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JTC Corporation formerly the Jurong Town Corporation, is Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

's principal developer and manager of industrial estates and their related facilities.

History

JTC was established on 1 June 1968 to develop industrial estates. Within three years, it managed to change from existing mangrove swamplands into the Jurong Industrial Estate, consisting of industrial sites, residential areas and parks.

For more than 40 years, JTC has played a key role in the growth of the economy by providing cutting-edge industrial real estate solutions. Some of its landmark projects include wafer fabrication parks, business parks, Biopolis
Biopolis
Biopolis is an international research and development centre located in Singapore for biomedical sciences. It is located in One-North in Buona Vista, near Dover, and is close to the National University of Singapore, the Singapore Polytechnic, the Institute of Technical Education, the National...

 and Fusionopolis
Fusionopolis
Fusionopolis is a research and development complex located at the One-North business park in Singapore. It houses various research organizations, high-tech companies, government agencies, retail outlets, and serviced apartments in one location....

 at one-north, a chemicals hub on Jurong Island
Jurong Island
Jurong Island is an artificial island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, off Jurong Industrial Estate. It was formed from the amalgamation of seven offshore islands, the islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek Kechil , Pulau...

, biomedical parks as well as logistics hubs for various industries.

Addressing the needs of industry

Today, JTC continues to break new ground with pioneering projects that anticipate and address the needs of industry.
  • The Jurong Rock Caverns look to subterranean depths to optimise land use.
  • Seletar Aerospace Park and Tukang Innovation Park support the growth of new industry clusters in aerospace and innovation activities.
  • CleanTech Park, Singapore's first eco-business park, offers unique clean technology features and also serves as a 'living lab' for the test-bedding and development of green technologies and sustainable urban solutions.
  • Jurong Island Version 2.0 initiative plans to cut carbon emissions and enhance competitiveness of the chemicals hub.

Industrial/business parks under JTC

  • Changi Business Park
    Changi Business Park
    The Changi Business Park is a business park located in Changi South, in the eastern part of Singapore....

  • International Business Park
    International Business Park
    International Business Park is a high-tech business park managed by JTC Corporation in Jurong East, Singapore. Established in 1992, the International Business Park is Singapore's first business park. It comprises a cluster of modern business buildings catering to knowledge-based activities...

  • Jurong Island
    Jurong Island
    Jurong Island is an artificial island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, off Jurong Industrial Estate. It was formed from the amalgamation of seven offshore islands, the islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek Kechil , Pulau...

  • one-north
    One-North
    one-north is an ongoing 200-hectare business park development by JTC Corporation to house R&D and high technology activities in the biomedical sciences, infocomm technology and media industries...

  • Seletar Aerospace Park
    Seletar Aerospace Park
    Seletar Aerospace Park is an industrial park in Singapore catering to the aerospace industries. Located in Seletar, the S$60 million plan to develop 140 hectares of land adjacent to Seletar Airport will further strengthen Singapore's position as an aviation hub...

  • Tuas Biomedical Park
    Tuas Biomedical Park
    Tuas Biomedical Park is a biomedical manufacturing cluster developed by JTC Corporation at the western end of Singapore. The 183-hectare Tuas Biomedical Park I and 188-hectare Tuas Biomedical Park II are located at Tuas View – 20 minutes away from Jurong Port and five minutes from the Tuas...

  • CleanTech Park
    CleanTech Park
    CleanTech Park is an eco-business park in Singapore, the first in that nation. Under development in three phases with a proposed completion year of 2030, the Park's first multi-tenanted building, CleanTech One, was opened in October 2010. The site is located adjacent to Nanyang Technological...


For a comprehensive list of JTC's projects, please visit the JTC corporate website at www.jtc.gov.sg.

Gardens managed by JTC

  • Jurong Hill
    Jurong Hill
    Jurong Hill is a scenic hill situated in western Singapore off Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim. The hill is also known as Bukit Perepok in Malay. It is enveloped in 15 hectares of lush greenery standing 60 meters tall. Commanding a panoramic view of Jurong Town since 1971, the hill became a well known...

     Park
  • Chinese Garden, Singapore
    Chinese Garden, Singapore
    Chinese Garden , also commonly known as Jurong Gardens, is a park in Jurong East, Singapore. Built in 1975 and designed by Prof. Yuen-chen Yu, an architect from Taiwan, the Chinese Garden’s concept is based on Chinese gardening art. The main characteristic is the integration of splendid...

  • Japanese Garden, Singapore
    Japanese Garden, Singapore
    Japanese Garden , also commonly known as Jurong Gardens, is a park in Jurong East, Singapore. It is built on an artificial island in the Jurong Lake area connected to the adjacent Chinese Garden island by bridge....

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