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The Biomedical Hub of Asia

Biopolis

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Catching
Nurturing

g ‘Polises’
g Whales
g Guppies

Map of Si
Location of

Nanyang Technological
University

National University of S’pore one-north
Bio
National University Hospital
Fus

Tuas

Biomedical Park

Jurong Island

Seaport & Contai
Terminals

ingapore:
f one-north

Changi
Airport

h
opolis

sionopolis

SGH City Centre

iner

One-North

Fusionopolis

Biopolis

One North Bird

d’s Eye View

Labour-intensive Capital-inte

1960s 1980s

Skills-intensive

1970s

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Innovator of
new products

& services

Knowledge-

Intensive

Technology-intensive 2000+

1990s

ensive

Building the Data Sto

Cumulative Output (198

25000

20000

S$ mil15000

BUILD UP
PHASE

GROWTH
10000 US$1.6 billion
5000 (1986)

0
1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 19

orage Industry Cluster

86-2009): US$178 billion

PHASEUS$13 billion
DECLINE(1997)
PHASE
US$5.5
billion
(2009)

994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

Building the Semicond

Cumulative Output (1

45000

40000

35000

30000

S$ mil 25000 U

20000 US$1.6 billion 1992
15000 (1986)

10000

5000

0 1983 1986 1989
1980

ductor Industry Cluster

1986-2009): US$247 billion

US$26.3 billion
(2009)

US$7.6 billion
(1998)
BUILD UP
PHASE

GROWTH
PHASE

1995 1998 2001 2004 2007

Building The Chemica

Cumulative Output (1986 –

120000

S$ mil 100000 1995 Construction
80000 started on Jurong
60000
Island

(US$12 billion)

40000

20000

0 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996
1986

als Industry Cluster

– 2009) - US$505 billion

n US$40 billion
g (2009)

Official Opening
of Jurong Island

(US$22 billion)

6 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

Building The Biomedi

Clus

30,000 Cumulative Output (198

25,000

20,000

S$ mil 15,000

10,000

5,000

0

1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

Manufacturing Ou

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BUILD UP ANDical Sciences Industry
GROWTHster
PHASE
86 – 2009) - US$120 billion

US$14.7 billion
(2009)

US$4 billion
(2000)

utput Value Added
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 (p)

S$ mil Manufac

Total Manufacturing Ou
US$115 bi

120,000
100,000

80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000

0

Electronics Chemicals Precision E
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996

cturing

utput of 4 key clusters :
illion (2009)

Chemicals
Electronics

Precision Engrg
Biomedical Sciences

Engineering Biomedical Sciences
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 (p)

S$ mil US$25 billion (1986)Total Manufa
(1986

300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000

50,000
0

1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994

1995 ASIA $ CRISIS acturing Output
1996 SARS CRISIS – 2009)
1997
1998 US$147 billion (2009)
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 (p)

2009 GDP Pie (US$ 1

Ma

160 billion)

anufacturing contributes more than 18%

2009 Employm

ment (2,952,500)*

Manufacturing employs more than
18%

*As of 3rd Quarter 2009

Singapore is highly

Trade is more t

20

Exports Imports
S$477 Billion S$451 Billion

y trade-dependent:

than 4x of GDP

008 Trade (US$660 Billion)

GDP Per capita (US$)Where do we g

Capital I
Skills Intensive
Labour Intensive

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go from here?

High Growth

Stagnation

Technology Intensive
Intensive

Decline

Key Challenges

• Face Global Competition

• Transit from Manufacturing
to “know-how”, a Knowledge
Based Economy (KBE)

• Nurture an Enterprise culture:
- Passion (risk taking)
- Determination (hard work)
- Vision (Global)
- Focus (Operational)

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s for Singapore

:

Moving forward to a Kno

1965 – 1978: mo
Export Oriented
Industrialisation

1979 – 1985:
Industrial Restruc

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owledge Based Economy
odel

cturing

1986 – 2000:
Capability Building and
Economic Diversification

2001 onwards:
Transforming to Knowledge-

Based Economy

From Manuf
Knowledge-Ba

• An Economy based on co
sustainable in the long ter

• Move up the Value chain
added activities

• Research  Developmen
Marketing  Distribution 

• Graduate Education is a n
added R&D-oriented indu

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facturing to
ased Economy

ost efficiency is not
rm

with focus on high value-

nt  Production 
 Servicing

necessity for high value-
ustries

Building up R&D Human

35000

Research Scientists and Engineers (RSE) and 30000
Full time postgraduate (PG) students
25000

20000

15000

10000

2000 2001 2002 2003 2

No. of RSEs + PG S
No. of RSEs + PG s

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n Capital (2000 – 2008)

130

110

90 RSE + PG students per 10,000

70

50

30

10

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Students
students per 10,000 labour force

Source: Annual R&D Survey of Singapore

No. of Patents Ap

2200
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000

800
600
400
200

0

2000 2001 2002 200

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pplied / Awarded

03 2004 2005 2006 2007

Year Patents Applied
Patents Awarded

Building up Biom

2001

A*STA

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medical Sciences

1

AR

Vis

Singapore – The

An International Biomedical Science
Through the Pursu

Research & Development, Manufa

Basic, Translatio Product & Pil
nal Process Comm
Development Manufa
& Clinical
Research

sion

Biopolis of Asia

es Cluster Advancing Human Health
uit of Excellence in
acturing, and Healthcare Delivery

lot & Regional HQ & Healthcare
mercial Shared Services Delivery
acturing

How It All

Prof. John Wong

Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan

Started….

A/Prof. Kong Hwai Loong

Breaking New Gr
Biop

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round in 2001 …
polis

Biopol

lis

Biopolis 1 Biopolis Phase 1

 5 BMRC Research Institutes
 S&T offices (British High Com

and RIKEN)
 Corporate labs (NITD, GSK)
 185,000 square metres
 Opened on October 2003

Biopolis 2

Biopolis Phase 2

 2 more Research Institutes
 Corporate labs (Eli Lilly)
 37,000 square metres
 Opened on 30 October 2006