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- To: Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore Re: Public Consultation for Approaches to Managing Personal Data in the Digital Economy Date: October 5, 2017 To Whom It May Concern, Amazon is grateful for the opportunity to provide comments on the Personal Data Protection Commissions’ public consultation on “Approaches to Managing Personal Data in the Digital Economy.” The below answers to the questions posed in the consultation document reflect the combined
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- This study was published as Special Feature A in the October 2009 Macroeconomic Review. 58 Macroeconomic Review, October 2009 In Special Feature A Explaining Asias Export Performance in the Downturn1 Introduction The continued expansion of Asian economies2 up until early 2008 despite a softening US economy had led some to suggest that Asia has decoupled from the business cycle of the advanced economies. However, the sharp decline
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- Addendum to the President’s Address Mr Goh Chok Tong Senior Minister and Chairman, MAS 1 The past year has witnessed a period of extraordinary stress in the global financial system and a deep economic recession worldwide. Although the global financial condition has stabilised, the situation is fragile and we need to remain vigilant. 2 The Singapore economy weakened considerably from the second half of 2008. Meanwhile, headline inflation came down significantly from its peak in mid-2008. MAS
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- Response VIEW DOCUMENT Response to Feedback: Proposed MAS Notice 639 - Exposures to Single Counterparty Groups (193.3 KB) Response to Feedback: Credit Risk Mitigation Issues under Section 29 of the Banking Act (136 KB) Consultation Paper VIEW DOCUMENT Consultation on Proposed MAS Notice 639 and Credit Risk Mitigation Issues under Section 29 of the Banking Act (104.3 KB) RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK RECEIVED CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED MAS NOTICE 639 EXPOSURES TO SINGLE COUNTERPARTY GROUPS Definitions
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- 10 April 2007 INTRODUCTION 1 In October 2006, MAS reaffirmed the policy of a modest and gradual appreciation of the S$NEER policy band. This policy stance, which has been in place since April 2004, has contributed to the low and stable inflation environment amidst the robust economic growth of the past few years. Chart 1 Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (S$NEER) 2 The S$NEER has fluctuated near the upper end of the policy band during the past six months. (Chart 1) This reflected a number of factors
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Consultation Paper on Proposed Amendments to the Securities and Futures Act (Part XII & Section 324)- Amendments to the Securities and Futures Act ("SFA") Revision of Section 199 of the SFA on prohibiting false and misleading statements; introducing a statutory definition of the phrase "persons who commonly invest" in Section 214 of the SFA; standardisation of Civil Penalty Ceiling; priority for MAS' claims under the SFA; availability of orders under Section 324 of the SFA regardless of MAS' source of investigation powers Response VIEW DOCUMENT Response to Feedback Received Proposed Amendments
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- QUESTION NO 506 NOTICE PAPER 173 OF 2013 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 13 May 2013 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mr Gan Thiam Poh, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Question: To ask the Prime Minister (a) what are the respective exposures of financial institutions (FIs) to (i) owner-occupied home financing (ii) non-owner occupied home financing and (iii) real estate development financing; (b) whether such exposures are excessive and healthy; (c) what is the impact
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- Good morning. Welcome to MAS’ Annual Report media conference. GLOBAL ECONOMY The outlook for the global economy has deteriorated in recent months. In April, the IMF revised downwards its forecast for global GDP growth to 3.3% , from 3.7% last October. Last year at this time, at our annual report conference, I said that if the trade conflict between the US and China escalates into a trade war, all three engines of global growth – manufacturing, trade, and investment – will stall. We are now in
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- Question No. 566 & 575 Notice Paper No. 99 of 2004 For Oral Answer Date: For Parliament Sitting on 19 May 2004 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Q566, Dr Lily Neo, MP for Jalan Besar GRC Q575, Mr Steve Chia Kiah Hong, Non-Constituency Member _________________________________________________________________________________________ Question 566 To ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in view of strengthening of the Singapore dollar against the US dollar over the past few
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- Singapore, 25 June 2021… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) announced today extensions to the enhanced training support measures to build capabilities and strengthen employability of the local workforce. These extended measures will be progressively reduced and cease on 1 July 2022. 2 Since the introduction of these measures in April 2020 and extension of training support (including the inclusion of deep-tech courses) in November 2020, training