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Mr Foo will aldo be Chairman of Remuneration Committee, a member of Audit and Nominating Committees.

Dato’ Robin Tan nominated Mr Yau to as alternate director in his place.

Mr Chan was also delegated as a member of Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Chua Ying Hwee wasin charge of the company's corporate development and strategy execution.

Hoon Tai Meng was also an Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Renumeration Committee Member.

SingTel scored 111 points overall in the 2012 Governance and Transparency Index, beating SGX and DBS.

A total of 129,571,696 shares were sold at an average price of NT$62 per share.

Edward Fu Shu Sheen was also Chairman of Remuneration Committee and Member of Audit and Nominating Committees.

Patrick Yeoh Khwai Hoh is also Chairman of Risk Management Committee and Member of Executive Committee.

The numbers exhibit a healthy showing: loans rose 3% while deposits grew 4%.

Singapore is becoming one of the world’s premier hub for quality printing presses, even our national newspaper boasts quality color printing bringing about more vibrant colors and smoother fonts.

It's no secret that the advent of social media and Internet technologies has caused a massive shift in the way that business is done around the world. While opening up vast opportunities, the plethora of options out there today makes it very easy for marketing to lose control over messages.

A good business meeting can leave you feeling energised, enthused and five years younger. A bad one can leave you wanting an immediate change of job or even career. We all complain about having too many meetings, but when they work, they generate new ideas, revenues, energy or goodwill. How can we make sure this happens? The three elements of meetings A meeting has three parts: before, during and after. There’s lots of advice given about the ‘during’ part. Time-keeping and staying on topic are crucial. So too is ensuring that verbose participants don’t drown out diffident ones. There’s also lots of advice available about the ‘after’ – such as the importance of being clear about agreed outcomes, follow-up actions and deadlines. Least attention is paid to the ‘before’ stage. But in my experience the planning stage can make or break a meeting. Define the purpose of the meeting: Meetings are so much a part of corporate life that people often hold them as a ‘default’ option. Too many meetings have vague intentions: a weekly team meeting or progress update, for example. The best meetings are action-orientated, with clear aims or desired outcomes. Limit the numbers: Generally, the greater the number of participants, the greater the risk of them losing energy. Think about whether people really need to be there, or whether they could be updated about the outcomes. Handle this diplomatically: make people feel that non-attendance liberates time in their schedule, and not that they’re being sidelined. Agendas are not just a formality: Agendas are crucial to good planning. They should be distributed in time for participants to read them, and act on them. All participants should know exactly what preparations they need to do beforehand. Set the stage: I think of this like a play or film. No matter the quality of the script and the actors, plays or films don’t really work unless they also have the right venue, set, lighting and sound. There are a range of ‘staging’ elements you need to consider.

In Singapore the acceptance of failure is close to non-existent. No matter how unrealistic zero failure may seem, failure is not an option.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore take up 99%[1] of all enterprises on this island. This is indeed an overwhelming figure, coming to think of it. They employ 7 out of every 10 workers, and contribute over 50% towards the National GDP[2].

Social media has indeed transformed itself to be the new mainstream in marketing brands and businesses mainly because of its convenience, practicality and usability. But just like any kind of business strategy, not all companies get to succeed in achieving their sales objectives via social media.