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Having accrued experience invarious relevant areas, I waskeenly interested in helping my“fellow manufacturers.”– SMF Assistant Secretary-General Mr James SeeEven when the years roll by and the present stalwartsare no longer leading the Federation, the SMF’s cultureof overcoming adversity will stand it in good stead. Inall its 80 years of existence, new leaders have alwaysstepped forward to take the Federation to new heights.There is no reason why this should not continue in thefuture. In this process of transformation, the SMF needspassionate individuals who are willing to give their timeto the SMF – while holding full-time jobs – to do whatis essentially volunteer work, said Mr Huang. “However,it is not good enough just to have visionary and goodleaders,” he continued.Complementing the leadership team is a pool ofcompetent, professional secretariat staff, who haveensured the smooth running of the SMF’s programmes.They have enabled the SMF to serve its members aswell as impact the nation and community.As the SMF becomes more relevant, more people willleave their jobs to join the SMF full-time. Before joiningthe SMF as its Assistant Secretary-General in December2011, Mr James See was an SMF member for over 20years, representing Singco, a company manufacturingfire-resistant doors. Over the years, he was also in the SMF ExecutiveCommittee, a council member as well as the Chairman of the Lifestyle andMetal, Machinery and Engineering Industry Groups.Mr See made the move as he felt that it was far more rewarding to contributeto the SMF than to be on the receiving end. “Having been involved with theSMF for quite a number of years, and having accrued experience in variousrelevant areas, I was keenly interested in helping my fellow manufacturers,”Mr See affirmed.Epilogue: Mapping the Future 99
“If you want to go fast,you go alone.If you want to go far,you go with others.– The SMF President Mr George Huang,quoting an old African saying”Mr See’s SMF colleagues who, like him, joined the Federation out of a desireto help their fellow manufacturers include Mr Richard Soh, the current CEOof the SMF Institute and former Regional Director of packaging companySCA Packaging Singapore, and Mr Tan Jin Soon, who used to be on theBoard of Directors of Sime Packaging and is now a Senior Advisor withthe SMF’s Standards Development Organisation. Even with this excellentteam, the SMF realises that it cannot go far without its valued customers.Mr Huang, who is also Ethiopia’s Honorary Consul General to Singapore,quoted an African saying: “If you want to go fast, you go alone. If you wantto go far, you go with others.”But, Mr Huang continued, “The SMF wants to do both – it wants to go fastand far. This has led the SMF to initiate various programmes so that theorganisation can go fast. At the same time, the SMF will engage partnersalong the way to give these programmes depth, sustainability and continuity,in order to go far.”“In this continuing journey with the SMF, we have come far together withour valued partners, especially the Government agencies. I am confidentthat we will continue to go much further into the future with the continuedhelp, support and collaboration of all our partners in our journey of ensuringthat manufacturing remains an important, integral part of the Singaporeeconomy and business community.”100 Epilogue: Mapping the Future
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ContentsFOREWORDPrime Minister Lee
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F o r e w o r dSingapore has progre
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F o r e w o r dOur manufacturing se
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12 Singapore Manufacturing Federati
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2002 The eSupply Chain Management C
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A New EraThe Singapore Manufacturin
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The Ascocenda SMF 80 th Anniversary
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• 1973: Colombo Court at High Str
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Logos that reflect the timesThe SMF
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Prelude:The FoundingThe Great Depre
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By way of entertainment, a symphoni
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The man behind the Singapore Manufa
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Apart from one Mr Tay Lian Teck, th
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A first-hand accountof doing busine
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Working with the new GovernmentAt 2
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Amoy Canning leveraged on the SMF t
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• The city areas were extremely o
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In the first flush of Singapore’s
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The-then Singapore Prime Minister,
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The then-First Deputy Prime Ministe
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ASEAN leaders attending the 9 th me
Page 50 and 51: Ford Motor Company’s old Singapor
Page 52 and 53: In 1968, the then-SMF President Ong
Page 54 and 55: The SMF organised several trade mis
Page 56 and 57: The then-Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kua
Page 58 and 59: Motorcades, dinners andVIPsThe trad
Page 60 and 61: Learning expeditionsMany of the ove
Page 62 and 63: • Setting up a bureau to help pla
Page 64 and 65: Trade missions to Malaysia proved t
Page 66 and 67: “We thought it would be good to h
Page 68 and 69: • In 1971, the SMF received 200 q
Page 70: SMF members had good reason for che
Page 73 and 74: One such example is the online arm
Page 75 and 76: The 2008 Economic Crisis2008 was a
Page 77 and 78: Building up core strengthUndoubtedl
Page 79 and 80: She said: “After attending the co
Page 81 and 82: Students can also participate in SM
Page 83 and 84: Senior Minister of State, Ministry
Page 85 and 86: “With more local companies being
Page 87 and 88: Coca-Cola Singapore Beverages is an
Page 89 and 90: Heading into the futureAs the SMF l
Page 91 and 92: Epilogue:Mapping theFutureThe manuf
Page 93 and 94: The biggest question of all is: Wha
Page 95: The SMF through its Centre for Corp
Page 98 and 99: One way it does this is by working
Page 102 and 103: George and staff group photoTogethe
Page 104 and 105: Manufacturing is indeed pervasive i
Page 106 and 107: Current statusTo establish partners
Page 108 and 109: FutureAs Singapore prospers with mo
Page 110 and 111: Current statusElectronics is the ma
Page 112 and 113: Current statusIn the last six years
Page 114 and 115: Current statusThe group helps to dr
Page 116 and 117: Current statusThe food industry in
Page 118 and 119: Current statusBy all measures, Sing
Page 120 and 121: HistoryThe Lifestyle Industry Group
Page 122 and 123: FutureThe issue of maintaining stan
Page 124 and 125: Singapore’s precision engineering
Page 126 and 127: the group. The PCS is a member of t
Page 128 and 129: “Manufacturing has been a key eng
Page 130 and 131: My heartiest congratulations to the
Page 132 and 133: I am much heartened by the strong s
Page 134 and 135: I congratulate the SMF on its 80 th
Page 136 and 137: The British High Commission would l
Page 138 and 139: I wish to extend our heartiest cong
Page 140 and 141: In the words of NBA player extraord
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Page 144 and 145: SPETA would like to send our hearti
Page 146 and 147: On behalf of the members and staff
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总会积极配合新加坡
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创新求变 , 持续发展19
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迎接挑战 , 展望未来
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Acknowledgements
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ContributorsMr Douglas FooFounder a
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This specially-commissioned commemo
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