Taken from AFP article:
About astar scholars..
"The scholars are literally being turned into poster boys and girls of the agency to convince students to take up science as a profession."

About Biopolis..
"The buildings are clustered around a courtyard with restaurants, a wine bar, a convenience store and a hair salon.
There's a laundry that also sells laboratory coats. (so that's what the laundry does.. never knew who uses it, it probably washes lab coats..)
A prison next door where some shirtless inmates can still be seen from the laboratories will give way to the further expansion of the Biopolis, which will also have its own business hotel, condominium and gourmet restaurants." (Haha, i always see the inmates doing "aerobics" in their tiny field and wonder why they're all topless)