[Singapore] Startegies & opportunities

Sentosa

• SG’s main tourism attraction

• Attracts 19 mil local & foreign visitors on a yearly basis

• Oceanarium

• USS

Pulau Tekong

• Military training

• Extensive land reclamation for training activities increase by 25% since 1965

Pulau Bukom & Jurong Island

Oil refineries

Central Singapore land use

Commercial + Residential + Industries

• Retail, Schools, CC, Parks accesible within housing estate

Four Nature Reserves that mainly conserve land-based ecosystems

Bukhit Timah

Central Catchment

Sungei Buloh Wetland

Labrador

Singapore Botanic Garden Rainforest

Tropical rainforest

Coastal Ecosystems

300m Labrador rocky shore

East coast park (sand bubbler crabs)

Rooftop farming

• Increase food supply

• Saves space

Singapore’s support of international rules-based systems & agreements

Contributed on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in 1982

• Manage oceans

Since 1995 part of WTO

How does SG overcome 2013 haze (Indonesia)?

• NEA provide regular updates on air quality

• MOH provide guidance on protecting from haze

• PA work with grassroots to distribute masks to elderly

How did SG manage the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis?

• Lower operational costs for buisnesses

• Provide relief to household

• Commercial & industrial properties receive additional 40% tax rebate

• Economy recover by 1999

How did SG manage Covid-19?

• Protocols, safe management & border measures

• 2020-2022 national reserves helped pay vaccines

How does govt in SG ensure food security?

• Diversify import sources (170 countries)

• Eco-Ark and The Fish Farmer

• Sky Greens in Thailand & China

Strengthening coastal protection & storm water management

Building & Construction Authority comm Coastal Adaptation study in 2013 to understand potential impacts of rising sea levels

Decarbonisation efforts to be a greener economy

Carbon tax in 2019 & increases to 2024

• Buisnesses & households

Greater Southern Waterfront

From Pasir Panjang to Marina East (under development)

• Buildings with design features that weave natire

• Reservoir (flood)

• Green corridor - Labrador Park to Gardens by the Bay

Example of coastal management against floods

Jurong Island

• Reclaim land (join low-lying islands)

• Geo-bags, Seawalls, native species to restore Mangroves

Increasing health resilience against Dengue

Male Aedes mosquito released at dengue hotspots

Eggs of Female Aedes will not hatch with male

National Prepardness plans (tectonic hazards)

SCDF runs Community Emergency Prepardness programme

Life saving skills impt during a disaster

Usage of tech to monitor tectonic movement

• NEA develop tsunami early warning system using seismic data collected by seisomgraph stations

• Accessible via app

Partnership with countries on disaster response & recovery

1. 2007: SCDF Operation Lionhearts team sent to Padang, Indonesia after 7.6 Mw earthquake

2. Southeast Asian Disaster Risk Insurance Facility based in SG (ASEAN)

Effect of enviromentally conscious tourists in SG

Govt invested $68.5 mil in Tourism Development Fund

• Buisnesses can apply to launch sustainable tourism products & experiences

What are opportunities from a growing Asia?

Regional Competition

2020: Airline Asia launched a super app

• Convenient access to hotel bookings

Indoenesia-Malaysia-Singapore growth triangle

Regional Competition

1990s

Travel agencies create multi-destination packages that incl SG, Johor, Riau Islands

Regional Investments

Partnerships with Stakeholders

STB innovative branding & marketing campaigns

SingapoReimagine

• Buisnesses & locals

• Bring back international visitors after Covid-19

Development of sustainable and wellness tourism in SG

Republic poly’s School of Hospitality

• Sustainability in its courses since 2020

Tourism Careers Hub 2022

• Online platform

• Job advice

• Courses in NYP

Economic Development Board (EDB)

• Attract MNCs

• Foreign investments

• Enterprise Sustainability Programme (green economy)

  • Support companies

Singapore Green Plan 2030

Involve diff stakeholders & community

Clean up of Singapore River 1977-1987

• $300 mil

• Relocated 4000 squatters and street hawkers

PARKROYAL (Pickering)

Received 2012 Green Mark Platinum

Energy-saving features LEDS

Global Innovation Alliance

• International connections

• SG and overseas Partners

  • Buisnesses & tech companies startups (China, Indonesia)

Centre for Quantum Tech & ST Engineering

• AI enabled security tools

• Encryption codes that are unbreakable

NTU and Polys

500 skill-based courses

• Keep workforce competive

• Economic Challenges

Skills Future Work-Study Programme

• Develop skills through life

• Working adults

SG secure App

2016

Social cohesion

Stay united in a crisis

Shared spaces

HDB: Build-a-playground ay Canberra 2014

Design

JTC Corporation

Set up $6 mil fund 2021

• Develop clean energy solutions

• Jurong Island

Greening Jurong Island Project

• Responding to feedback

• Supported by National Parks Board

• Experts selcted ideal species of trees for planting

2002 reclamation of Chek Jawa

Deferred the reclamation of intertidal flat in Pulau Ubin

Strong feedback from stakeholders

• Biodiversity

• Educational value