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Singapore Business Federation Annual Report 2008 Singapore Business Federation Annual Report 2008• Spa Symposium 2008• REDAS’ 49th AnniversaryDinner 2008• Seminar On Investment and MarketOpportunties/Korean Start-up andPre-IPO Companies• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)Certificate ProgrammeDECEMBER• Briefing on Fair Employment• SICCI-DBS Singapore-IndiaBusiness Award (SIBA) 2008Presentation Ceremony & SICCI-CIIBusiness Forum ‘Corporate India:Challenges & Opportunities’• Global Financial Crisis: Challengesand Opportunities for SMEs• Global Business Outlook for2009 ConferenceVisits Hosted by SBFJANUARY• Visit by Stanford Graduate Schoolof Business• Delegation led by Vice Director WangYun Hua, Shandong Province’s WeifangEconomic Development Area (WEDA)• Visit by Ms Yasmeen MohammedAl-Awadhi, Assistant Deputy Ministerof Housing Sector, Republic of Yemen• Visit by Mr. Assem Regab, Chairman,General Authority for Investment andFree Zones (GAFI)• Delegation from 3rd Expo Central ChinaOrganizing Committee led by DeputyDirector Wang Bisheng, Hebei Deptof Commerce• Delegation from Qingdao Feiyang Vocationand Technical College• Delegation from National Developmentand Reform Commission (NDRC) and theAPEC SME Technology Conference andFair Organizing Committee led by NDRCDivision Chief Mr. Huang DianwenFEBRUARY• Business roundtable with visiting FinnishMinister for Foreign Trade & Development,Mr. Paavo Vayrynen, and accompanyingbusiness delegation• Visit by H.E. Ambassador Celso Amorim,Minister of External Relations of Brazil andbusiness delegation re “Brazil – The NextLeap” seminarMARCH• Dialogue with Mr. Youssouf Bakayoko,Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cote d’Ivoire• Courtesy call by Ambassador of Sudanto Singapore• Courtesy call by Charge d’Affaires,Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina• Meeting with Ministry for Small andMedium Size Enterprises, Commerce,Tourism and Liberal Professions, Romania• Business matching session with visitingKorean companiesAPRIL• Courtesy call by Ambassador of Turkeyto Singapore• Visit by delegation from Fujian ForeignTrade & Economic Cooperation Dept• Meeting with President of Italy’sMotorcycles and Motocycle PartsManufacturers’ AssociationMAY• Meeting with the delegation fromBai Se, Guangxi AutonomousRegion, China• Meeting with delegation fromKunshan, Jiangsu led by Mr. Feng HuiQing, Deputy Chairman of KunshanTrade Union Federation• Delegation from Russia• Delegation from Mongolia• Delegation led by Mr. Ye Rongzhong,Deputy Director of Foreign AffairsOffice from Ningbo, ChinaJUNE• Delegation from GuangdongDepartment of Foreign Trade andEconomic Cooperation (DOFTEC) ledby Wu Jun, Deputy Director-General• Delegation from Hong Kongand Macau• Dialogue Session with H.E. PrinceOlagunsoye Oyinlola, Governor of theOsun State of Nigeria• Visit from the 5th CAEXPOOrganising Committee to Singapore• Delegation from Jiujiang, Jiangxiled by Jiujiang Mayor Ms Wang PingJULY• Delegation from Romania’sgovernment agencies, state-ownedenterprises and businesses• Dialogue with African Leaders andPolicy Makers• Courtesy call by Mrs. Norica Nicolai,Vice-President of the Upper Houseof Parliament, Romania• Delegation from the China –ASEAN Business and InvestmentSummit (CABIS) OrganisingCommitteeAUGUST• Visit by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin,Minister of International Trade & Industry• Delegation from Iran• Delegation from Oman• Delegation from Nanjing Audit UniversitySEPTEMBER• Courtesy Call by the Israeli Ambassadorto Singapore• Delegation from Hangzhou led byVice Mayor• Delegation from Guangdong Provinceled by President of CCPITOCTOBER• Visit by Crown Prince of Bahrain, H.H.Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa• Delegation from Ghana• Delegation from the InternationalResearch Committee, Royal SwedishAcademy of Engineering Sciences• Networking Session with RussianSEZ Delegates• Delegation from Libya• Courtesy call by the UkrainianChamber of CommerceNOVEMBER• Delegation from New Zealand• Delegation from Vietnam’s LeadingBusiness Club• Delegation from Ningbo City• Courtesy call by CEO of theHungarian Investment and TradeDevelopment Agency• Delegation from IT IS, MFA and KoreaInternational Cooperation AgencyDECEMBER• Visit by Democratic Peoples’ Republicof Korea Foreign Trade Minister,Mr. Ri Ryong NamOverseas BusinessMissionsJANUARY• Business Mission to Qatar & UnitedArab EmiratesMARCH• Business Mission to Batam andBintan – Special Economic ZoneAPRIL• SBF Business Mission To Vietnam(Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh)• SBF Business Mission to Jaipur,Rajasthan, India (In conjunction withthe Great Indian Travel Bazaar 2008)• Business Mission to Chongqing& WuhanMAY• SBF Business Mission To Libya• SBF Business Mission to Malaysia(Selangor & Negeri Sembilan)JUNE• Singapore Business Mission to IndiaNOVEMBER• Business Mission to Indonesia(Jakarta & Bekasi)DECEMBER• 23rd International Autumn TradeFair 2008, DubaiMOUs signedin 2008JANUARY• Qatari Businessmen AssociationFEBRUARY• The Confederation of FinnishIndustries EK• The Federation of Industries ofthe State of São PauloMAY• The Libyan Businessmen Council (LBC)AUGUST• The General Authority for Investmentand Free Zones (GAFI) EgyptSEPTEMBER• The China Council for the Promotion ofInternational Trade (CCPIT) Guangdong• The Federation of Industries of RioGrande do Sul (FIERGS)DECEMBER• The Democratic People’s Republicof Korea Chamber of Commerce(DPRK Chamber of Commerce)46 List of 2008 ActivitiesList of 2008 Activities 47