ST Engineering's Electronics Arm to Build Half Height Platform Screen Doors for MRT Stations

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its electronics arm, Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics), has won a S$112m contract from the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) for the supply of Half Height Platform Screen Doors (HHPSD) and its associated works for all existing elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations. Work will commence in September this year and is expected to be completed in 2012.

The HHPSD is meant to protect commuters from falling onto the tracks and thus causing lost of lives and disruption in traffic. They will be installed first at the Jurong East, Pasir Ris and Yishun stations in 2009, before they are introduced and completed at all other stations by 2012.

ST Engineering's Electronics Arm Wins S$112m Contract From Land Transport Authority
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