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- Singapore, 17 September 2006...Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong met with Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker today from 5.10 to 5.50pm. It was a warm and friendly meeting. Senior Minister and Prime Minister Juncker exchanged views on a wide range of issues, including cooperation between Asia and Europe, and the situation in Asia and Southeast Asia. ***
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- 1 Good Morning. I'm very happy to be here today at the Public Lender and Insurer Infrastructure Finance Summit 2006. I would like to congratulate the organizers - IE Singapore, INTOBA and Morrison and Foerster, for putting together a very interesting program and for drawing such a good response. 2 Since the crisis in 1998, the economies of Asia (ex-Japan) have sustained an average growth rate of 6.3% per annum, significantly faster than the global growth rate of 3.9%. While China and India
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- Ladies and gentlemen, 1 I am delighted to be here with you this evening at the launch of Lyxor exchange-traded fund (ETF) suite. 2 ETFs, which aim to track the performance of an index and provide access to a wide variety of markets, are among the fastest growing asset classes in the investment funds industry. Globally, ETFs are estimated to have assets under management of close to US$487 billion . In the first half of this year alone, 136 ETFs were launched worldwide, of which 65 were outside
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- On 15 Aug 2006, DBS Bank Ltd announced, for and on behalf of Venture Delta Limited ("Venture Delta") mandatory conditional cash offers (the "Offers") for (a) all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of Thakral Corporation Ltd ("TCL") and (b) all the outstanding unsecured 2% convertible bonds due 2009 issued by TCL. Venture Delta despatched its offer document for TCL on 29 Aug 2006. 2 Following the announcement of the Offers, TCL announced on 13 Sep 2006, that certain directors of TCL, namely
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- Singapore, 19 September 2006...IMF members have adopted a Resolution on Quota and Voice Reform in the IMF. 2 Singapore supports this Resolution. In particular, Singapore agrees with the need to align the IMF's quota shares with members' relative positions in the world economy, while enhancing the participation and voice of low-income countries in the IMF. 3 Singapore looks forward to working with the IMF and the IMF's member countries on a new quota formula that would provide a simpler and
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- Ladies and Gentlemen, 1 Good afternoon. It is my pleasure to address you today. Let me extend a warm welcome to all of you, especially to our foreign guests. I am delighted that EMTA has chosen to hold your inaugural Asian meeting in Singapore, and thank you for this privilege of addressing this prominent gathering of experts. As you know, we recently held the Singapore 2006 IMF/World Bank meetings. The turnout was a record, as financial institutions and investors all over the world showed
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- Developing Asia Bond Markets- The Next Phase 1 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am happy to be here this morning to welcome you to the inaugural Asian Bond Summit hosted by The Asset in conjunction with the Asian Development Bank. May I congratulate the organizers for the substantial agenda and good turnout for this event. 2 The Asian financial crisis triggered the development of Asian bond markets. Before that, bonds in this region were largely issued by sovereign and quasi-sovereign
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- Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Afternoon. I am pleased to be here today to join in the celebration of PIMCO's 10th anniversary in Singapore. Singapore's Development as an Asset Management Hub 2 When PIMCO established its Singapore office 10 years ago in 1996, this was PIMCO's first office established outside of the US. This was also at a time when Singapore's fund management industry was beginning to take off. Assets under management (AUM) in Singapore at that time were around
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- Congratulatory Remarks 1 I am delighted to be here with you this evening to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tokyo Stock Exchange Singapore Representative Office. Firstly, I would like to thank the Tokyo Stock Exchange for its commitment to Singapore and the region over the past decade and I hope Tokyo Stock Exchange will continue to scale greater heights in coming years. Growth of Asia and Japan 2 When Tokyo Stock Exchange established its overseas office in Singapore in 1996, Singapore and
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- Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Evening. I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations to Daiwa Securities Company on the opening of Daiwa Wealth Management office in Singapore. I am honoured to be able to join you here this evening for this joyous occasion. 2 Daiwa has a long history of operating in Singapore, having first set up operations in 1972 through a joint venture with DBS Bank Ltd. Today, all of Daiwa Securities Group's main subsidiaries have established presence