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Fireside
Chat with Lim Hwee Hua
"Government in Business- Friend or
Foe?"
Is government involvement in
business always good? This has attracted a constant and robust debate. Free
market economists have long argued that firms in private hands are superior
to those run by a government, hence the privatisation programme in many countries.
On the other hand,
many state owned enterprises
operate no differently from private corporations, with their own boards of
directors and with some being subjected to the demands of a stock exchange
listing. Regardless of how they perform, the government has a traditional
role of ensuring that national resources are well distributed among the
various sectors of the market while maintaining healthy government revenues.
Thus, we need a more nuanced approach — to both theory and at a practical
level about the ideal relationship between business and government.
Join us for an intimate fireside chat with
Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, author of the book "Government in Business- Friend
or Foe?" who will share her perspectives to discuss the intriguing issues
surrounding the achievement of such a balance for Singapore as well as for
other countries.
Mrs Lim Hwee Hua
serves as an executive director of Tembusu Partners, a senior adviser to US
private equity player Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, an independent non-executive member
of the Global Advisory Council of Ernst & Young, an independent director of
both Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd and Stamford Land Corporation Ltd, and
Honorary Chairman of Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS).
She previously
served as a Minister in the Prime Minister’s office and concurrently as Second Minister
for Finance and for Transport, Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the
Public Accounts Committee.
Mrs Lim is a
Cambridge alumnus and read Mathematics/Engineering at Girton College, Cambridge
from 1978-1981. She graduated with an MBA (major in Finance) from the Anderson
School of Management, UCLA in 1989.
Date: 21
January 2014
Venue: 2
Goodwood Hill
Time: 7pm
- mingling with food and drinks / 7.30pm to commence chat
Charges:
$15 per person on a cost recovery basis.
Members may bring one non-member guest at a cost of $30 per person.
Kindly
contact events@oxbridge.org.sg to verify your membership status,
if necessary.
Order for
the book may be made at the special promotional price of $25 (inclusive og
GST). Please use for the form enclosed.
Copies of the book will also be available for sale that evening,