1. Presented by: Cheung Pak Yan, Patricia Chu Ling Hon, Matthew Lin Peng

2. National Policy Biotechnology Industries Major Biotechnology- related companies Biotechnology Infrastructure International Collaborations Man Power Training

3. 1.Government (Public) Research Institutes 2. Private Research Institutes 3. Universities 4. Facilities - Culture Collections - Information Centers - Others

4. Science and technology is a key engine for growth for the next century 1991mid-1980s1990 20101995

5. Biopharmaceuticals Agriculture (including food) Environment Others

6. a)Strengthen collaboration among research institutes, universities and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) (b) Set up student /researcher exchange (c) Initiate technopreneurship linkage (c) Initiate technopreneurship linkage

7. There are many venture investment companies in Singapore (i) Singapore Bio-Innovations Pte Ltd (ii) Medipharma Consultancy Services (iii) Sisir International Pte Ltd (iv) Life Sciences Investments (LSI) Pte Ltd