SYNOPSIS

The landmark General Election on 8 November 2015 has seen the National League for

Democracy (NLD) won strong mandate to take Myanmar to new heights of development.

With the world eyeing closely on the transition and ready to participate in the growth of

the frontier economy, Myanmar is poised for change. Even before this election, the rapidly

developing economy has seen strong growth rates (>8%) since their opening up in 2011.

Coupled with a young population of 52 million, the US$65 billion economy strategically

located in the centre of China, India and mainland Southeast Asia has seen strong FDI into

the country to help her development, especially in her infrastructure.

Singapore companies should not miss the opportunity to find out more through this

seminar and are encouraged to explore opportunities in this rapidly developing economy.

PROGRAMME

8.30am Registration & Networking 9.00am Welcome Address by BCA

Mr. Koh Lin Ji, Group Director, International Development Group

Building and Construction Authority (Singapore) 9.10am Myanmar Developments

Mr. Tin Soe, Economic Counsellor

Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Singapore 9.30am Future of Yangon: Issues and Challenges

Ms. Su Mon Thaw, Assistant Engineer

Yangon City Development Committee 10.00am Foreign Investment Law in Myanmar

Mr. Minn Naing Oo, Managing Director

Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar) Co., Ltd. 10.30am Tea Break 11.00am Myanmar Post-Election in 2016: What Augurs For Development & Construction

– Opinions & Perspectives from Surbana Jurong Consultants

Mr. Lee Leong Seng, General Manager

Surbana International Consultants (Myanmar) Co., Ltd. 11.30am Developments and Opportunities in Yangon

Mr. Han Kyi, Executive Committee Member

Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association 12.00pm Prospective Infrastructure Developments in Mandalay

Mr. Kyaw Paing, Vice President

Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association 12.30pm Business Financing in Myanmar

Mr. Jonathan Lim, Executive Director and Regional Head of Global Business

Development

United Overseas Bank of Singapore 12.50pm BuildTech Series Exhibition

SPHERE Exhibits 1.00pm Networking Lunch

SPEAKERS

Mr. Koh Lin Ji

Group Director, International Development Group

Building and Construction Authority (Singapore)

Mr. Koh Lin Ji has taught and researched in economics in the University of Ottawa

from 1982 – 1985 and worked on an econometric forecasting for the Singapore

Economy in the National University of Singapore from 1986 – 1989.

He joined BCA (then known as the Construction Industry Development Board) in

1989 and developed the first econometric forecasting model for the Singapore

construction sector. Under his supervision, his team formulated the first Singapore

Construction Tender Price Index, developed and managed the ports at Lorong Halus

and Tuas for the imports of sand and granite and made forecasts for construction

trends in Singapore between 1990 and 2002.

Mr. Koh moved on in 2002 to promote BCA services and Singapore firms overseas,

in particular China, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. He is now the

Group Director for the International Development Group in BCA. His team also set

up the BCA International to facilitate the export of BCA services overseas.

Mr. Koh led the BCA team to work with his Chinese counterpart to develop the

green building standards and regulations for major cities and agencies in China;

some examples are the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city, the Sino-Singapore

Guangzhou Knowledge City, the Beijing Municipal Construction Decoration

Association. He was involved in green building assessments and gave talks on green

building policies in China.

Mr. Tin Soe

Economic Counsellor

Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Singapore

Mr. Tin Soe is the Economic Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of the Union

of Myanmar, Singapore.

He graduated with B.A (English) (Q) and M.A (English) from Mandalay University,

Myanmar in 1992 and 1997 respectively. He started his teaching career as Tutor to

Associate Professor 1997 to 2015 May at the Mandalay Technological University,

University of Computer Studies– Mandalay, and Myanmar Aerospace Engineering

University.

He was the Deputy Director at Foreign Relations Office of the Department of

Technology Promotion and Coordination under the Ministry of Science and

Technology from June to December 2015. In the same period, he was also attached

to the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development.

SPEAKERS

Ms. Su Mon Thaw

Assistant Engineer, Urban Planning Unit

Yangon City Development Committee

Ms. Su Mon Thaw is an engineer at Urban Planning Unit of Yangon City

Development Committee (Yangon City Hall). She holds a Master degree in Civil

Engineering and is the Member of Heritage Works Yangon 2015.

She coordinated the Project for the Strategic Urban Development Plan of the

Greater Yangon with the JICA study team. She also participated in EU Capacity

Building Project and New Town Project for the Yangon City.

Ms. Su is fluent in English and Myanmar and her interest lies in Land Development

and Planning, Construction Management and Structure.

Mr. Minn Naing Oo

Managing Director

Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar) Co., Ltd.

Mr. Minn is the Managing Director of Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar) Co., Ltd. and a

Partner of Allen & Gledhill LLP. He has extensive experience advising on banking

and finance, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure projects, corporate and

commercial, and arbitration. He has acted for multinational corporations,

multilateral agencies, financial institutions, private equity funds and Myanmar

conglomerates.

Mr. Minn is a legal adviser to the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of

Commerce and Industry and the Chairman of the Myanmar International

Arbitration Centre Formation Committee. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered

Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore International

Arbitration Centre and Director at the Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore. He

was presented papers, written or spoken widely on international arbitration,

international trade and competition policy.

Mr. Minn graduated form the National University of Singapore with an LLB in 1996.

he was called to the Singapore Bar in 1997, and he obtained an LLM in 2001 from

Columbia University as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He is fluent in English,

Myanmar and Malay.

SPEAKERS

Mr. Lee Leong Seng

General Manager

Surbana International Consultants (Myanmar) Co., Ltd.

(A member of Surbana Jurong)

As the country head for Surbana Jurong (Myanmar), Mr. Lee leads a team of 32

staff providing consultancy services in the areas of Urban/Township

Masterplanning, Architecture, M&E and C&S Engineering, Quantity Surveyor,

Infrastructure, Aviation and Building Management solutions.

Mr. Lee also has extensive experience in Project Development and Management.

He held various positions in companies such as CapitaLand, NTUC Choicehomes

and UOL. He also has business development experience in Malaysia and Vietnam.

His accomplishments include leading a team to streamline processes for Project

Quality Management system and clinching numerous design, green and

sustainability awards for various developments.

Mr. Han Kyi

Executive Committee Member

Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association

Mr. Han Kyi graduated from Physics Kyeemindine University, Yangon, Myanmar in

1990. He is the Executive Director of Construction & Housing Development Bank,

where it is a semi-government bank established to provide financial solutions for

affordable housing.

He also takes on the role of Director for GC Development Co., Ltd, Constructive

Engineers Ltd and Creation (Myanmar) Co., Ltd.

GC Development Co., Ltd is an emerging property developer with 5 development

projects in Yangon & Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

Constructive Engineers Ltd is one of the largest HVAC & Elevators contractors in

Myanmar representing Carrier Air con and Otis Elevators of United Technologies

for more than 40 years. Creation (Myanmar) Co., Ltd is one of the largest retailers in

Myanmar operating more than 200 retail outlets & franchisee of Mango, Charles &

Keith, Giordano, Bonia, Crocs, Clarks, etc.

SPEAKERS

Mr. Kyaw Paing

Vice President

Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association

Mr. Kyaw Paing is a trained lawyer with in-depth knowledge of Myanmar

corporate and financial law. He has 18 years of experience in Criminal & Civil law

practices and specializes as a Property Lawyer. He is also the founder of SPA/FMI

group of companies established since 1991 to 2013. He has 22 years of

experience in areas such as Business, Real estate, Manufacturing Services,

Agriculture and Automobile industries.

He is also the Vice President of Myanmar Construction Entrepreneur Association,

the Chief Executive Officer of the Myanmar Construction Development (MCD)

Public Co., Ltd and director of Mandalay Myotha Industrial Development Co., Ltd.

He was also a former national golf player who has represented Myanmar around

the region.

Mr. Jonathan Lim

Executive Director and Regional Head of Global Business Development

United Overseas Bank of Singapore

Mr. Jonathan Lim is currently with United Overseas Bank’s Group Commercial

Banking as Executive Director & Regional Head Global Business Development.

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has charted steady growth the past 80 years

to establish itself as a leading bank in Singapore. Today, the UOB Group has a

network of more than 500 offices spanning 19 countries and territories in Asia

Pacific, Western Europe and North America.

Jonathan has more than 18 years of experience in the banking industry with

background in commodities financing, investment banking and commercial

banking. In the last 10 years, he was responsible for growing the cross border

business for UOB Group Commercial Banking and is currently leading an

experienced team of cross border lending specialists in regional business

development. He is also involved in the setup of FDI Advisory service which is the

first in such service for foreign direct investments offered by banks in Singapore.

Jonathan is fluent in English and Chinese.

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