Parliament · Source ✓ MAS speech · Press ✓ CNA
MPs debate the Digital Infrastructure Bill and changes to the Financial Services and Markets Act
MPs debated the Digital Infrastructure Bill and the Financial Services and Markets (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday. MAS published the second-reading speech on the financial services bill, delivered by Minister of State Alvin Tan. CNA carried speeches by several MPs on both bills.
Data centres and cloud services now underpin banking, payments and government services. Outages hit everyone.
Stricter rules aim to make digital services you rely on more resilient.
The data centre bill's final terms will show how much the government will demand of operators.
DailyDrop Singapore edition No. 2 · Morning · TUE., OCT. 6, 2026