The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a reception to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP), Singapore’s flagship platform
Such was Dr Winsemius' belief in Singapore that he personally asked firms such as Shell, Esso and Philips to set up here.
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Jurong has come a very long way since Albert Winsemius, the famed United Nations economic adviser to Singapore, first suggested it as an industrial estate in 1961. According to NLB’s Infopedia page, residential and recreational amenities were built by Jurong Town Corporation (JTC Corporation as we know it today) from the 1970s to attract more workers and facilitate the.