SINGAPORE, Apr 3: Dutch • giant Philips Electronics NV will start manufacturing digital television sets in Singapore next year and is expanding its development activities in the island., the Straits Times said today, reports AFP.

Robert Martijnse, the newly appointed Chairman and President of Philips Singapore, said by the end of this year, the company will have 300 staff developing "the whole colour TV mainstream range for the world."

Digital TV. which offers far higher resolution and host of new applications unavailable on normal analogue TV, has been launched in Europe and is expected to be introduced in Singapore.