2009 Events
SSBA-SCS BUSINESS FORUM 2009:
Topic:CHINA – THE NEXT LEAP
Date:27 November 2009, Friday
Time:12:30 – 6:30pm
Venue:Pudong Shangri-La Hotel
Shanghai Singapore Business Association’s 5th Annual Business Forum
Focuses on the “Next Leap” for China
Key Singapore government and business leaders give insights at SSBA Business Forum Shanghai, China (November 27, 2009) – The Shanghai Singapore Business Association – Singapore Club Shanghai (SSBA-SCS) today held its annual Business Forum with distinguished guests and prominent figures from both Singapore and Shanghai. Mr. Lee Yi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade & Industry and Manpower, Singapore, was the guest of honor.
"With China emerging strongly from the recent financial crisis, investing heavily in infrastructure and stimulating domestic demands, there should be new opportunities for Singapore companies across a wide range of sectors. Our companies should work as consortia to take on larger projects with greater complexities. This is one way to build on the strong reputation that Singapore Inc enjoys." said Mr. Lee.
Apart from Mr. Lee, Mr. Sam Tan, Parliamentary Secretary for Trade & Industry and Information, Communications & the Arts, and Mr. Yip Wei Kiat, Consul-General of the Republic of Singapore, Shanghai were present at the Forum. A strong panel of speakers were represented. They include CEOs and distinguished leaders from DBS Bank, Yanlord, Temasek, Philips, Microsoft and Prax Capital.
In the recent global economic recession that has negatively affected the world’s economies, China has proven to be a beacon of hope with its forecasted economic growth rate of 8% this year. This year’s forum topic was aptly named, “China- The Next Leap”. It covered topics regarding the most recent economic developments in the world and most importantly, China. The guest speakers offered valuable insights on the recovery of the world’s economies and how China will contribute to the recovery.
The Annual Business Forum was an initiative by the SSBA-SCS to increase the role of the Association by providing opportunities not only for Singaporeans but also for the international community here in Shanghai to come together and benefit from each others’ business experiences.
“We are very honored to have such prominent government and business leaders at the 5th SSBA-SCS Annual Business Forum,” said Mr. Steven Joo, President of SSBA-SCS, “This forum is fast becoming a key date in the business calendar of the business community in Shanghai and I am confident that all participants will gain key insights towards engaging with China.” “Since its inauguration in 2005, SSBA-SCS Business Forum serves as one of the key business networking and information sharing event for the business community in Shanghai. We are thankful to our distinguished panel of sponsors and speakers for making this year Forum another success!” said Mr. Alex Tham, Chairman of Business Forum 2009 and Vice President of SSBA-SCS.
The Annual Business Forum was an initiative by the SSBA-SCS to increase the role of the Association by providing opportunities not only for Singaporeans but also for the international community here in Shanghai to come together and benefit from each others’ business experiences.
SSBA-SCS Business Forum was held on 27th November 2009, at Shangri-La Hotel, Pudong, Shanghai. It is an annual event organized by SSBA-SCS to provide not only networking opportunities between the Singaporean and local business communities in Shanghai, but also for participants to exchange views and gain valuable insights on the business climate of China.
About SSBA-SCS
The SSBA-SCS is one of the largest and most active overseas Singaporean associations in the world and we organise regular business, social and cultural events for the Singapore-related community here in Shanghai.
On the business front, the SSBA-SCS promotes networking within the Singaporean business community, as well as with other business communities through talks, seminars and forums. Where possible, SSBA-SCS also acts as a bridge between the Singaporean business community in Shanghai and government bodies/institutions in China and/or Singapore. Increasingly, the SSBA-SCS has also become an important focal point providing useful information for existing Singaporean businesses and those planning to invest in Shanghai.
About SSBA-SCS Business Forum
Since its inauguration in 2005, SSBA-SCS Business Forum serves as one of the key business networking and information sharing event for the business community in Shanghai. In past Forums, distinguished businessmen and leaders were invited to speak and exchange insights on important issues that concern the Chinese business climate. For this event, SSBA-SCS is proud to invite a strong panel of speakers that will focus on the theme “ China – The Next Leap”.
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Hari Raya and Mid-Autumn Festival
Date: 26 September 2009
Time: 7.00pm -10.00pm
Venue: Singapore Consulate 89, Wan Shan Road Shanghai 200336
This year, SSBA -SCS has organized a Hari Raya and moon cake festival for all Singaporeans to gather together. Sincere Appreciation to Singapore Consulate-General, Shanghai kindly sponsor and support the event entire journey.
We prepared typical Singapore food (Thanks for Frankie Place sponsored main food, Organ-3 provides dessert and drinks), moon cakes, tea and Paper lanterns from Singapore.
After dinner, all the guest come to upstairs to watch Channel news Asia documentary on world Expo 2010-Singapore Pavilion. The Singapore pavilion, called Urban Symphony, broke ground on an area of 3,000 square meters. The structure, located by the side of Huangpu River, will be viewable from the Lupu Grand Bridge connecting Pudong and Puxi. By video, we know the size of the pavilion will mark Singapore’s largest scale participation in any Expo. Designed by Kay Ngee Tan Architects, Urban Symphony resembles a music box through the water fountain movements, sunshade fins on the façade, and interplay of sounds and visuals. The pavilion will showcase the uniqueness of Singapore’s urbanization and sustainability by showing a miniature version of the city-state. Most of guests are interested in Shanghai 2010 World Expo and Singapore Pavilion; they express they will visit Singapore Pavilion during that time.
Then a small-scale theatrical performance is held when singing, dancing, riddle-guessing and other festive activities will go on until late into the night. Most of Kids get prize during riddle guessing section, all the prize are presented by CG Mr. Yip.
After performance, all the kids and adult walk to roof to play Paper lanterns, eat Moon Cake and gaze at the full moon. Both children and adults are immersed in the happiness. All the people feel the atmosphere of the holiday is the same as Singapore hometown.
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PSB Consulting
Date: 29 August 2009
Time: 12.00pm
Venue: 19th floor Raffles City
Topic: 7e Way of Leaders Workshop by PSB Consulting
In August 29th 2009, we gathered at the Raffles city to learn something about the leadership programs. The topic of this lecture is 7e Way of Leaders Workshop. 7e is about Envision, Enable, Empower, Execute, Energize, and Evolve based on Ethics.
The speak is Lu Keehong, who is a bilingual Singaporean with many years of management and leadership experience working in the Asia Pacific & Greater China region with world class MNCs like Texas Instruments and Motorola. He has several with distinction in a wide career scope that ranged from financial management, sales operations, customer training & development and HR function.
It began at 10:00am. About 16 members of SSBA came to the lecture. As our sponsor, HSBC provided a golden commemorative coin for the guests. There will be only one person can win the prize. Finally, Frances Neo became the luckiest one.
During the lecture, Mr. Lu showed his talent in leadership and greatest enthusiasm in speech. Sometime he interacted with the listener; sometime he addressed the others with extravagant gestures. His speech was humorous which has attracted almost everyone at the lecture. Just follow as the title, he begin with the word----Envision, and then one by one. When he was talking about Empower, time was over. He was so detailed that he could not finish the lecture. It was pity that he hasn’t finished his lecture.
In the end, Mr. Lu drew the winner. After that all the people have left out. A successful activity has been finished.
The next step of liberalizing the Chinese Capital Account
Date: 21 August 2009
Time: 1.30pm
Venue: Lu Jia Zui Ren Cai Jin Gang
Topic: The next step of liberalizing the Chinese Capital Account
This lecture was hosted by Hong Kong University of science and technology,
And undertaken by Ren Cai Jin Gang. HSBC provided a golden commemorative coin for the guests as lucky draw. Professor Xie Dan Yang from Hong Kong University of science and technology was the speaker of the lecture. He is the chairman of the commercial department.
About 50 people participated in this lecture, and showed greatest interest in this topic. During the lecture, Professor Xie talked about the investment, financial and so on. After the lecture, many audiences volunteered to take the question one after another.
At last, there was wine tasting for all the guests who took part in this lecture, and Professor Xie drew the winner of the commemorative coin.
Momochacha Gathering
Date: 15 August 2009
Time: 11.30am
Venue: momochacha (新加坡主题餐厅) 上海市黄浦区福建中路176号
Payment: AA basis
Purpose: Social networking among Singaporean in Shanghai
SSBA – SCS organized a Social Gathering on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the MomoChacha Singapore Themed Restaurant along Fuzhou Lu, Shanghai. The event aimed to provide a social gathering platform in order to foster closer ties and cooperation amongst Singaporeans in Shanghai.
Momochacha is a Malaysian operated Singapore themed restaurant situated centrally on Fuzhou lu of Puxi, Shanghai. It serves pretty authentic Singaporean hawker fare such as hor fun, laksa and char kuey, which was the reason why it was chosen. Indeed, nothing bonds Singaporeans more than authentic Singapore food.
The event was the second social gathering that the SSBA-SCS has organized and will become a monthly event where different pairs of Singaporeans will be chosen to form the organizing committee each time. Karina Lee of Conchius and Jason Ng of Optiontradingpedia.com, organizing committee of this event, passed the baton to Christopher Chen of Standard Chartered and Annie Lim of Adecco for organizing the next event through an innovative “lucky draw”.
The event saw an encouraging turnout of 39, which was much higher than the turnout during SSBA-SCS’s first social gathering at Frankie’s Place. This is testimony to the growing need for social gathering amongst Singaporeans in Shanghai as well as the growing willingness of Singaporeans to foster closer ties as a close knit Singaporean community. In fact, this “luncheon” took over 4 hours from 11am to 3pm. This was much longer than the organizing committee has expected. The gathering was full of laughter and fun which saw participants going around tables, co-mingling and sharing food, just like one family. Indeed, Singaporeans in Shanghai are a family and need to unite as one. A lucky draw was also conducted, pushing the atmosphere to a climax, where the winner, Teri Ho, walked away with a free meal and a handmade cross stitch made by Jason’s wife, Precious Yang.
Indeed, it was an event everyone walked away with something; a sense of belonging here in this foreign land.
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August 8, 2009
National Day Dinner
Location
Shangri-La Pudong Hotel
Happy Birthday Singapore.... From Shanghai!
Around 550 Singaporeans in Shanghai celebrated National Day together at dinner bash on 8 August at the Shangri-La Pudong Hotel. Organized by the Shanghai Singapore Business Association-Singapore Club Shanghai (SSBS-SCS), the Guest of Honor was Singapore's CG Mr Yip Wei Kiat.
The year's theme " Come Together Reaching Out, reaching Up", gave cause for us to reflect on how far Singapore had come since we gained independence 44 years ago and how we have weathered all adversity and challenges. The organizing committee created an atmosphere of informal togetherness that Singaporeans enjoy. A buffet spread, a line up of performances by both professional entertainers and volunteers and of course the mandatory lucky draw was interspersed with slide shows of previous National Day celebrations.
Near to the 5 o’clock, some guests began to enter into the banquet hall. The banquet hall was decorated with flowers, and expressed its resplendence and magnificence. There were about 5 people working at the entrance. Some were responsible for the ticket checking, others were in charge of buying tickets on the spot. About 7:30, almost guests have arrived.
At 7:00 pm, National Day Dinner has begun. At the very beginning, all the people rise for the Singapore National Anthem. Though they were not in their native land, they can also enjoy their National Day, and be immersed in the happiness. After the National Anthem, the CG Yip Wei Kiat cut the cake in honor of the 44th Singapore National Day.
The guests were eating the delicious hometown food while they were appreciating the wonderful performance, such as dragon and lion dance, Kung Fu, Singing and Dancing. Some interesting games thrilled the audience. The hostess’s amusing performance caused a roar of laughter in the audience. More to the point, there were 50% people can get a kind of gift from the National Day Dinner. SSBA prepared nearly 250 presents to the guests. During the dinner, it has about 4 rounds luck draw; the presents included red wine, ice-cream coupon, cubilose, and some electronic products. The spectators received their prize actively. The top 10 prize is extremely amazing. It consisted of camera, Wii , notebook PC and so on. In the end, the consulate general Mr. Yep drew the winner who can obtain the top 1 prize----Canon Camera.
Everyone was happy, everyone can enjoy it despite of living away from their hometown.
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18 July 2009
SSBA-SCS Sports: Badminton Friendly with NTU Alumni Shanghai
Badminton is a racquet sports that demands fitness, stamina, strength and speed. Playing badminton is a good form of exercise and many Singaporeans enjoy this sports with their family and friends in Shanghai. SSBA-SCS organizes weekly games for its members at the Oasis Riviera Club House, 883 Shui Cheng Road.
Together with the NTU Alumni, Shanghai, we organized a friendly tournament on Sat 18 July 2009 at the Tiger Tavern in Shanghai Asia Pacific Brewery factory. About 30 players from each side registered to play. As we wanted maximum participation for all the players, each side fielded 9 sets of players consisting of Man's Single, Man's Double, Woman's Single, Woman's Double and Mix Double.
Several of the players demonstrated very good badminton skills, notably the Man's Double from the NTU Alumni, Shanghai and Man's Single from SSBA-SCS. Most of the games were evenly matched and rather entertaining to watch. We added a special match where we selected 4 of the the best players in the Tournament to play a match of Man's Double. The audience was enthralled by the skills and stamina of the players.
After a 2-hour tournament, we started our buffet and karaoke. Some badminton enthusiasts continued to play the badminton with their new founded friends from NTU Alumni, Shanghai.
Mr Zhang Yong Vice President of NTU Alumni Shanghai hope that there will be many more of such tournaments so that members can build business rapport, social contacts and keep fit at the same time.
We are grateful to SAPB for sponsoring the badminton courts and Tiger Beer, Sino-United health & St Michael Hospital for providing medical support and Yi Mudi for sponsoring fresh organic salad.
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June 26th 2009
Thank You Nite 2009’ – A SSBA-SCS Business Networking Event
Location
Vino Venue, 1970, Hong Qiao Road
In appreciation of our corporate member continuous support for SSBA-SCS, we are extremely pleased to invite our Corporate Member to attend "Thank You Nite 2009".
This SSBA-SCS Business Networking Event is proudly sponsored by Vino Venue and Techno Form and has been organized exclusively for our Corporate Members for 2009/10.
This event was held at Vino Venue, a Singaporean-owned wine bar ideal for wine appreciation and business networking. As part of the event's program, we will be enjoying a "Wine Tasting & Appreciation Session". In addition we have invited the 2009 runner-up team (Shanghai University of Finance and Economic) from SIFE China to give us a presentation on their exciting project and share with us their enriching experiences. SIFE (Student in Free Enterprise) is an international non-profit organization which focuses on educating people on concepts such as market economics, entrepreneurship and business ethics through educational outreach projects.
We intend for this to be a relaxing and enjoyable evening for our Corporate Members to network and catch-up with friends and fellow Singaporeans. Most importantly, we are willing show our gratitude to our Corporate Members for your continued support.
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10th Inter Chamber Golf competition
Location: Shanghai West Golf Club
We are glad to report that our SSBA team comprising of Lee How Giap, Poon Onn, Kenneth Koh and Anne Tan has won the 10th Inter-Chamber Golf competition at Shanghai West Golf Club on Saturday, 6th June 09. Some photos attached.
There were total of 16 team from different Chambers and Association in Shanghai participated in this Competition.
This is the 2nd time in 10 year that we have won the Championship. The last time was in 2003.
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May 30 2009
Oversea Singaporean Unit –Distinguished Business Leader
Location
Millennium Hongqiao Hotel Shanghai
The Overseas Singaporean Unit is proud to present to you, Distinguished Business Leader, Mr Lim Cheng Teck, Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore), in Shanghai on 30 May 2009.
Get up close and personal with Mr Lim Cheng Teck, Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) and partake of his valuable insights into the future of the banking industry in Asia, as well as key lessons from his own personal journey and experiences as a Chief Executive of one of the leading banking groups in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region. Having served as Chief Operating Officer of Standard Chartered Bank in China, Mr Lim is uniquely placed to share his insights on the banking industry in both Singapore and China. Mr Lim also serves on the Councils of Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS), Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF), The Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF), the Board of Governors of Singapore International Foundation (SIF) and the Board of Special Needs Trust Company.
So, do not miss this great opportunity to meet and engage with our Distinguished Business Leader, Mr Lim Cheng Teck, as well as an enjoyable evening of networking with your fellow Singaporeans!
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May 27 2009
Joint Chamber Trade Fair
Location
Shanghai Centre Atrium, 4/F, 1376 West Nanjing Road, Jingan District
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May 14, 2009
How to Manage Cross Border Arbitration and Litigation Issues from a Business Perspective
SHANGHAI SINGAPORE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION – SINGAPORE CLUB SHANGHAI
Location
Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel
SSBA-SCS organized a business legal talk on 14 May from 7PM to 9PM. It was held at Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel.
The topic of this talk is Cross Boarder Arbitration & Litigation from a Business Prospective and we are very pleased to have invited Mr Philip Jeyaretnam, Senior Counsel, the immediate Past President of the Singapore Law Society to be our distinguished speaker.
There were 50 members and friends join this business talk.
Mr. Philip Antony Jeyaretnam, is a lawyer and Senior Counsel in Singapore, as well as the immediate Past President of the Singapore Law Society. Apart from his achievements in law, he is also well known as a fiction writer. He is the younger son of the late veteran Singaporean opposition politician J.B. Jeyaretnam and Margaret Walker, and is of Sri Lankan Tamil and English descent.
Despite his busy legal practice, Philip takes the time to contribute to society by assuming various positions. As a well-respected litigator in the legal profession with commercial experience, he was President of the Singapore Law Society, and Chairman of the Society of Construction Law from 2002 to 2004. He is also a member of the SIAC Regional Panel of Arbitrators and Adjunct Professor with the Department of Building at the National University of Singapore. On 20 July 2005, Jeyaretnam was appointed as a board member of the Singapore National Kidney Foundation.
He gave a talk on the concept of "How to Manage Cross Border Arbitration and Litigation". During the talk Mr Jeyaretnam mentioned 3 stage, first stage is drafting the dispute resolution clause, second stage is choosing the forum in which to use or choosing the right arbitrator or arbitrators and third stage us getting the shape of the case right.
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April 11, 2009
SHANGHAI SINGAPORE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION – SINGAPORE CLUB SHANGHAI
Location
Oasis Riviera, 883 ShuiCheng Road
We would like to thank everyone who helped make this charity event a great success! Through this charity fair, we raised a total of RMB 300,762.70. Funds collected have been transferred to the China Charity Federation (CCF). Work on the school rebuilding will commence on 20 May 2009 and is expected to be completed by 20 Aug 2009. SSBA-SCS will have a team to visit the new school in September 2009.
11th April 2009 turned out to be a glorious day despite the forecast of rain. By 8 AM, vendors started streaming in to stock up their booths. There were about 90 stalls in total; on sale were delicious food prepared by “tai-tais” as well as restaurant chefs, and others selling wine, coffee, jewelry, furniture, toys, used items, etc. The game booths were a hit with both the young and old.
The on-site silent auction attracted quite a bit of interest and 18 items donated by generous companies and individuals were auctioned off. A unique recipe book comprising over 50 special recipes contributed by expats staying in Shanghai was launched at the fair. The book contains recipes for beef rendang, truffles, mushroom soup, lasagne, pad thai, Indian butter chicken, kaya, chiffon cake and numerous other mouth-watering dishes.
Throughout the day, visitors to the fair were entertained by music put together by DJ Dennis, and also by various live performances by the Shanghai American Middle School Jazz Band, SMIC Private School and our very own Singaporean crooners, Willy Tan and Francis Yuen.
Besides enjoying the yummy food and fine wine, games and lots of shopping opportunities, the lucky ones also won attractive raffle prizes including a Kayumanis romantic getaway in Nanjing, an air ticket to Hongkong, an iPOD, and many more.
This charity effort would not have been possible without the support of many kind-hearted and generous individuals and companies. We would like to thank all of them, and in particular, CapitaLand, which sponsored the venue and whose technicians gave us invaluable support; Pivot Marketing which took care of event management; and Promus Printing which sponsored the printing of the recipe book. We are grateful too, to all of you who donated in kind or in cash, and those who took the time to cook for the fair, help man the stalls or contributed their secret recipes. We thank the many vendors which supported the event by setting up shops at the fair. And finally, to all of you who came to the fair, thank you for supporting the event with your presence!
Prepared by Yue Tong Mui，SSBA-SCS Charity and Community Director
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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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