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'Satellite offices to help reform belong-life equilibrize TAN WEIZHEN †09 MARCH SINGAPORE †To brook the quest for better work-life balance, the Government volition be carrying out various initiatives to support working from home, such as the introduction of satellite offices located close to homes. These Smart Work Centres will come with facilities and will be shared by employees of different companies, express Minister for Communications and Information Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, who also announced emendments to infrastructure for services like [email protected], during his ministry’s Committee of Supply debate yesterday.Noting that several Members of parliament (MPs) had called for greater use of technology to boost productivity, Dr Yaacob verbalise home-based work â€Å"can help Singaporeans better balance their work-life commitments and minimise travel during peak hours”. Singapore’s economy would also benefit from the increased cut into force participation, while businesses could derive long-term terms savings in office space rental. The Infocomm ripening Agency (IDA) is working with the National Library visiting card to pilot such centres at selected libraries.The Public go will also be piloting this belief at several ministry buildings, including the Treasury, for use by populace officers from participating agencies. The agency has also embarked on pilots for home-based work with six companies from the healthcare, education and telecommunications industries. Among them is home- care for care provider Rasa Sayang, which allows nursing stave to access assignments and information on patients remotely.Meanwhile, the substance and race [email protected] will be ramped up and its login process simplified. Instead of having to repeatedly enter sensation’s login information, the improved network will be able to recognise registered users through the SIM cards in their phones. The IDA will also be revising the calculate of Practice for Infocommunication Facilities in Buildings to ensure buildings set excursus adequate space to support quicker deployment of agile services.Telcos have long had issues with building owners who either retard the process or rejected such requests, tip to a slowdown in works to improve the mobile networks. Five MPs yesterday called for the greater use of ICT to help businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, to boost their productivity, as they undergo restructuring over the nigh few years.Mr Sitoh Yih Pin (Potong Pasir) utter: â€Å"This can acknowledge a one-stop training centre to equip SME staff with the skills to use ICT, as well as get SME owners to adopt ICT in their business in a holistic way, so as to overcome the topical and near future manpower crunch. ” Mr Low Thia Khiang (Aljunied GRC) added that net income speed is critical to home-based work initiatives, and questioned why speed is not part of the IDAâ₠¬â„¢s quality standards. Responding, Dr Yaacob said the ministry does its own studies for broadband speeds. Tan Weizhen\r\n'