01525cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008017 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451834192 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Singapore : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (83 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The major objectives of the banking system reform are twofold: first, to continue to gradually open domestic banks to greater competition from foreign banks, and second, for Singapore banks to retain significant domestic market share in this more open environment as well as to become significant participants in the regional market. The authorities have clearly stated that they see the process of mergers and consolidation of the local banks as inevitable, but that they do not intend to force the process. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2001/177 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2001/177/002.2001.issue-177-en.xml IMF e-Library