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ELECTRONICS CUSTOMER TALKThe International Building is a superior office block in the CentralBusiness District of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park.Standing 88.8 metres tall with 18 storeys and two basements alloccupying a floor area of 61,000 square metres, this grand buildingis the 1998-1999 focal construction project of the Suzhou IndustrialPark Administrative Committee. The relevant government authoritieshad set up a strong project management team. The selection of thebest construction contractors among the many who are renownedwithin and outside China resulted in an office block of superb quality.Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited was responsible for theintelligent building system of the project. This company was able to“put themselves in the end-user’s shoes” and anticipate everythingthat was needed. The cooperative experience deepened ourunderstanding of Singapore Tehnologies Electronics Limited andenabled us to observe at first-hand their excellent services. We hopethat we will build on this foundation of collaboration for moreopportunities for further development. We take this oppportunity towish Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited a brighterand more splendid future.LPRS car-parking solutions wereinstalled at Sim Lim Square, PasirPanjang Wholesale Centre, andoverseas in Taipei’s Cheng Yuan.Building upon our capability ofintegrating intelligent buildingmanagement systems, LSG tookon the 52-storey Capital Towerproject, a landmark in Singapore’sfinancial district.This involved theintegration of all major securityand communications system componentsand the maintenance ofits system integrity.Our system integrationcapability won us a contract tosupply, install and commission theintegrated security solution in thenew Singapore Civil DefenceForce HQ Complex.This includesaudio visual and sound, andelectronic queue managementsystems.Our VSATs are well positioned globally.Our expertise in rail managementsystems secured us a contractto install a Visual PassengerInformation System on MRT andLRT trains.This will providepassengers information on topicssuch as the weather, airportschedules, stock prices and travelinformation displayed on vehicleborneLiquid Crystal Display(LCD) or Light-Emitting Diode(LED) screens.The LTA awarded us theproject to retrofit Singapore’straffic lights with new LED trafficlights in April 1999.Work in centraland eastern Singapore hasbeen completed and it continueselsewhere on the island.We continueto market the LED trafficlights overseas, such as inMyanmar and Mexico.Outside Singapore, the 56,000square metre Suzhou IndustrialPark International Building wasofficially opened in China showcasingour Extra Low VoltageSystem.This includes BuildingAutomation, Close Circuit TV,Security Management, ElectronicPayment Carpark,Variable AirVolume and Fully IntegratedSecurity Management Systems.Our subsidiary, ST Electronics(Taiwan) Limited was awarded acontract to provide an IntegratedCommunications System for theTucheng MRT Line in the TaipeiMetropolitan Area, due to becompleted in 2006.The systemwill provide essential communicationsbetween trains, stations,depot and the operation controlcentre.WU XIAODONGDIRECTOR, BUILDINGPLANNING BUREAU80 • visionOur LED technology is used in traffic lights deployed throughout Singapore.SOFTWARE SYSTEMSGROUPOur subsidiary, SingaporeEngineering Software (SES)continued to work with variousgovernment agencies offering arange of security, data processingand analysis solutions. During theyear, SES delivered an on-goingCommand and Control projectfor the Ministry of Home Affairs.SES has gradually stepped upits efforts to establish a re-usablearchitecture Common ApplicationPlatform (CAP) that can beemployed for development ofmission critical, command andMETICULOUS ORGANISATION ANDPRECISE BUILDING WORKENSURED THE UNIMPEDED REALISATIONOF A HIGH-QUALITY PROJECTCHINA-SINGAPORE SUZHOU INDUSTRIALPARKPARK ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE COMMITTEEannual report 2000 • 31