Section 12
Functions and powers of Corporation
of Jurong Town Corporation Act 1968
(1)
The functions of the Corporation are —
to develop and manage sites, parks, estates, townships and other premises for industries and businesses in Singapore or elsewhere;
to provide facilities to enhance the operations of industries and businesses including social amenities for the advancement and the wellbeing of persons living and working in those sites, parks, estates and townships or otherwise;
to participate in overseas ventures and developments which the Corporation has the expertise to engage or undertake in; and
to collect, compile and analyse information of a statistical nature relating to industrial property in Singapore, and to publish and disseminate the results of any such compilation or analysis or abstracts of those results.
(2)
In addition to the functions and duties imposed by this section, the Corporation may undertake any other functions and duties that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, assign to the Corporation and in so doing, the Corporation is deemed to be fulfilling the purposes of this Act, and the provisions of this Act apply to the Corporation in respect of those functions and duties.
(3)
Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) is to be construed as imposing on the Corporation, directly or indirectly, any form of duty or liability enforceable by proceedings before any court to which it would not otherwise be subject.
(4)
The Corporation has power to do anything for the purpose of discharging its functions under this Act or which is incidental or conducive to the discharge of those functions and, in particular, may —
act in combination or association with other persons or organisations for the discharge of any of its functions;
promote the carrying on of any activities for the discharge of its functions by other persons or organisations;
purchase, acquire or lease any land and premises required for the purpose of the discharge of its functions under this Act;
sell or lease land and premises for the purpose of the discharge of its functions under this Act upon terms that the Corporation may determine;
provide technical, managerial and other specialist services for industrial, business and other development, and build up a corps of engineering, managerial and other specialist staff to provide such services;
prepare and execute proposals, plans and projects for the erection, conversion, improvement and extension of any building for sale, lease, rental or other purpose;
provide and maintain housing accommodation including convalescent or holiday houses for employees of the Corporation, provide and maintain for those employees clubs and playing fields and provide educational facilities for them;
grant loans to employees or to act as guarantor for loans taken by them, to enable them to purchase their own houses, furniture, fittings, home appliances and vehicles;
award scholarships or give loans to employees to obtain professional, technical or other training;
sell or lease flats, houses or other living accommodation and land for the housing of persons living and working in industrial and business sites, parks, estates and townships;
provide loans on mortgage at such interest as may be prescribed to enable persons, other than employees of the Corporation, to purchase any flat, house or building which is used or intended to be used solely for the purpose of human habitation;
with the Minister’s written approval, form or participate in the formation of a company or companies or enter into any joint venture or partnership in Singapore or elsewhere;
with the Minister’s written approval, grant loans to any company in which the Corporation or any of its subsidiary companies holds any shares;
with the written approval of the Minister and the President, guarantee the repayment of loans given to any company in which the Corporation or any of its subsidiary companies holds any shares; and
provide and maintain adequate and efficient port services and facilities in Jurong Port.