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PrOPErtiEs &                                  intEllEctual caPital
                        PlantatiOns

                                                                       •   Continue nurturing the existing
                  •   UM Plantations to expand the                       pods and the spin-off companies
                    plantation landbank.                                 to spur their growth and optimise
                  •   UM Plantations to diversify from                   future value, to drive the
                    mono-crops into multi-crops with                     commercialisation of UM’s
                    a continuous harvesting cycle                        intellectual assets.
                    while improving soil quality for                   •   To continue inculcating an
                    environmental protection.                            entrepreneurial mindset and
                  •   Continuing diversification into                    provide funding support to develop
                    developing properties for                            robust technopreneurship.
                    stakeholder benefit, including the                 •   Develop a digital marketplace
                    proposed construction of UMSC’s                      platform to bring the pod and
                    new purpose-built hospital and                       spin-off products to market and
                    the construction of modern                           facilitate market access.
                    residence halls that can be rented                 •   Preparing to launch a consulting
                    out to meet demand for affordable                    business that can draw on UM’s
                    student housing within the UM                        faculty and intellectual capital to
                    ecosystem.                                           scale up projects and provide
                                                                         bespoke consulting services to
                                                                         both the private and public sector.











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