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Singapore Business Federation Annual Report 2008 Singapore Business Federation Annual Report 2008MARCH• Workshop on Singapore FinancialReporting Standard Updates• SME Financial Series 2008 –Mentorship Programme: DevelopingFinancial & Business Master Plan• Workshop on Incoterms• Briefing on the Essentials ofCompetition Law & Cartel Detection –A Guide for Procurement Officers• Business Matching Session withKorean Companies• SME Financial Series 2008 –Mentorship Programme:Strategic Budgeting• Briefing on Proposed Work InjuryCompensation Act (Re-Run)• HRM Workshop – RetiringEmployees, The Retirement Age &Re-Employment Issues• Briefing on Budget 2008• Workshop: Case-Studies onPitfalls, Tricks & Traps in Lettersof Credit Transactions• EBIS FORUM – A place to acquaint,network and collaborate: Netting MoreCustomers through the Internet!• Seminar on Business Opportunities inChongqing & Wuhan• HRM Workshop – Avoid HiringThe Wrong Employee• Clean Energy & SustainableDevelopment Industry – InformalBusiness Networking Session• HRM Workshop – Writing TheEmployee HandbookAPRIL• Clean Energy & Sustainable DevelopmentForum – Opportunities for SingaporeCompanies & Businesses• Seminar on Tripartite Advisory onResponsible Outsourcing Practices• TradeXchange – Achieving OperationalEfficiency Through Seamless SupplyChain Collaboration• Franchising Opportunities In EmergingMarkets – Middle East & Vietnam• Briefing on GST E-Filing• Singapore Tripartism Forum (STF)Dialogue on Employment & EmployabilityChallenges• Briefing on the Essentials of CompetitionLaw & Cartel Detection (Re-run) -A Guide for Procurement Officers• HRM Workshop – Termination AndDismissal Issues• Workshop on Drafting EmploymentContract for Executives• SBF Seminar on Managing Distributors& Agents• HRM Workshop – Workforce FlexibilityThrough Part-Time Employment• Clean Energy & Sustainable DevelopmentIndustry – Informal Business NetworkingSession• EBIS Information Resources SeminarThailand: Overview of the Opportunitiesand Security Concerns• SBF Workshop On Incoterms 2000• Briefing on Changes to Tax Deduction forMedical Expenses and Portable MedicalBenefits• HRM Workshop – Managing HumanResources In Small & Medium Size-Industries (SMEs)MAY• SBF Workshop On Incoterms 2000• TURKEY – The Next Destination• Workshop On New CorporateIncome Tax Law In China• Joint SBF-SNEF Briefing on NationalWages Council (NWC) GuidelinesFor 2008/2009• National Security Dialogue:Strengthening Corporate Resilience• HRM Workshop – EmploymentContract Issues• Post – Mission Dialogue Session:Iskandar Malaysia (with focus onNusajaya)• Differentiate or Sell Cheap – HowEnterprises Are Built• Workshop on China NewEmployment Contract Law• “WTO – Make It Your Business”ISEAS-SBF WTO Seminar• SBF Workshop on Letters of Credit– An in-depth Understanding forImporters & Exporters• Workshop on Financial ReportingStandards 12 Income Taxes• Russia-Singapore BusinessMatching Session• Informal Business NetworkingSession – Clean Energy &Sustainable Development Industry• HRM Workshop – DisciplineHandling at the Workplace• HRM Workshop – ManagingPerformance Appraisal at theWorkplace• EBIS Information ResourcesSeminar: Emerging Global andRegional Digital Media MarketJUNE• SBF Mentorship Series 2008:Mentor – Model Program BrandingFor Differentiaton• SBF Sustainable Business FacilitationSeries – “Green Solutions”• Business Matching Session withKorean Companies• SBF Workshop on Understandingthe UCP 600 & ISBP 2007• HRM Workshop: Designing & PlanningEmployee Benefits• Business & Investment Opportunitiesin Bangladesh• China-ASEAN Expo – The 5th China-ASEAN Exposition Trade and BusinessOpportunities Conference 2008• Post mission networking sessionon Chongqing and Wuhan• SBF Post Mission / Networking Session:Indonesia – The Emerging Market –Batam, Bintan and Karimun (SEZ)• CEO Boardroom Exchange:National Wages Council (NWC)Guidelines 2008/09• HRM Workshop: UnderstandingThe Singapore Employment Act &Its Key Provisions• Seminar on the Relevance ofCompetition Law to Your BusinessJULY• SBF Workshop on Incoterms 2000• Singapore Sustainable DevelopmentDistinguished Speaker Series –Mr. Mike Splinter, President & CEOof Applied Materials “Unlocking thePotential of Solar Energy – a BrightFuture for Clean Energy”• Briefing on Company’s Tax Obligations& Completion of Form C For YA 2008• EBIS Country Seminar: Vietnam– Emerging Business Trends &Opportunities• Seminar on “How to be aSuccessful Manager”• HRM Workshop: Terminationand Dismissal Issues• Sustainable Development IndustryInformal Networking Series• Workshop on Case-Studies on30 Pitfalls, Tricks & Traps in Lettersof Credit Transactions• HRM Workshop: Restructuring ofCompanies & Transfer of Employment• “MEXICO | NIP 07-12” InformationSession and Business Seminar• EBIS Information Resources Seminar:Global Halal Food Market – GreatOpportunities for Business Enterprise• HRM Workshop: Writing theEmployee HandbookAUGUST• Essentials for Doing Business in VietnamCum Vietnam Post-Mission Session• CEO Forum 2008 (Conductedin Mandarin)• SBF Workshop on Incoterms 2000• Networking Lunch – Indonesia:Maluku The Hidden Gem In Asia• Seminar on Business Opportunities inIran & Business Matching Session 2008• Invitation to Participate in the Seminar& Dialogue Session on “BusinessOpportunities in Malaysia”• www.re-employment.sg –A Tripartite Initiative: The First one-stopinformation portal for Employers &Workers on Re-employment• Navigating India’s Booming Economy –Opportunities for SMEs GoodsTrading Sector• Work-Life Conference 2008• Seminar on “Investment Climate andBusiness Opportunities in Egypt”• Creative Industries Exchange –Innovating Your Business• HRM Workshop: EmploymentContract Issues• EBIS Forum: CRM in Building CustomerConnections: How to Turn Interactionsinto Business Opportunities?• SBF Workshop on Letters of Credit –An in-depth Understanding forImporters & Exporters• Seminar on Business & InvestmentOpportunities in Sri Lanka• Dinner Dialogue with Dr. KenichiOhmae – “Growing Singapore’sBusiness and Investment Hub forCompetitive Advantage”• HRM Workshop: Discipline Handlingat the Workplace• Briefing on Auto-Inclusion Schemefor Employment Income• The Leaders Network: The NewBusiness Paradigm: Knowing Whereto Find the Winners• HRM Workshop: Managing HumanResources in Small & MediumSize-Industries• Exclusive Employers’ Visit to Republic ofSingapore Air Force (RSAF) Open House• SME Financial Series 2008 – MentorshipProgramme: Strategic Business PlanningSEPTEMBER• Briefing on the Enhanced Marriage& Parenthood Package• SBF Workshop on Incoterms 2000• Workshop on NEW Corporate IncomeTax Law in China• EBIS Country Seminar: DoingBusiness in Russia42 List of 2008 ActivitiesList of 2008 Activities 43