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- Dear Sir, "The CAO Derivatives Fiasco - Fools rush in" (The Economist, 11 December 2004) asserts that the Singapore Exchange "loosened its disclosure rules a few years ago." In fact, Singapore has strengthened its disclosure, accounting and corporate governance standards in recent years, in line with practices in other leading financial centres. 2 Failure by listed companies to disclose material information on a timely basis attracts criminal and civil liabilities under legislation introduced
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- Dear Sir, I refer to the letter "More insurance info needed" (BT, April 7). 2 Information is available in the public domain for consumers to evaluate insurance products. For example, the Ministry of Health's website publishes data which can help consumers estimate the incidence rates of major types of critical illness by age or the range of bill sizes for common causes of hospitalisation. 3 The Central Providend Fund website also provides detailed information on the benefits available under
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- Question No 98 Notice Paper No. 84 of 2005 For Oral Answer Date: For Parliament Sitting on 16 May 2005 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Ms Indranee Rajah, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC ____________________________________________________________________________________ Question To ask the Senior Minister how Singapore intends to develop the commodity pricing, trading and risk management industry with the Commodity Derivatives Trader (CDT) Scheme. Note: The above Question was originally directed
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- Question No. 79 Notice Paper No. 73 of 2005 Date: For Parliament Sitting on or after 19 April 2005 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mr Steve Chia Kiah Hong, Non-Constituency Member ________________________________________________________________________________________ Question To ask the Senior Minister if his Ministry will institute safeguards or a minimum listing requirement period for foreign companies listed here so as to protect minority shareholders from company owners who seek
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- Asset Price Bubbles and Monetary Policy Mr Minister, Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would first like to thank Chairman Lee Hsien Loong for giving me the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience. Let me tell you that I consider today's topic "asset price bubbles and monetary policy" to be one of the most challenging issues facing a modern central bank at the beginning of the 21st century. The economics profession has taught us a lot about the merits of consumer price stability, about
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- 14 July 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "Towards an Integrated ASEAN Capital Market" 1 I would like to first thank Bank Negara Malaysia and the European Commission for the invitation to speak at this Euro Conference. 2 It is always daunting to speak after two esteemed panellist members but allow me to pick up from Mr Camacho's remarks and share some additional thoughts on the efforts toward an integrated ASEAN capital market. Singapore is supportive of regional capital market developments and
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- Question No. 260 Notice Paper No. 206 of 2005 For Oral Answer Date: For Parliament Sitting on or after 17 October 2005 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Q260 - Miss Penny Low ______________________________________________________________________________ Question Q260: To ask the Senior Minister (a) if he will provide a status update on the MoneySENSE programme and how many people have benefited from general half-day seminars and in an in depth manner like courses; (b) how will his Ministry
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- Dr Junichi Ujiie, President of Nomura Securities Ladies and Gentlemen 1 Nowadays, it is popular to focus on the awesome transformation of China and its implications when discussing Asia. But doing so risks missing the dramatic changes in another key player - India. My theme is simple: the renaissance of China and India is changing Asia. Other countries in Asia, and in fact the world, will have to remake themselves to seize the opportunities generated by their rise. 2 I expect China and
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- Singapore, 17 February 2006...Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lee Hsien Loong announced several tax measures in his budget speech, to promote further growth and development of Singapore's financial sector, including measures to build up the depth and breadth of the Capital Markets and to further promote Islamic Finance in Singapore. 2 Singapore's derivatives market has seen strong growth in recent years. Singapore is the second largest OTC derivatives centre in Asia. Singapore has also
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- Serial System Ltd ("Serial System" or the "Company") 1 On 26 Feb 2001 Avnet Inc. ("Avnet"), a substantial shareholder of Serial System, sold 11,752,184 Serial System shares (3.92% of the Company's issued capital) at $0.67 each in an off-market deal. On 28 Feb 2001, in response to media queries, Eddie Chng Weng Wah ("Chng"), who is also a substantial shareholder of the Company, said he had recommended buyers to Avnet for the sale of its stake in Serial System. 2 On 2 Mar 2001, the SIC received