ST-UOB roundtable on Feb 15 to discuss Budget measures meant to help households, businesses
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The discussion will follow Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong’s Budget speech on Feb 14.
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SINGAPORE – Next week’s Budget will be put under the microscope at a roundtable discussion on Feb 15 organised by The Straits Times and UOB.
The discussion will follow Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong’s Budget speech
The roundtable will cover how Budget 2023’s initiatives can help households, workers and businesses navigate new challenges and opportunities as the world moves on from Covid-19.
The panel will be moderated by ST associate editor Vikram Khanna. The panellists are UOB’s Mr Suan Teck Kin, KPMG’s Mr Ong Pang Thye, Professor Annie Koh from Singapore Management University (SMU), and NTUC assistant secretary-general Patrick Tay.
Mr Suan is the head of research, global economics and markets research for UOB. He is responsible for macroeconomic and foreign exchange research with a primary focus on China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and secondary coverage for the Asean region.
Mr Ong, who has been managing partner of KPMG in Singapore since 2016, is also a council member of the Singapore Business Federation. He has more than 30 years of experience in accounting, auditing and consulting working with companies in sectors including banking, asset management, infrastructure, media and real estate.
Prof Koh is Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) at SMU’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business. She chairs the Asian Bond Fund 2 supervisory committee for the Monetary Authority of Singapore and is a committee member of Singapore’s Customs Advisory Council.
Mr Tay has been NTUC’s assistant secretary-general since 2014. The Pioneer MP is currently director of strategy at NTUC.
