80th Anniversary Commemorative Book - Singapore Manufacturing ...

“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