CHENNAI: The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has approached Indian companies to conduct their meetings and conferences in Singapore.

In this connection, the STB is embarking on a four-city road show in Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore between August 29 and September 7 to launch the `Business events in Singapore' scheme.

Key industries

The Board has identified key industries such as Biomedical Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Water and Environmental Technologies, Media, Engineering and Automotive Industries and Banking and Finance.

It proposes to create and attract business events to Singapore.

Expatriate community

Catherine McNabb, director, Strategic Clusters I Division, Business Travel and MICE, said they hoped to capitalise on the fairly large expatriate Indian community in Singapore.

Incentives offered

As part of this promotion to attract over-seas industry bigwigs, the STB will offer incentives worth 170 million Singapore dollars. In India, they have spoken to corporates and chambers of commerce.

Kang Siew Kheng, regional director for South Asia, Middle East and Africa, said the proposal would open up more international business opportunities.

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