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ISSUE JAN/ FEB | 2015<br />
Celebrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit<br />
Improved Price and Rental Indices to help industrialists 03 | Celebrating<br />
the Entrepreneurial Spirit 4-7 | JTC nanoSpace @ Tampines to serve<br />
semiconductor sector 8-9
contents<br />
04<br />
08<br />
Industrial Market Statistics<br />
03 Improved Price and Rental Indices<br />
to help industrialists<br />
11<br />
12<br />
Developments – What’s New<br />
04 Celebrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit<br />
08 JTC nanoSpace @ Tampines to serve<br />
semiconductor sector<br />
Customer Focus<br />
10 • Amgen opens $200m plant at TBP<br />
11 • BASF opens Learning Campus at<br />
Rochester Park<br />
• SingPost starts construction on Regional<br />
eCommerce Logistics Hub<br />
Customer Engagement<br />
12 • Bonding through paints and colours<br />
• Friendly dialogues with SMF and SCAL<br />
EstateWatch<br />
13 • Third Place café at CTP<br />
• Food Glossary at JTC Summit<br />
14 • More buses, Better rides<br />
• “Food on Wheels” in Jurong Island
03<br />
Industrial Market Statistics<br />
Improved<br />
Price and<br />
Rental Indices<br />
to help industrialists<br />
To improve market transparency on the price<br />
and rental movements in the industrial<br />
property market, JTC has released new<br />
Industrial Property Price and Rental Indices<br />
which are compiled using an expanded<br />
coverage and improved methodology. More<br />
granular data has been made available in response to<br />
industry feedback and these are now available in the 4th<br />
Quarter Market Report.<br />
More sub-indices have also been made available to<br />
provide industrialists with information on price and rental<br />
movements based on property attributes. This will help<br />
industrialists make better decisions when choosing<br />
industrial properties for their businesses.<br />
Expanded Coverage<br />
JTC has expanded the geographical coverage of the new<br />
indices to include transactions island-wide instead of just<br />
the Central Region, where most multiple-user factories<br />
were located in the 1990s. In addition, more property<br />
types are now covered under the new indices. The new<br />
Price Index will include single-user factories, while the<br />
new Rental Index will include single-user factories and<br />
business parks. Previously, only multiple-user factory and<br />
warehouse transactions were covered.<br />
Improved Methodology<br />
Under the new methodology, properties with the same<br />
attributes are grouped together and fixed weights are<br />
used in the computation of the indices. This makes the<br />
indices more reflective of the changes in market price and<br />
rental. Previously, the indices did not take into account<br />
attributes like location, tenure and zoning, and 12-quarter<br />
moving average weights were used.<br />
For information on the 4th Quarter Market Report,<br />
please go to the JTC website at http://www.jtc.gov.sg/<br />
Publications/Industrial-Property-Statistics/Pages/default.<br />
aspx, or the Real Estate Information System (REALIS) at<br />
https//spring.ura.gov.sg/lad/ore/login/index.cfm. P<br />
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04<br />
Developments – What’s New<br />
Celebrating the<br />
Entrepreneurial<br />
Spirit<br />
JTC LaunchPad @ onenorth<br />
underscores the<br />
Government’s support<br />
to catalyse, facilitate and<br />
support the growth of<br />
budding entrepreneurs<br />
in Singapore. The success of the<br />
LaunchPad as a vibrant and thriving<br />
start-up node is a collective effort of<br />
all players in the start-up ecosystem.<br />
Located at a 5-hectare site<br />
opposite Fusionopolis Phase 1, the<br />
LaunchPad comprises three vibrantly<br />
coloured Blocks – 71, 73 and 79<br />
– which offers a range of facilities<br />
such as co-working, incubator and<br />
start-up space that can support the<br />
various stages of entrepreneurship<br />
from idea generation to incubation<br />
and start-up.<br />
Speaking at the official opening,<br />
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said,<br />
“Our part, as the Government, is to<br />
try to make your role, your functions,<br />
starting up businesses, easier and<br />
more hassle-free. For example, not<br />
having to run around looking for<br />
space to rent, to find mentors or<br />
access to financing, so that you can<br />
concentrate on building the best<br />
product and service and getting your<br />
little start-up past that first stage.”<br />
The LaunchPad will host a vibrant<br />
mix of 35 incubators and an<br />
estimated 500 start-ups across<br />
a range of industries. To foster<br />
collaboration and networking,<br />
JTC has set aside sports facilities,<br />
collaboration spaces, shared meeting<br />
rooms as well as F&B amenities for<br />
the community.<br />
“The LaunchPad is a unique startup<br />
cluster where the key players of<br />
the entrepreneurship community
05<br />
Developments – What’s New<br />
Entrepreneurship plays an important role in Singapore’s economy. Prime<br />
Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently officiated at the opening of JTC<br />
LaunchPad @ one-north, a start-up cluster developed by JTC to seed<br />
the growth of start-ups and incubators in industries such as science and<br />
engineering, biomedical, electronics, infocomm and media. PM Lee also<br />
visited a few start-up companies at the LaunchPad. We bring you on a tour<br />
of this vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.<br />
– such as accelerators, incubators,<br />
start-ups, venture capitalists and<br />
entrepreneurs – converge. We are<br />
glad to see a vibrant community<br />
already taking shape at the<br />
LaunchPad, and we hope this will<br />
nurture more innovative businesses<br />
and enhance the entrepreneurship<br />
landscape in Singapore,” said JTC<br />
CEO Png Cheong Boon.<br />
Through a whole-of-government<br />
approach led by JTC and SPRING<br />
Singapore, the various stakeholders<br />
and government agencies have<br />
worked hard together in establishing<br />
the framework and bringing in the<br />
necessary activities, programmes<br />
and support to grow the start-up<br />
cluster here.<br />
“Starting a business<br />
is a continuous<br />
learning process<br />
and locating at the<br />
LaunchPad will allow<br />
us to grow alongside<br />
our peers, discuss,<br />
exchange ideas and<br />
even collaboratively<br />
co-create. The new<br />
networking spaces<br />
and amenities at<br />
the LaunchPad will<br />
definitely facilitate<br />
these interactions,”<br />
Mr Sim Kai<br />
Co-founder of Ctrlworks<br />
Start-ups plug into vibrant<br />
business environment<br />
A number of the start-ups have found<br />
JTC LaunchPad @ one-north to be<br />
the perfect place for them to plug into<br />
a multi-disciplinary R&D and business<br />
environment. Located close to the<br />
National University of Singapore,<br />
INSEAD, ESSEC Business Schools<br />
and the Singapore Polytechnic, these<br />
start-ups can tap into a ready pool<br />
of talent, expertise, knowledge and<br />
resources.<br />
A good example is Trakomatic,<br />
a start-up providing tracking and<br />
analytic solutions for the retail<br />
industry. Founders Mr Allen Lin and<br />
Prashanath Ravichandran said, “The<br />
LaunchPad’s location within a thriving<br />
community of R&D and industry<br />
players at one-north offers start-ups<br />
like us the opportunity to connect<br />
with a mix of scientists, researchers<br />
and technologists with a wealth of<br />
experience in their various disciplines.<br />
We look forward to interacting with<br />
these professionals and exchanging<br />
our ideas and perspectives.”<br />
“Starting a business is a continuous<br />
learning process and locating<br />
at the LaunchPad will allow us<br />
to grow alongside our peers,<br />
discuss, exchange ideas and even<br />
collaboratively co-create. The new<br />
networking spaces and amenities at<br />
the LaunchPad will definitely facilitate<br />
these interactions,” said Mr Sim Kai,<br />
co-founder of CtrlWorks, a start-up<br />
specialising in autonomous mobile<br />
robotics.<br />
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06<br />
Developments – What’s New<br />
Snapshots of<br />
Entrepreneurial Eco-System<br />
1. Start-Ups<br />
at JTC LaunchPad<br />
Blacksmith Group<br />
Founded in 2013, Blacksmith Group<br />
launched a 3D printer, Blacksmith<br />
Genesis, which scans items into<br />
virtual models. The device allows<br />
users without much knowledge of<br />
3D software to scan any item, edit<br />
the scanned virtual model on the<br />
computer, and print it out in 3D with<br />
ease.<br />
http://www.blacksmith-group.com/<br />
Ctrl Works<br />
Founded in 2011, CtrlWorks is a<br />
robotics company that specializes<br />
in mobile robotics, internet<br />
telepresence and autonomy.<br />
http://www.ctrlworks.com/<br />
Rock Nano Global<br />
Founded in 2013, Rock Nano Global<br />
is a Game Development company<br />
with technological capabilities<br />
across the fields of virtual reality/<br />
augmented reality, real-time<br />
interactive content & installation,<br />
3D/4D projection mapping,<br />
holographic display, mobile/ web<br />
based applications and 3D games.<br />
http://web.rocknano.com/index.html<br />
2. Incubators 3. Venture Capitalists<br />
4. Accelerators<br />
Nanyang Technological University -<br />
NTUitive Pte Ltd<br />
Established in 1995, NTUitive Pte<br />
Ltd is the University’s innovation and<br />
enterprise company. Its activities<br />
seek to combine entrepreneurship<br />
education and mentoring so as<br />
to address gaps in knowledge<br />
and skill sets to help prospective<br />
entrepreneurs grow a business and<br />
take ideas and technology to market.<br />
http://www.ntuitive.sg/<br />
Mercatus Capital Pte Ltd<br />
Established in 2006, Mercatus<br />
Capital help businesses across a<br />
diverse area of services including<br />
Venture and Angel Funding, Securing<br />
Grants, Public and Private Equity,<br />
Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate<br />
Restructurings, Financial Advisory,<br />
Initial Public Offerings and Strategic<br />
Partnerships.<br />
http://mercatus-capital.com<br />
Expara IDM Ventures Pte Ltd<br />
Established in 2003, Expara is<br />
a venture creation company.<br />
It develops and teaches<br />
entrepreneurship, innovation and<br />
venture finance through experiential<br />
training programs and innovation<br />
challenges for entrepreneurs,<br />
corporations and public institutions<br />
in Southeast Asia.<br />
http://expara.com/<br />
NUS Enterprise<br />
Established in 2001, NUS Enterprise<br />
provides an enterprise dimension<br />
to NUS teaching and research that<br />
involves the university’s students,<br />
staff and alumni. NUS Enterprise<br />
augments and complements the<br />
University’s academic programmes<br />
and nurtures talents to possess an<br />
entrepreneurial and global mind-set.<br />
http://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/<br />
Sequoia (India) Capital Pte Ltd<br />
Established in 2012, Sequoia Capital<br />
is a venture capital firm specializing<br />
in incubation, seed stage, start-up<br />
stage, early stage, and growth stage<br />
investments in private companies.<br />
It also invests in public companies.<br />
https://www.sequoiacap.com<br />
Infocomm Investments<br />
Established in 1996, Infocomm<br />
Investments Pte Ltd (IIPL) builds<br />
and invests in Singapore and global<br />
infocomm technology start-ups.<br />
http://www.infocomminvestments.<br />
com/
07<br />
Developments – What’s New<br />
Beyond start-ups and incubators, the LaunchPad also brings together different<br />
parties in the entrepreneurship ecosystem such as accelerators, venture capital<br />
firms and partners, community & social space, bridging space, and partners<br />
looking after the programming aspects of the LaunchPad, thus creating a<br />
vibrant hotbed for entrepreneurs, enterprises and innovation. Some examples<br />
are appended below.<br />
Quick<br />
Facts<br />
on JTC<br />
LaunchPad<br />
Third Wave Power<br />
Third Wave Power creates portable<br />
chargers that are charged up using<br />
solar energy. These portable chargers<br />
are suitable for mobile phones as<br />
well as tablets and cameras.<br />
http://thirdwavepower.com/<br />
5. Community Building & Programmes<br />
Trakomatic<br />
Founded in 2013, Trakomatic<br />
specializes in using superior video<br />
analytic technology for retailers<br />
to understand about shopper<br />
behaviors in the store. The cloud<br />
based service provides retailers with<br />
a way to quantify marketing impacts<br />
and optimize store performance.<br />
https://trakomatic.com/<br />
Action Community for Entrepreneurship<br />
(ACE)<br />
ACE has initiated a line-up of events and<br />
activities to actively engage the business<br />
community at JTC LaunchPad @ one-north.<br />
In addition, ACE will set up an Ideation Lab<br />
at the LaunchPad for aspiring entrepreneurs<br />
to get connected to facilities and valuable<br />
resources. A Visitor Centre and a web portal to showcase profiles of start-ups<br />
and partners, are also underway as part of its key plans.<br />
http://www.infocomminvestments.com/<br />
Blk 71<br />
• 7 storeys with 15,900 sqm<br />
tenantable space<br />
• 165 units (some available from<br />
April 2015) x 100sqm each<br />
• Hosts up to 250 start-ups<br />
Blk 73<br />
• 3 storeys with 1,700 sqm<br />
tenantable space<br />
• Flexible configuration:<br />
41 units x 42 sqm each or<br />
82 units x 21 sqm each<br />
• Hosts up to 80 start-ups<br />
Three more blocks to be<br />
added at LaunchPad<br />
JTC will expand the LaunchPad by building three new<br />
blocks. The three blocks – 75, 77 and 81 – will provide<br />
an additional 12,000 sqm of space and house 250 more<br />
start-ups. They are targeted to be completed in 2017.<br />
Blk 79<br />
• 5 storeys with 10,400 sqm<br />
tenantable space<br />
• 32 units x 100 sqm; and<br />
15 units x 450 sqm<br />
• Hosts up to 150 start-ups<br />
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08<br />
Developments – What’s New<br />
JTC nanoSpace<br />
@ Tampines<br />
to serve semiconductor sector<br />
The Internet of Things<br />
megatrend has<br />
spawned significant<br />
innovations in, and<br />
demand for, smart<br />
sensors, device<br />
miniaturization and energy efficient<br />
devices. This is expected to create<br />
growth opportunities for companies<br />
in advanced packaging, compound<br />
semiconductors and micro-electromechanical<br />
systems. This niche<br />
industry typically has shorter<br />
product life cycles and faces intense<br />
competition.<br />
JTC has conceptualised JTC<br />
nanoSpace after consulting trade<br />
associations, industrialists and<br />
service providers. The multi-tenanted<br />
four-storey development is designed<br />
with high technical specifications<br />
such as a floor vibration criterion of<br />
VC-B, heavy industrial floor loading<br />
of 20kN/m 2 and a high ceiling of up<br />
to 9.0m. It will provide centralised<br />
common utilities such as bulk gases<br />
and chilled water, as well as space<br />
for specialty chemical storage and<br />
waste water treatment plants.<br />
JTC CEO Mr Png Cheong Boon<br />
said, “The new JTC nanoSpace<br />
@ Tampines, with its innovative<br />
features, high performance<br />
specifications and common utilities,<br />
provides semiconductor companies<br />
with a competitive, quick start and<br />
scalable environment to meet the<br />
needs of the dynamic marketplace.<br />
More importantly, we hope that<br />
it will boost the growth of this<br />
niche semiconductor industry in<br />
Singapore.”<br />
By leveraging<br />
economies of scale,<br />
the shared common<br />
utilities at JTC<br />
nanoSpace will help<br />
lower companies’<br />
upfront capital costs<br />
by up to 20% and<br />
operational costs by<br />
between 10% and 15%.
09<br />
Developments – What’s New<br />
A new customised space solution to support new growth in the niche<br />
semiconductor sector has been launched at Tampines High Tech Park.<br />
JTC nanoSpace @ Tampines is designed to meet the market demand for<br />
ready-built vibration-controlled space, offering companies a quick start-up<br />
with a scalability solution. Strategically located close to Tampines Wafer Fab<br />
Park, the facility with a total gross floor area of 22,700 sqm is targeted to be<br />
ready in early 2017.<br />
“The JTC nanoSpace<br />
@ Tampines will<br />
provide plug-andplay<br />
cleanroomcapable<br />
industrial<br />
space to attract<br />
investments in<br />
these specialty<br />
technologies.<br />
In fact, it is expected<br />
to at least halve<br />
the time needed to<br />
build a customised<br />
cleanroom, from<br />
18 months to six to<br />
nine months,”<br />
Mr Terence Gan<br />
EDB Director of Electronics<br />
By leveraging economies of scale, the shared common utilities will help lower<br />
companies’ upfront capital costs by up to 20% and operational costs by<br />
between 10% and 15%. In addition, companies could start small by taking up<br />
one unit and scaling up subsequently by occupying neighbouring units.<br />
“The JTC nanoSpace @ Tampines will provide plug-and-play cleanroomcapable<br />
industrial space to attract investments in these specialty technologies.<br />
In fact, it is expected to at least halve the time needed to build a customised<br />
cleanroom, from 18 months to six to nine months,” says Terence Gan, EDB<br />
Director of Electronics.<br />
The development was launched by Senior Minister of State for Trade and<br />
Industry and National Development Lee Yi Shyan in January. P<br />
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10<br />
Customer Focus<br />
Amgen opens $200m plant<br />
at Tuas Biomedical Park<br />
American<br />
pharmaceutical giant<br />
Amgen has opened<br />
its new $200-million<br />
biomanufacturing plant<br />
at Tuas Biomedical<br />
Park, marking the<br />
company’s first<br />
manufacturing site in<br />
Asia. It will produce a<br />
drug substance used to<br />
treat osteoporosis and<br />
bone-related disorders<br />
in cancer patients.<br />
Built in less than two years, the next generation biomanufacturing<br />
facility was completed in half the time required for conventional<br />
biomanufacturing plants. The facility is expected to have the<br />
same annual output as a conventional facility but in a single<br />
building that will use less energy and water and have lower<br />
solid waste and emission levels – all in line with Singapore’s<br />
commitment to sustainable and innovative economic development.<br />
Amgen also announced plans to build another biomanufacturing facility at the<br />
same Tuas site. This facility will produce an active ingredient for a drug that<br />
treats multiple myeloma, a form of cancer. The company plans to increase its<br />
Singapore staff strength from the current 70 to 200 in two years.<br />
Minister for Trade & Industry Lim Hng Kiang, who officiated at the opening<br />
of the plant as the Guest-of-Honour, said, “Today, Singapore is home to nine<br />
world-class commercial-scale biologics manufacturing facilities, including this<br />
Amgen facility. This knowledge- and skill-intensive industry has created over<br />
6,000 jobs. More than 80 per cent of these positions are held by locals.”
11<br />
Customer Focus<br />
BASF opens Learning Campus<br />
at Rochester Park<br />
Rochester Park is<br />
now home to BASF<br />
Learning Campus<br />
(Singapore), the<br />
company’s Asia<br />
Pacific learning<br />
facility. BASF Learning<br />
Campus (Singapore) will offer<br />
regional and global leadership and<br />
business-related programmes to<br />
BASF employees across Asia Pacific,<br />
thereby supporting BASF’s ambitious<br />
strategic targets in the region.<br />
The $10 million campus comprises<br />
three heritage houses with a total<br />
of 6,300 sqm of indoor and outdoor<br />
space. It will serve as a platform to<br />
support innovation and the future<br />
development of BASF’s business.<br />
The campus was opened by Mr Lee<br />
Yi Shyan, Senior Minister of State<br />
for Trade & Industry and National<br />
Development, H.E. Dr Michael Witter,<br />
Ambassador of the Federal Republic<br />
of Germany to Singapore and Dr<br />
Martin Brudermüller, Vice Chairman<br />
of the Board of Executive Directors of<br />
BASF SE in December 2014.<br />
Dr Brudermüller said, “BASF decided<br />
on Singapore as the location for<br />
the Learning Campus in Asia<br />
Pacific as it is a global leader in<br />
talent and leadership development.<br />
As an essential business hub for<br />
Asia Pacific, Singapore allows us<br />
to connect our learning activities<br />
with close customer interaction.<br />
Partnerships with our stakeholders are<br />
key for us in achieving our strategic<br />
objectives.”<br />
BASF’s Learning Campus joins<br />
existing corporate universities located<br />
in Rochester Park and Nepal Hill<br />
adding to the vibrancy of the Biopolis<br />
and Fusionopolis research hubs within<br />
the larger one-north development.<br />
BASF employs more than 16,000<br />
people in the Asia Pacific region,<br />
including 713 in Singapore.<br />
SingPost starts construction<br />
on Regional eCommerce Logistics Hub<br />
automated parcel sorting facility, two warehousing floors,<br />
150 simultaneous loading bays as well as an office block.<br />
Dr Wolfgang Baier, Group CEO, SingPost said, “This $182<br />
million Regional eCommerce Logistics Hub is the first of<br />
its kind in Southeast Asia. It is equipped with state-of-theart<br />
technology and our largest investment in Singapore to<br />
date.”<br />
The new Hub will deploy some of the most technologically<br />
advanced and innovative automation systems which will<br />
significantly improve productivity and lead to lower cost<br />
and higher operational efficiency.<br />
S<br />
ingapore Post (SingPost) is building an<br />
integrated facility that will serve as its<br />
Regional Hub at JTC’s Tampines LogisPark.<br />
Called the SingPost Regional eCommerce<br />
Logistics Hub, the facility will have a<br />
three-storey integrated centre with fully<br />
The Hub will cater to the fast-growing ecommerce market<br />
here in Singapore and the region. When operational by<br />
the second half of 2016, SingPost expects to see a 30-<br />
40% improvement in cost efficiency over the next 10-15<br />
years compared to current operations. P<br />
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12<br />
Customer Engagement<br />
Bonding through paints and colours<br />
Colourful and fun! That aptly sums up<br />
the year-end mural painting exercise<br />
held at Seletar Aerospace Park (SAP) in<br />
December for representatives from JTC,<br />
the Association of Aerospace Industries<br />
(AAIS), the aerospace community and<br />
related agencies.<br />
Joining in the mural painting were 80 beneficiaries from<br />
Good Shepherd Student Care and 20 from MINDS, one<br />
of JTC’s adopted charities, who were specially invited for<br />
the event. The completed mural paintings, which showed<br />
vibrant sceneries in splashes of colours, will be digitised<br />
and reproduced on the construction hoardings for JTC’s<br />
development at SAP.<br />
The event ended with a Charity Lunch hosted by AAIS<br />
at Seletar Country Club. Guests and beneficiaries were<br />
also treated to games and a Christmas Carols sing-a-long<br />
session.<br />
Friendly dialogues<br />
with SMF and SCAL<br />
JTC kicked off the New<br />
Year with two dialogue<br />
sessions with key council<br />
members from the<br />
Singapore Manufacturing<br />
Federation (SMF) and the<br />
Singapore Contractors Association<br />
Ltd (SCAL) in January. Hosted by<br />
JTC management, the dialogues<br />
were part of the continuing efforts<br />
to engage the trade and industry<br />
associations and foster closer<br />
working relationships with their<br />
industry groups/committees.<br />
Fifteen SMF council members, led by<br />
its President Mr Douglas Foo, had a<br />
stimulating discussion and sharing<br />
with JTC senior management team.<br />
They raised various questions relating<br />
to industrial rentals, land policies,<br />
industry trends and relocation issues.<br />
JTC Chairman Dr Loo Choon Yong<br />
and JTC CEO Png Cheong Boon<br />
took the opportunity to share on the<br />
broad thinking behind JTC’s policies<br />
and the need to work closer together<br />
to grow the manufacturing sector and<br />
create good jobs for Singaporeans.<br />
JTC also updated SMF on JTC’s next<br />
generation industrial developments,<br />
Industrial Government Land Sales as<br />
well as lease and subletting policies.<br />
JTC senior management, headed<br />
by CEO Mr Png, also held their<br />
first dialogue with SCAL council<br />
members, who were led by their<br />
President Dr Ho Nyok Yong. The<br />
Corporation shared with SCAL on<br />
JTC’s construction projects covering<br />
buildings and related infrastructure,<br />
construction productivity targets<br />
and its five-year Environmental<br />
Sustainability Plan. SCAL members<br />
found the dialogue very fruitful and<br />
interesting. P
13<br />
EstateWatch<br />
“Third Place” at CleanTech Park<br />
offers all-time favourite local delights<br />
Those of you working in or heading west to CleanTech<br />
Park for a meeting, you can catch your next grub at the<br />
new swanky “Third Place”. Opened last December, the<br />
192-seater café exudes a warm and cosy ambience that is<br />
ideally suited for breakfast and lunch gatherings, out-ofoffice<br />
meetings and tea-time sessions.<br />
Operated by Select Group, the café offers all-time local favourites such<br />
as nasi padang, India roti prata, noodles, chicken rice, roast meat rice<br />
and economical rice. Prices start from $3.50 onwards. And what’s more,<br />
the cooks can whip up western, international or wok-fried dishes under<br />
the daily special menu. For those office workers in CleanTech Park<br />
who need food catering for corporate functions, Third Place offers a<br />
selection of customized menus.<br />
1 Cleantech Loop #02-32 Singapore 637141<br />
Tel: 6334 0121, Email: Thirdplace_cleantech@pro3.com.sg<br />
Opening Hours:<br />
Mondays – Fridays: 7.00 am to 7.00 pm<br />
Saturdays: 7.00 am to 2.00 pm<br />
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays<br />
Food<br />
Glossary<br />
at JTC Summit<br />
Have you tasted rice dyed from the petals of the bluepea<br />
flower? Uncommon in Singapore, this special<br />
type of rice exudes a sort of aromatic fragrance. The<br />
butterfly-pea flower is known to help enhance memory,<br />
reduce stress and depression.<br />
Food Glossary, a set-up by ABR Holdings Limited and the awardwinning<br />
Good Morning Nanyang Café, is one such place that offers<br />
this exquisite “blue-gemstones” along with other all-time favourites.<br />
The 350-seater Straits Asian café, located at The JTC Summit in<br />
Jurong East, resembles an industrial coffee and kaya factory and<br />
boasts a range of local and Western delights such as kaya toast,<br />
laksa, prawn noodles, satay burger, waffles, sandwiches, and more. P<br />
The JTC Summit #02-01<br />
8 Jurong Town Hall Road, Singapore 609434<br />
Opening Hours:<br />
Mondays – Fridays: 8.00 am to 5.00 pm<br />
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays<br />
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EstateWatch<br />
More buses, Better rides:<br />
Greater convenience for workers in<br />
JTC industrial and business parks<br />
Workers in Jurong Industrial Estate, Sungei Kadut Industrial Estate,<br />
Changi North Industrial Estate, Airport Logistics Park of Singapore<br />
(ALPS), Seletar Aerospace Park, International Business Park, Changi<br />
Business Park, Singapore Science Parks, and one-north have enjoyed<br />
improved public transportation from additional buses and improved bus<br />
services since the third quarter of 2012. JTC has been working closely<br />
with Land Transport Authority (LTA) to enhance the public bus<br />
services in our industrial estates and business parks under<br />
the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP) over<br />
the past few years.<br />
According to LTA, 550<br />
Government-funded<br />
buses under the BSEP<br />
have been rolled out<br />
as of end 2014. In<br />
the fourth quarter<br />
of 2014, 38 additional buses were<br />
deployed to 34 bus services during<br />
morning and evening peak hours to<br />
reduce crowding and shorten waiting<br />
times. In all, 480 weekly peak-hour<br />
bus trips were added. Four new bus<br />
services were also introduced during<br />
this period, bringing the total number<br />
of new or extended bus services<br />
under Bus Service Enhancement<br />
Programme (BSEP) to 36.<br />
Among the recent improvements in<br />
the fourth quarter of 2014 included<br />
those in Jurong Industrial and onenorth.<br />
For example, the bus service<br />
headways (frequencies) for Service<br />
No. 251 which plies the Jurong<br />
Industrial Estate have been reduced<br />
from 11-12 minutes to 10 minutes<br />
during the morning peak hours, and<br />
from 15-16 minutes to 9-13 minutes<br />
during the evening peak hours. Other<br />
service nos. such as 182 and 257<br />
have also seen improvements in<br />
the service headways. In addition,<br />
companies located in ALPS benefited<br />
from an extended bus service 35 that<br />
connects the logistics park to the<br />
Bedok/Tanah Merah MRT stations.<br />
Workers in JTC industrial estates<br />
and business parks can look forward<br />
to higher service standards as the<br />
Government continues with its<br />
BSEP over the next few years.<br />
Jurong Industrial Estate<br />
Service 78, 79, 98, 182, 192, 249,<br />
251, 252, 254, 255, 257 and 285<br />
International Business Park<br />
Service 52, 78, 79, 99, 154, 176,<br />
178, 188 and 198<br />
Sungei Kadut<br />
Industrial<br />
Estate<br />
Service 925<br />
one-north<br />
Service 92, 106,<br />
191, 196 and 963<br />
Science Park<br />
I & II<br />
Service 10, 92,<br />
183, 188 and 963
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EstateWatch<br />
“Food on<br />
Wheels”<br />
in Jurong<br />
Island<br />
Improved Bus Services from 3Q2012<br />
to 4Q2014 for JTC estates<br />
Seletar<br />
Aerospace<br />
Park<br />
Service 103<br />
ALPS/Changi Cargo<br />
Complex<br />
Service 19 and 89<br />
New Extension of Service 35<br />
Changi Business Park<br />
New Service 20<br />
Changi North Industrial<br />
Estate<br />
New Service 4<br />
Service 2 and 5<br />
Jurong Island workers can<br />
now tuck into delicious hot<br />
snacks like curry puffs, fried<br />
chicken wings, and chicken<br />
nuggets, and set meals like<br />
sambal fish rice and beef<br />
stew rice near their workplaces.<br />
Since January 2015, Old Chang Kee<br />
has started operating a mobile food<br />
truck called “O’ My Darling” which<br />
plies the Jurong Island area to bring<br />
these favourite snacks and set meal<br />
items to the community on the island.<br />
Currently, the food truck operates<br />
on every Wednesday, from 7.30 am<br />
to 4.00 pm at various locations. This<br />
is part of JTC’s efforts in bringing<br />
greater convenience to the working<br />
community in Jurong Island. P<br />
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INFORMATION DIRECTORY<br />
JTC CONTACT CENTRE HOTLINE<br />
Local : 1800-568 7000<br />
Overseas : +65 6560 0056<br />
JTC ESSENTIAL SERVICES CENTRE<br />
Local<br />
: 1800-533 2211 (24 hours)<br />
JTC CORPORATION<br />
The JTC Summit<br />
8 Jurong Town Hall Road<br />
Singapore 609434<br />
Fax : +65 6565 5301<br />
Email : askjtc@jtc.gov.sg<br />
Website : www.jtc.gov.sg<br />
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ABOUT JTC CORPORATION<br />
Set up in 1968, JTC is the lead government agency responsible for the development of<br />
industrial infrastructure to support and catalyse the growth of industries and enterprises in<br />
Singapore. Landmark projects by JTC include the Jurong Industrial Estate; the Jurong Island<br />
for energy and chemical industries; business and specialised parks such as Airport Logistics<br />
Park of Singapore, International Business Park, Changi Business Park, Seletar Aerospace Park,<br />
CleanTech Park and Tuas Biomedical Park; a new work-live-play-learn development called<br />
one-north; and the Jurong Rock Caverns, Southeast Asia’s first commercial underground<br />
storage facility for liquid hydrocarbons. JTC also develops innovative space such as JTC<br />
Surface Engineering Hub @ Tanjong Kling, JTC MedTech One @ MedTech Hub and JTC Food<br />
Hub @ Senoko, which incorporate innovative features and shared infrastructure to enable<br />
industrialists to start their operations quickly and enhance productivity.<br />
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