Innovation district to be created in Jurong

THE government on Thursday launched a "next-generation" industrial park of the future called the Jurong Innovation District (JID), in line with its strategy to drive growth through innovation.

This district will house learning, research, innovation and production activities together.

Details were scarce, and are likely to be be fleshed out in the Committee of Supply debate next month. But Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat showed a dazzling video that said the district will integrate residential spaces with learning spaces and spaces to build and create. It will house researchers, students, innovators and businesses in a "campus of ideas" that facilitates interaction.