I invite you to join me in attending this economic forum.
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“NEW POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR MALAYSIA TO RE-START SUSTAINED HIGH GROWTH”
Introduction :
We are glad to inform you that Selangor State Government through SSIC (Selangor State Investment Centre) Berhad will be organising the above forum.
Date : 4th September 2009 (Friday),
Time : 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Venue : Bilik Gerakan, 2nd Floor, Bangunan Annex, Pejabat Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Map to venue
Objective :
The Objective of this forum is to provide updated information regarding the current economic situation. The speaker for this forum is Professor Woo Wing Thye, University of California, Davis.
Who should attend :
- Investors / Entrepreneurs / Industry players
- Financial Institutions
- Researcher
- Education Institutions
- Government Agencies
- Students
- Individuals who interested
Speaker Profile :
Wing Thye Woo (胡永泰)
Professor of Economics
B.A., Economics, Swarthmore College, 1976
B.Sc., Engineering, Swarthmore College, 1976
M.A., Economics, Yale University, 1978
M.A., Economics, Harvard University, 1982
Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1982
Research Interests: International and Domestic Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Comparative Economic Systems.
Current Research: Sustainable Economic Growth, Provision of Global Public Goods, Economic Geography, Fiscal Decentralization, Restructuring of State-Owned Enterprises, International Capital Flows. With emphasis on China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the United States.
He is Professor at University of California at Davis, Yangtze River Scholar at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, Director of the East Asia Program within The Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Wing Thye Woo has advised a number of governments on macroeconomic and exchange rate management, state enterprise restructuring, trade issues, and financial sector development. He was a member of Consultant Team to China’s Ministry of Finance that helped to design the tax and exchange rate reforms implemented in January 1994; and the report has been published as Fiscal Management and Economic Reform in the People’s Republic of China, Oxford University Press, 1995. During 1997-1998, Wing Thye Woo served as a special advisor to the U.S. Treasury; and from 2002-2005, he was the Special Advisor for East Asian Economies in the Millennium Project of the United Nations.
Wing Thye Woo was born in 1954 in Penang, Malaysia, where he was a member of the 2nd. Georgetown (S) Senior Scout Troop, out of Methodist Boys’ School.
For more info on Professor Wing Thye Woo, please view his detailed bio statement, list of professional highlights and CV.
Admission:
FREE for students, Selangor state government officers, councilors, wakil rakyat and their assistants.
RM 50 for others and all payment can be made by cash or cheque to SSIC BERHAD.
How to get there:
Dewan Annex is the low-rise building adjoining Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor. If driving, you may follow signboards pointing to Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (Bangunan SSAAS). Map to venue
How to register:
Programme and registration form
Please complete the form and fax to 03-55196403 / 5511 2008 before or on 3rd September 2009
You can also mail the form to (together with payment if applicable):
SSIC BERHAD
24th Floor, Wisma MBSA, Persiaran Perbandaran, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor
Phone : 603-55102005 / 2006 / 55132007 / 55117988 / 55117990
Fax : 603-55196403/55112008
E-mail : [email protected]
URL : www.ssic.com.my
For any enquiries, please contact Mr Farid / Ms. Siti Balqis / Ms Liyana at 03-5510 2005 or email [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected]
Thank you.
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