JURONG UPDATE
On 23 Mar 2012,Fri
The Jurong Lake District has been selected as one of the
recipients for the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant for 2012.
Jurong Lake District, a 360ha mixed-use district in western
Singapore, is intended to support Singapore's economic growth for
the next 10 to 15 years.
It will be the largest commercial node and regional centre
outside the central business district, and will become one of
Singapore’s new sustainable high-density districts. Developed as a
smart district, Jurong Lake District will use resources more
efficiently, optimise land, and enhance the quality of life for its
workers, residents and visitors.
A joint press release issued by Urban Redevelopment
Authority (URA), Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), and
IBM stated that Jurong Lake District was selected based on the
country’s ability to clearly articulate strategic issues with
tangible impact on the lives of citizens, and which can potentially
and reasonably be acted upon.
Also considered was the nation’s track record of innovative
problem solving, and commitment to the use of technology and open
data.
Launched in 2011, the Smarter Cities Challenge is a three-year,
100-city, US$50 million philanthropic initiative that funds
in-person engagements by teams of top IBM experts, who study and
then make detailed recommendations addressing locally important
urban issues.
It is an outgrowth of IBM’s Corporate Service Corps grant
programme, in which IBM deploys teams of experts to cities around
the world to work on projects that intersect business, society and
technology for worthy outcomes.
INFOR FROM :http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120323-335263.html
