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GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION & INFRASTRUCUTURE
The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI)
is the body in charge of trade and related developments
for Singapore. Under MTI, there are several statutory
boards, each looking after specific areas:
Trade Promotion
- EDB
- Economic Development Board and its objectives of
Industry 21 - for Singapore to be a vibrant and robust
global hub of knowledge-driven industries.
- IE Singapore
- International Enterprise Singapore is to be the one-stop
agency for international market development, and to
continuously upgrade the trade facilitation infrastructure,
procedures and documentation to boost trade flows
through Singapore.
Infrastructural Support
- JTC
- Jurong Town Corporation which is involved in preparing
the infrastructure to support the policies of the
Singapore government, including a Technopreneur
Centre.
- PUB
- Public Utilities Board is tasked to provide Singapore
with the basic amenities of electricity, water and
piped gas.
Research & Development
- A*STAR
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research focuses
on knowledge creation and exploitation of scientific
discoveries for a better world
- SINGSTAT
- Singapore Department of Statistics has to ensure
that Singapore is able to offer the required facts
and figures during her marketing trips!
- SPSB
- Singapore Productivity and Standards Board was established
to ensure that Singapore companies are aware of international
standards of operations and to keep up standards and
quality to ensure competitiveness.
Tourism Related
- SDC
- Sentosa Development Corporation has the task of
ensuring that Singaporeans and tourists have a 'holiday-like'
destination to retreat to whenever they need to take
a break!
- STB
- Singapore Tourism Board is tasked to attract tourism-related
companies to invest in Singapore, encourage the development
of new attractions and experiences, and thereby creating
new opportunities for the industry.
Together they hoped to achieve their mission
statement :
To promote high and stable levels
of economic growth and employment, so that all Singaporeans
have ample opportunity to improve their standard of
living.
For details of what they do and their
policies of promoting and encouraging trade, please visit
them or contact them on your particular requirements.
Economic Indicators & Statistics
If you wish to have some indicators of
Singapore's current performance, you may wish to click
here. If, you wish to have a general idea of Singapore's
economic progress management and development, click
here.
Intellectual Property Legislation in
Singapore
If you have the need to protect an intellectual
product of yours, the place to check out your rights would
be at the site of the Singapore
Intellectual Property Office (IPOS) and to check out
the various IP resources.
Singapore Intellectual Property Law Resources provides
the basic starting points on issue of law for the various
IP subjects - patents and trademarks, licensing and copyrights,
and articles, white papers and newsletter on these matters.
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