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This year's ASEAN Roundtable, organised by ISEAS and supported by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, will focus on issues related to corporate governance in Southeast Asia. Some topics to be discussed include Political Institutions/Capacity and Corporate Governance in Southeast Asia, Economic Crisis and Corporate Governance Reforms in Southeast Asia as well as corporate governance in selected Southeast Asian countries.

Programm

Wednesday, 25 August 2004

8.30 am – 9.00 am

Registration

9.00 am - 9.15 am

Opening Remarks

Mr K KESAVAPANY

Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

Dr Colin DURKOP

Regional Representative for Southeast Asia, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Singapore

9.15 am – 9.45 am

Keynote Address (tbc)

Dr Madhav MEHRA

President, World Council of Corporate Governance, United Kingdom

9.45 am – 10.15 am

Reception

10.15 am – 12.30 pm

Session 1:

Corporate Governance Reform in Southeast Asia: Politics, Economic and Legal Issues. An Overview

Chairperson:

Mr K KESAVAPANY

Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

Paperwriters:

Dr WU Xun

Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Assoc Professor LOW Chee Keong

School of Accountancy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dr Dipinder S RANDHAWA

Department of Business, National University of Singapore

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm

Session 2:

Malaysia Corporate Governance Reform

Chairperson:

Professor Dr Manfred MOLS

Department of Political Science, University of Mainz, Germany

Paperwriters:

Assoc Professor CHEAH Kooi Guan

School for Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Mr Philip KOH Tong Ngee

Partner, Lee Hishammuddin, Kuala Lumpur

3.45 pm – 5.15 pm

Session 3:

Indonesia Corporate Governance Reform

Chairperson:

Dr Denis HEW Wei-Yen

Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Paperwriters:

Dr Djisman S SIMANJUNTAK

Executive Director, Prasetiya Mulya Business School, Jakarta

Dr Andrew ROSSER

University of Sussex

Thursday, 26 August 2004

9.15 am – 10.45 am

Session 4:

Thailand Corporate Governance Reform

Chairperson:

Dr Sakulrat MONTREEVAT

Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Paperwriters:

Dr Deunden NIKOMBORIRAK

Research Director, Sectoral Economic Programme, Thailand Development Research Institute

Mr Saravuth PITIYASAK

Law Lecturer, School of Law, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

11.00 am – 12.30 pm

Session 5:

Singapore Corporate Governance Reform

Chairperson:

Dr Jan ter WENGEL

Senior Economist, Economic & Social Institute

Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Paperwriters:

Ms Kala ANANDARAJAH

Partner, Rajah & Tann, Singapore

Dr HO Khai Leong

Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm

Session 6:

Philippines Corporate Governance Reform

Chairperson:

Mr Rodolfo SEVERINO

Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Paperwriters:

Professor Felipe ALFONSO

Director, RVR Center for Corporate Governance, Asian Institute of Management

Dr Mario B LAMBERTE

President, Philippine Institute of Development Studies

3.45 pm – 5.15 pm

Session 7:

Vietnam Corporate Governance Reform

Chairperson:

Dr David KOH Wee Hock

Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Paperwriter:

Dr Nick FREEMAN

Associate Senior Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore and Senior Advisor to Mekong Capital Ltd, Vietnam

Dr. Nguyen Van Thang

National Economics University

Business School, Hanoi

5.15 pm – 5.30 pm

Closing Remarks

Mr K KESAVAPANY

Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore