To address this demand, NAC will introduce new commissioning and residency schemes to support the creation of original artistic content by local arts professionals and organisations, in order to build up a pool of original creative works representative of our development and future as a nation. MICA and NAC will also tap alternative sources of funding to encourage more arts professionals in ASEAN and wider Asia to create and premiere works here in Singapore, making full use of our cultural infrastructure to develop ourselves as a hub of creative activity in Asia.