SINGAPORE'S FUTURE

INDUSTRIALISATION PLANS

DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN

JURONG LAKE DISTRICT

2024-2050
TVISHA AGARWAL

10-IGCSE-B
TABLE OF SINGAPORE'S FUTURE
INDUSTRIALISATION
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CONTENTS
A VIEW OF CURRENT JURONG LAKE DISTRICT 3

THE NEED TO ATTRACT HKSAR INDUSTRIES TO SG 4

LOCATIONAL AND SITING FACTORS OF JLD 5

LOCATIONAL AND SITING FACTORS OF JLD (PT.2) 6

PREDICTION OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF JLD 7

BIBLIOGRAPHY 8

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HKSAR INDUSTRIES TO SG
There are various industries from the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou technology cluster that are planning to relocate their firms,
leaning towards Singapore's high skilled workforce, research facilities, efficient communication, leisure facilities, good quality
infrastructure as well as energy and power resources. Many of these industries specialise in artificial intelligence, virtual reality and
robotics, which are areas of technology Singapore requires advancements in in order to achieve its Smart City Vision.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

Hong Kong has a number of leading private AI technology companies such as SenseTime,
which developed a facial recognition system as shown on the right with deep learning
with an accuracy rate of over 99%, which could help Singapore further strengthen and
reassure its citizens of its privacy, safety and security systems. Moreover, there is WeLab,
an online lending platform utilising AI to come up with personalised lending proposals for
its clients. Moreover, the Government of Hong Kong will adopt more AI in its services in
city management, including transport, customs inspection and cyber security. In May 2018,
Alibaba, SenseTime and HKSTP announced the launch of a not‑for‑profit AI lab in Hong
Kong (HKAI Lab), where the AI helps start‑ups commercialise their technology, develop
ideas and promote knowledge sharing in AI. These features of AI if inculcated in
Singapore, could be used to take the country closer to the Smart Nation scenario.

VIRTUAL REALITY (VR)

On the left is a CCTV image of PLA soldiers at a VR-assisted combat
training session in China. VR enables the military to practice mission
plans and train soldiers anywhere, without the loss of life or property.
This form of technology can be used to train the Singaporean military
as the number of trainees for NS are steadily increasing year by year.
VR companies in Shenzhen and Guangzhou with their several years of
experience in the field, are capable of producing simulations of such
sort, where the VR training platform are not restricted by the
availability of training sites, weather conditions, or the consumption of
equipment. Hence VR is not only for entertainment purposes in
Singapore but can also be used for defence.

ROBOTICS (VR)
There are several robotics companies in Hong Kong with impressive innovations that
can help Singapore in various ways. Hanson Robotics has made two human-like robots
Han and Sophia, which can speak and interact with humans using artificial
intelligence, are being developed to talk and make true-to-life facial expressions use
with the elderly or people with autism, which could assist Singapore's ageing
population due to its increasing life expectancy. Moreover, Hong Kong has the world's
largest civilian drone manufacturer, DJI. The Hong Kong-developed Hand of Hope
stroke rehabilitation glove emits tiny electrical shocks to help patients regain the use
of their hands, once again helping the ageing population of Singapore.

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FACTORS OF JLD
There are several amenities and facilities in the vicinity of JLD which would attract the relocating high-tech HKSAR industries to
Singapore if further industrialised. Within JLD itself, there is land for living and working, raw materials available, but moreover, it is in
proximity to universities, MRT connectivities, proximity to a 800mW power plant as well as reliable, high quality data centres.

READILY AVAILABLE LAND

A WHITE site 6.8 hectares (ha) in size in the Jurong Lake District as shown on the right has
been released for sale to kick-start development of the largest commercial district outside
Singapore’s city centre. Spanning 365,000 square metres (sq m), the site has at least 146,000
sq m (about 1.57 million square feet) for the office component which the HKSAR may use as
their high tech collaboration hubs, and up to 166,000 sq m (to yield about 1,700 dwelling units)
for its residential component for their workforce to live nearby and commute to work easily. It
will also include 73,000 sq m of space for complementary use, such as shopping and food-
and-beverage businesses. The aforementioned facilities will attract the HKSAR clusters'
workforce into wanting to live in Singapore where a good standard of living is available.

LAND AND RAW MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE

The existing Science Centre Singapore currently located in the Jurong Lake
District (JLD), within the next three to four years time, will be demolished and
relocated to the area next to Chinese Garden MRT station also within JLD. This
existing Science Centre will be seen as an ‘urban mine’ providing a volume of
81,532.71 m3 concrete and 14,262.25 tonnes of steel. This amount of concrete
can recover approximately 102,222 tonnes of Recycled Concrete Aggregates
(RCA), and the amount of steel is almost 100% recoverable. These raw materials
in proximity are essential to develop the high tech hubs in JLD in the future. With
the space created after the demolition, it can support and promote innovations
and technology contributed by the HKSAR industries which may choose to
relocate here.

PROXIMITY TO UNIVERSITIES
This location is close to a lot of universities, as shown in the google map on the right
where research in fields of technology can be done. Firstly, National University
Singapore (NUS) is only a 13 minute drive, 32 minute cycle, or a 30 minute public
transport (MRT or SMRT) utilisation, around 7 km away from the existing science
centre. NUS has artificial intelligence where robotics is also included, as one of its
ten computer science focus areas for BComp. It also offers Interaction Design for
Virtual and Augmented Reality in the electives component of computer graphics
and games, also part of the CS focus areas. Another university this location is close
to is Nanyang Technological University which is only a 10 minute drive, 25 minute
cycle, and 45 minutes by MRT, around 8 km away. These universities may not only
offer research facilities but also produce graduates that are suitable for
employment through their impactful contributions in the fields that the relocating
HKSAR industries are interested in.

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FACTORS OF JLD (PT.2)

POWER RESOURCES
The PacificLight Jurong Island Power Plant is an 800MW gas fired power
plant, uses Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as its primary fuel. In 2015,
PacificLight generated 9% of Singapore’s total electricity needs. This
facility consists of two 400MW units, each comprising a Siemens SGT5-
4000F combustion turbine and a Siemens steam turbine mounted on a
single shaft, which operates in a combined cycle arrangement. The
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant is one of the most
efficient power plants currently operating in Singapore and the first to
be completely fuelled by LNG. This power plant can facilitate sufficient
power to the various projects of the HSKAR industries if they are
attracted and relocate to the aforementioned location.

PROXIMITY TO DATA CENTRES

There are data centres nearby Jurong Lake District and they are
the Singapore Data Centre, located in and is now known as
Tanjong Kling, as well as the Jurong Data Centre. Tanjong Kling has
a reputation of enticing multinational companies to set up their
headquarters and data center operations here. It has hosted data
centres for companies such as Equinix, STT, Singtel and
Cloudspace. Jurong Data Centre is a newly upgraded data centre
which offers 34,000sqm of space spanning across six floors. The
Tier III+ architecture and upgraded infrastructure supports 30MW of
power. Not only does this future-proof projected load growth, it
also provides a significant level of flexibility to Digital Realty's
corporate, colocation, and cloud-based customers. It even
implemented an electrical and continuous cooling back-up power
solution and additional plant to the building infrastructure. It also
has engineered projects that forecast potential failure scenarios
and maximise operational resilience. The image of these two data
centres would attract the HKSAR industries with their ready
availability of data processing and tech support.

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DEVELOPMENT OF JLD
2024
Complete rejuvenation of
Jurong Lake Gardens (Chinese
Garden and Japanese Garden).
Better climate for the new
HKSAR workforce to enjoy
2027
living new to.

Demolition of the old science centre and

opening of a new science centre. As
mentioned earlier, RCA and space is gained
and an innovative facility is produced
2030 simultaneously. Can be visited by the
workforce of the HKSAR industries for
entertainment and gaining new ideas.

Two new MRT lines serve the

district, supplementing the
existing North-South and
East-West MRT lines and
enhancing connectivity
between JLD and the rest of
2033
Singapore
Office buildings will be made to
attract the HKSAR industries to settle

2038
in on the 146,000 sqm of office space
in the WHITE SITE mentioned
earlier. High tech labs and work
spaces for new projects within this
area is to be made.
1,700 residential units will be
made with high quality for the
workforce of the HKSAR
industries to live in.
2045

2050 100,000 new jobs and 20,000 new

homes to be created by now.

Singapore begins to flourish in the high tech industries

with new ideas from the HKSAR industries that located
there, gaining global competitors in the fields of
preferably AI, VR and robotics, satisfying its citizens and
increasing GDP. There is a change seen, of a
community coalescing where people feel safe around
each other and there is productivity and innovation
everywhere you look.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY BORCELLE
COMPANY
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https://www.jld.gov.sg/potential/

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