Dear Friends,

Partof the line-up of initiatives promoted by our Singapore partners thisyear as we celebrate the 40th Year Anniversary of thePhilippine-Singapore Relations is a seminar about “Doing Business inthe Philippines” on 10 November 2009 hosted by the Singapore BusinessFederation (SBF). The Philippine

Twodistinguished Filipino speakers representing the Philippine Departmentof Trade and Industry’s National Competitiveness Council and also thePhilippine Quality Award Foundation have been invited to provide themacro and micro perspectives of the current business environment in thePhilippines. They will also share their expert insights on thecountry’s competitiveness and future business outlook.

Iencourage our network of Filipino professionals to support this effortto raise awareness about the Philippines as a potential partner inbusiness. As we all work jointly work towards immediate relief effortsdue to the recent calamities in the country, we are equally determinedto work towards the long-term sustainability of our country throughbusiness initiatives that continue to strongly support the economy. Ilook forward to meeting you and some of your interested businesscontacts in this session. From the interest we generate in thisseminar, we hope to follow this through with subsequent businessinitiatives and a possible business mission trip to the Philippinesnext year.

As seats are limited, I encourage you to kindly register soon at http://www.sbf.org.sg (Events and Services section – 10 Nov 2009 Seminar).

Tofacilitate an engaging discussion forum during this session, we inviteregistered participants to kindly complete a brief Focus Group survey(7 questions) to help us understand the specific needs of our audience.

Survey Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=HbeY0VckF_2fA5BbKf82WDQw_3d_3d

Closing Date (for registration and for the Focus Group survey): 4 Nov 2009

All the best.

Sincerely yours,

Minda Calaguian-Cruz (sgd)

Ambassador

SBF Events

DATE: Tuesday, NOVEMBER 10, 2009

TIME: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

VENUE: SBF  SEMINAR ROOM 2, HOE CHIANG ROAD, #21-01 KEPPEL TOWERS SINGAPORE 089315

 ATTIRE: BUSINESS ATTIRE

 Singapore consistently ranks among the top countries in the world inrelation to ease of doing business. Faced with the challenges of therecent global economic downturn in 2008, Singapore remained resilientdespite its high dependence on foreign export markets. The country'srobust policy and process infrastructure, among other features havekept its economy strong and able to grow.

Strengthened, Singapore continues to actively explorebusiness opportunities not only in potential large markets as India andChina but in a special way, it seeks investment opportunities andbusiness ventures with its neighboring countries in Southeast Asia.Compared to other ASEAN countries, e.g. Vietnam, Indonesia andThailand, there seems to be a void of information in public mediaregarding potential business opportunities between Singapore and thePhilippines, the latter being a country rich in natural resources andendowed with a large pool of English-speaking and professionallyqualified human resources.

As we celebrate the 40th year anniversary of the Singapore-Philippine Diplomatic Relationsthis year of 2009, the Singapore Business Federation brings to you aseminar about the dynamics of doing business in the Philippines e.g.investment opportunities, market expansion, joint ventures andpartnerships, offshoring, etc.

• Please fax registration form to reserve a seat. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Please mail in this registration form with a cheque made payable to the ‘Singapore Business Federation’ to SBF (10 Hoe Chiang Road, #22-01, Keppel Towers, Singapore 089315).Please indicate the Ref No., company name and participant’s name at the back of the cheque.
• Confirmation of your registration will be emailed to your company.
• Please present email confirmation for admission to seminar room. No withdrawal upon registration but a replacement is allowed. We regret that no refund will be made for cancellation or non-attendance. Full fees will be charged for cancellation and non-attendance.