City state hopes research cash will buy global status

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The city-state of Singapore has announced that its newly established National Research Foundation would spend S$1.4 billion during 2006-10 in the three areas of biomedical research, environment and water technologies and interactive and digital media. The government hopes that the move would help in keeping Singapore's competitive edge in science and technology research, over big and growing economies such as those of India and China.

Financial management, Science & research, Research and Testing Services, Research & Development, Scientific Research and Development Services, Singapore, Medical Research, Epilepsy & Muscle Disease R&D, Administration of Public Health Programs, Research & Development NEC, Health Research Programs, Research, Finance, Research institutes, Company financing, Medicine, Experimental

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Breaking open a closed system

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The research system of Malaysia in the field of science is closed and isolated. The main reasons for the problem are unattractive pay, difficulty in getting a good research job for foreigners and lack of colleagues for collaborating research.

Personnel administration, Malaysia, Research Personnel, Compensation and benefits, Research scientists

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