Live, work, play: Life by the water calls

Hi-tech city among ideas offered for upcoming southern district

With Singapore's two cruise facilities - Marina Bay Cruise Centre (pictured) and the Singapore Cruise Centre in HarbourFront - located in the south, there is potential too for the Republic to draw more visitors by sea as it positions itself as a regional cruise hub. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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A high-tech hub between Tanjong Pagar and Pasir Panjang for firms in innovative, digital and creative businesses can build on the presence of Google in Mapletree Business City, while the Mice (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) hot spot can be expanded beyond the Marina Bay Sands and Suntec City corridor, he said.

Professor Thomas Schroepfer of the Singapore University of Technology and Design's architecture and sustainable design pillar said Tanjong Pagar will play an important strategic role in connecting green pathways across the city, and in linking the CBD and Jurong business district.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on October 21, 2018, with the headline Live, work, play: Life by the water calls. Subscribe