Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) is a statutory board under the

Ministry of Trade and Industry A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

of the Government of Singapore.

Purpose

Islands

The Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) was formed on 1 September 1972. Its main task is to oversee the development, management and promotion of the island resort,

Sentosa Island Sentosa Island, known mononymously as Sentosa, and formerly ''Pulau Belakang Mati'', is an island located off the southern coast of Singapore's main island. The island is separated from the main island of Singapore by a channel of water, the K ...

Subsidiaries

SDC is in charge of the following three subsidiary companies: # Sentosa Leisure Management (SLM) oversees the day-to-day operations of Sentosa. # Sentosa Cove Resort Management (SCRM) is the place manager for Sentosa Cove, a residential and commercial district on the island's waterfront. # Mount Faber Leisure Group (MFLG) operates Singapore's sole cableway system and offers lifestyle merchandise as well as F&B dining on the hill at Faber Peak (formerly the Jewel Box).

Registered Society

# Sentosa Golf Club (SGC) manages two award-winning 18-holes, par-72 championship golf courses on the island - The Serapong, which is ranked 58th in the World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses by Golf Digest, and The Tanjong.

Monorail

SDC owns the

Sentosa Express The Sentosa Express is a monorail line connecting Sentosa island to HarbourFront on the Singapore mainland. It was built at a cost of S$140 million to replace the previous Sentosa Monorail. Development began in June 2003 and construction wo ...

, a S$140 million light rail system that provides easy access into Sentosa from

VivoCity VivoCity is a shopping mall located in the HarbourFront precinct of Bukit Merah, Singapore. It is the largest shopping mall in Singapore, with of net lettable area and of gross floor area spread over a three-storey shopping complex and t ...

. The old SDC office at Allanbrooke Road was once served by the

Sentosa Monorail The Sentosa Monorail was a monorail system which served as the main means of transportation on the island of Sentosa in Singapore, and has been replaced by the new monorail system, the Sentosa Express. The system was constructed at a cost of S ...

which ceased operations on 16 March 2005. The new SDC office is currently based at Artillery Avenue.

References

External links

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Sentosa Development Corporation Act
— ''Singapore Statutes''. D01 Southern Islands Statutory boards of the Singapore Government 1972 establishments in Singapore {{Singapore-company-stub