2008 POST-BUDGET PANEL DISCUSSION

As in previous years, in September, the Minister of Finance will have the Nation’s undivided attention. He will present the Budget on 7 September, 2007. His Budget is expected to address the issues of sustaining rapid economic recovery and growth, maintaining price, exchange rate and fiscal stability as well as continuing with the restructuring of the financial and corporate sectors.
In the run-up to the Budget, many ideas have been proferred on these issues. As the Year 2008 Budget takes up these issues, the approach, strategy and rationale will need careful examination. This, the Post-Budget Panel Discussion will provide, being, as it is, the occasion on which the Secretary-General to the Treasury will clarify and explain the Budget proposals. The discussion will be tightly focused on key issues, raised by a panel of notable experts in their respective fields. This year, the Discussion Panel will be headed by YBhg. Dato' Dr. Wan Abdul Aziz bin Wan Abdullah, Secretary-General of Treasury. The Panel Members are: Professor Dr. Norma Mansor, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administration; Professor Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin, Director-General, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia; and Tan Sri Datuk Yong Poh Kon, President, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers.
The Persatuan’s Post-Budget Panel Discussion has proved to be the most direct route to a clear understanding of the Government’s economic principles, its ranking of priorities and its expectations for the year to come.

PERSATUAN EKONOMI MALAYSIA/
ASIAN STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE/
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATION
Cordially invites you to the

2008 POST-BUDGET PANEL DISCUSSION

at Hilton Kuala Lumpur
Ballroom C, 6th Floor

on Monday, 10 September, 2007

Chairman:
Dato' Dr. Gan Khuan Poh
President
Persatuan Ekonomi Malaysia

Special Guest Speaker:
YBhg. Dato' Dr. Wan Abdul Aziz bin Wan Abdullah
Secretary-General of Treasury, Ministry of Finance

Panel Members:
Professor Dr. Norma Mansor
Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administration

Professor Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin
Director-General, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

Tan Sri Datuk Yong Poh Kon
President, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers


Programme
2.15 pm - 3.00 pm Registration/ Refreshments
3.00 pm - 3.30 pm Welcoming Remarks
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Keynote Address by Secretary-General of                                  the Treasury, Ministry of Finance
3.00 pm - 4.00 pm Comments by Panellists
4.00 pm - 4.30 pm Interaction with the Floor

Fees
Members                  RM    .160.00
Non-members          .RM     200.00


RSVP before 7 September, 2007
For further information, please contact:
Tel: 7956 0075/7967 3647  Fax: 7956 3139
Email: mgt@pem.org.my
Webpage: http://www.pem.org.my