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- Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Thank you for inviting me to speak at this important investment forum. Asia’s dynamism and growth will be the defining investment theme of the next decade. Asian assets have become an essential component of a balanced and diversified portfolio. The expansion of Nomura’s forum from an Asian equity event previously to one that showcases the full suite of investment products in the region reflects the growth in investment opportunities in Asia. Like Nomura which serves
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- Mayor Tang Liangzhi, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. First, let me thank the Chongqing municipality for hosting this inaugural Singapore-China (Chongqing) Financial Summit. Your warm hospitality, efficient arrangements, and sumptuous dinner last evening have already gotten this Summit off to a very good start. This year, we are especially pleased to have with us guests not only from Singapore and Chongqing but also from ASEAN and China’s Western Region. This Summit marks
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- 1 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. To all our foreign guests, a very warm welcome to Singapore. I trust that you found yesterday's discussions both intriguing and fruitful. This morning, I've been asked to talk about general trends in the evolution of corporate treasuries and in particular, how these have affected where they choose to locate their regional treasury centres and what they choose to do in these treasury centres. As many of you are aware, over 3600 companies have chosen Singapore
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- Distinguished Guests Friends from NTUC and various community organizations Ladies and Gentlemen Boys and Girls Introduction 1 I am pleased to launch the inaugural MoneySENSE 2006 Roadshow, which seeks to bring financial education to Singaporeans from all walks of life. MoneySENSE has done well 2 MoneySENSE is on a roll. Since its launch in October 2003, it has seen over 140 talks, seminars and workshops on financial education, attracting over 15,000 participants. It has also published 16 consumer
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- Singapore, 26 June 2006...The MoneySENSE Financial Education Steering Committee and the Central Provident Fund Board (CPF Board) today organized the first of activities to bring financial education to polytechnic students. This is the first time that MoneySENSE is organizing a financial education programme for students at all five polytechnics in Singapore. 2 It is important to reach these students as they will enter the workforce in a few years' time. The national financial literacy survey
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- Introduction 1 It is a pleasure for me to be here for this inaugural workshop of the Singapore Centre for Applied and Policy Economics (SCAPE), organised in cooperation with the World Bank and the Institute of Policy Studies. To our many overseas guests, may I bid you a warm welcome. I congratulate SCAPE for bringing together key policymakers and renowned academics for this occasion. As there will certainly be a lively exchange of views in these 2 days of the workshop, I shall focus my remarks
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- Sharing Some Perspectives on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Let me first bid you a warm welcome to Singapore. I was recently invited by the World Bank to be a member of the Growth Commission chaired by Professor Michael Spence. So today's topic "Sharing Some Perspectives on Growth" fits me like a glove. In offering my perspectives, I shall draw heavily on the experience of Singapore. 2 Forty years ago, soon after I started work in the Economic Planning Unit of the Finance Ministry, I was sent
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- Opportunities in a New Asia: China,India and ASEAN In-Between 1 Let me bid you a warm welcome to Singapore. I hope that your stay here will not only be intellectually stimulating and professionally beneficial but also enjoyable and memorable. 2 The IMF and World Bank meetings were last held in Asia in September 1997. A few months before the meetings in Hong Kong, the Asian Financial Crisis had started to erupt. The crisis swept across the region, causing immeasurable damage. Pundits declared
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- Asia's Growth Strategy - Key Pillars Ladies and Gentlemen, Almost a decade after the Asian financial crisis, the region has moved ahead. Economies in Southeast Asia have recovered, exports are growing, and consumer and investor confidence have returned. Japan's recovery is continuing, and new powerhouses of growth are emerging in China and India. While the term "Asian Miracle" may sound old-fashioned today, Asian economies - led by China and India - continue to be among the fastest growing economies
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- Asia's Financial Markets - The Challenges Ahead Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, 1 It is my pleasure to be here this evening, and I thank our host, DBS Bank, for this privilege to address you. To all our foreign guests, I bid you a very warm welcome and I hope that you are having a pleasant stay in Singapore. Recovery from the crisis 2 The financial crisis which hit Asia about a decade ago devastated many economies in the region. At that point, a number of observers began to express