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Product Design

 

19th April 2006

Apologies for the late e-bulletin.  Just got back from Hong Kong after midnight yesterday and have been catching up with office work.

 

Our speaker today is a good friend and MBA classmate and also my neighbour.  He will be covering a topic which is essential for the success on the competitive marketplace of today.  I hope to see you at lunch!

 

Michael Chua, E-bulletin Editor

 

Statistics:

Attendance: 24/52 (46%) with 4 make-ups

 

Sunshine: $298

 

100percenters: 14

 

 

 

This Thursday.....

At your Lunch Meeting this Thursday 20th April 2006
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Dear fellow Rotarians,

            Please join us this Thursday for a presentation on:

 

“Product Design and Decision Making”

Mr Cheong Siah Chong, Executive Director, Ichiplas Sdn Bhd

 

About the Speaker:

 

Our speaker Mr Cheong Siah Chong is the founder of tech design Asia, (www.techdesignasia.com) a group of 8 companies that provide complete solutions for customers by translating their ideas to commercial products. This group has an annual turnover of USD 12 mio in 2005.

 

Director of Mdesign Solutions Pte Ltd, a mechanical design house that has very experience staff with more than 100 projects as portfolio.

 

Director of Ichiplas Sdn Bhd, a precision plastic molder with 100k clean room that located at Johore Bahru. Specialised at medical and high precision engineering plastic components.

Leading a start-up company and transform it from a yearly turnover of 1 million to few folds within 15 months.

 

Building up from scratch a competent cost management center, within 2 years, that manages a product division with an annual sales turnover of 1.3 billion USD. Achieving the cost reduction target that is greater than the price erosion continuously for 2 years.

 

As a Project Leader, achieved excellent customer benefit through an award-winning product. This has resulted in the group being given the Customer Champion team award for Singapore in 1996.

 

Work in various functions of an MNC for 15 years. Functions covered includes: Product Design, Project management, Product Costing, Supplier auditing, People Management function, Organisation efficiency, Product strategy and Financial Controlling.

 

On behalf of the programme committee, 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. 
Parking complimentary.

 

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

 

Desk duty:   Khoo Kay Eng & Low S. L

 

Kindly make alter nate arrangements
or contact Director Kenny Loh if you are not able to perform desk duty

 

Desk duty schedule for the following weeks

Jeffrey Koh & Edward Low

Peter Kong & Loh Sin Yong

 

Please extend our RCSW hospitality to our international visitors

our home page

http://www.rotarysingaporewest.org

Message from President

 

Dear Members,

 

Re: PHF matching grant project with RC Dhonburi

 

RC Singapore West has agreed to support RC Dhonburi with its “Satellite TV” project to raise funds to purchase satellite TVs for poor and remote villages in the Thai countryside. The equipment consists of satellite dishes, decoder receivers, television sets and related equipment.  Plans are to donate a total of 40 sets to different villages.  This project is a matching grant PHF project, with three of Dhonburi’s sister clubs involved – RC Yahata in Japan, RC Pusan-Gudeok in Korea and RCWS.  

 

We have committed 3 PHFs for this meaningful project.  I would like to appeal for 2 more members who are not Paul Harris Fellow yet, or whose PHF donation has been quite a while ago, to come forward and support this cause.  Similar to our other matching grant project, you as the donor will know where the funds are going, and you can actually join a visit to Dhonburi later in the year for the handover ceremony.

 

Pieter Van Putten

 

PS. Our newest member, Rtn Alan Koh has graciously agreed to commit to a PHF for this effort

 

 

 

What’s coming up:

 

1. 28 April 2006 - Rotary Charity Golf 2006 for Rotary Family Service Centre

 

Venue : Tanah Merah Country Club, Tampaines Course

Hole-in-one prize  : Toyota RAV4

Special Lucky Draw : Fly Around The Island for Three

Registration and Lunch : 11:30 am

Shot Gun tee off : 1:00 pm

Dinner and prize : 7:00 pm

Cost:  S$500 per golfer, S$2,000 per flight, inclusive of lunch, dinner, drinks, games, buggy, goodie bag.

Double Tax Exempt S$350 per golfer, S$1,400 per flight.

Additional Dinner ticket is S$100 per person. Double Tax Exempt is S$50.

Make cheque payable to "Rotary Club of Singapore North"

 

Sponsors : $10,000 and above

Magazine : Color full page - $2,000

                   B/W full page  - $1,000

                   B/W half page - $500

 

Donation for goody bag, other merchandise for auction are welcome.

 

Please contact IPP K K Tan (9671093) or Jack Chuang (96157289)

 

2. 3 May 2006 – President’s Cup Golf Fellowship will be held at Sembawang Country Club.  The details are as follows:


Cost: $48 (members), $110 (non-members)


Cost includes green fee, buggy fee, quick lunch and 8-course sit-down Chinese dinner and GST.

Dinner for non-golfers would cost $35.

 

3. 5 to 8 May – Satellite TV for Distance Learning Project handover ceremony in Thailand with our Sister Club - RC of Dhonburi

 

Project Name & Description – To help provide satellite dishes, televisions and equipment for satellite educational programming services to 50 rural schools in Thailand.

 

Brief itinerary includes:

 

5 to 7 May 2006 – Hand over and Site visits to selected schools in Rural Thailand

8 May 2006 – Meet with Her Royal Highness Princess Sirindhorn's at the Royal Palace in Bangkok to present this project.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact Kenny Loh for any enquiries.

 

Also, please indicate to Rtn Kenny Loh if you are interest to participate in this event.

 

4. 25 May 2006 – Ms Catherine Lim will speak at the Fireside Chat on the topic “Perils, Promises, Paradoxes: How Catherine Lim sees her role as social critic”.

 

5. 17 June 2006 – Installation cum President’s Fellowship Night at Raffles Country Club.  Keep this date free and plan your June holidays around it!

 

6. 18 to 21 June 2006 – Visit to Panchiao North – led by PE Gary.  Those wishing to support this trip to contact incoming International Service Director, PP Wei Lien, at wltayqs@yahoo.com