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Business Chamber chief Stephen Lee steps down
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Handing over: After six years at the helm of SBF, Mr Lee (left picture) passes the baton to Mr Chew (right picture), who has been a committee member of the federation since its inception
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SBF to focus on community formation
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Next phase will see greater participation from members, says new CEO
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S'pore SMEs tuned to foreign trade 
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"Participation rate comes to 70%, compared to 30% for counterparts in the Asia-Pacific,according to SBF head Teng Theng Dar"...
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The Enterprise Promotion @ SBF is an initiative by Singapore Business Federation to provide members an opportunity to Promote and Increase Visibility for their products and services.
EP@SBF Catalogue
EP@SBF Catalogue is another platform for all SBF members who participate at Enterprise Promotion @ SBF to further enhance their business profile, opportunities and prospects.
Distributing to thousands of visitors, visiting delegates and members from the many events that are conducted at our premises every year. We believe this will be a value added platform for members to promote their products and services to gain further international exposure.
An online version of the quarterly EP@SBF Catalogue is available at the following:
Issue 5 [ Aug | Sept | Oct 2008 ]
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Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Markets Advisory Service and SME Helpdesk is an advisory service cater to provide assistance to our members on a one-to-one basis with our panel of consultants.
Markets Advisory Service aims to provide market knowledge, facilitate networking and introduce contacts so as to ease market entry. At the same time, we also endeavor to assist members to take advantage of existing FTAs in order to tap into foreign markets. Currently, the Markets Advisory Service covers the following areas, namely, FTAs, ASEAN, South Asia (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), China (Fujian, Jilin and Shandong), Middle East (Egypt, Iran, Oman, UAE), North Africa (Algeria) and Europe (Italy).
SME Helpdesk aims to provide assistance to companies in areas such as Finance, Branding, Legal / Intellectual Property Rights, and Information On Government Incentives in order to enhance and upgrade their business capabilities.
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| SBF Business Exchange (BIZX) |
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BIZX is a portal where SBF members can post their business profiles and advertise
free to promote their products and services.
Visit the website at http://bizx.sbf.org.sg to register now.
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| Young Business
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| The Young Business Leaders
Forum (YBF) is an initiative of the Singapore Business
Federation (SBF). Our aim to nurture a group of young visionary
business leaders who are aware, articulate and willing to serve
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Embrace the power of Sourcing and Procurement in a one-stop
electronic marketplace that will give
Buyers more effective sourcing and
Suppliers wider market reach
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EnterpriseOne (One Network for Enterprises) is a multi-agency initiative managed by SPRING Singapore. The aim is to help local enterprises find the answers they need to start, sustain and grow their businesses.
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| Budget 2008
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The Minister for Finance, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, had delivered the FY2008 Budget Statement on Fri, 15 Feb. In his speech, Minister Tharman highlighted that this year Budget would be centred on 4 key thrusts: 1)to provide a full range of education and training opportunities for people; 2)to spur the growth of innovative enterprises with significant incentives; 3)to adjust tax policies so that Singapore stays competitive; 4)to continue to build a resilient community through strengthening financial security for retirement, and helping the less well-off in our society.
Notably, Budget 2008 is about shaping our national competitive edge and developing the capabilities of our people and enterprises. The key initiatives relating to business are:
1)Making innovation pervasive in our economy; 2)Enhancing business competitiveness; 3)Tax incentives to support start-ups; and 4)Other tax change.
For more details, please click on the following links to download the Budget related documents:
FY2008 Budget Statement
FY2008 Budget Highlights
Key Budget Initiatives - Benefits for Business
Key Budget Initiatives - Benefits for Individuals and Households
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UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
- Review of Article 95 Reservation |
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Singapore is the party for the United Nation Convention on Contract for the International Sal
of Goods ("CISG"). A reservation was made by Singapore under Article 95 of the CISG. The effect
of the reservation is to limit the scope of application of the CISG so that, under Singapore law,
the CISG will apply to contracts of sale of goods between parties from different states only when
both the states are Contracting States, and the CISG will not apply where one of the parties is
not from a Contracting State.
Associate Professor Gary Bell of NUS Facultly of Law argued that the rationale for the
reservation is no longer valid today. The reservation results in uncertainty which
discourages contractual parties from choosing Singapore law as the governing law of
the contract and also as the forum for resolving disputes relating to the CISG.
Please click here to read more on the consultation paper
SBF welcomes members' feedback using the REACH e-consultation
sdplatform.
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News Update
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TENG THENG DAR
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Mr Teng Theng Dar joins SBF as CEO with effect from 18 Feb 2008.
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Recent SBF Events
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Recent Libya Mission helped expedite S$175 million contract among other deals
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9th International Mining & Machinery Exhibition, Kolkata
(5 - 8 Nov 2008)
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The 5th China Import & Export Commodities Exhibition (Malaysia)
(18 - 21 Dec 2008)
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Clarification Notice
