The Singapore Institute
of Planners (SIP) and the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA)
jointly organised the above seminar to discuss the potentials and
pitfalls of planning and development activities in two very rapidly
expanding economies: China and India.
The importance and timeliness of the seminar is underscored by the
fact that the Minister for National Development, Mr Mah Bow Tan, graced
the occasion and delivered the opening address.
This Seminar came 'hot on the heels' of government efforts to expand
services and knowledge based industries both at home and abroad, notably
in China and India. Singapore's rootedness in the cultures of China
and India stand Singaporean and Singapore based companies in good
stead.
There were 2 keynote addresses
: the first by Mr Liu Thai Ker, Director, RSP Architects Planners
and Engineers, and Mr Goh Sing How, CEO, Jurong Consultants Pte Ltd.
The timely keynote speech by Mr Liu Thai Ker addressed the following:
- Lessons learnt from the Beijing
Olympics Master Plan competition and judging;
- Positioning Singapore towards the
region
- Protecting and strengthening the
Singapore brand name.
Mr Goh, on the other hand, shared his
firm's experiences and in China and India, highlighting differences
in modus operandi, approval, sources of funding and how Singapore
companies can improve their chances of success.
There were a total of 13 speakers in
the one-day seminar helf at Sheraton Towers Hotel, Scotts Road.
A total of 130 participants attended the seminar. SIP and SIA hopes
that the success of the seminar will springboard to greater actual
participation of local firms venturing into these two emerging economies.
SIP members may wish to refer to the programme
and read selected papers that are presented at the Seminar:
- Competition
and Competitiveness: Planning & Architectural Services in China
(Mr Liu Thai Ker)
- How
to strike effective alliances and clinch deals in China and India
(Mr Goh Song How)
- How
to deliver on promises to clients after winning deals (Mr Wong
Hooe Wai)
- Shanghai:
The New Metropolitan City (Mr Xu Yisong)
- How
to succeed in building up a practice by relocating oversea (Mr
Tan Cheng Siong)
- How
to succeed in building up oversea practices from home base (Mr
Teoh Hai Pin & Mr Vikas Gore)
- How
to leverage on Government assistance schemes (Mr Cheang Kok Yun)
- How
to leverage on BCA Incentives for the construction industry (Mr
Koh Lin Ji)
- The
real estate industry and market in India (Mr Anurag Munshi)
- How
to go through the legal, financial & tax systems in China (Ms
Josephine Koh)
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