THE shift in economic power from the West to the East continues to accelerate even with the global economy shrouded in uncertainty over the past 18 months.

THE mining chapter of Richard Ong's entrepreneurial story, begins with a helicopter ride to a small remote island east of South Kalimantan.

AS we celebrate the Global Entrepreneurship Week with some 75 other countries this week, it is timely to reflect on our entrepreneurship journey as a nation, following the recommendations of the Economic Review Committee six years ago to drive entrepreneurship development in Singapore.

IT is when disaster strikes, whether in the form of terrorist blasts in Jakarta or earthquakes in Sichuan, that crisis response company International SOS can swing into full gear and prove its worth.

ENTREPRENEUR-DRIVEN companies are inherently different from other kinds of businesses. The leaders of these companies - entrepreneurs - see the world differently.

IT is common knowledge that entrepreneurs and family businesses are key target segments for private banks in Asia, and conventional private banking no longer serves the complex needs of these groups of clients well.

WE know that the world economy works in cycles - expansion, prosperity, contraction and recession.