Agenda
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Pacific Rim Policy Exchange
October 14-15, 2009
Singapore
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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6:00 - 8:00 PM
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Welcome reception and registration
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Wednesday, October, 14, 2009
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7:00 AM
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Registration
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7:30 AM
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Breakfast
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8:00 AM
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Welcome
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8:15 – 9:30 AM
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Panel One – Land Reform in the Pacific Rim
Moderator: Kelsey Zahourek, Property Rights Alliance
1. Keliang Zhu, Rural Development Institute, China
2. Barun Mitra, Liberty Institute, India
3. Kriengsak Chareonwongsak, Senior Fellow at Harvard University, Thailand
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9:30 – 9:45 AM
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Break
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9:45 – 11:15 AM
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Panel Two – Access to Medicines
Moderator: Tim Wilson, Institute of Public Affairs, Australia
1. Nonoy Oplas, Minimal Government, Philipines
2. Philip Stevens, International Policy Network, United Kingdom
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11:15 – 11:30 AM
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Break
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11:30 – 12:45 AM
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Panel Three – International Intellectual Property Challenges
Moderator: Martin Krause, CIIMA- ESEADE, Argentina
1. Alan Moran, Institute for Public Affairs, Australia
2. Tim Wilson, Institute for Public Affairs, Australia
3. Troy Modlin, Philip Morris International, Hong Kong
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12:45 – 1:00 PM
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Break
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1:00 - 3:00 PM
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Lunch- Remarks by Grover Norquist
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6:00 PM
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Reception
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7:00 PM
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Dinner- Featuring Keynote Speaker William McGurn, News Corporation
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Thursday, October 15, 2009-
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7:30 AM
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Breakfast
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8:00 AM
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Welcome
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8:15 – 9:30 AM
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Panel Four – International Tax Competition
Moderator: Chris Butler, Americans for Tax Reform, United States
1. Dan Mitchell, CATO Institute, United States
2. Sinclair Davidson, RMIT University, Australia
3. Peter Wong, Lion Rock Institute, Hong Kong
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9:30 – 9:45 AM
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Break
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9:45 – 11:15 AM
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Panel Five – Removing Barriers to Trade
Moderator: Alec van Gelder, International Policy Network, United Kingdom
1. Chris Derry, Waycross Partners, LLC, United States
2. Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Malaysia Think Tank, Malaysia
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11:15 – 11:30 AM
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Break
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11:30 – 12:45 AM
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Panel Six – Income tax reform in Asia: Replace income taxes by consumption taxes
Moderator: Bjorn Tarras-Wahlberg, World Taxpayer Associations, Sweden
1. Masuru Uchiyama, Japanese for Tax Reform, Japan
2. Raymond Ho, Momentum 107, Hong Kong
3. Kim Suntaek, Korean Taxpayer Association, Korea
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12:45 – 1:00 PM
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Break
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1:00- 3:00 PM
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Lunch- Viewing of film "Not Evil Just Wrong"
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6:00PM
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Reception
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7:00PM
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Dinner - Featuring Keynote Speaker: Dr. Iftekhar Chowdhury, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for South Asian Studies
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Asia-Pacific Taxpayers Union - APTU
19 taxpayers associations from 13 countries
- a united front for lower taxes, less waste,
accountable government and taxpayers
rights all over the world
accountable government and taxpayers
rights all over the world
Singapore Friday 16 October 2009 at 8.00
1. Opening address by Mr. Bjorn Tarras-Wahlberg, Chairman Asia-Pacific Taxpayers Union. Founder and Secretary General World Taxpayers Associations.
2. Singapore in Brief: History, religion, culture, political system, economy and taxes.
3. Elections of Board and Secretary General.
4. Property taxes and property rights in China and Korea.
Comments from Japan and Hong Kong.
Comments from Japan and Hong Kong.
5. How to finance a taxpayers association in developing countries - learn more from China and Ukraine.
6. Lunch break. (ca 12.00).
7. Korea Taxpayers Association: How to use internet to get 1 million members - and how to get fees?
8. Adopting a resolution of Declaration of Taxpayers Rights
(initiative from Korea).
(initiative from Korea).
9. Other issues.
10. Can 2010 World Taxpayers Associations Member Conference be arranged in Asia? In a country with open boarders and no visa problems! Preferably in cooperation with an international think tank, like Atlas, Heritage or similar.
10. Next APTU-meeting, where and when?
