21 Nov, SSBA-SCS Business Forum, Shanghai
‘How Will the Global Financial Turmoil Affect China’
Shanghai Singapore Business Association-Singapore Club Shanghai (SSBA-SCS) is organizing an annual Business Forum in Shanghai on 21 November 2008 at the JW Marriott Shanghai, Tomorrow Square (venue to be confirmed). The co-organisers are Shanghai House of Entrepreneurs NUS (SHEN) and SingCham China.
Since its inauguration in 2005, the Business Forum, has been a key business event for the Singapore and Singapore-related business community in China. It serves as an important platform for the members of this community to come together and exchange their views and experiences in China in the context of a particular chosen theme each year.
From 2005 to 2007, the Business Forum has had the privilege of hearing the insightful views and opinions of prominent business and industry leaders on wide-ranging topics relating to the business landscape, opportunities, challenges and developments in China. The panel of speakers for this year's Business Forum will focus on the theme
"How Will the Global Financial Turmoil Affect China".
The Business Forum was an initiative by the SSBA-SCS to provide opportunities not only for Singaporeans but also for the international community in Shanghai to come together and benefit from each others' business experiences.
The Business Forum is also inviting prominent figures from various industries to the forum so that there will be closer interaction between participants and the experts. It will be an invaluable networking session allowing participants to gain deeper insights into the Chinese business climate.
Speakers for SSBA-SCS Business Forum 2008:
- Mr Chris Leung, SVP, Group Research, DBS Bank (Hk) Ltd
- Mr Tay Eng Kiat, CEO, Ascendas Shanghai Co., Ltd
- Mr Esmond Quek, CEO, Everbloom Co., Ltd
Details
Dress Code: Formal
Members: 200RMB
Non-members: 250 RMB
Early Bird Discount: Purchase before 14 November 2008 and receive RMB 50 Discount
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The Business Forum 2008 will be from 12pm to 2.30pm on Friday, 21 Novemebr 2008. The indicative program is as follows:
12.00: Registration and Welcome interaction with Sponsors
13.30: Welcome Address by Chairman of Organising Committee 2008
13.45: Speech by Guest-Of-Honour, Consul-General Yip Wei Kiat
14.00: Standalone Speaker 1
14.30: Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers
15.30: Standalone Speaker 2
15.45: Coffee/Tea break and networking
17.00: Distinguished Business Leaders' Series by Overseas Singapore Unit
For the time being, block off your calendar!
Weekly Badminton (Monday Evening)
Will be held on every Monday evening at Oasis Riviera Club House , at 883 Shui Cheng Road, by Tian Shan Road, near the Wei Ning MRT station (Tian Zhong Rd exit).
Time : 19:00-21:00
Please call Anne at tel: 13918871154 to confirm attendance
Weekly Tennis (Wednesday Evening)
Weekly Tennis will be held on every Wednesday evening at Oasis Riviera Tennis Court, at 883 Shui Cheng Road, by Tian Shan Road, near the Wei Ning MRT station (Tian Zhong Rd exit).
Time : 19:00-21:00
Please call Anne at tel: 13918871154 to confirm attendance
Social Golf Event
Dear Friends,
We are organising the Social Golf again.
Details as follow:
Date: 20th Nov 2008 , Thursday
Tee Time starts at: 12:20pm
Venue: Shanghai Links Course, Pudong
Green Fee: 660 RMB (include caddy fee only).
Buggy is available at extra cost of 100rmb per golfer.
Lunch at the Club House starts at 11:00am ( not included in Green fee).
(If you cannot be there by 11:00am then please be there by latest 12 noon for tee off.)
Registration: pls email to anne@alphatronchina.com or contact Ms Anne Tan (SSBA-SCS Sport Director) at 13918871154
Closing date: 17 Nov 2008. (pls note that limited flights available as now daylight is short).
Weekly Badminton (Monday Evening)
Will be held on every Monday evening at Oasis Riviera Club House , at 883 Shui Cheng Road, by Tian Shan Road, near the Wei Ning MRT station (Tian Zhong Rd exit).
Time : 19:00-21:00
Please call Anne at tel: 13918871154 to confirm attendance
Weekly Tennis (Wednesday Evening)
Weekly Tennis will be held on every Wednesday evening at Oasis Riviera Tennis Court, at 883 Shui Cheng Road, by Tian Shan Road, near the Wei Ning MRT station (Tian Zhong Rd exit).
Time : 19:00-21:00
Please call Anne at tel: 13918871154 to confirm attendance
Seminar on Strategic Decision Making (28 Oct.)
By University of San Francisco Adjunct Professor
28 Oct, Tuesday, 2008 Shanghai
Bringing Together Organizational Resources to Create Success—How to develop a sustainable strategy, in sync with the marketplace, the economy, and the competition.
Introduction
Companies have long engaged in competition in search of sustained, profitable growth. It is no longer enough to formulate a strategy, then set back and wait for the results to come in. Strategic decision making requires that you be constantly alert to emerging trends and market shifts and more importantly you need to be able to react to them, quickly and effectively. Strategic decision making is that set of managerial decisions and actions designed to generate shareholder value and contribute to the well being of current and future generations. It includes environmental scanning (both external and internal), strategy formulation (strategic decision making), strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. This seminar emphasizes the evaluation of current leadership effectiveness and vision and external opportunities and threats in light of the corporation's strengths and weaknesses to generate and implement a new or modified strategy. The emphasis is on guiding managers to implement actions that achieve competitive advantage.
A recent report validated that organizational change is difficult. Only a third of executives surveyed said that their organization had succeeded in achieving the changes they had set out to make. The survey results highlighted the power of strategic decision making. Several important tactics used by organizations that were successful include setting clear strategic aspirations, engaging the whole company in the performance, holding people accountable, communicating the need for change in a positive way, and building on success rather than merely fixing problems (McKinsey, 2008). Management teams must be permanently poised to take advantage of change and disruption and use it to their strategic advantage.
Talk Abstract
The perspective we take is from the management position in the organization focusing on:
- Strategic decision-making and implementation
- Internal and external environmental analysis
- Strategy implementation (measurement and control)
- Visualization of current organizational structure and future potentials
- International standards and economy based strategy
Target Audience
GMs, Directors, Heads of Teams, Managers
Detail of Talk
| Date: | 28 Oct, Tuesday, 2008 | |
| Time: | 1:30pm-5:00pm | |
| Language: | English | |
| Venue: | CapitaLand China | |
| Address: | 19th Floor, Raffles City, No 268 Xi Zang Centre Road, Shanghai
上海市西藏中路268号来福士广场19楼 |
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| Fee: | RMB 100 for SSBA members and Venture E clients
RMB 150 for non-members |
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| Agenda | 1:30 | registration |
| 2:00-3:15 | Section A | |
| 3:15-3:30 | Tea Break | |
| 3:30-4:30 | Section B | |
| 4:30-5:00 | Q&A | |
Talk Speaker
Dr. Mary Anne R. Brady
Dr. Brady is an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco and a management consultant for Fortune 100 companies and for smaller independently owned organization in the United States and in Asia. (In Thailand her clients included Nan Yang Textile and Denla School.) Her role has been to assist the organization's leaders identify and implement strategic decisions and to set in place a monitoring device to measure outcomes. Having shaped the growth and corporate cultures of numerous companies in industries ranging from hi-tech start-ups to traditional manufacturing firms, her skills can be used for specific projects or to strategically position the organization's future development.
In addition, she has provided educational programs for leaders in various organizations in executive MBA courses both in the United States and in Asia. Dr. Brady, recently elected to the Board of Directors for the national organization, Association for Strategic Planning, brings professional and academic experience together to present seminars that are based on today's business world where the influences of technology and the need to present immediate results are a constant pressure for organizational leaders.
Please send your confirmation letter before 27 Oct. to
| Olina Chen, SSBA Secretariat | Cherry Peng, Marketing Consultant, Venture E | ||||
| Tel: | 021-62370960 | Tel: | 021-62258260 | 021-62523245 | |
| Email: | olina@ssba-scs.com | Email: | info@venturee.cn | ||
Organisers:
Venture E (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.;
Shanghai Singapore Business Association-Singapore Club Shanghai
Venue Sponsor:
CapitaLand China
Venture E
Venture E (Shanghai) Co, Ltd is a consortium of educational institutions made up of multi-national management experts of Singapore, North America and China. Our company focuses on training and consulting.
SSBA-SCS
Shanghai Singapore Business Association-Singapore Club Shanghai is now the largest and the most active overseas Singapore Club in the world, as a non-profit voluntary organization, fueled by the tenacity of fellow Singaporeans.
Mix, Mingle& Meet at InterChamber Autumn Mixer (29 Oct.)
Mix, Mingle & Meet @ InterChamber Autumn Mixer
To celebrate the arrival of Autumn, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai and Bencham in association with the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, AustCham Shanghai, Austrian Trade, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce, The Danish Chamber, DUSA European Association Suzhou, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, Finnish Business Council Shanghai, The French Chamber of Commerce, German Chamber, Hong-Kong Chamber of Commerce in China, Shanghai Singapore Business Association, The Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China, and The Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce, are pleased to invite you to join :
| Date: | Wednesday October 29th, 2008 |
| Time: | 7.00pm -10.00pm |
| Venue: | At Grand Hyatt, 上海金茂君悅大酒店 |
| Address: | Jin Mao Tower, 88 Century Boulevard, Pudong Shanghai 金茂大厦, 上海浦东世纪大道88号 |
| Fee: | RMB 150 per Person (Members Only) |
The extra drinks will be charged at a special discounted rate.
RMB 150 per person (For Members Only).
Fees will be collected at the door.
R.S.V.P. to olina@ssba-scs.com by October 29, 2008, 12:00 am.
Please register with your Chamber to ensure adequate F&B can be prepared.
Early arrival is recommended as entry will be granted on a strictly first-come-first-served basis.
Weekly Badminton (Monday Evening)
Will be held on every Monday evening at Oasis Riviera Club House , at 883 Shui Cheng Road, by Tian Shan Road, near the Wei Ning MRT station (Tian Zhong Rd exit).
Time : 19:00-21:00
Please call Anne at tel: 13918871154 to confirm attendance
Weekly Tennis (Wednesday Evening)
Weekly Tennis will be held on every Wednesday evening at Oasis Riviera Tennis Court, at 883 Shui Cheng Road, by Tian Shan Road, near the Wei Ning MRT station (Tian Zhong Rd exit).
Time : 19:00-21:00
Please call Anne at tel: 13918871154 to confirm attendance
Consulate Mid-Autumn Movie
Moon cake festival for all Singaporeans to gather together in the name of this:
Theme: Chang Er goes to the movies
Date: 12th September 2008
Time: 7pm. – 10pm.
Venue: Singapore Consulate 89, Wan Shan Road Shanghai 200336
Admission Fee: RMB100 for all adults. Free admission for all children below age 12
Please call Anne at tel: 13918871154 to confirm attendance
TIGER BEER CHALLENGE CUP 2008
The Tiger Beer Challenge Cup 2008 Soccer Tournament is here again!
Jointly organized by:
Shanghai Singapore Business Association- Singapore Club Shanghai and
Shanghai House of Entrepreneurs.
Main Sponsor:Tiger Beer
Other Sponsors:Orchard CRC Restaurant, Canon, and Parkway Health.
Objective:Promote bonding & networking for Soccer enthusiasts.
Date: 6th and 13th September, 2008 Time: 12:00– 5:00pm
Venue: Luwan Stadium
Format: 8-a-Side, 2-day Soccer Tournament
(Minimum of 10 players and maximum of 14 players to be registered in a team
– see attached Rules and regulations for more information)
Participation Fee: RMB800 per Team
(to be paid on a pre-game meeting day by Team Manager, date to be informed later after teams are accepted)
Prizes: Attractive prizes for winning team and Lucky draw for Participants & Spectators.
Registration: Please fill up the Registration form attached and Email to – anne.tan@lavie-ltd.com
All players must register with their Passport No or NRIC No.
As we can only take in 8 teams, once we have received 8 team application forms, registration will close.
Otherwise the last date for submission is 20 Aug 08.
Visit Elderly Home
SSBA-SCS will be organizing a visit to an old folks' home on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival on Sunday, 14 September 2008. We welcome members and their family and friends to join us on this trip. (Please see details below.)
Program
There is no fixed program for the visit, we plan to break into groups upon arrival and chat with the old folks in their respective rooms. Those who play the guitar may wish to bring their guitar along and sing to some of the residents. We will be buying some milk powder suitable for the elderly to bring to the Home. If you have moon cakes which you would like to donate to the home's residents, please bring them with you, or send to Frankie's Place (No. 546, Huang Hua Lu, off Hong Jing Lu, 黄桦路 546号， 靠虹井路) by 13 Sep 2008.
Details of Visit
Date: Sep 14, 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 10 am - 12:00 pm
Name of Home: 上海市第四社会福利院 (Shanghai No. 4 Elderly Home)
Address of Home: 上海市松江区松汇西路1172号 (No. 1172 Songhui Xi Road, Songjiang Shanghai)
Tel of Home : 5782 2396
Transport: If there is sufficient demand, a bus will be hired to ferry registerd participants from the main gate of 天山河畔花园 at 水城路 883弄（near 天山路） Pick up time: 9:15 am sharp.
How to register
Please email me at tongmuiyue@gmail.com by Sep 10, 2008 (Wednesday) to register and to indicate if transport is required.
Address
SSBA-SCS Secretariat Office:
Singapore Consulate-General,
Shanghai
No. 89 Wanshan Road
200336 Shanghai, PRC
上海市万山路89号
邮编200336
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