Partnership with people, firms vital to spur tech access: Iswaran

Communications and Information Minister S Iswaran in an interview with The Straits Times at the Old Hill Street Police Station, on Oct 9, 2020. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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SINGAPORE - About 8,100 of Singapore's stallholders have gone digital by adopting e-payment systems as of last month, under the Hawkers Go Digital scheme.

This is almost half of the one-year target that the Government set for itself in June, and shows that Singapore is making progress in its journey to be digitally inclusive, said Communications and Information Minister S. Iswaran.

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