In a separate building across the road, a sanitary production facility -- access is controlled with a series of electronic locks and airlocks -- is gearing up to produce the company's H1N1 vaccine, PanBlok.

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"As land is scarce in Singapore, it was decided from the outset that the new sanitary landfill in the smaller islands would be designed as an environmentally friendly facility which would be used to meet Singapore's land use needs when it was eventually filled up and closed, " the NEA explained in an official statement.

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