ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable   Event videos    Home About Event Event Details Participants Profile Event Summary Event Videos PodCast Tax Special Media Coverage Photo Gallery Contact Us  1. Welcome Note by Co-Chair Dr Ernest Kan [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 1] ICPAS President Dr Ernest Kan welcomes the participants and shares with the panelists a quick review of the Singapore economy in 2009 View By Streaming  2. Welcome Note by Co-Chair Ms Jessica Tan [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 2] Co-Chair Ms Jessica Tan shares that 2010 Budget is aimed at promoting the three long-term objectives of “increasing wages, ensuring that there are quality jobs with the growth and ensuring that it is productivity focused. View By Streaming  3. Raising Productivity [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 3] Find out what the participants have to say about the Productivity and Innovation Credits Scheme. View By Streaming  4. ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable: Growing Globally Competitive Companies (A) [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 4] Find out what was lacking in our 2010 Budget, does that make Singapore less competitive? Can more be done by the government? Are SMEs prepared for the change brought about by the Budget? View By Streaming  5. ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable: Growing Globally Competitive Companies (B) [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 5] Participants discussed whether there could be greater flexibility in the use of funds for Business Associations. Can benefits and concessions for Mergers and Acquisitions be extended to enterprises? View By Streaming  6. ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable: Foreign Worker Levy (A) [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 6] Foreign worker levy (FWL) is an implicit minimum wage and, once raised, will lead to rising business costs. Would this aggravate the labour shortage issue in the healthcare sector? Find out more on what the participants had to say about FWL. View By Streaming  7. ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable: Foreign Worker’s Levy (B) [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 7] Will the control in foreign workers really increase productivity? Can certain industries be exempted from the FWL hike? Watch the discussion to find out. View By Streaming  8. Competitive Tax System (A) [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 8] Several participants spoke out against abolishment of the Industrial Building Allowances (IBA) at the Roundtable. Some were concerned that the spelling out of the qualifying sectors under the new Land Intensification Allowance (LIA) were too restrictive; others expressed skepticism on whether the LIA is capable of increasing land productivity among industrial users. View By Streaming  9. ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable: Competitive Tax System (B) [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 9] Watch the lively discussion on the "one great (missed opportunity) to shift to a current year tax system" as well as the effectiveness of introducing a new sunset clause on tax concession for offshore insurance businesses in Singapore Budget 2010. View By Streaming  10. Interview With Co-Chairpersons [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 10] Find out what Dr Ernest Kan and Ms Jessica Tan thought about the Roundtable discussion. View By Streaming  11. Interview With Participants [ICPAS 2010 Post-Budget Roundtable Part 11] In this series of Vox Pops, Ms Susan Chong, Mr Victor Tay, Mr Choo Eng Chuan, Mr Michael Tien and Mr Chia Nam Toon shared their thoughts on the discussion. View By Streaming