The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, visited industrial infrastructure on the third day of his visit in Singapore today (May 24).
Professor Sun paid a visit to JTC Corporation, a lead government agency responsible for the development of industrial land and infrastructure to support and catalyse the growth of new industries and enterprises in Singapore, and received a detailed briefing on the corporation's various landmark projects, latest efforts in spearheading sustainable industrial development, and breakthroughs from public-private research collaborations.
Professor Sun then toured JTC Corporation's One-north, positioned as a national hub for research and development, which is a vibrant research and business park that houses well-known leading companies from sectors such as biomedical sciences, advanced manufacturing and science and research institutes. A mixed-use estate occupying an area of 200 hectares and divided into eight thematic precincts, the hub can provide a reference for the Government's planning of the San Tin Technopole of the Northern Metropolis that is of a similar scale.
He also visited Biopolis, one of the precincts of One-north, which supports the biomedical industry as Singapore's engine of economic growth, where he learned about the conducive environment provided to drug discovery and medical technology research.
Professor Sun concluded his visit and will return to Hong Kong later tonight.
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