IE Singapore plans consortium to win China sponge city projects

Singapore

THE government is rolling out the welcome mat for large corporates and SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) with water management solutions to form a Singapore consortium to bid for China's sponge city projects.

China - a country plagued by flooding and waterlogging (the saturation of soil with water, due to heavy rainfall) - wants to build cities that can better harvest rainwater through urban underground water systems that operate like a sponge. These systems will absorb and store rainwater, and release it for use when needed.

The consortium will be led by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the government agency spurring the overseas growth of Singapore- based companies. IE Si…