October - November 2012 - Association of Dutch Businessmen

Contents
Vol. 22 / No. 6 / Oct-Nov 2012
Prologue 1 By Mark Leenders, ADB President
Events 3 ADB Dinner & Dance 2.0
6 An evening with Steve “Petrol-head” Slater
Business 7 Apps reviewed – DocuSign Ink and Beepmo
8 Sustainability & business: China
10 A learn journey to excellence
Interview with Jolle IJkema, Regional Director LEAN Asia Pacific
at CEVA Logistics
12 Project-based working in Singapore
14 Interview with Marcel van Doremaele, CEO Rabobank Singapore
16 Can you learn Charisma?
Column 17 Is there a unique Singaporean identity?
Extra 18 NCA supporting local charities: Thank You ADB!
19 A review of the Dutch elections from Singapore’s mail
polling station
Bizz News 20 Dutch business news
Know your tax 22 The flexibilisation of ‘b.V.’ Law
nOt to miss 24 Things to do in Singapore
Embassy News 25 Latest news by the Dutch Embassy
adB News 26 Announcements, member info and more
Photographer for cover: Frank Kuijsters
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Enjoy the pictures of the 2012
Heavenly White Dinner & Dance 2.0
party. Another great event
organised by the ADB and very well
enjoyed by the partygoers.
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A conversation about projectbased
working in Singapore with
Christiaan van Es from Resources
Global Professionals (hereafter
Resources) and interim IT project
leader Arthur Claringbould.
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Read more about how the NCA is
going to support small local charities
with the S$ 3155 that was collected
at ADB’s Dinner & Dance 2.0.
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