january 2010 - Keppel Corporation

Sustaining Growth 21
Double win for
Keppel Nantong
Ushering in the new year
on a positive note,
Keppel Nantong Shipyard
(Keppel Nantong) received
two awards from the
Nantong Municipal People’s
Government.
The company was ranked
sixth among Nantong’s Top
10 Export Enterprises for
achieving an export value of
US$129 million from January
to November 2009.
This represented a 231%
increase compared to the
same period in 2008.
Keppel Nantong was given a
cash award of RMB 769,000
(approximately $157,000)
from the city’s government
for its contributions.
It was also lauded for
implementing an excellent
set of safety practices and
policies by the Nantong
Administration of Work
Safety and received a
Safety Excellence Award
on 14 January 2010.
Mr Lee Tai Kwee, President
of Keppel Nantong, said,
“We are greatly
encouraged by the
government’s recognition
of our safety practices, as
well as efforts in
contributing to the export
revenue and employment
growth of Nantong. We
will continue to tap
opportunities and
contribute more to the
development of Nantong’s
marine industry.” keppelite
Keppel’s contributions to Nantong’s growth and safety efforts gain recognition from the
Nantong Municipal People’s Government
Winner of the Best Departmental Website for 2009 Award, the International Projects’ website
excelled in content, knowledge management and sharing capabilities
Leveraging
cyberspace
With the aim to enhance
communication and
efficiency, Keppel Land is
looking into space, more
precisely, cyberspace. The
company recently concluded
its first ever Best
Departmental Website
competition.
Spanning two months, the
competition was organised
to encourage all
departments to adopt and
promulgate innovative usage
of K2Portal, a web-based
knowledge sharing platform,
for their operational needs.
During the awards ceremony
in December, Mr Kevin Chua,
Head of Keppel Land IT,
shared, “While spurring on
optimal usage of the
portal, it is also timely to
recognise the efforts of
the departments that
have leveraged the K2
Portal to collaborate and
share information for
the company’s collective
knowledge in the last five
years.”
Representing the winning
department, Mr Stephen
Choo, Senior GM of
International Projects, said,
“We created this website
with the intention of making
it an integral component of
our project management
processes and a learning
platform for all our project
staff.”
Ms Eva Ho, Assistant
GM of Group Corporate
Communications, who
was one of the judges,
commented, “I’m very
impressed with the breadth
and depth of information
available on the K2Portal,
which will contribute
effectively towards better
information-sharing within
Keppel Land.” keppelite
Keppelite I January 2010