2015 UNSW Mining International Field Trip to Namibia and South AfricaFraser Perry
In July 2015, seven Mining Engineering students from UNSW Australian completed a one-month field trip in Namibia and South Africa.
The students visited thirtheen unique mining operations in diamond, uranium, platinum, manganese, copper and coal, spread across the value chain.
http://unswmining.com/
Insight Summit 2017: Intelligent Risk Taking - Active vs passive investing
Risk taking the ATP way - Kasper Lorenzen, Chief Investment Officer, ATP
Presented at the third annual Insight Summit conference held on 7 November 2017 by London Business School’s AQR Asset Management Institute.
RISE OF SINGAPORE: From WWII ashes to a great Phoenix
BMIR Program, Thammasat University: PO371 SOUTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS
Index:
1.Politics
2.Reliance on human resource
3.Education
4.Healthcare service
5.Economic development
6.Sustain economic development
7.Provision of housing
8.Singapore foreign relations
2015 UNSW Mining International Field Trip to Namibia and South AfricaFraser Perry
In July 2015, seven Mining Engineering students from UNSW Australian completed a one-month field trip in Namibia and South Africa.
The students visited thirtheen unique mining operations in diamond, uranium, platinum, manganese, copper and coal, spread across the value chain.
http://unswmining.com/
Insight Summit 2017: Intelligent Risk Taking - Active vs passive investing
Risk taking the ATP way - Kasper Lorenzen, Chief Investment Officer, ATP
Presented at the third annual Insight Summit conference held on 7 November 2017 by London Business School’s AQR Asset Management Institute.
RISE OF SINGAPORE: From WWII ashes to a great Phoenix
BMIR Program, Thammasat University: PO371 SOUTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS
Index:
1.Politics
2.Reliance on human resource
3.Education
4.Healthcare service
5.Economic development
6.Sustain economic development
7.Provision of housing
8.Singapore foreign relations
Summary: China's "One Belt One Road" Initiative: Insights for Finland. Team F...Team Finland Future Watch
What implications on business in shorter and longer term does the largest infrastructure initiative of our time - China’s “One Belt One Road” - provide for Finnish companies and for Europe in strategic terms? Team Finland Future Watch is contributing to the discussion by providing two studies on the subject: one for China and one for Kazakhstan. The following report is about the China’s OBOR initiative.
APEC Advancing Free Trade for Asia-pacific ProsperityRounak Bhatt
this presentation is all about APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation). This is for study purpose. how it works?, what its structure? who are members? and all such questions will get answered here...
Princes, Ambassadors and the Future of Southeast Asia: ASEAN, 2015 and Free T...Edelman Indonesia
The politics of the time was wonderfully complex – the Chinese community in Sarawak rejected Sarawak’s incorporation into Malaya after Sarawak’s improbable and originally British ‘white Rajahs’ ceded their nominally independent Kingdom to the His Britannic Majesty in just 1946 – while, in parallel, Communism seemed on the rise across Southeast Asia. Writing as a Brit myself, I am also aware that almost exactly forty years ago, in Jakarta, the Indonesians burned down our embassy; largely in protest at Britain’s corralling a hotchpot of British Imperial possessions in Southeast Asia to become the Malay Federation.
Summary: China's "One Belt One Road" Initiative: Insights for Finland. Team F...Team Finland Future Watch
What implications on business in shorter and longer term does the largest infrastructure initiative of our time - China’s “One Belt One Road” - provide for Finnish companies and for Europe in strategic terms? Team Finland Future Watch is contributing to the discussion by providing two studies on the subject: one for China and one for Kazakhstan. The following report is about the China’s OBOR initiative.
APEC Advancing Free Trade for Asia-pacific ProsperityRounak Bhatt
this presentation is all about APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation). This is for study purpose. how it works?, what its structure? who are members? and all such questions will get answered here...
Princes, Ambassadors and the Future of Southeast Asia: ASEAN, 2015 and Free T...Edelman Indonesia
The politics of the time was wonderfully complex – the Chinese community in Sarawak rejected Sarawak’s incorporation into Malaya after Sarawak’s improbable and originally British ‘white Rajahs’ ceded their nominally independent Kingdom to the His Britannic Majesty in just 1946 – while, in parallel, Communism seemed on the rise across Southeast Asia. Writing as a Brit myself, I am also aware that almost exactly forty years ago, in Jakarta, the Indonesians burned down our embassy; largely in protest at Britain’s corralling a hotchpot of British Imperial possessions in Southeast Asia to become the Malay Federation.
1. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
prepared by: Goran Jurum
Strategic Business Development Consultant
Asian Markets
Certified Board Member, CROMA 2008.
Certified Sales Consultant, CINCOM 2006.
E-mail: goran.jurum@inet.hr
Zagreb, 02./10./2010.
3. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
2010. World fastest growing economy (+17,9 % 1st
half)
• - Hub to enter SE & East Asian markets
(member of ASEAN-10)
• - Open, competive & innovative economy
• - The most globalized country in the World
• - World's top logistic hub (WB)
– - 5th
bussiest Sea-Port in the World & important
Airport-hub
• - World's leading financial centre (ranked 4th
)
• - World's most business friendly economy
4. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• - SE Asia off the Malaysian peninsula
• - separated by the Straits of Johor
• - multicultural cosmopolitan city – state
• - best quality life in Asia & 11th
overall in the
W.
• - 2nd
most densely populated country (after
5. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• Rankings: Singapore Changi Airport 2010: 1/190 & S.
Airline
• A. T. Kerney – Foreign Policy, Globalization Index 2006.: 1/62
• UN: HDI (2009.) 23/182
• Foreign Exchange reserves: 8/156
• External debt: 65/202
• The Wall Street Journal - Index of economic freedom (2008.):
2/155
• The Economist – Quality of life Index (2005.): 11/111
• WEF – Enabling Trade Index (2009.): 1/121
• - Global Competitiveness Index (2009-10): 3/133
• - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index:10/133
World Tourism Organization: 29th
of all countries
6. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• Comparison with Croatia:
• - Population: 5,0 mil., slightly over population
in Croatia (cca 4,5 mil.)
• - Surface area: 710 km2 comparing to 56.594
km2 (80 times bigger), Zagreb 641 km2
• GDP p/c (nominal 2009.) US$: 37.293 vs.
14.243
7. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
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8. Singapore – gateway to Asia
• AFTA – ASEAN Free Trade Area + ACIA
(ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Area):
- foundation for AEC
– - signed in 1992. in Singapore originally for
ASEAN-6
– - common external preferential tariff scheme to
promote mutual free flow of goods & services
within ASEAN
9. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• ASEAN-10: - Singapore (founding member
of AFTA), Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,
Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma
(Myanmar), Brunei
• ASEAN + 3: - China, Japan, S. Korea
• - India
• - Australia
10. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• ASEAN-10:
- bigger by the population than the EU-27 (0,5 bn.
inhabitants)
• - cohesive integration processes like in the EU
leading towards the creation of the ASEAN
Economic Community
• - stronger intra ASEAN possibilities for growth
(domestic demand)
• - populated with young skilled labor force
12. Gateway to Asia
• ASEAN-10:
• The aim is to creaate ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC) by 2015. like EU
• Integration based on 3 pillars: - security
• - socio-cultural
- economic
13. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• ASEAN-10 dialogue partners: (FTAs)
– - EU – FTA under negotiation
– - USA
– - China – ASEAN + 3, ACFTA from 2010.
– - Japan – ASEAN + 3
– - S. Korea – ASEAN + 3
– - India
– - Australia & N. Zealand
14. Singapore - Gateway to Asia
• Business travel in the Region:
• - Singapore: Croatain Passport holders travel to
Singapore VISA FREE (up to 30 days stay)
• - Malaysia: visa free travel up to 30 days
• - S. Korea: 30 days
• - Hong Kong: 14 days
• - Macao: 90 days
15. Singapore – Gatway to Asia
• EUs (EEAS) relations with ASEAN (2007.-
12.):
• Due to the political situation in Burma frozen,
but progressing after 16th
ASEAN-EU
Ministerial Meeting held in Nurnberg, 2007.
• EEC – the 1st
to est. relations with ASEAN in
1972. and in 1980. at ministerial level (Brux.)
• ASEM Summit, 2010., Oct. 4th
-5th
• EU – S. Korea Summit, 2010., Oct. 6th
16. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• Asia – Europe Meeting (ASEM):
• Informal dialogue process initiated in 1996.
between the 2 partenrs for better understanding
17. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• Croatia is expected to be 28th
member state of
the EU (envisaged membeship in 2012.)
• After joining the EU Croatia's relations will be
governed by the "acquis communitaire"
– - relaxing and easing of the visa regime
– - better insitutional umbrella under the EU
18. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF):
• Formal multilateral dialogue in APAC Region,
since 1994. consisting of 27 participants
• ASEAN-10 + EU, USA, China, Russia,
Canada, Japan, India, Pakistan, S. & N. Korea,
Australia, N. Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh,
Mongolia, Papua N. Guinea & Timor-Leste
19. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• Source: Tom Lister www.ExportBlueprint.com
• Export Success Report:
• http://media.exportblueprint.com.s3.amazonaws.com/
export_success_report.pdf
• Trade Statistics:
• http://www.exportblueprint.com/videos/tradestats.htm
l
• Applying the 80/20 principle:
• http://www.exportblueprint.com/videos/8020.html
• How to find Potential Intl. Distributors:
• http://www.exportblueprint.com/videos/distributors.ht
20. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• Web pages:
• www.business.gov.sg (Government)
• www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/asia/singapore
• https://app.stb.gov.sg/asp/index.asp (Singapore
Tourist Board)
• https://app.stb.gov.sg/asp/index.asp (Dialy
Newspapers)
21. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
• Thailand: Growth rate 6,25 % (GDP in 2010.)
• 38/139 on the WEF scale on competitiveness
• (permanently on the top 1/3 economies) beside
political turmoil
• 12th
on the scale for investor protection (ahead
of Japan, S. Korea, China, Australia, Italy,
France
• Oureach Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Philippines, India
22. Singapore – Gateway to Asia
prepared by: Goran Jurum for the Presentaion at
the Croatian Chamber of Economy
Strategic Business Development Consultant
Asian Markets
Certified Board Member, CROMA 2008.
Certified Sales Consultant, CINCOM 2006.
E-mail: goran.jurum@inet.hr
Zagreb, 02./10./2010.