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Heng calls for more industry-higher education tie-ups

Research collaborations can create better jobs in Singapore and power Singapore manufacturing

Annabeth Leow

Annabeth Leow

Published Mon, Oct 21, 2019 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    TIE-UPS between industry and higher education will help research and development (R&D) investments turn into "more good jobs" in Singapore, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said, at the official launch of one such collaboration on Monday.

    Chipmaker GlobalFoundries, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) jointly pledged S$120 million - in cash and kind - for a four-year project that aims to commercialise a new type of data-storage technology using 12-inch wafers.

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