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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 />

P<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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14<br />

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


15<br />

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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