In
general, the Electronics and Info-Communications industry plays an important role
in enhancing Singapore’s competitiveness and
contributes to the continued growth of Singapore’s
industries.
ELECTRONICS
Driven primarily by growth in the semiconductor, data storage and electronic modules and components industries, the electronics sector in Singapore continues to be the major industry that supported Singapore’s economic growth. The different types of electronic firms are engaged in info-communications products (communications, computer, consumer electronics, contract manufacturing and office automation), data storage, semiconductor and flat panel displays such as LCDs and OLEDs.
The electronics industry has attracted huge investments from world leading manufacturers such as Toshiba-Matsushita, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Sanmina-SCI, etc and many have made Singapore their regional headquarters. These investments have generated numerous direct jobs in the professional and skills area in addition to the numerous companies that expanded their operations here recently such as Soitec, Seagate and Showa-Denko.
The positive outlook for electronics sector is boosted by increasing market demand for electronic products such as semiconductor devices, hard disk drives and mobile phones.
The electronics security technology sector is also estimated to grow at an average growth rate of 21% per annum and contribute 2% - 3% of the GDP by 2010.
INFO-COMMUNICATIONS
The vision of the Info-Communications Technology (ICT) industry is to make Singapore a hub in the global network of dynamic businesses and technological innovations. Rapid changes in technology such as the digitalisation, electronic business (e-Biz), and the convergence of media, computing and telecommunications characterised the nature of this sector.
The ICT industry has attracted huge investments from world leading infocomm companies such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, etc and many have made Singapore their regional headquarters. These investments have generated numerous direct jobs in the professional area.
The general employment outlook for ICT workers is positive. Specifically, employers are looking for ICT capabilities in areas like computer networking, enterprise system administration, wired and wireless networking, database management, IT project management, Infocomm sales & marketing, quality assurance & management, IT security and business continuity & disaster recovery. Besides, in the film and media industry, graduates can be employed to provide technical support in audio and video production and events management sectors.
The School of Electronics and Info-Comm Technology
seeks to deliver innovative training and quality education
so as to produce enterprising and employable graduates
for the region.
