Panel Discussion - The Next Chapter in the Singapore Success Story

• Beyond the IRs and F1, what should property investors be excited about next for Singapore?
• Future directions that will have an impact on investor strategies and decision-making.
  
• Finding the ROI sweet spot - where can property investors find the strongest growth? (Commercial, residential, retail, and hospitality compared)
• In for the long haul - Singapore's resilience to issues like the sub-prime credit crunch and competition

Singapore Showcase: Global Prospects, Liquidity and Property as an Asset Class

• Global credit crunch: US sub-prime, is it still contained or contagion?
• Risks: Critical things to watch out for - US, China, oil prices, unwinding of risk
• Growth prospects for Asia
• Sources of global liquidity
• FX and interest rate outlook

Mr. Jimmy KOH Chew Teck
Head of Economics-Treasury
United Overseas Bank Group

Jimmy Koh is vice president, head of economics-treasury research at United Overseas Bank (UOB) in Singapore. His main responsibilities include leading a team of economists in macro-economic research of G7 and Asian emerging markets, formulating foreign exchange and interest rate trading strategies. He is also involved in regular discussions with regional central banks, as well as multilateral agencies such as IMF and World Bank.

Panel Discussion - The Next Chapter in the Singapore Success Story

• Beyond the IRs and F1, what should property investors be excited about next for Singapore?
• Future directions that will have an impact on investor strategies and decision-making.
  
• Finding the ROI sweet spot - where can property investors find the strongest growth? (Commercial, residential, retail, and hospitality compared)
• In for the long haul - Singapore's resilience to issues like the sub-prime credit crunch and competition

Karamjit SINGH
Managing Director
Credo Real Estate (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Karamjit has some 15 years of real estate consultancy and marketing experience from work at Henry Butcher Appraisal Group, Colliers Jardine and Jones Lang LaSalle, before cofounding Credo Real Estate.

Credo Real Estate is a property consultancy specializing in real estate investments and collective sales. Within six years, it established itself as a market leader in terms of volume and value of sites sold – with projects totaling S$2.2 billion in 2007 alone. This includes Singapore’s largest ever private residential land transaction for the 618-unit Farrer Court at S$1.3388 billion.

Karamjit holds a first-class honors degree in finance from the National University of Ireland, along with an Advance Diploma in Real Estate & Property Management and a Diploma in Business Administration.

Panel Discussion - The Next Chapter in the Singapore Success Story

• Beyond the IRs and F1, what should property investors be excited about next for Singapore?
• Future directions that will have an impact on investor strategies and decision-making.
  
• Finding the ROI sweet spot - where can property investors find the strongest growth? (Commercial, residential, retail, and hospitality compared)
• In for the long haul - Singapore's resilience to issues like the sub-prime credit crunch and competition

Bill JAMIESON
Senior Foreign Legal Advisor
Colin Ng & Partners

Bill Jamieson’s areas of expertise include corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, funds and structured finance. He has considerable experience in cross-border corporate and finance transactions, and has advised multi-national, public and private companies, financial institutions, governments and multi-lateral institutions during 8 years in the City of London and 14 years in Asia.

Prior to joining CNP as a senior foreign legal advisor in June 2004, Bill was a partner in a well-known international law firm and was based in Singapore. He has been consistently rated as a leading individual in Corporate/M&A by the Asia Pacific Legal 500, most recently in its 2006/2007 edition.

Panel Discussion - The Next Chapter in the Singapore Success Story

• Beyond the IRs and F1, what should property investors be excited about next for Singapore?
• Future directions that will have an impact on investor strategies and decision-making.
  
• Finding the ROI sweet spot - where can property investors find the strongest growth? (Commercial, residential, retail, and hospitality compared)
• In for the long haul - Singapore's resilience to issues like the sub-prime credit crunch and competition

Raymond Chow
CEO
Ray Harcourts International Real
Estate Group

Outlook of the Commercial Real Estate Sector for 2008

“Understand the key driving forces pushing Singapore’s sustainable growth and profitability from a commercial property demand and supply perspective.”

• Will rental rates continue to climb?
• Future supply of office space, will it be enough to meet demand
• Transitional Office, will it help to moderate the rise of office rental rates?
• Relocating some operations out of the CBD – To go or not to go?

Mr. Swee Yong KU
Director - Marketing & Business Development
Savills Singapore

Swee Yong is currently heading up Savills Singapore’s regional Marketing and Business Development efforts. He is involved in the managing of the residential sales teams and the growth of corporate business and cross border investments.

Swee Yong joined Savills from Far East Organization where he was the General Manager of the organisation’s representative office in Indonesia.

Prior to that, he was a Director heading up Singapore Tourism Board’s Jakarta office, helping drive up tourist traffic to Singapore from more than 20 Indonesian cities.

Swee Yong's colourful career which spanned over 12 years revolved around the activities of sales and market development for corporations such as Singapore Airlines, HSBC Securities and Shell Chemicals.

Legal Perspectives on Investing in Singapore Real Estate

• Overview of legal / regulatory framework
• Ownership of real estate
• Types of real estate available to foreign owners
• Vehicles of ownership for foreign owners
• Brief introduction to REITs

Mr. Kin San HO
Partner
Corporate Real Estate, Allen & Gledhill LLP

Ho Kin San is a Partner of Corporate Real Estate in Allen & Gledhill LLP.  His areas of practice include regional investments, direct and indirect acquisitions, joint ventures, development projects and real estate investment trusts.

Kin San regularly acts for major developers in their acquisitions and development of commercial, industrial and residential projects. He also acts for investors and developers in property joint ventures.

Kin San was involved in the establishment of the CapitaMall Trust and the Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, respectively the first and second successfully listed property unit trusts in Singapore, and the asset securitisation of Metro Holdings Limited's stake in Ngee Ann City. Recently, Kin San was also involved in the establishment of the Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust, CDL Hospitality Trusts, First REIT and Lippo-Mapletree Indonesia Retail Trust.

Overview of Residential Property in Singapore

“With the impact of the integrated resorts on luxury property prices, where next for the residential property investor?”

• An update of the bull run
• A tale of two segments: Prime residential and suburban
• Past market drivers: Will they still work in 2008
• Forecast for 2008

Mr. Nicholas MAK
Director
Knight Frank Singapore

Mr Mak currently heads the Consultancy & Research Dept at Knight Frank in Singapore, overseeing a team of analysts and executives responsible for client advisory and research assignments. He has held various positions in the real estate industry, chiefly in the areas of research, consultancy and business development.

He has provided real estate advisory services to major organizations such as the Singapore Government, real estate funds, developers and financial institutions. He also has regional experiences in various countries. In addition, he manages media enquiries on various aspects of the real estate market and provides extensive commentaries to the media.

Mr Mak graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney with a degree majoring in Economics and Finance and also attained the Master of Science in Real Estate at the National University of Singapore.

A Look at Retail Property 2008

“Uncovering investment opportunities amidst Singapore’s next billion dollar projects that are spear-heading a competitive retail sector.”

• Reshaping the Singapore retail property – the arrival of ION, Somerset Central…
• Demand and supply drivers for the Retail property sector
• F1, IRs, Singapore Flyers, are these enough buzz to propel us forward?
• US credit crunch and possible impact on the Singapore retail property market
• Which are the star retail properties for rental now and in the near future

Dr. Yang Liang CHUA
Head of Singapore Research
Jones Lang LaSalle

Current Responsibilities
Dr Chua Yang Liang is Local Director of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Research team. As a team leader for the firm’s local and sub-regional research service, he is responsible for the research and market commentary in Singapore and South East Asia which includes Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia. Specific responsibilities include research forecasts and analysis for the local auctions, commercial, industrial, investment, residential and retail sectors as well as conducting client specific market research. Dr Chua is also Jones Lang LaSalle’s media spokesperson for the Singapore property market. He oversees a team of three senior research analysts and works closely with the regional Real Estate Intelligence Service (REIS) team based in Singapore.

Experience
Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Dr Chua lectured in urban planning at the University of Pennsylvania where he helped developed an online service for the provision of socio-demographic and economic data using Geographical Information Systems. He was also one of the recipients of a US Department of Housing and Development (HUD) Federal grant to research on neighborhood transitions using spatial statistics and multi-agent simulation.

Positions
Dr Chua was an urban planner with the Urban Redevelopment Authority from 1995 to 1998, where his responsibilities included the preparation of Development Guide Plans, strategic policies and transportation studies. He had also conducted a year-long research study that benchmarked Singapore against other world cities and is one of the lead contributors on Land Use and Environment in the Singapore Futures Project by the Institute of Policy Studies.

Education and Affiliations
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Masters in City Planning, University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science (Estate Management), First Class Honours, National University of Singapore

A Singapore Welcome - An Investor's Briefing on Singapore's Hospitality Sector

“Key insights into the catalysts that are driving the skyrocketing demand for hospitality.”

• The Global Outlook and how Singapore's hospitality sector benefits
• Beyond Gaming: Broader implications for the hospitality sector through MICE, health and education travel
• Reaping the benefits of being a travel hub
• Keeping the welcome mat out: challenging times ahead will not dent the hospitality sector's long-term viability

Mr. Alvin LIEW
Economist, SE Asia, Global Research
Standard Chartered Bank

Alvin is an economist with the Standard Chartered’s Global Research team. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for monitoring the financial and economic development of SE Asian economies, specifically Singapore and Malaysia.

Alvin first joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore as an economist in 2000 after graduating from National University of Singapore, with an Honours Bachelor of Social Science degree (majoring in Economics). He performed an integral role in a team overseeing and strategising the development and direction of Singapore’s exchange rate policy till 2005. Subsequently, he joined UOB Group as an economist providing research and analysis coverage for Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines in 2006 and 2007 before joining the Global Research team in Standard Chartered. Alvin advises external clients and various departments at Standard Chartered Bank, such as the Global Market business, Asset Liability Committee and Credit Policy Committee. He is also quoted regularly in both local and international financial media, including CNA, AFP, Reuters and Bloomberg.

A Singapore REIT Health Check

• A comparative analysis of Singapore REITs against global and emerging market REITs
• Singapore REITs Hardiness - A critical look at the fundamentals driving S-REITs
• Performance of Singapore REITs as an asset class and is there a correlation between market performance
• Weathering the Storm - Global and Singapore market realities and the impact on S-REITs
• Singapore top performing property portfolios for ROI

Mr. Peter MITCHELL
Chief Executive Officer
Asian Public Real Estate Association

Overview of Residential Property in Singapore

• Basic taxation of property companies in Singapore and their issues
• Structuring a Singapore property acquisition from overseas
• REITs and their favoured status
• Hopes and horizons

Mr. David SANDISON
Tax Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

David is a partner in PwC Singapore’s Tax practice and has some 24 years of tax experience in South East Asia. He has spent most of his time dealing with international advisory work across a whole spectrum of industries including energy, communications, construction, shipping, real estate, banking and insurance.

As the head of the Fund Management division in the Financial Services section of the Tax practice, he is regularly involved in helping clients structure their venture capital, private equity and wealth management projects, and works closely with the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, and Banking and Capital Markets teams. He helps merchant banks devise and develop structured finance products, assists hedge fund start-ups with their structure and approach, as well as other clients in bringing REITS to market. Apart from this, he also leads the Tax training and technical department for the firm.

Real Estate Derivatives

Dr. Seow Eng ONG
Professor, Department of Real Estate
National University of Singapore

Dr ONG Seow Eng is Professor of Real Estate at the National University of Singapore. He holds a PhD in Finance from Indiana University and has substantial experience in investment and portfolio management, derivative analysis and property valuation. He held office as president, Asian Real Estate Society (2002/3) and president, International Real Estate Society (2006/7). Seow Eng was the recipient of the 2005 International Real Estate Society achievement award for outstanding research, education and practice at the international level. His research interest includes securitized real estate, REITs, real estate derivatives, mortgage prepayment and default, price discovery and housing finance issues.