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This Thursday.....

At your Lunch Meeting this Thursday 9^th February 2006
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Dear fellow Rotarians,

            Please join us this Thursday for a presentation on:

“The REIT Story”

Dr Joseph T.L. Ooi

Programme Director, MBA (Real Estate), Department of Real Estate,

National University of Singapore

About the Speaker:

Dr Joseph Ooi is the Director of the MBA with Specialization in Real Estate programme at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Besides serving as the Reviews Editor of the Journal of Property Investment and Finance, he sits on the editorial board of a number of international journals, such as the Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, Journal of Real

Estate Literature and Journal of Real Estate Practice & Education.

Joseph’s main research area is in corporate and securitized real estate. His research has been published widely in both academic journals and industry publications. Three of his academic papers won Outstanding Paper and Highly Commended awards. He has also received manuscript prizes for research papers presented at the European Real Estate Society conference (2003) and the American Real Estate Society’s annual meetings (2004 & 2005). In recognition of his research excellence, NUS awarded Joseph with the prestigious Young Researcher Award in 2005.

Joseph also received an Excellent Teacher Award from NUS in 2005. Currently, he teaches real estate development, investment and finance modules at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He conducts regular workshops and in-house training sessions for organizations such as JTC Corporation, Singapore Land Authority, Singapore Tourism Board and Centrepoint Properties Ltd.

Prior to joining NUS, Joseph worked for a number of years in the real estate industry. He received his PhD in real estate finance from the Manchester University (UK).

On behalf of the programme and vocational service committees, we look forward to seeing you this Thursday.

Yours in Rotary

Michael Chua
Programme Service Director
RY 2005-2006

Buffet lunch at S$25.00 will be served (there will be additional charges for the Lo Hei). 
Parking complimentary.

We meet at 12.45pm onwards for lunch meetings
and
7pm for dinner meetings - every last Thursday of the month

What’s coming up:

1. 9 February 2006 – combined meeting of Community Services, Major Project and International Services Committees at 18:30h at Keppel Club, Poolside restaurant. 

2. 14 February 2006 – SNG Meeting – location not confirmed.

3. 14 February 2006 – Valentine’s Day dinner at the Conrad hosted by RC Marina City in aid of Rotary Family Service Centre.

Brian Richmond will be the MC.

There is a choice of main dishes

There will be roses for the ladies

There will be music and dancing although the details are still being worked out.

There will be a lucky draw, raffle draw, silent auction, and Dutch auction.

Net proceeds from the tickets and all proceeds from the fund raising events will go to the Rotary Family Service Centre.

4. 23 February 2006 – Intercity meeting to celebrate World Understanding and Peace Day. Our regular meeting will be CANCELLED. The dinner is at The Legends Fort Canning . Guest of Honour will be Mr. Chan Soo Sen, Minister of State, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Trade and Industry. The program for the evening is as follows:

7.30pm            Fellowship commences

8.00pm            Arrival of Guest of Honour

8.02pm            Toast to the President and the Republic of Singapore

8.03pm            Toast to Rotary International

8.04pm            Speech by Mr. Tay Kim Ann, District Governor 2005-2006, District 3310

8.10pm            Dinner commences

9.00pm            Speech by the Guest of Honour

10.30pm          Close of Event and Goodnight

Tickets are with President PvP and are priced at $50 each.