Opportunities in Myanmar Port Business and A shipyard will be seeking foreign investors at conference in Singapore. - PR Inside

2012-06-13 10:09:19 - Two senior officials from Myanmar MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT will brief participants of the 6th Myanmar Business Conference on Port business and a Shipyard expansion plan respectively.

The 6th Myanmar Business Conference on 16 & 17 July 2012 in Singapore will have 10 Key Myanmar officials speaking on Foreign Investment laws, Condominium laws, legal aspects of doing business in Myanmar, update on Investment climate and opportunities in the specific industries.

U Soe Thein, Deputy Chief Engineer, Myanmar Port Authority will speak on Current situation of Yangon Pro-economic opportunity for port business & relevant laws and regulation Current situation, Economic opportunities, Potential Projects, Privatisation, Deep sea port projects, Oil & Gas terminal, Dawei development, Terminal at Thilawa port area.

U Kyaw Kyaw, Assistant General Manager, Myanma Shipyard will inform participants of Investment opportunities for shipbuilding industry in Myanma shipyards – Present capability and capacity, Expansion Plan, Investment Opportunity

Mr William Tan, the organiser of the 6th Myanmar Business Conference said “Myanmar is ready for business and at the conference many details will be disclosed and participants are expected to follow-up with them directly to pursue their interests.

Speakers will also be discussing the relevant laws that affect the investments of the specific industry concerned.

Other key officials from various ministries will speak on opportunities in Oil & Gas, Hotel & Tourism, Urban Redevelopment, and Telecommunication. They will also invite delegates to participate in the development of their industry.

For more details of the 6th Myanmar Business Conference – Business Opportunities in Myanmar, Hear it from the Officials, Please email conf@frc.com.sg
Conference brochure at www.frc.com.sg/6conference.pdf or Website www.frc.com.sg/6mbc.htm

About the Myanmar Business Conference series: www.myanmarbusinessconference.com

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A death in Cuba exposes business as usual - Foreign Policy

Sadly, the tragic death of another Cuban dissident hunger striker will not change conditions in that island-prison nor provoke governments to reassess their historical indulgence of the Castro regime's crimes. Business as usual will continue.

In fact, this week, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is in Cuba promoting business opportunities for Brazilian companies. She plans no meetings with Cuban dissidents.

But the Jan19 death of 31-year-old dissident Wilman Villar Mendoza will not be in vain. Indeed, when decent people arrive in Cuba to pick through the rubble left by the most oppressive regime this hemisphere has ever seen, his sacrifice -- and that of thousands of Cuban martyrs before him -- will be rightly honored on Cuban soil.

But if there is one immediate purpose that the tragic death of Wilman Villar can serve, it is to put the definitive lie to the currently fashionable meme that Cuba, under Raúl Castro, "is changing."

For example, according to the Associated Press, Cuba just wrapped up a "dramatic year of economic change." The BBC informs us, "Cuba expands free-market reforms," while Reuters adds, "Cuba to free 2,900 in sweeping amnesty."

Frankly, the only thing sweeping Cuba these days -- besides the ongoing state repression -- is the hyperbole in foreign correspondents' dispatches.

I have dealt with Cuba's smoke-and-mirrors reforms in this space before, but to briefly summarize, all interested observers need to know about Cuban "reforms" are two things:

They signify no new recognition of the inalienable rights of the Cuban people by the regime. "Allowing" a few new bits of heavily circumscribed individual economic freedoms is hardly indicative of fundamental change. The relationship between state and citizen remains the same -- although instead of controlling 100 percent of the economy, the regime will now control 99.5 percent.

Secondly, recent changes are not meant to reform the system but to save the system. Allowing Cubans to repair children's dolls outside the purview of the state does not mean Cuba is on the road to a free market; it means the regime is looking for new ways to generate revenue through confiscatory taxes of limited private economic activity.

Raul Castro himself serves as the best spokesman that the regime is not contemplating any kind of fundamental reform. Speaking recently at a party conference, he said, "There has been no shortage of criticism and exhortations by those who have confused their intimate desires with reality, deluding themselves that this conference would consecrate the beginning of the dismantling of the political and social system the revolution has fought for more than half a century."

To be sure, the hyperbole surrounding recent changes in Cuba has an ulterior motive. It is meant to apply pressure on U.S. policymakers to make unilateral changes in U.S. policy, because Cuba is ostensibly "reforming." Thankfully, the Obama administration so far hasn't taken the bait. In fact, last September, the President took the matter head-on, saying, "They [the Castro regime] certainly have not been aggressive enough when it comes to liberating political prisoners and giving people the opportunity to speak their minds."

Indeed, at a time when no quarter is being given to undemocratic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa, the suggestion that the U.S. should lessen pressure on an undemocratic regime ninety miles from our shores strikes a wholly discordant note and is unlikely to be entertained by any serious policymaker. The Cuban people deserve no less than what the peoples of those regions deserve: the freedom to live their lives as they see fit. Clearly, that concept was as alien to Muammar al-Qaddafi as it is to the Castro brothers -- which is why they deserve the same fate.

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Wharton Executive Education Program to Help Business Leaders Identify Foreign Growth Opportunities - msnbc.com

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a first-of-its-kind program, Leading in Foreign Markets. The executive education program has been developed to meet the needs of business leaders working in foreign countries and cultures. The week-long program, to be held in April on the Wharton School's Philadelphia campus, will address every aspect of leadership in an unfamiliar environment.

"Everyone recognizes that the world is flat," notes Wharton Marketing Professor Z. John Zhang. "But not everyone seems to notice that flat doesn't mean homogenous. There are remarkable differences in cultures, language, and behavioral norms that carry over into the business environment. Bringing your business onto foreign soil without this recognition can set you up for many surprises."

Leading in Foreign Markets will provide the knowledge and tools leaders need, including new perspectives on marketing, internal management issues, accounting, and finance. The program will help participants overcome cultural and language barriers, and navigate new regulations, marketing environments, incentive issues, and business acumen.

Zhang, who serves as the program's Faculty Co-Director, continues, "Wharton programs draw participants with substantial responsibilities from around the world, some of whom have had a 'honeymoon experience' in unfamiliar markets. They come with specific problems, looking for new perspectives and new ideas, and deep learning comes from the experience in the room."

Wharton Executive Education will prepare executives to expand their organizations into foreign markets to capitalize on some of today's most promising growth opportunities. Leading in Foreign Markets offers a unique opportunity to learn from world-class faculty and a network of global peers how to lead, manage, and motivate people in a different culture or country.

Leading in Foreign Markets is designed for country managers, managing directors, regional presidents, and those anticipating a move into one of these roles in the near future. The program will be held April 9-13, 2012 at the Steinberg Conference Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. For more information and an application, please visit:

http://executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu/open-enrollment/senior-management-programs/leading-in-foreign-markets.cfm

ABOUT THE WHARTON SCHOOL

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania — founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school — is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the global business community. The School has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 9,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and an alumni network of 88,000 graduates.

CONTACT: Wharton Executive Education contact: Eleena de Lisser Aresty Institute of Executive Education The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Telephone: +1.215.898.7239 E-mail: execed-pr@wharton.upenn.edu

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Wharton Executive Education Program to Help Business Leaders Identify Foreign Growth Opportunities - msnbc.com

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a first-of-its-kind program, Leading in Foreign Markets. The executive education program has been developed to meet the needs of business leaders working in foreign countries and cultures. The week-long program, to be held in April on the Wharton School's Philadelphia campus, will address every aspect of leadership in an unfamiliar environment.

"Everyone recognizes that the world is flat," notes Wharton Marketing Professor Z. John Zhang. "But not everyone seems to notice that flat doesn't mean homogenous. There are remarkable differences in cultures, language, and behavioral norms that carry over into the business environment. Bringing your business onto foreign soil without this recognition can set you up for many surprises."

Leading in Foreign Markets will provide the knowledge and tools leaders need, including new perspectives on marketing, internal management issues, accounting, and finance. The program will help participants overcome cultural and language barriers, and navigate new regulations, marketing environments, incentive issues, and business acumen.

Zhang, who serves as the program's Faculty Co-Director, continues, "Wharton programs draw participants with substantial responsibilities from around the world, some of whom have had a 'honeymoon experience' in unfamiliar markets. They come with specific problems, looking for new perspectives and new ideas, and deep learning comes from the experience in the room."

Wharton Executive Education will prepare executives to expand their organizations into foreign markets to capitalize on some of today's most promising growth opportunities. Leading in Foreign Markets offers a unique opportunity to learn from world-class faculty and a network of global peers how to lead, manage, and motivate people in a different culture or country.

Leading in Foreign Markets is designed for country managers, managing directors, regional presidents, and those anticipating a move into one of these roles in the near future. The program will be held April 9-13, 2012 at the Steinberg Conference Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. For more information and an application, please visit:

http://executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu/open-enrollment/senior-management-programs/leading-in-foreign-markets.cfm

ABOUT THE WHARTON SCHOOL

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania — founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school — is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the global business community. The School has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 9,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and an alumni network of 88,000 graduates.

CONTACT: Wharton Executive Education contact: Eleena de Lisser Aresty Institute of Executive Education The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Telephone: +1.215.898.7239 E-mail: execed-pr@wharton.upenn.edu

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Wharton Executive Education Program to Help Business Leaders Identify Foreign Growth Opportunities

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a first-of-its-kind program, Leading in Foreign Markets. The executive education program has been developed to meet the needs of business leaders working in foreign countries and cultures. The week-long program, to be held in April on the Wharton School's Philadelphia campus, will address every aspect of leadership in an unfamiliar environment.

"Everyone recognizes that the world is flat," notes Wharton Marketing Professor Z. John Zhang. "But not everyone seems to notice that flat doesn't mean homogenous. There are remarkable differences in cultures, language, and behavioral norms that carry over into the business environment. Bringing your business onto foreign soil without this recognition can set you up for many surprises."

Leading in Foreign Markets will provide the knowledge and tools leaders need, including new perspectives on marketing, internal management issues, accounting, and finance. The program will help participants overcome cultural and language barriers, and navigate new regulations, marketing environments, incentive issues, and business acumen.

Zhang, who serves as the program's Faculty Co-Director, continues, "Wharton programs draw participants with substantial responsibilities from around the world, some of whom have had a 'honeymoon experience' in unfamiliar markets. They come with specific problems, looking for new perspectives and new ideas, and deep learning comes from the experience in the room."

Wharton Executive Education will prepare executives to expand their organizations into foreign markets to capitalize on some of today's most promising growth opportunities. Leading in Foreign Markets offers a unique opportunity to learn from world-class faculty and a network of global peers how to lead, manage, and motivate people in a different culture or country.

Leading in Foreign Markets is designed for country managers, managing directors, regional presidents, and those anticipating a move into one of these roles in the near future. The program will be held April 9-13, 2012 at the Steinberg Conference Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. For more information and an application, please visit:

http://executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu/open-enrollment/senior-management-programs/leading-in-foreign-markets.cfm

ABOUT THE WHARTON SCHOOL

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania -- founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school -- is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the global business community. The School has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 9,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and an alumni network of 88,000 graduates.

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