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2 May 2007 Labour Chief Mr Lim Swee Say Opens Singapore HR Congress 2007; Local Trademark Event Draws Top Leaders to Jointly Address People Issues Key issues to be addressed include managing leadership and business continuity as well as managing competencies and capabilities of the new workforce. 1. Guest-of-Honour, Mr Lim Swee Say, Secretary-General of National Trades Union Congress, and Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, addressed more than 600 CEOs, directors, people leaders and managers from Singapore and the Asia Pacific region at the Singapore HR Congress & Business-Connect Exposition 2007, organised by Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI). 2. Themed Building Human Capital Capabilities for Businesses Today and Tomorrow, the event highlights the need to increase capabilities of HR and its standards in Singapore to manage the new workforce: multi-cultural and multi-generational. In the next 5 years, Singapore workforce is likely to see a widening of mindset gap if issues such as ageing workforce are not addressed head-on. 3. Business people and HR leaders must gear up to know what makes their employees tick before losing them to other sectors or countries. “Expectations of HR practitioners will continue to increase in scope and complexity. Therefore, HR practitioners must acquire a spectrum of competencies and standards,” said Madam Ho Geok Choo, President of SHRI. With the higher employee mobility, Madam Ho also implicated that the need to attract the right talents would be one challenging task for HR Practitioners. 4. Today marks the first day of the three-day event, which also includes a showcase of the latest in HR services, products, solutions and technologies in Singapore. 5. The highly interactive event draws the attendance of some renowned speakers and panel members from global and local companies, ministries, universities and consulting firms to share their industry best practices and experiences. Some of the internationally renowned keynote speakers include Adrian Gostick and Dr Margaret Schweer. 6. “We are delighted to be the partner sponsor of the Singapore HR Congress. One of the key HR challenges today is a shift in attitudes of employees and job seekers. At this Congress, we hope to help corporations enhance their internal process to be more effective in their HR management and talent sourcing,” said Dhiren Shantilal, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Kelly Services. 7. This Congress is thus timely as it provides a platform for Business and HR people to meet annually to discuss current trends and challenges, benchmark against industry standards, in all to build a stronger HR community. Launch of the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices 8. The highlight of Day 2 is the launch of the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices (TAFEP). Gracing the launch are TAFEP Co-chairs, Mr Bob Tan, Vice President, Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) / Council Member, Singapore Business Federation (SBF), and Madam Halimah Yacob, Assistant Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). The launch will be witnessed by representatives from MOM, SHRI and from the business and HR communities. 9. Following the success of the 11th World HR Congress & Business-Connect Exposition 2006 that reached out to the highest number of attendance in the history of World HR Congresses, SHRI is organising the annual HR event – Singapore HR Congress & Business-Connect Exposition – to provide participants with ongoing opportunities to cross-share and network. The event will run through till 4th May 2007, at the Grand Waterfront Convention Centre, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel.
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