World Economic Forum's East Asia Economic Summit 2003 (EAES 2003)

Dear Sir,

The East Asia Economic Summit 2003 will be held in Singapore, 12 – 14 October 2003 at Shangri-La Hotel. Being a prominent regional event, the Summit is organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF), in cooperation with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and supported by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and many other organizations in Singapore. Mr. Stephen Lee, Chairman of SBF and PSA Corporation; and Mr Kakutaro Kitashiro, Chairman of Japan’s Keizai Doyukai are the two Co-Chairs for this year’s Summit.

Current economic and political issues of market-focused e.g. ASEAN, China, Japan, India etc; and sectoral-specified e.g. Finance, IT, Logistics, Tourism and more will be addressed at the Summit. By participating in the Summit, companies will also get the opportunity to interact with key political and business leaders from the region, to share with them experiences on conducting businesses, and to explore the possibility of forming partnership together to tap on the vast East Asian market.

Some of the highlights of the Summit include:

- A conversation with Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew

- Round tables with key policy-makers from around the region

- A review of the Forum’s New Asian Leaders initiative

EDB and the WEF’s representative in Singapore would like to take the opportunity to meet you, together with other major business chambers/associations in Singapore, to brief you on the Summit and to promote EAES 2003. Ms Daisy Goh, EDB’s Dy Director for International Policy, and WEF’s South East Asia Adviser Mr Simon Kudus will be pleased to meet you.

The details for the meeting are as follow:

Date : 29 Aug 03, Friday

Time : 4 pm – 5 pm

Venue : SBF Board room (7th floor, Tanglin Shopping Centre, 19 Tanglin Road)

We sincerely hope that you will be able to attend this meeting.

We appreciate if you could reply via email by 28 Aug (Thursday) 3 pm on your availability please.

Your confirmation will enable us to do the necessary arrangement and follow up please. Thank you so much.

We look forward to your reply, and your assistance in promoting EAES 2003 to your members in making the Summit a great success.

With best regards

Martin Yuoon

Senior Executive

DID : 6827 6886

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Martin Yuoon
Singapore Business Federation
DID: (65)6827 6886 Fax: (65)6827 6807
Website: http://www.sbf.org.sg