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Forbes said : The Pearl in Qatar or Songdo in South Korea could be your next vacation spot. If you’re looking for a new city somewhere in Northeast Asia, consider South Korea’s new Songdo International Business District. When it is completed, likely in 2014, this $35 billion project will encompass 1,500 acres and house around 65,000 residents. In addition, Songdo will have an 18-hole championship golf course, which is scheduled to host the 2012 PGA Championship Tour, an art museum, an opera house and concert hall. Already completed is the 100-acre Central Park in the middle of the city, as well as a number of residential and commercial buildings.
Songdo is not only an entirely new city, it is also an example of an “eco-city,” a term that describes the growing trend of new cities with plans focusing on sustainability, using smart technologies and strategic planning. Examples of Songdo’s sustainability plans include an extensive public transportation system and a centralized waste disposable system that uses a series of pneumatic tubes. Eco-cities like Songdo are more than just a nice idea; they are expected to yield important lessons for future human habitats. By 2050 nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities, according to the Population Division of the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs. As cities become home to the majority of the world’s population, Songdo and others will become important testing grounds for green technologies and new ways of city planning.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After days of silence, the Smart City Kochi project has once again become a subject for argument and counter argument between the State Government and TECOM. At a press conference held in connection with the fourth anniversary of the LDF Government here on Tuesday, Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanandan said that Tecom was deliberately delaying the Smart City project owing to their financial constraints.
“Tecom is under severe financial crunch in the wake of the global recession. Hence, they are trying to delay the project by sticking to a condition that was not in the initial agreement. The State Government was patiently waiting since the project was mooted by a company from a country with which we have friendly relations,’’ Achuthanandan said. He also added that if the delay in materialising the project continued, the State Government would itself implement the project.
Tags : Kochi, Smart City
SHAH ALAM: I-Bhd expects 80 more knowledge-based companies to set up offices at i-City, Shah Alam, by the year-end, said chief executive officer Eu Hong Chew. “They will consist of local and international companies and will add up the more than 60 companies currently operating at the city,” he said after signing a heads of agreement yesterday. He added that I-Bhd had so far invested RM200mil to RM300mil to develop the smart city since 2005.
The heads of agreement will see the company forming a tie-up with the Malaysian-Russian Business Association and Hexagon Solutions Sdn Bhd to set up a joint centre of innovation in i-City. The Malaysian-Russian Science Centre will develop, showcase and commercialise technologies from Russia while Hexagon will establish a research and development (R&D) centre with its Indian partner Rajesh Global Solutions. The centre, which will take up 15,000 to 20,000 sq ft of office space in i-City, will also work with local and foreign universities, research institutions and government agencies. Malaysia-Russian Business Association president Ruslan Israpil said the agreement would lead to greater collaboration between two countries. “It will be a win-win situation as we are providing expertise to help local scientists and universities through the R&D of Russian technology while the locals will benefit by getting our knowledge,” he said.
SHAH ALAM, May 14 (Bernama)– I-City, the 29-hectare digital township here, Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Malaysian-Russian Business Association (MALRUBA) and Hexagon Solutions Sdn Bhd to set up an innovation centre which is expected to be completed by year-end.
The centre will occupy about 15,000 to 20,000 square feet of office space in i-City and be equipped with laboratory facilities, research and development (R&D) facilities, an information and communications technology (ICT) library, a lecture hall and a showroom for innovative ICT products. It will also collaborate with local and foreign universities, research institutions, government agencies and corporations. I-Berhad’s chief executive officer Eu Hong Chew said apart from setting up the innovation centre, MALRUBA and Hexagon Solutions would work together to help i-City to support and enhance its Technopreneur Development Programme.
Tags : I-City, Smart City
SEOUL, South Korea, May 13 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has recently announced a set of plans to support the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit scheduled for November in the city and launched, in full scale, preparations for the meeting. To host the Summit is an epoch-making event in Korea’s diplomatic history. As chair nation of the group of major economies in the world, Korea will not only set agenda for the meeting but also lead the members in finding solutions to the current global financial crisis. To make the summit a success, the city government will place an emphasis on providing “comfortable lodging,” “convenient transportation” and “perfect security” to visitors. The city estimates about 4,000 of the 10,000-15,000 expected visitors would take short sightseeing tours of Seoul during and around the summit period.
For the convenience of visitors, the metropolitan government will operate electric buses, and build ICT stations and mobile RFID (radio frequency identification) guide systems in the Gangnam area, the venue of the summit talks. Through such activities as riding electric motor vehicles and visiting DMC (Digital Media City), foreigners are expected to experience Seoul, a city where advanced information technology and green technology exist in harmony.
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The Digital Media City, with its high-tech complexes, networked offices, apartments, exhibitions, conference halls and cultural centers is shaping up to be the city of the future. Because of its possible future standing as a world player in tomorrow’s connected city, hundreds of tourists are bused in everyday to enjoy the different attractions the DMC has to offer. The DMC was born from the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s plan to create a world-class information media complex by placing the industry of the future, including digital media and entrainment, inside Sangam Millennium City.
Kuay Ying Xuan, sub-editor from the bilingual weekday newspaper My Paper, tries designing her own vehicle at the Digital Media City’s Digital Pavilion during a familiarization tour organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. The Korea Herald
On May 13, 2010, the 66th UN ESCAP will be held in Songdo, Incheon to address the “achievements of MDGs, promote a stable and supportive financial system and green growth or environmentally sustainable economic growth through technology and financing.” This is Korea’s second time to hold this meeting since the 47th UN ESCAP in Seoul in 1991. This time about 300 delegates from 62 member nations, 100 representatives of NGOs, and around 200 people from international organizations plan to attend the conference. The ESCAP conference is going to start with a welcoming address by Korea’s Prime Minster, Chung Un-chan on May 17.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) is one of the five commissions of UN ECOSOC and UN ESCAP has 62 members. It is the largest scale government organization pursuing to fulfill economy and society development within the area.
Located at the heart of Songdo International City, Incheon, Korea, the Songdo convention center-ConvensiA-is conceptualized as a series of folded roof planes that contain the main program areas articulated as a series of freestanding blocks, above which the curved roofs floats like a series of upturned boat hulls.
What makes Songdo ConvensiA significant is that it stands at the heart of Songdo international city where the Korean government designated it the first free economic zone in Korea. Thanks to the development project of Songdo International city, ConvensiA can be reached by a fifteen-minute ride from the Incheon International airport and six hotels with 1,790rooms will be provided at visitor’s choice. Moreover, diverse amenities including Northeast Asia Trade Tower (NEATT), Jack Nicklaus Golf Course, Central Park, Incheon Tower, museums will serve those who visit ‘Songdo ConvensiA‘.