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- Mary Schapiro and colleagues from GFANZ Global, GFANZ APAC Advisory Board Members, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming for the inaugural GFANZ APAC Summit. We launched the GFANZ Asia Pacific Network a year ago, in recognition of the critical importance of this region to the global fight against climate change. Ms Yuki Yasui, Managing Director of the GFANZ APAC Network, will speak on the achievements of the Network shortly. Let me just say, on behalf of the Advisory Board, how proud we are
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- Question No. 373 Notice Paper No. 60 of 2010 For Oral Answer For Parliament Sitting on 26 April 2010 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mdm Ho Geok Choo, MP for West Coast GRC Question To ask the Senior Minister as the Singapore Dollar Nominal Effective Exchange Rate policy shifts from that of a zero percent appreciation to one of modest and gradual appreciation, will he provide an assessment on how this policy will benefit or impact us. Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry
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- Consultation Paper VIEW DOCUMENT Consultation Paper on Corporate Governance (Corporate Governance Committee) (70.2 KB) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CONSULTATION PAPER NOVEMBER 2000 -------- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CONSULTATION PAPER 1 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE PUBLIC CONSULTATION As part of the vision of making Singapore a financial hub of international standing and 1 for our listed companies to attract and retain international capital, the Ministry of Finance
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- This study was published as Special Feature B in the April 2008 Macroeconomic Review. Special Features 91 Special Feature B Rivalry and Prosperity by Paul Romer1 Picture your worst nightmare as a parent. Both your child and someone else's child are deathly ill. There is a bottle with enough medicine to save the life of just one child. You have worked all your adult life as a teacher. The other family made a fortune speculating in real estate
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- This study was published as Special Feature B in the October 2009 Macroeconomic Review. 62 Macroeconomic Review, October 2009 Special Feature B Recessions and Recoveries in Asia: Lessons from the Past by Dmitriy Rozhkov1 Introduction Asia entered a major downturn in late 2008. Real GDP in many Asian economies is set to decline sharply in 2009, and forecasters expect a slow recovery in the period ahead. In this context, three key questions emerge: how long and
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- Mr Lester Gray, Chairman of IMAS, Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Forces Driving the Global Economic Outlook A Fragile Equilibrium 1. The world economy appears to have found a fragile equilibrium. There are weaknesses in key economies balanced by pockets of growth elsewhere. More notably, the worst fears of the last three months of 2011 have not materialised. The last six weeks in particular have shown signs that the global economy has avoided imminent disaster. 2.
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- Response VIEW DOCUMENT Response to Feedback: Proposed Amendments to the Securities and Futures Act on Regulation of OTC Derivatives (150.1 KB) Consultation Paper VIEW DOCUMENT Consultation Paper II on Proposed Amendments to the Securities and Futures Act on Regulation of OTC Derivatives (108.3 KB) RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK RECEIVED PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT ON REGULATION OF OTC DERIVATIVES Introduction 1 1.1 MAS recently issued two sets of Consultation Paper
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- Mr Kenichi Watanabe, President and CEO of Nomura Holdings Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, 1 I am very pleased to join you this morning at this year’s Nomura Asia Equity Forum, where Nomura has brought together some 1,600 delegates from the financial sector and other important industries. Introduction 2 I would not be exaggerating if I were to say that many things have happened since the Forum last year. Most notably, the severe pessimism associated with the global recession has given
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- 14 April 2011 INTRODUCTION 1 In October last year, MAS increased slightly the slope of the S$NEER policy band, with no change to the level at which the band was centred. This policy decision was made in light of upside risks to inflation amidst sustained high levels of domestic economic activity. At the same time, the policy band was widened slightly to accommodate volatility across international financial markets. Chart 1 S$ Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (S$NEER) 2 Since then, the S$NEER
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- Question Nos. 609 and 610 Notice Paper No. 100 and 105 of 2008 For Oral Answer For Parliament Sitting on 26 May 2008 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mdm Ho Geok Choo, MP for West Coast GRC _______________________________________________________________________________________ Questions To ask the Senior Minister how has the strong Singapore dollar helped the average Singaporean to keep high inflation at bay. To ask the Senior Minister what is the key to Singapore’s success in maintaining