• TALK BY NORMANDY ADVISORY SERVICES
• NAWEM BALL
• NEW MEMBERS

1. Vist to Technology Park Malaysia
2. Homepages and Websites

Business opportunities through Networking!

This Newsletter hopes to update you on all that is happening in NAWEM. Make full use of each event to Meet, Make business, and Make Money!

WORDS FROM THE TOP:

THANKS to Lesley Mah and her Team, the SWEPA ladies had a good time during their short stopover in Kuala Lumpur in September. Well done also to our NAWEM Models who apparently wowed all in sight. There may be more potential we have not tapped…

I have just returned from "The Women Leaders Network" Meeting at Ottawa, Canada from 13 - 16 September, 1997. We discussed a range of issues affecting women in APEC economies. The Malaysian delegation was led by FEM (Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Malaysia) President, Ybhg Datuk Nor Azah Awin. FEM will hosting the APEC Women’s Forum 1998 in Kuala Lumpur. So look out for the event next year.

For the information of members, FEM had a soft launch on 21 October 1997 by the Honourable Minister of Entrepreneur Development at his office.

The Nawem Committee has quite a number of activities lined up for you in the coming weeks. We hope members will turn up for them. It was quite disappointing that only 25% of the participants at our July Conference were our members. We would like to see more members attending our functions.

Nov 6, 1997: Talk by Normandy Advisory Services on "To formulate a Prudent Investment Strategy to help protect and increase your Financial status" from 2.30-3.30 p.m. at Menara MultiPurpose, (15^th Floor) Kuala Lumpur. Please Call NAWEM’s office to confirm your booking. It is FREE!

Nov 8, 1997: SWEPA BALL! The lovely Sabah ladies have invited NAWEM members to join them in having some year-end fun. They have arranged special hotel rates for us. Anyone interested? Call the office (Tel:2423325)

Nov 12, 1997: Goodwill Trip to Brunei organised by FEM. Those interested in attending a conference there, please contact NAWEM’s office for more information.

Nov 18, 1997: Internet Workshop by Swiftcom: Maximise Your Returns from the Internet and Understand the concept of E-Commerce. We have asked Swiftcom to conduct this specifically for NAWEM members so that we can understand and adopt the latest in computer technology for our business.

13 December 1997: NAWEM BALL a.k.a. Mad Hatters’ Nite organised by the NAWEM FUN CLUB to help us end the year with a bang! Venue: KLGC, Bt Kiara, KL Book your tickets early and get a discount! None other than Rozzana Abdullah is heading the organising team. If does not turn out to be FUN, you can have a free hair examination!

Terima Kasih from…

SWEPA to NAWEM members for the hospitality they enjoyed. President Nancy Ho writes: "Memories of your friendship, meticulous arrangement, excellent fashion show by the stunning NAWEM members, sumptuous tea, romantic dinner, Karaoke and disco session will forever be imprinted and cherished.."

You are Welcome, Nancy. We enjoyed having you and your members in KL. Visit us again! We thank you for your gifts, too!

SURVEY FORMS: We have not heard from all our members on the activities you want us to organise. If you have not sent your form in, please do it today. Many thanks!

SUCCESS TEAMS 98: We presently have 4 Success Teams under the leadership of Mariam, Datin Rehana, Jenny Shabudin and me (Lesley). New and old members interested in joining or starting a new Team should contact the office by 15 November. Present members of Success Teams must also decide whether they want to remain in the same teams.

TEA TALK on the establishment of a high precision plastic manufacturing company. Members interested in entering this exciting area which will service corporate giants like Proton, Modenas, MTB, TNB, MEC, etc. will find this talk interesting. Call the office if you are interested. Time and date have not been fixed depending on sufficient indication of interest.

See you at our next function!

Welcome Aboard to the following New Members:

Associate Members:

Zarina Ahmad & Constance Phyllis, of Rekabara Sdn Bhd (Design & Publishing) Tel: 5806523

Rozina Dato Abd Aziz & Noor Rozila Hanum of Zees Synergy Sdn Bhd (Duty Free outlets) Tel:7366535

Friends of NAWEM:

Mimi Wong of Gemco Mgt Services Sdn Bhd (Mgt Consultancy, Tax Services, Co. Secretarial) Tel: 7544818

Cyndie Wong of Hossana Properties (Real Estate) Tel: 7779333

Angie Goh of Kingres Marketing Sdn Bhd (Marketing Ceramic Tiles) Tel: 7939811

Our membership now stands at: 138 Members and 54 FONs.

Encourage others to join us. If you need any application forms or have any enquiries, please direct them to me at Tel: 779 3824 or Fax: 776 1234.

Birthdays…Birthdays…Birthdays

September and October were really busy birthday months as far as our NAWEM executive committee was concerned.

The birthday girls include our President, Mariam, Committee Members Puan Sri Susan and Puan Sri Suraya, VP Admin Sarojini and VP R&D Lesley.

May they, like good wine, mature with fine taste, great aroma and full bouguet.

Sarojini our VP Admininstration is presently recuperating from surgery.. We wish her a speedy recovery.

Thirty-five NAWEM ladies and one spouse arrived at the Technology Park on 2^nd October and was welcomed by TPM GM, Annuar Mohd Saffar and Cik Shaliza Sabtu (Investment Manager). We learnt the operation of TPM (they have several divisions - Biotech, Venture Capital, Master Centre, etc) through a video presentation. CEO Dr Salleh was introduced to the ladies during Tea.

We had a walk-through the Master Centre where we popped into Datin Rehana’s office (Rehanstat Sdn Bhd) and into the moulding area. The highlight was not only the chance to see how moulds were made but also to examine Dr Gurcharan Singh’s circumcision gadget. (Hey, you missed something…)

The visit also included a stop at TPM’s state-of-the-art IT centre where we were briefed on off-campus studies and also the Millennium bug.

The visit was an eye-opener especially since some of us thought the Technology Park was where we learn to grow herbs!

We are looking for SPONSORS and DONORS for door gifts and prizes for the NAWEM BALL. This is a great opportunity for members to show off all the products that you are dealing with. Besides that we will be giving you lots and lots of publicity. The bigger the donation, the bigger (and louder) the acknowledgement you will receive e.g. backdrop, screaming over the microphone, etc.

The venue: Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Off Jalan Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.

The date: Saturday 13th December 1997.

Contact me (Tel 2920251), Joanne Kong (Tel 6356870) or Joanne Ng (Tel 7564134)

Help us to make the ball the maddest event of the century!

By the way, you do know that we are giving away a prize for the Maddest Hat displayed at the Ball!

See you at the Ball! Reply before 25 November 1997.

As all of you must be aware, NAWEM launched its homepage on the Internet during the July Conference. The launch was made possible through the joint talents of Shamsimar’s CD Communication and Swiftcom Sdn Bhd, a homepage developer and provider.

Have you your own Homepage? Please let us have your homepage address so that we can link it with ours. Those of you who do not as yet have a homepage, call Arvi at Tel: 7047008 and make a date with him. It will only cost you RM350 p.a. It is worth the investment.