Mr Toshihiko Fukui Of Bank Of Japan To Deliver MAS Lecture

Mr Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan, will deliver the MAS Lecture on Thursday, 15 November 2007 at the Raffles Ballroom, Raffles City Convention Centre. The topic of Mr Fukui’s lecture is “Central Banking under Globalisation”.

The Lecture, first held in 2000, provides a platform for a distinguished member of the international financial community to speak on issues of current interest. Previous speakers included Mr Robert Rubin, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Citigroup Inc and former US Treasury Secretary, Mr William McDonough, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Sir Howard Davis, former Executive Chairman of UK Financial Services Authority and Mr Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank.

Participants attending the lecture include senior executives from financial institutions based in Singapore and in Asia, as well as officials from the public sector.