the same time, we work <strong>to</strong> position Singapore as a base for foreign businesses <strong>to</strong>expand in<strong>to</strong> the region in partnership with Singapore-based companies. Please visitwww.iesingapore.gov.sg for more information.About Singapore Workforce Development AgencyThe Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) enhances the competitivenessof our workforce by encouraging workers <strong>to</strong> learn for life and advance with skills. In<strong>to</strong>day's economy, most jobs require not just knowledge, but also skills. WDAcollaborates with employers, industry associations, the Union and trainingorganisations, <strong>to</strong> develop and strengthen the Continuing Education and Training systemthat is skills-based, open and accessible, as a mainstream pathway for all workers -young and older, from rank and file <strong>to</strong> professionals and executives - <strong>to</strong> upgrade andadvance in their careers and lives. For more information, please visithttp://www.wda.gov.sgAbout Singapore Precision Engineering and Tooling AssociationSingapore Precision Engineering and Tooling Association (SPETA) is a non-profit tradeassociation representing locally registered companies engaged in the manufacturing ofmoulds & dies, jigs & fixtures, metal stamping, metal castings, plastic and rubbermoldings, precision machining, pho<strong>to</strong>nic and semi-conduc<strong>to</strong>r equipment, aerospace andau<strong>to</strong>motive parts, as well as in providing services related <strong>to</strong> the precision engineeringindustry. For more information, please visit www.speta.orgAbout Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore)The Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore) was formed in 1991. Its membershipincludes engineers and doc<strong>to</strong>rs from the universities, polytechnics, hospitals andindustries. The main objective of the Society is <strong>to</strong> promote professional excellence inBiomedical Engineering. The Society endeavours <strong>to</strong> serve as an impartial and nonpoliticaladvisory body on biomedical engineering, initiates scientific exchanges amongits members and others by collecting and disseminating information throughpublications, correspondence, regional courses and scientific meetings. BES8
encourages, promotes and assists in efforts <strong>to</strong> co-ordinate or guide research anddevelopment related <strong>to</strong> biomedical engineering. BES also guides and supports theefforts of those responsible for the education and training of the professions involvedand coordinate these activities. BES will undertake appropriate projects <strong>to</strong> encourageand facilitate uniform practice by developing standards nomenclature, techniques andinstrumentation.For more information, please visit www.bes.org.sgMedia ContactsMs Lee Swee HengSingapore Institute of <strong>Manufacturing</strong> Technology (SIMTech)DID: +65 6793 8368HP:+ 65 9620 3902Email: shlee@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg or leesh@scei.a-star.edu.sgMs Jennifer TanIE SingaporeDID: + 65 6433 4738HP: + 65 9489 0715Email: jennifer_tan@iesingapore.gov.sgMs Amy WongSingapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA)DID: + 65 6512 2144Email: amy_wong@wda.gov.sgMs Khoo-Tan Peck HaBiomedical Engineering Society (Singapore)Email: secretary@bes.org.sg9