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Jianggan Li is the Editorial Director of FutureGov, based in Beijing and running the editorial teams in Singapore, Makati and Delhi.
As the longest serving member of the team, Jianggan is a respected commentator on public sector modernisation in Asia Pacific - and has developed a particular speciality in healthcare transformation, as well as developments in North Asia.
Originally from Jiangsu province in China, Jianggan was a scholar in Computer Engineering at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University before joining the company.
He currently speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, French, Spanish, and enjoys reading Classical Chinese and Latin literature. He’s making steady progress on learning Sanskrit.
16 May 2012 | News
Singapore awards G-Cloud tender
The country’s Infocomm Development Authority has awarded the Government Cloud tender to Singtel for five years, with an option to extend for another five years.
9 May 2012 | News
Mobility in Hospitals: Engaging Key Stakeholders
At a recent FutureHealth breakfast dialogue, CIOs from Singapore’s public hospitals exchanged perspectives and experiences on the challenges, risks and benefits involved in enabling clinicians to bring their own devices.
9 May 2012 | News
Taskforce proposes to install mini-ATMs in Indian villages
A Task Force headed by Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique ID Authority of India, has submitted a report to the parliament in which it proposes to establish an interoperable network of one million Business Correspondents with micro-ATMS, covering the entire country for financial inclusion and electronic benefit transfer.
9 April 2012 | News
Asia continues to perform strongly in WEF ICT rankings
In the 2012 edition of World Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index rankings, Sweden tops the chart, followed closely by Singapore; and in the category for ‘government usage’, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Bahrain and US took the first five places, and Malaysia was ranked the 6th.
3 April 2012 | News
Beijing launches new city management app
Beijing Bureau of City Administration and Law Enforcement is also building a new command & control centre, and upgrading mobile data terminals for its 6000 law enforcement agents.
5 September 2011 | News
How to make telehealth more relevant
Technologies are improving, and people have more flexibility to use telehealth, if they get the business model right: an interview with Ron Emerson, Global Director of Healthcare, Polycom
5 May 2010 | Interview
India: role model for govt transformation
India’s government is transforming apace. Since the introduction of the National e-Governance Plan in 2006 it has leapfrogged into a new era of governance. The world’s largest democracy still faces many challenges, but great opportunities lie ahead.
14 April 2010 | Interview
Revamped info system revives Delhi hospital
Dr Karanvir Singh, Head of Medical Informatics at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, shares the key success factors for him to realise such benefits.
19 January 2010 | Feature
Should data centres be outsourced?
Government data centre outsourcing contracts can help local IT players grow. This creates jobs and boosts the local economy. But the real dynamics of data centre outsourcing have been slow to take off in Asia. Why?
19 January 2010 | Interview
Acute care, astute IT
Going by its location in central Kuala Lumpur and state-of-the-art design, people tend to perceive Prince Court Medical Centre as a very expensive facility. But Harald Feiel, PCMC’s Chief Information Officer, says this is a myth. “Although we aspire to become the best acute care hospital in Asia with unique, top-notch facilities, we are no more expensive than other private hospitals here in Malaysia,” he explains. “We have done market analysis and in most areas our fees are comparable with those of other hospitals.”
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