Rekan-rekan milis Ahli Keuangan Indonesia, Minggu yang lalu kita baca di headline Kompas mengenai bea siswa pemerintah Singapura bagi siswa berbakat dari Indonesia. Orang dan otak di belakang ini semua adalah Philip Yeo, dulu adalah menteri perekonomian Singapura (EDB, atau Economic Development Board), dan sekarang adalah Chairman dari SPRING, suatu badan pemerintah Singapura yang bertujuan untuk mengembangkan aneka teknologi mutakhir. Dia baru saja selesai membangun kompleks technology incubation senilai USD 1 billion. Dan Selasa depan, di Jakarta, dia akan memberikan speech di suatu luncheon gathering (lihat di bawah). Synopsys dari ceramahnya bisa Anda baca di bawah.
Philip Yeo was appointed by the Singapore government to run their economy during the last Asian Crisis ten years ago. Who knows? They might call him back again. He is also the recipient of Harvard Business School Distinguished Alumni award two years ago. That's the highest recognition any alumni can obtain. Kalau pesan lewat rekan saya di HCI (Harvard Club of Indonesia), Lily Surya (lily.su...@gmail. <mailto:lily.su...@gmail.com> com), harga luncheon hanya Rp 200K, bukan Rp 250K (seperti yang dijual oleh British Chamber of Commerce, dan Singapore Chamber of Commerce), tapi harus bayar cash (tunai). Bilang aja, teman Hasan Soedjono dari milis Ahli Keuangan. Salam, -hms- _____ From: Lily Surya [mailto:lily.su...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:03 AM To: harvard-club-indone...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [harvard-club-indonesia] Reminder: Luncheon Speaker: Philip L. Yeo (5th of May @Ritz Pacific Place) Dear Harvard Club mailing list members, We would like to remind you to please sign up before the end of this week (latest is 1st of May). Cheers, Lily Harvard Club, in association with the British Chamber of Commerce and the Singapore Chamber of Commerce will present a Luncheon Speaker: Philip L. Yeo Economic Development in Singapore: Challenge of Staying Relevant By Philip L. Yeo - HBS'76 (Recipient of HBS 2006 Alumni Achievement Awards) Chairman, Agency for Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (Spring Singapore) Former Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board Singapore's 40+ years of economic development and transformation has been and continues to be fraught with challenges. In mid-80s, Philip Yeo took over as Chairman, Economic Development Board (EDB) when Singapore was in a recession. Under his leadership, EDB successfully diversified the economy and built strengths in industries that remain as key pillars of Singapore's manufacturing sector. He then turned to building R&D capacity as Chairman of A*Star to position Singapore for Knowledge-based economy. Currently, Philip leads SPRING Singapore in building depth and innovation capabilities of local SMEs. Philip would be sharing on the challenges and key initiatives in Singapore's economic transformation, his commitment to developing talent and laying critical foundations that would ensure Singapore stays relevant. Date: Tuesday, 5th of May 2009 Time: 12:00 noon until 2:00 pm Place: Ritz Carlton Pacific Place, 6th Floor Ballroom 3 A & B Philip L. Yeo's bio summary: Education Mr. Yeo graduated in 1970 in Applied Science (Industrial Engineering) from the University of Toronto under a Colombo Plan scholarship. He obtained a Master of Science (Systems Engineering) from the University of Singapore in 1974. In 1976, he obtained a Master in Business Administration from Harvard University under a Fulbright scholarship. Mr. Yeo has been conferred honorary PhDs from University of Toronto, Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Imperial College London for his work in Economic Development in Singapore and Asia. Career Philip Yeo served in the Administrative Service from June 1970 to 31 March 1999. He served in various appointments in the Ministry of Defense, including Permanent Secretary for logistics, technology research & development and defense industries. He left MINDEF to assume the appointment of Chairman, Economic Development Board in January 1986. During his EDB chairmanship, Yeo redirected EDB's focus from the traditional fields to new areas of business. These included: Internationally exportable services; developing high-tech industries like biomedical science, semiconductors, aerospace and specialty chemicals; nurturing local small and medium-sized enterprises and encouraging Singapore companies to make direct investments abroad. Mr. Yeo pioneered Singapore's participation in overseas infrastructure development projects such as those in the Bintan Industrial Estate and the Wuxi-Singapore Industrial Park in China. During this time, Philip Yeo also served as the first Chairman of the National Computer Board (now Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore from 1980 to 1987. He played a leading role in formulating and championing Singapore's first national computerisation plan to evolve the nation into the information age. Mr. Yeo was Board Member (from 1980) and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Singapore Technologies Holdings from 1987 to 1993. He also served as Chairman of Sembawang Corporation (1994 - 1998) and the successor SembCorp Industries (1998-1999), Pidemco Land (1999 - 2000) and CapitaLand formed from Pidemco after a merger (2000 -). Yeo stepped down as Chairman of A*STAR and become chairman of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (Spring Singapore) on 1 April 2007. He was also appointed senior adviser on science and technology to the Minister for Trade and Industry. In his role as Advisor for Economic Development in the Prime Minister's Office, Yeo will assist the Prime Minister's Office in establishing new economic links with interested foreign governments who value Singapore's development experience, and provide strategic inputs to establish strategic partnerships and open up opportunities with other fast-growing economies. Cost: Rp. 200.000 per person (payable at the door) To confirm attendance, please reply by email to lily.su...@gmail. <mailto:lily.su...@gmail.com> com by no later than midday on Friday, 1st of May 2009 so that we can confirm attendance to the venue. Cancellations after the 1st of May will be charged the full amount, as we will be responsible for payment to the venue. Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation. -- Lily Surya +62 818 404 626 . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=1194507/grpspId=1705043464/msgId =1153/stime=1240805013/nc1=5202322/nc2=3848585/nc3=5658258> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
