The problem with beautiful, plentiful greens

IF you've signed up for the free seed packets being distributed by National Parks and are ready to start growing your own veggies, Brunch this Saturday in The Business Times Weekend will give you every reason you need to get cracking.

The vast majority of vegetables here are imported. Some 40 per cent of supply comes from farms closest to us, in Malaysia, where high levels of pesticide contamination have been reported. While the Singapore Food Agency has strict regulations, importers are able to exploit loopholes and smuggling is a known problem. We look at the challenges facing vegetable farmers, grocers, and consumers.

Swami Sivasubramanian, vice-president of machine learning at Amazon Web Services, believes we are witnessing the dawn of the golden age of AI and machine learning. He shares why in The Raffles Conversation. And yet, just 10 per cent of investment managers have used Artificial Intelligence or machine learning tools in the past year, a CFA Institute survey has found. Our Insights from CFA Society Singapore column spells out why the financial profession needs to catch up and fast.