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Telecast during primetime, each episode focused on a different manufacturingsector. The programme aimed to inject a new image to the Singaporemanufacturing sector and promote vibrancy of the sector to our youth.I am very proud to say that SMa received many positive compliments fromvarious government ministries and agencies. At the National Security Dialogue,DPM, Professor S. Jayakumar praised SMa for a very well organised andsuccessful dialogue session with some 800 representatives from themanufacturing community.In January this year, I was one of the nine Nominated Members of Parliament(NMP) selected and sworn into Parliament. One of my first task as an NMP wasto submit members’ feedback on the Singapore Budget 2007. Initially apreliminary 2-man committee assisted me to screen and collate their feedback.Now a function committee, the Economic Feedback Committee (also known asEFC) has been put together comprising of a few volunteer council members andis chaired by Economics Professor Lim Chin of the NUS Business School.Besides collecting feedback from members, EFC may direct SMa Research andCorporate Communications Divisions to gather information by conducting regularresearch on major issues that concern their businesses. The EFC will collate andanalyse the findings and recommend relevant questions for me to raise inParliament sittings. I will encourage members to use me to voice issues you havein your business. I only have 1 term of 2 ½ years in Parliament.8
We are very fortunate that SMa as a Federation has strong links with ourgovernment and we continue to have regular dialogue sessions with statutoryboards and agencies. In 2006 SMa held members dialogue sessions with theCompetition Commission of Singapore, Customs & Excise, Inland RevenueAuthority of Singapore, Workforce Development Agency, SPRING Singapore, IESingapore and Ministry of Manpower. We also had Industry Group specificdialogue sessions with the Health Sciences Authority, Building & ConstructionAuthority and the TCM Practitioners Board.Challenges and DifficultiesAs an established industry association, SMa has surmounted many challenges tobe where we are today. Even with globalisation and the new challenges it bringsto the manufacturing sector in Singapore, we at SMa have remained committedto our mission towards our members in making a difference for them in theirrespective industries.However, with SMa members coming from a wide spectrum of industries in themanufacturing and manufacturing–related sectors, the responsibility of meetingevery member’s need is becoming increasingly difficult with their diverse andcomplex requirements. Therefore, we are grateful for your kind understanding asyour Federation continues to change and adapt to support your needs asmembers.9
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