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Singapore: Your world of Possibilities

Singapore: Your world of Possibilities. Presentation by: Mr. Martin Plachy Honorary Consul – General Consulate General of the Republic of Singapore. Singapore Snapshots. 699 sq km island state Equatorial climate @ 25 – 31 degree Celsius, humid 4.3 m people

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Singapore: Your world of Possibilities

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  1. Singapore: Your world of Possibilities Presentation by: Mr. Martin Plachy Honorary Consul – General Consulate General of the Republic of Singapore

  2. Singapore Snapshots • 699 sq km island state • Equatorial climate @ 25 – 31 degree Celsius, humid • 4.3 m people • Per capita GDP @ Euro 22,300 • GDP @ Euro100 b • Unemployment @ 3.4%

  3. Key Growth Industries Banking & Finance Biomedical Sciences Chemicals / R&D Creative Education Services Engineering / R&D • Food & Beverage • Healthcare • ICT/BPO • Logistics/Transport • Retail • Hospitality

  4. R&D Expenditure by Institutional Sector Government 8% Public Research Institutes 13% Private 72 % Higher Education 7 % R&D Expenditure in 2008: S$ 7.128 billion GERD/GDP: 2.77 % Source: National Survey of R&D in Singapore 2008

  5. R&D MANPOWER • In 2008, there was a total of 25,745 researchscientists and engineers (RSEs) and 4,605 fulltime postgraduate research students (FPGRSs) at the master degree and PhD levels. • 82% (21,117) were Singapore citizensand permanent residents (PRs), and 18% (4,628) non-PR foreign citizens • 55% (14,121) were under 35 years ofage and 86% (22,240) under 45 years of age Source: IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005

  6. Research Opportunities • A*STAR Research • Research Capabilities by Biomedical Science Research Institutes & Consortia • Research Capabilities by Physical Science and Engineering Research Institutes & Centre • Research Partnerships

  7. Industry Collaborations • Aerospace • Automotive • BiomedicalSciences • Chemical andMaterials • Electronics • Energy • Infocomms andMedia • Manufacturing • Precision Engineering

  8. Collaboration Opportunities • Consortia • Joint-Research • Lab-in-RI • Technology & Business Incubation

  9. Collaboration Opportunities • Biomedical Technology Offers • Science & Engineering Technology Offers • Intellectual Property & Licensing  • Programmes for SMEs • Commercialisation Framework

  10. Thank you! http://www.a-star.edu.sg/Media/PhotoandVideoGallery/tabid/400/AlbumID/26/selectedmoduleid/1760/Default.aspx

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