SiTF 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner

SiTF celebrates 25 years of milestones in the infocomm technology industry with a gala dinner at Marina Mandarin Singapore

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By Chai Pei Shan

On 7 September 2007 (Friday), Singapore infocomm Singapore Technology Federation (SiTF) celebrates her 25^th Anniversary with a gala dinner at Marina Mandarin Singapore. With the ‘Academy Awards’ theme, guests were pleasantly surprised with the ‘adoration’ from the papparazi and red carpet during the networking cocktail.

The event was graced by Guest-of-Honour, Dr. Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts. On behalf of SiTF, Ms Tan Yen Yen, organizing chairperson of SiTF V-Day and Mr Pek Yew Chai, Chairman of SiTF, presented a donation cheque of S$31,000 to Dr. Lee. This donation, in aid of the President’s Challenge 2007 was raised through SiTF V-Day (August 2007) and SiTF Golf Classic (April 2007), where conscious efforts were made to raise funds and reach out to the less fortunate in our community.

This gesture of generosity marks a positive beginning and wonderful evening which are exemplary of SiTF commitment and continued support from the industry.

Chairman, Pek Yew Chai, with welcome address
(Angela May, emcee far right)

Guests at SiTF 25^th Anniversary gala dinner at Marina Mandarin ballroom.

A commemorative video showcasing the achievements and accolades by SiTF also brought back fond memories and proudest moments of SiTF milestones since 1982.

Humor me!

The crowd was entertained by the fun-loving emcee, Ms Angeline May who captivated the crowd for the entire evening with her liveliness. The 21 year-old Singapore Idol finalist, Miss Maideen, also enthralled audience with her enchanting vocals.

Hossan Leong on stage

The highlight of the evening was undoubtedly - standup comedian Mr Hossan Leong, who entertained the crowd with his wit and rendition of Barry Manilow favorites. Politics aside, audience roared in laughter induced by his signature ‘Hossan-Humour’ – laced with caustic jokes about local campaigns and Singaporean lifestyle.

Splendor and sharing good cheers!

Indeed, it was a night of splendor and sharing good cheers as SiTF showed our appreciation to a dedicated team comprising of: luminary past chairmen, esteemed Councilors, Chapter Exco, SiTF members, Secretariat, organizing chairman of SiTF 25^th Anniversary Gala Dinner - Mr Seah Chin Siong, Country Managing Director of Accenture Singapore, and not forgetting, industry partners for their valued contributions to SiTF and Singapore’s infocomm industry over the past 25 years. This joyous evening celebrates the whole infocomm industry and marks the beginning of the next 25 years.

During the dinner, fun and entertaining awards of caricatures portrait drawings were each presented to the honored recipients. An exclusive set of SiTF 25^th Anniversary commemorative stamps was given to each guest.

Here’s the winner’s list:

SiTF Best Movie of the Year – SiTF “8 Chapters”

Award recipients – Chapters Chairpersons
(Dr Chong Yoke Sin, Ms Shirley Wong, Mr Foo Jong Tong, Mr Tay Chor Ter, Mr Wong Ka Vin, Mr James Loo, Mr Samuel David and Mr Tay Eng Hoe )

SiTF Best Director award – Mr Pek Yew Chai
SiTF Male Lead Performer award – Mr Seah Chin Siong
SiTF Female Lead Performer award – Dr Chong Yoke Sin
SiTF Best Supporting Role – Ms Monica Loh

SiTF Accenture Mr & Ms Personality award - Mr Stephen Lim & Ms Ho Se Mun
SiTF Accenture Best Smile Award - Mr Barney Lau
SiTF Accenture Cool Award - Mr Phey Teck Moh & Mr P. Bala

SiTF CISCO Mr Photogenic award - Mr Wong Soon Nam & Ms Tan Yen Yen
SiTF CISCO Mr & Ms Best Hair-do - Mr Loh Teck Heng & Ms Shirley Wong

SiTF Singtel Charismatic award – Mr William Claxton & Mr Criag John Gledhill
SiTF Singtel Athletic award – Mr Frank Koo
SiTF Singtel Suave award – Mr Ng Chong Kim
SiTF Singtel Energetic award – Mr Lim Seng Kong

The gala dinner was attended by over three hundred guests, and corporate sponsors – Accenture Pte Ltd, Cisco Systems (USA) Pte Ltd and Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Platinum sponsors), Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd (Gold sponsors), Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Sales) Pte Ltd and Oracle Corporation Singapore Pte Ltd (Silver sponsors).

See news release: http://www.sitf.org.sg/news/news_releases/2007/NewsRelease_SiTF25thAnni_7Sep_.pdf25th

Photo gallery: http://picasaweb.google.com/sitf.sg/SiTFGalaDinnerMarinaMandarin

SiTF Secretariat

ANNEX - 25th Anniversary’s Welcome Speech by Chairman, Pek Yew Chai

Minister for Infocomm, Communications and The Arts, Dr Lee,

Distinguished Guests,

Friends of SiTF,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you for taking time to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of SiTF with us.

SiTF started off as Singapore Federation of the Computing Industry (SFCI) in 1982. Johnny Moo, was the first chairman who had started the journey for SiTF 25 years ago. In 1999, SFCI merged with Microcomputer Trade Association of Singapore (MTAS) to form the present SiTF. Along with many dedicated and passionate individuals, such as Willie Cheng, Bill , Noel, Wilson, Stephen, Zeid, Siew Choon, Chin Ngiap, Ken Wye, they had shaped and made what SiTF is today. And we are indeed very honoured to have them here. Please give them a round of applause.

Since its establishment, SiTF has strived to be the beacon of the infocomm technology industry; working with government agencies, local trade associations and international organisations to provide platforms to grow the Singapore ICT industry. Many initiatives were launched and implemented over the last 25 years, which includes the setting up of the Singapore Solutions Centre in Shanghai and Hangzhou where the purpose of the centres is to assist local ICT to penetrate into PRC market. Most of these would not have been possible without the help and support of IDA. And we would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support. We are also grateful that we have excellent working relationships with agencies such as IES, MDA, A*Star, SPRING, EDB which we have close collaboration throughout these years.

As Singapore is only a “little red dot”, we need to work closely with our foreign partners. Our domestic market is small and if we do not venture beyond, it is not possible for Singapore ICT to grow. Hence, we have signed MOUs with friends of SiTF such as Korea IT International Cooperation Agency (KIICA) and Mobile Data Association in UK

SiTF is also a member of international alliances such as Asian Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO), Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) and World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA). All these engagement is to provide additional extension to our members.

In Nov 2007, SiTF will play host to the two international ICT events, ASOCIO ICT Summit and APICTA Award. ASOCIO ICT Summit will gather industry leaders where ICT masterplans from different economies will be shared while APICTA Award is an international competition amongst participating economies. In fact, we had just completed the local league competition for APICTA and we have an overwhelming response this year. These events provide excellent platforms for knowledge sharing, networking and showcasing our local innovations, products and solutions.

SiTF exists because of our members. This year we have chosen the theme, “Connect and Engage”. We believe that in order to stay relevant, we need to be connected and engaged with you. SiTF have many activities and amongst them are our flagship events. We aim to continue our flagship events such as IX, ICT Business Outlook Forum, SiTEX, V-Day, Golf Classic as we have received positive feedback about them. We hope our members will work with us so that we can work out what is best for the industry which ultimately benefits our members. To do so, we intend to increase our touch points so that we can broaden and deepen our relationship with our members.

I am indeed honoured to be given the opportunity to chair the federation and to be given the opportunity to work with so many talented people in the industry. I am especially grateful to all the councillors and the chapters’ exco who had come together consistently and had spent their own personal time and effort to contribute to the common goal of making this industry a better one.

Recently, the councillors had gathered for a brainstorming session. It is an opportunity for us to consolidate our current position and to decide what we would like to do “when we grow up”. We want SiTF to be an organization where members would be proud to belong, an organization that partners see value, respect and treasure. SiTF intends to be the lynchpin for a community that our stakeholders want to be a part of and to actively play a role in. And while making that happen, have fun together.

And tonight, let’s have fun.

Thank you.

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Awards for SiTF Councilors on 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner

Councilors - caricature click to view all

By local caricature artist - Jit Leong

Story and photos by: Chai Pei Shan

Happy Birthday Monica Loh (Secretariat)

SiTF Secretariat celebrates Monica's birthday at SiTF house. While we are busy preparing for our 25th Anniversary Gala dinner ...

Monica dazzling in her favrouite purple top, all SMILES!

SiTF celebrates 25 years of milestones in the infocomm technology industry - 7 Sep

By Chai Pei Shan

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

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“SiTF intends to be the lynchpin for a community that our stakeholders
want to be a part of and to actively play a role in.” - Mr Pek Yew Chai, Chairman, SiTF

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SiTF celebrates 25 years of milestones in the infocomm technology industry

On 7 September 2007 (Friday), Singapore infocomm Singapore Technology Federation (SiTF) celebrates her 25^th Anniversary with a gala dinner at Marina Mandarin Singapore. The event will be graced by Guest-of-Honour, Dr. Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts.

During the dinner, past luminary chairmen will be recognised for their contributions to the industry. SiTF will also present a cheque of S$31,000 to President’s Challenge raised through events such as SiTF V-Day and SiTF Golf Classic where conscious efforts are made to raise funds and reach out to the less fortunate in our community.

Since its establishment in 1982, SiTF has strived to be the beacon of the infocomm technology industry; working with government agencies, local trade associations and international organisations to provide platforms to grow the Singapore ICT industry. Many initiatives were launched and implemented over the last 25 years, such as, the setting up of the Singapore Solutions Centre in Shanghai and Hangzhou with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). The purpose of the centres is to assist local ICT to penetrate into PRC market.

This dinner also marks the commencement of a host of events and initiatives fronted by SiTF. In Nov 2007, SiTF will play host to two international ICT events, Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) ICT Summit 2007 and Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards 2007. ASOCIO will gather industry leaders where ICT masterplans from different economies will be shared while APICTA is an international competition amongst participating economies. These events provide excellent platforms for knowledge sharing, networking and showcasing our local innovations, products and solutions.

Moving forward, the councillors of SiTF who comprises mainly the captains of the industry had come together and had carved out the vision of making SiTF the lynchpin for an ICT community. Moving into the next lap, SiTF will continue to establish itself as a thought leader in the infocomm technology industry and assist in building an eco-system that will flourish.

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Wireless Chapter Networking Evening with Mercedes-Benz

Networking Evening with Mercedes-Benz

By Chai Pei Shan

Download full report here

On 30 August 2007, SiTF held a Wireless Chapter Networking Evening with Mercedes-Benz at the Mercedes Benz Showroom. Thirty guests (Wireless Chapter/SiTF members and invited guests) attended the networking event.

In the first hour, guests were taken to test drive the new Mercedes-Benz ‘C’ Class car, followed by a tour of the Mercedes-Benz showroom. Many guests ‘oohed’ and ‘arrhed’ at the display of the cool Mercedes-Benz cars. The very exclusive MayBach model was unveiled for the viewing pleasure of the guests.

Mr James Loo, Chairman of Wireless Chapter, gave a warm welcome address followed by a short presentation by Mr Kevin Lim, Pacific Internet. 2 vintage wine bottles were given away as lucky draw prizes. (Courtesy of James Loo, Y3 Technologies).

Guests were treated to an array of sumptuous food, fine wine and great company. Based on the anecdotal feedback received, guests had a wonderful time. Every guest also walked away with a classy Mercedes-Benz keychain.

All in all, this event not only provide networking opportunities for SiTF and Wireless Chapter members, and attracted potential members but also injected elements of excitement and fun to the event.

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SiTF V-day in aid of President’s Challenge 2007 - raised $31,000 (with Golf Classic 2007)

SiTF V-day raised $31,000 for the President’s Challenge 2007

Combined with fund-raising efforts by SiTF Golf Classic 07

By Chai Pei Shan

download full report here

As part of giving back to the community, Singapore information Technology Federation (SiTF) pledged her support for the President’s Challenge through Volunteer’s Day with fund-raising efforts and volunteer outings. Together with the funds raised during SiTF Golf Classic, SiTF raised a grand total of $31,000 for the President’s Challenge 2007.

On 18 August 2007, SiTF organized the 5^th V-day at The Legends, Fort Canning Park with the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre. Ms Tan Yen Yen, the organizing chairman of SiTF V-day 2007, gave a warm welcome address to kick-off the day’s event.
(Ms Tan Yen Yen is the Managing Director & General Manager, Technology Solutions Group, Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Sales) Pte Ltd, view her bio here)

The event was graced by Guest-of-Honour, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Second minister for Information, Communication and the Arts. Dr Balakrishnan delivered an opening address and awarded tokens of acknowledgement to all sponsors and participating companies.

SiTF Secretariat with Macpherson Moral Family Services Centre on an outing to the Singapore Science Centre and MacDonald.

This year, SiTF V-day received generous donations from corporate donors like Microsoft, Cisco Systems, E-Cop and individual donor from Mr Mock Pak Lum. Other participating companies include Microsoft and E-Book Systems. The event saw a lively attendees of 115, together with more than 300 volunteers and active participation from 18 corporates.

The Spirit of Volunteerism

Volunteerism goes beyond donating and receiving money. The SiTF Secretariat and welfare home volunteers took a group of 26 children from Macpherson Moral Family Services Centre on an outing to the Singapore Science Centre and MacDonald.

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Active partipation from ten corporates

In reaching out to the less fortunate and beneficiaries of Volunteer Welfare Organisations (VWO), corporates participation involved a series of fun-packed excursions and outings with VWOs from August through September 2007:

• Accenture – TOUCH Community Services; Activity – City Walk.
• Crimson Logic – Spastic Children’s Association of Singapore; Activity – Excursion
• e-Cop – Handicaps Welfare Association; Activity – Excursion
• Frontline Technologies – Singapore Visually Handicapped; Activity – Excursion
• SQLview & NetAssist – Society for the Physical Disabled; Activity – Excursion
• NCS – Kheng Chiu Loke Tin Kee Home; Activity – Outing with elderly

Thank you for your support and generiosity!

Staff from Crimson Logic with the children from the Spastic Children’s
Association of Singapore on excursion.

Outing with kids from Macpherson Moral Family Services Centre with the SiTF to
Singapore Science Centre.

Apart donations from the corporate, SiTF also collected donations from the fund-raising at the
SiTF Golf Classic 07 (April '07). Funds raised by golfers purchasing the special golf ball for the novelty games, and wine bidding at the dinner in the evening that day.

See more photos here:

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Maiden SiTF blog by the SiTF Secretariat

Welcome to the maiden blog of Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF)

We bring you stories from the SiTF Secretariat.

Left to right (standing): Sim Wee Leng, Neeraj V. Bhagchandani, Saro Muthusamy, Chai Pei Shan, Monica Loh, Erin Wong
Seating: Serene Ng, Emily Goh, Ho Se Mun, Jenny Lim

Not in photo:
George Yang, Centre Director, Singapore Solutions Centre, Lawrence Lim, Director, SOA Business Development, NYP-SiTF SOA Centre

The SiTF Secretariat provides the infrastructural and manpower resources necessary to realise SiTF’s mission and vision. A small and dedicated team of highly experienced officers implements and executes a wide range of projects and services that add value to the members and the SiTF Council.

Since 1 July 2004, the Secretariat has been streamlined to provide better services, as well as to better serve the needs of SiTF members and chapters.

This is the official SiTF blog - created and maintained by Marketing Support Executive and creative writer-designer, Miss Chai Pei Shan, SiTF since its birth in September. From Oct 12, 2007 onwards, this blog will be maintained by website contributor - Victor Chan.

The idea was mooted to stay connected and relevant to readers, in our creative and refreshing approach to invorgorate readers with newsworthy reports. Also, we hope to leverage on the power of web 2.0 and efficient use of resources. Ultimately, we hope to bring the latest news and updates to the SiTF community.

*Disclaimer: Please refer to the official SiTF website for more. The owner or blog content contributors of the blog will not be held fully responsible for any misrepresention of SiTF, SiTF constitution laws or any SiTF entities. The owner of the blog will also not bear the full reponsibilities and consequences from any misrepresentation arising from blog content.
The expressions, views, content, are not be wholly representative of SiTF, its council board, Secretariat, affliates, members, or stakeholders.