The primary objective of the seminar is to educate directors, and other corporate participants such as company secretaries, on their general duties, rights and liabilities within an environment that is evolving towards disclosure based regulation and higher standards of corporate governance.

The seminar offers an ideal opportunity for directors of public-listed companies, directors of prospective listed companies and company secretaries to enhance their understanding of responsibilities and legal duties that are currently imposed upon them as well as expected of them in the future. Such information and insight will be beneficial considering the changing regulatory scene of the industry, especially with the recent introduction of the new Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance.

The Code which was recently introduced as part of the Ministry of Finance's Finance Committee Report on Corporate Governance, among others, outlines principles and best practices for good corporate governance by listed companies.

Key speakers and topics that will be featured at the seminar include:

• "Redefining the Role of Directors in the Next Millennium" by Prof. Abdul Manap Said, Immediate Past-President, MAICSA;
• "Function of Directors - A Regulator's Perspective" by Siow Kim Lun, Director, Securities Commission; and
• "Fiduciary Duties & New Rules of Directors" by F.S. Cheah, Technical Director, MAICSA