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IPS Past Events 1994 
The activities of IPS in 1994 included the organisation of:
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International Conferences
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- IPS-The Asia Society-Dow Jones International Corporate Conference on "Waves of the Future-ASEAN, Vietnam and China: Opportunities for World Business", Singapore, 17 to 19 May 1994.
- 1st APEC PBF (Pacific Business Forum), 10 to 11 June 1994, The Regent Singapore.
- IPS-World Bank International Conference on "Infrastructure Strategies for East Asia", Singapore, 29 June to 1 July 1994.
- IPS-UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research) International Conference on "UNTAC: Debriefing and Lessons", Singapore, 2 to 4 August 1994.
- 2nd APEC PBF (Pacific Business Forum), Singapore, 5 to 6 August 1994.
- 3rd APEC PBF (Pacific Business Forum), Singapore, 2 to 3 September 1994.
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Local Conferences
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- IPS Conference on "Singapore: The Year in Review 1993", 19 January 1994.
- "The Environment and the City: Sharing Singapore’s Experience and Future Challenges", 8 September 1994.
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Public Lectures / Forums
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- "Europe and the Asia-Pacific: A German Perspective" by Mrs Ursula Albring-Seiler, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, Germany, 21 February 1994.
- "Europe and Asia: A Danish Perspective" by Mr Orstrom Moller, State Secretary of the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 11 March 1994.
- "APEC, NAFTA and AFTA: The Next Steps" by Dr Fred Bergsten, Chairman of the APEC Eminent Persons Group, 25 March 1994.
- "The Challenges and Prospects of Eastern Europe" by Dr George Vassiliou, former President of Cyprus, 18 July 1994.
- "Higher Education in the United States: Trends and Issues" by Dr Vartan Gregorian, President of the Brown University, United States of America, 5 November 1994.
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Closed-Door Discussions
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- "US-Asia Relations after the APEC Summit" with Mr Michael Lind, Executive Editor, The National Interest, 13 January 1994.
- "The US: An Update" with Mr S R Nathan, Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States, 22 January 1994.
- "Does the United States have a Coherent Policy Towards East Asia?" with Secretary Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defence, United States of America, 6 April 1994.
- "US Trade Policy: An Update" with Ambassador Michael Samuels, former Deputy US Trade Representative and US Ambassador to the GATT, 4 May 1994.
- "The Role of the Military in Thai Politics: An Update" with Professor Suchit Bunbongkarn, 17 June 1994.
- "The UN: Some Candid Observations and Reflections" with Mr Stephen Lewis, former Canada’s Permanent Representative to the UN, 28 June 1994.
- "Should Singapore join the OECD? When?" with Dr Michael S Ivanovitch, former Senior Economist, Financial Market Analysis, OECD, 9 July 1994.
- "Britain’s Economic Stake in East Asia" with Mr Alastair Goodlad, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom, 30 July 1994.
- "US-Singapore Relations after Michael Fay" with Mr S R Nathan, Singapore’s Ambassador to the US, 10 September 1994.
- "Chile and NAFTA" with Ambassador Juan Salazar, Permanent Secretary, International Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile, 15 September 1994.
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Working Dinners/Lunches
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- Mr Washington Sycip, Founder and Chairman of the SGV Group, on "Reflections on East Asia", 4 March 1994.
- Mr Sichuan Siv, Senior Vice President, Commonwealth Associates, United States of America, 10 March 1994, jointly organised with ISEAS.
- Mr Gilbert Kaplan, Emeritus Chairman of Institutional Investor Inc., United States of America, on "Recent Developments in International Investments", 3 June 1994.
- Dr Pedro Noyola, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Mexico, on "Opportunities for Singapore Companies in Mexico after NAFTA", 30 June 1994.
- Dr George Vassiliou, former President of Cyprus on "Business Opportunities in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East", 18 July 1994.
- Mr Alastair Goodlad, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom, 30 July 1994.
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Briefings
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- Briefing for Dr Ibrahim Saad, Deputy Chief Minister of Penang, Malaysia, 20 January 1994.
- Briefing for Executive MBA Faculty and Students of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 10 March 1994.
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IPS's publications in 1994
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