Singapore-Mauritius partnership takes off

[SINGAPORE] Mauritius now boasts one of the world's most cutting-edge national identification cards, which Singapore helped to create.

In fact, the African island nation's identity card is a lot more advanced than Singapore's. More than just a piece of plastic, Mauritius's new ID card contains an electronic chip that stores each citizen's fingerprint and biometric data.

This is one of many projects in which both countries are partnering at the government level, fronted here by the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE).