Aims

• LEAD funds and assists industry associations who are taking the lead to embark on projects which will result in significant benefits for the whole industry.

For who?

• LEAD supports projects by TaFf that raise the capabilities of the fashion and apparel industry.
  
  
• Fashion and apparel suppliers and retailers can participate in LEAD-supported projects run by TaFf.

For what?

• The funds and assistance that TaFf receives under LEAD will be used to:
  
  
  1. Establish a Productivity and Design Development Centre that provides training and consultancy, develops new technologies (e.g. virtual fitting software), studies the feasibility of setting up a distribution centre in Singapore to ship small packages overseas, etc.
     
     
  2. Establish Singapore Fashion Week (SFW) as the leading trade event for the fashion and apparel industry in Singapore and South East Asia. Funds will be used to develop new exhibitions, fashion shows and showcases targeted at international buying houses and retailers.

Things to note

• LEAD supports and funds industry associations, not businesses.
  
  
• Textile and apparel businesses benefit from LEAD by participating in LEAD-supported programmes and services provided by TaFf.

	Existing	Revised
Funding support	Up to 70% of eligible costs for association's projects	Up to 80% of eligible costs for association's projects

For more info

Local Enterprise and Association Development (LEAD)
TaFf projects funded by LEAD
SPRING Singapore

Officer-in-Charge

Ms Callia Chua
Deputy Director / LEAD Manager
Textile & Fashion Federation, Singapore (TaFf)
Tel:  (65) 6735 8390
Fax: (65) 6735 8409
Email: calliachua@taff.org.sg

Related Official Speeches

• Speech by Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade & Industry, at the Local Enterprise and Association Development (LEAD) Programme Forum: “Sharing Private Sector-Led Industry Development Initiatives”, 19 July 2006
  
  
• Speech by Mr Edward Ang, President of Textile & Fashion Federation, Singapore (TaFf ) at the Chinese New Year Reception, 7 February 2006    

Related Press Releases

• S$60 million investment by 10 industries to create S$2.5 billion more revenue plus 6,500 new jobs, SPRING Singapore, 19 July 2006
  
  
• Textile and Fashion Federation gets approval for initiatives expected to generate S$400 million over next three years, SPRING Singapore, 7 February 2006

Related Articles

• Fashioning New Revenues, Enterprise Today, SPRING Singapore, March/April 2006