livability, or tackle the effects of rapid urbanisation and climate change?

The built environment curates spaces for our homes, workplaces, recreational spaces, and green areas. As Singapore intensifies its transformation journey alongside technological advancements, there are opportunities to enhance the efficiency of regulatory submissions, operations, and processes.

Whether you're optimising building designs, automating fabrication processes in factories, or improving building maintenance through an Integrated, Aggregated, and Smart Facilities Management, your insights matter. If you have feedback on existing regulatory processes to reduce compliance costs for businesses or improve overall efficiency, we are here to assist.

Simply share your feedback with us at https://www.mti.gov.sg/PEP/PEP-Suggestions, or check out our initiatives at https://www.mti.gov.sg/PEP/About-the-PEP.

28/05/2024

The PEP is a private-public panel comprising passionate industry leaders, supported by a network of senior public officers.

Its mission is to enable a pro-enterprise environment by regularly reviewing rules and regulations to encourage innovation, streamlining regulations to minimise compliance costs for businesses, and encouraging regulatory innovation to support new business models.

Since its inception in 2000, the PEP has received over 2,000 suggestions, and effected more than 1,200 changes in rules or regulations across various industries and domains.

Recently, the PEP held its Annual Appreciation Lunch Meeting to express our appreciation to the outgoing members for their invaluable contributions to the Panel, welcome the new members, and discuss regulatory issues to further strengthen our pro-enterprise environment. We would also like to thank SCDF for sharing on ongoing efforts to ensure that existing regulations remained fit for purpose to support enterprises’ growth in ermerging areas.

To learn more about PEP and our initiatives to support businesses, check out our website at www.mti.gov.sg/PEP/About-the-PEP

20/05/2024

Awarded the Pro-Enterprise Transformation Award at the PEP-SBF Awards 2023, Singapore Customs facilitated the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Centre in Singapore’s (HMGICS) high-tech electric vehicles manufacturing facility using automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

As HMGICS’ operating model of setting up a warehouse in the Free Trade Zone resulted in cumbersome procedures that impeded business efficiency and productivity, Singapore Customs reviewed existing legislations and streamlined approval processes for HMGIC’s vehicle manufacturing operations. Customs also collaborated with HMGICS and other key stakeholders (i.e. ICA, IRAS and PSA) to simplify Customs’ procedures for the outbound movement of goods from HMGIC’s warehouse at the Free Trade Zone to the manufacturing facility in Jurong Innovation District (JID).

Beyond supporting industry growth, this initiative contributed to potential time savings of approximately 1,600 man-hours per month for HMGICS.

Congratulations to Singapore Customs on the successful initiative in streamlining procedures and reducing business costs amidst an evolving automotive landscape!

17/05/2024

Are you ready to launch or trial your innovation but struggle to locate an ideal site?

If so, we strongly encourage businesses like yourself to tap on the First Mover Framework, which aims to provide first-of-its-kind ideas a head start with the use of public land and spaces. Successful applications will be awarded a direct allocation of state land or public spaces to test their product or services.

Find out more about the First Mover Framework at
https://www.mti.gov.sg/PEP/First-Mover-Framework.

15/05/2024

JTC and BCA regularly met with RM&D solution providers and lift contractors to formulate a regulatory sandbox and review trial results. The close partnership with BCA and JTC enabled businesses such as entrant RM&D solution providers and lift contractors, to refine their systems and operational processes to deliver better services and products.

Since the implementation of the sandbox, more than 10 building owners, with portfolios of more than 450 lifts, trialed their lifts with RM&D solutions. As the trials proved a success, in August 2022, BCA and MND amended legislation to implement RM&D solutions for lifts, publishing a world-first RM&D standard for the industry.

BCA’s commitment to embracing innovative technologies to enhance residents’ well-being and optimise operational efficiency for businsesses is truly commendable, earning them the Pro-Enterprise Transformation (Gold) at the PEP-SBF Awards. Congratulations to the team!

02/05/2024

The Pro-Enterprise Panel (PEP) is a private-public panel comprising industry leaders supported by a network of senior public officers. How does the PEP cultivate a business-friendly environment for businesses?

We initiate constructive dialogues with industry stakeholders requiring regulatory support and tackle complex business challenges - be it securing an ideal space for concept trials, or addressing cross-cutting issues that requires coordination across multi-agencies.

If you have insights on streamlining regulations for cost or time savings, or if you’re keen to test new ideas through a sandbox, do not hesitate to get in touch with us at [email protected], or check out our initiatives at https://www.mti.gov.sg/PEP/About-the-PEP.

25/04/2024

Previously, flat buyers taking a housing loan had to approach HDB and Financial Institutions separately to source for information and assess which offers best suit their needs before applying for a loan.

The integrated housing loan application service was co-developed by HDB with 6 participating Financial Institutions - DBS Bank Limited, Hong Leong Finance Limited, Maybank Singapore Limited, Oversea-Chinese Banking
Corporation Limited, Sing Investments & Finance Limited, and United Overseas Bank Limited. To streamline the housing loan experience for flat buyers, HDB integrated the application service into the existing flat buying journey as one of the steps that flat buyers go through.

Through HDB’s determination and collaborative efforts with various stakeholders, this project became a reality. Congratulations to the team on this achievement!

16/04/2024

In collaboration with our partners, the PSD Singapore and Civil Service College Singapore, the Pro-Enterprise Panel (PEP) held the inaugural session of the PEP Speakers Series on Smart Regulation 101 on 2 April 2024, with the Deputy Secretaries from MTI and PSD as panellists.

The PEP Speaker Series is a new brownbag initiative, targeted at officers doing regulatory work, and curated to engender a pro-enterprise and smart regulation conversation and mindset in regulators across the whole-of-Government. The series also aims to foster exchange of ideas on regulatory agility between the public and private sectors by inviting guest speakers or panellists to share their experience working with regulators and perspective on agile regulations.

The inaugural session was very popular and oversubscribed. Questions on how agencies may be better regulators came fast and furious and both Deputy Secretaries generously shared their experiences and thoughts in this area.

To learn more about how the PEP engages agencies and businesses, keep your eyes peeled on our pages!

04/04/2024

In collaboration with the Pro-Enterprise Panel (PEP) since early 2023, the Association of Trade and Commerce Singapore (ATC) has facilitated public-private conversations, helping its business members better understand government support for innovations and build businesses’ confidence in embracing green initiatives through sandboxes such as the Green Regulatory Economic Initiative (GERI).

Recognising ATC’s catalytic role in steering the business community to rethink innovation and seize new business opportunities, as well as its active partnership with the PEP to foster a pro-enterprise environment, ATC was awarded the Pro-Enterprise Catalyst (Partnership) Awards at the Pro-Enterprise Panel - Singapore Business Federation (PEP-SBF) Awards 2023. Congratulations to ATC for the well-deserved award!

02/04/2024

Do you have an innovation that contributes to improving the health of our communities or unlocking greater capabilities for clinical research and productisation?

Under Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 plan, Human Health and Potential (HHP) is one of the four strategic domains focused on the transformation and protection of health, to advance human potential and create economic value for Singapore.

Especially with the shift toward new business models around big data and patient-centric care, innovative technologies may face overly onerous regulations that impose high compliance costs for businesses, or unclear regulations that require multiple agencies’ coordination.

Simply share your proposal with us at [email protected] to seek support in overcoming regulatory challenges that can support the translation of your ideas into market-ready solutions, or check out our initiatives at https://www.mti.gov.sg/PEP/About-the-PEP.

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