Lim How Khang is Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science (Practice) at Singapore Management University (SMU), jointly appointed at the Yong Pung How School of Law and the School of Computing and Information Systems. He directs SMU’s BSc (Computing & Law) Programme and is a member of the core team at SMU’s Centre for Digital Law. Trained in both computer science and law, he holds degrees from Monash University and the National University of Singapore, and is an Advocate and Solicitor of Singapore.
In the last of our six-part country spotlight series under Tech Governance in Southeast Asia-6, Lim How Khang, Assistant Professor of Law and Computer
For the next part of our 6-part series on Tech Governance in Southeast Asia, Assistant Professor Lim How Khang from Law and
Lim How Khang is Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science (Practice) at Singapore Management University (SMU), jointly appointed at the Yong Pung How School of Law and the School of Computing and Information Systems. He directs SMU’s BSc (Computing & Law) Programme and is a member of the core team at SMU’s Centre for Digital Law. Trained in both computer science and law, he holds degrees from Monash University and the National University of Singapore, and is an Advocate and Solicitor of Singapore.
Rigorous studies and data that inform regional tech policies
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Governance Meets Reality: Singapore’s Evolving Tech Governance
In the last of our six-part country spotlight series under Tech Governance in Southeast Asia-6, Lim How Khang, Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science (Practice); Director, BSc (Computing & Law) Programme, Singapore Management University, examines how Singapore’s tech governance landscape is evolving at mid-2026.
Assurance as Infrastructure: How Singapore Governs AI in Practice
As Singapore’s AI ecosystem continues to expand rapidly, regulatory frameworks are evolving to keep pace with new risks and opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI). This article examines Singapore’s distinctive tech governance architecture and explores how combining enforceable legal baselines, targeted interventions, and measurable AI assurance can build a safe and resilient digital economy even without an overarching AI law.
Rules in Action: Singapore’s Evolving Tech Governance
For the next part of our 6-part series on Tech Governance in Southeast Asia, Assistant Professor
Lim How Khang
from Law and Computer Science (Practice) at
Singapore Management University (SMU)
unpacks the key developments shaping Singapore's tech landscape in the first half of 2025. Key developments include the Code of Practice for Online Safety-App Distribution Services taking effect to mandate store-wide age assurance and safety controls, and the commencement of Part 9 of the Financial Services and Markets Act to create an enforceable perimeter for digital-token services.
Dialogues connecting policymakers, researchers and industry
Governance Meets Reality: Singapore’s Evolving Tech Governance
In the last of our six-part country spotlight series under Tech Governance in Southeast Asia-6, Lim How Khang, Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science (Practice); Director, BSc (Computing & Law) Programme, Singapore Management University, examines how Singapore’s tech governance landscape is evolving at mid-2026.
Assurance as Infrastructure: How Singapore Governs AI in Practice
As Singapore’s AI ecosystem continues to expand rapidly, regulatory frameworks are evolving to keep pace with new risks and opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI). This article examines Singapore’s distinctive tech governance architecture and explores how combining enforceable legal baselines, targeted interventions, and measurable AI assurance can build a safe and resilient digital economy even without an overarching AI law.
Rules in Action: Singapore’s Evolving Tech Governance
For the next part of our 6-part series on Tech Governance in Southeast Asia, Assistant Professor
Lim How Khang
from Law and Computer Science (Practice) at
Singapore Management University (SMU)
unpacks the key developments shaping Singapore's tech landscape in the first half of 2025. Key developments include the Code of Practice for Online Safety-App Distribution Services taking effect to mandate store-wide age assurance and safety controls, and the commencement of Part 9 of the Financial Services and Markets Act to create an enforceable perimeter for digital-token services.
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Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.
Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director
Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.
Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.
