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One-north cluster for talent growth

Posted on 30 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on One-north cluster for talent growth

SINGAPORE is setting up a hub for talent development and is seeking business schools, institutions and corporations to form a cluster at one-north, at Buona Vista, to help achieve this goal.

The initiative – called Singapore Link – unveiled by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday is aimed at anchoring Singapore as the regional centre for developing talent and leadership training.

Link, short for Leadership Initiative for building Networks and Knowledge, wants to attract big-name business schools, companies and ‘corporate universities’ to work together on talent development in an Asian context.

Corporate universities refer to multinationals like Citigroup, GE and UBS which have their own corporate schools to train employees for management roles.

The Economic Development Board (EDB), which is driving the Singapore Link initiative, said the Link ‘campus’ – the pool of institutions involved – will be run in a similar way to Biopolis. Continue reading →

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A place to work, live, play and learn

Posted on 22 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on A place to work, live, play and learn

Fusionopolis is nothing like the large cold test bed that people often mistake scientific research centres to be

HUSHED laboratories, complex equipment and stern researchers in white coats – these are the stark images that most people associate with scientific research centres. But step inside Fusionopolis, and it becomes clear that the place is nothing like a large, cold test bed. Singapore’s major research hub for the science, engineering, infocommunication and media industries is decked with sky gardens, restaurants, a fitness centre and even a theatre.

For fun: With recreational facilities like a fitness centre that would rival a small mall’s, Fusionopolis is not just a place for working hard, but for playing hard too. And its doors are open to both researchers and the public

With recreational facilities that would rival a small mall’s, Fusionopolis is not just a place for working hard, but for playing hard too. And its doors are open to both researchers and the public.

Fusionopolis ‘will provide an exceptional environment for the integration of working, living, playing and learning’, says JTC Corporation in its FY2008 annual report

Eating well

There is hardly a reason for anyone at Fusionopolis to go hungry when there are plenty of food and beverage outlets around.

For the daily dose of caffeine, there is Starbucks Coffee, Black Canyon Coffee or Ya Kun Toastwich (this Ya Kun outlet is said to be one of only two in Singapore which sells sandwiches).

There is also a wide variety of establishments catering to the Asian palette, from Koryo (Korean) Restaurant, Shin Nichi Japanese Restaurant to Fai Gor Hong Kong Cafe. Western food is available from Eighteen Chefs Trattoria, and patrons can catch jam sessions on some Tuesdays. Continue reading →

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