Surbana Jurong
subsidiary of Temasek holding
SJ Group is a Singaporean government-owned consultancy company focusing on infrastructure and urban development. It was formed in June 2015 with the merger of Surbana International Consultants and Jurong International Holdings. As of July 2026, it is wholly owned by Temasek Holdings and had 15,000 employees.
History
In February 2015, JTC Corporation and Temasek Holdings announced plans to merge several of their subsidiaries. According to the agreement, JTC Corporation owned Jurong International Holdings and Temasek Holdings owned Surbana International Consultants were to be merged into a single entity with 49:51 partnership between JTC and Temasek. The merger was completed in June 2015 with the merged entity named Surbana Jurong.
In June 2016, Temasek Holdings acquired JTC's shares in Surbana Jurong.
Predecessors
Surbana International Consultants
Surbana International Consultants (formerly part of Housing and Development Board) was a consultancy company specialising in sustainable urban solutions. Headquartered in Singapore, it was owned by CapitaLand and Temasek Holdings, an investment company owned by the Government of Singapore. It was formerly the Building and Development Division in Singapore's Housing and Development Board.
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