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Sub-Committee 1: Seizing Growth Opportunities

  • Identify growth themes arising from global and regional trends that are relevant to Singapore’s strengths
  • Recommend strategies to:
    • Harness existing and develop new capabilities to capitalise on these opportunities
    • Tap effectively on global, Asian and ASEAN markets, taking into account potential for regional synergies.
Mr. Heng Swee Keat
Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Mr. Lothar Herrmann
CEO ASEAN, Siemens
Sub-Committee 2: Developing A Vibrant SME Landscape And Globally Competitive Local Enterprises

  • Recommend strategies to:
    • Develop a vibrant landscape of entrepreneurial activity
    • Foster the growth and internationalisation of local Globally Competitive Companies
    • Strengthen synergies between small and large enterprises
Mrs. Lim Hwee Hua
Minister (Prime Minister’s Office), 2nd Minister (Finance and Transport)
Dr. Ricky Souw
CEO Sanwa Group, President of Singapore Precision Engineering and Tools Association
Sub-Committee 3: Attracting And Rooting MNCs, Asian Enterprises And Global Mid-Sized Companies

  • Recommend strategies to:
    • Anchor MNCs in Singapore
    • Further diversify the base of global companies
      • Singapore as a base for Asian MNCs to internationalise
      • Attracting Global SMEs
Mr. Leo Yip
Chairman EDB
Ms. Deborah Henretta
Group President, Asia, Procter & Gamble
Sub-Committee 4: Growing Knowledge Capital

  • Recommend strategies to enhance the impact of our Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) framework:
    • Review the Knowledge Creation, Innovation and Enterprise value chain
    • Identify the key fields and areas in the value chain to focus resources on
    • Propose schemes to strengthen commercialisation of R&D
Mr. Lim Chuan Poh
Chairman A*STAR 
Dr. Jan-Anders Karlsson
CEO S*Bio
Sub-Committee 5: Making Singapore a Leading Global City

  • Recommend strategies to create:
    • A vibrant multi-cultural city that provides an outstanding quality of life
    • The best home for Singaporean and global talent
    • A hub for creative enterprise
Radm(NS) Lui Tuck Yew
Acting Minister (Information, Communications and the Arts)
Mr. Gautam Banerjee
Executive Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore
Sub-Committee 6: Fostering Inclusive Growth

  • Recommend strategies to:
    • Create quality jobs and enhance skills and capabilities to achieve broad-based income growth
    • Improve enterprise productivity
    • Ensure a sustainable foreign worker population that complements our local workforce and supports a high-productivity economy
Mr. Gan Kim Yong
Minister (Manpower)
Mrs. Josephine Teo
Assistant Secretary-General, NTUC
Sub-Committee 7: Ensuring Energy Resilience and Sustainable Growth

  • Recommend strategies to
    • Enhance our energy security and resilience for the medium to long term.
    • Develop a vibrant and competitive energy sector and promote greater innovation.
    • Prepare Singapore for a carbon-constrained world
Mr. S Iswaran
Senior Minister of State (Trade and Industry, Education)
Mr. Jen Kwong Hwa
MD Micron Semiconductor Asia
Sub-Committee 8: Maximising Value from Land as a Scarce Resource

  • Recommend strategies to
    • Optimise and prioritise land use to support sustained economic growth
    • Expand supply of land and space in Singapore
Ms. Grace Fu
Senior Minister of State (National Development, Education)
Mr. Wong Fong Fui
Chairman and CEO, Boustead Singapore Ltd
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