VOLUME 1, JANUARY 2006
Updates on Regional Offices by Thomas ANG & George CHOO We are pleased to announce two exciting developments as we expand our foothold to setup operations in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh city) and India (Hyderabad) by the 1st quarter of 2006, and are currently in the process of business registration, recruitment and sourcing for suitable office locations. Our other regional offices are also doing well with expansion plans in the pipelines: APP Malaysia Ronnie Tan will be posted to Penang Office in February 2006 for a tentative period of 3 to 6 months and will be covering the semicon market in Penang. Joining Ronnie there is Steven Fung, a new Senior Sales Engineer coming on board on 13 February 2006. Steven was previously from Peak Semiconductor and will be taking care of the semicon / disk drive market in Penang. APP Indonesia APP Indonesia shifted to new office location in 2005 to a double storey office with additional space for expansion in the near future. We would also like to extend a warm welcome to Arga, the new Sales Engineer who came on board to assist Irwan in October 2005. APP Philippines A great year ahead for APP Philippines with plans to shift to a new office location in Aug-Oct 2006. A new sales engineer, Angelo Cipriano will be joining us in February 2006 and Edwin is in the process of looking for an administrative assistant. APP Thailand A strong expansion phase for our Thailand office currently, Thaweewat is actively recruiting 2 more sales engineers and an administrator/accountant before mid 2006. APP Thailand will also be shifting out of the present location to a bigger office with facility for service capability. APP China With the departure of Wu Xiao Guang in December 2005, APP management has decided to close the office in Shanghai. However, we are still keen in the China market and will look out for business opportunities in the future.
New Faces to Watch by Veronica TAN Our APP family has grown bigger! We would like to extend our warmest welcome to the new staff joining our APP family in the last quarter of 2005:
| Jessie Toh, Finance Manager Jessie joined APP on 24 Oct 2005 and reports directly to Mr SL Lee Tibits: Jessie keeps herself fit by swimming regularly.
| Hyzal Bin Mohd Fakhir, Store cum Delivery Assistant Hyzal has been with APP since 14 Nov 2005. Tibits: So far we have yet to discover any juicy bits on Hyzal, but our paparazzo will be in action soon!
| Mohairy Bin Romly, Store cum Delivery Assistant Mohairy came on board at the same time with Hyzal and they work hand in hand to assist Jasmani at the store Tibits: Football is his game, and Mohairy is also an avid reader.
| Moe Kyaw Thu Aung, Service Engineer, AE Section Moe, from Burma, joined us on 1 Dec 2005 and reports under Shashi Tibits: Moe is a movie buff and he keeps up with current affairs by watching the news.
| Choo Kok Kwan, Accounts Executive After temping here for a period of time, Choo came on board officially on 12 Dec 2005 and works under Jessie Toh (the man among the roses in the accounts department) Tibits: He likes to rear fish and has a small fish tank at his cubicle
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