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Changi East project offers chance to build vibrant ecosystem centred around airport

Visitors checking out the indoor waterfall at Jewel Changi Airport, a 10-storey retail complex with passenger check-in services that opened last month.
Visitors checking out the indoor waterfall at Jewel Changi Airport, a 10-storey retail complex with passenger check-in services that opened last month. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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The decision to build Changi Airport in the 1970s was a game changer which sealed Singapore's status as a key aviation hub in the region, and made the Republic a major centre for aerospace and other aviation-related activities.

More than 40 years later, the plans for Changi East are no less significant and, in fact, more exciting.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 06, 2019, with the headline Changi East project offers chance to build vibrant ecosystem centred around airport. Subscribe