Indians make up the largest expatriate population in Bahrain with more than 300,000 residing in the Kingdom.
The incentive-based IHQ status, awarded by Singapore's state investment agency Economic Development Board, would also see Tata Communication increasing its Singapore workforce by 60 per cent to 200 over the next four years.
With growing appetite for investments abroad, the number of Indian companies setting up units in Singapore has grown three-fold in six years to 3,084 in 2007.Wipro Technologies is also setting up an R&D centre in Singapore, Tan said, adding that there are few other companies which would shortly be firming up investments in Singapore which includes Tatas as well.
Bilcare Ltd, one of the leading pharma packaging research companies in India, will set up facilities -- including a research centre -- in Singapore shortly.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Whirlpool Corporation, Pearson and Qualcomm Incorporated.
China's obsession with exports and electronics assembly can also be attributed to having learned from the Singaporean textbook.
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