Ezra News 4 - Ezra Holdings Limited

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We are pleased to announce that Ezra Holdings Limited has been ranked 8th among
Singapore’s 50 fastest growing companies!
Recorded a 3year CAGR of
134.1%
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Fastest Growing 50 Companies Award
Ezra Holdings
ranked 8th
among top 50
fastest growing
companies in
Singapore
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Launched in 2002, the “Fastest Growing 50” (FG50) awards and ranking is an annual
event that recognizes some of the most dynamic and prolific companies in Singapore.
Office headquarters shifting to
new premise
(FIFTEEN) in
December
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Fastest Growing 50
Award
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FIFTEEN @ Hoe
Chiang Rd
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Restructuring of the
Logistics and
Procurement
Department
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Presentation by Mr.
BH Wong
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Tat Ming’s Trip to
Brunei
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SSY Colleagues’
Visit to Singapore
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Scholarship Award
Ceremony 2
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Jason’s Working
Visit to Dubai
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June MECS
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July MECS
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Our Connectors The Editorial
Committee
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Wedding of
Saravanan
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Newcomers
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Newsletter Contest
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Ezra Holdings Brief
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To qualify for a FG50 award, companies must have a minimum of 10% turnover
growth every year for the last 3 years and must be profitable for each of these years.
These companies are then ranked according to their 3-year Compounded Annual
Growth Rate (CAGR) in sales / turnover, with the top 50 fastest growing companies
receiving an FG50 award. For the 2006 FG50 rankings, Ezra Holdings recorded a 3year CAGR of 134.1%.
Recipients of the 2006
FG50 award were honored at a certification
event on 28 July 2006
at the Ritz-Carlton
Millenia Singapore,
where the Guest-ofHonor was Mr. Lee Yi
Shyan, Minister of
State for Trade and
Industry.
The event was hosted by certification body DP Information Group together with co-producer Ernst &
Young, and supporting organizations IE Singapore,
SPRING Singapore and The Business Times.
FG 50 Award
Our Chairman, Mr. KS Lee beamed with pride as he
walked up the stage to accept the award on behalf of
Ezra Holdings. It was certainly a proud moment for
Ezra Holdings.
Receiving the FG50 award has certainly cemented Ezra Holdings’ reputation as a force
to be reckoned with and the company looks set to soar to greater heights!
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F I F T E E N @ Hoe Chiang Road
FIFTEEN is within minutes’ walk to Tanjong Pagar MRT. The area is predominantly commercial and is next to the financial and shipping districts.
Facts
The 29-storey commercial building is located at the crossroads of
Hoe Chiang Road, Lim Teck Kim Road and Cantonment Road (see
map attached).
The development sits on a land area of 4,593.4 sq m and has a gross
floor area of 22,690 sq m. It comprises a 16-storey block completed
in 1983 and 12 additional floors from 18th storey onwards, which
were completed in 2004. Car parking facility is located on the 1st to
5th storey of the building.
Neighbourhood and Amenities in the vicinity
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Artist Impression
of F I F T E E N
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Along Tanjong Pagar Road
80, 145
Along Cantonment Link
196
Along Keppel Road (Railway
Station)
10, 30, 57, 80, 97, 97e, 100,
131, 145
Along Anson Road
(Apex Tower)
10, 10e, 70, 97, 100, 107, 130,
162, 196, 400, 402
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Shopping Facilities / Convenience Stores / Stationery Shops
Amara Shopping Centre
Tanjong Pagar Plaza
International Plaza
The Location and Public Transportation
Conveniently located in the Tanjong Pagar sector of the
CBD
Within 10-15 minutes’ walk to the Tanjong Pagar MRT
Station
It is 2 bus-stops away from Outram Park MRT station
Public Bus Services:
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Food
Amara Food Court
Tanjong Pagar Food Centre (above the wet market)
Snack bars at International Plaza
Coffee shops/ snack bars at Tanjong Pagar Plaza
Restaurants at Amara Hotel and Shopping Centre
Restaurants at shophouses at Tanjong Pagar
Restaurants at M Hotel
Banking Facilities
DBS
POSB
UOB
Hotel Facilities
Amara Hotel
M Hotel
Project Planning
The building will be re-cladded with a new skin of modern glazing as per the latest
architectural perspective enclosed. A new annex will be built adjoining into the
existing lobby which will be totally upgraded.
Moving Date
We have scheduled to commence operations at FIFTEEN on 15 December 2006.
Currently we are working on the moving plans and will update you in the coming
months on the moving dates.
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Restructuring of Logistics and Procurement Department
The Purchasing Department has been restructured as the Logistics and Procurement Department. Instead of just focusing
on ‘purchasing’, the department now adopts a more strategic approach towards the acquisition of goods and services in
order to support the operational requirements of the Group.
This will be achieved by creating shared objectives with both suppliers and internal departments, securing the lowest
total cost of acquisition and/or ownership, continuous improvement, adopting best practices and effective supplier management.
The department is headed and managed
by Ms. Molly Ng, the Logistics and
Procurement Manager who is responsible for planning and executing all logistics and procurement functions to ensure accurate and on-time delivery of
supplies and materials to the expanding
fleet using the most efficient and costeffective methods.
The new team will work towards integrating a full spectrum of logistics and
procurement activities to meet the financial budget and service standard
targets set by internal customers. The
team is currently operating from the
Ubi Office, where the warehouse is
situated.
Presentation by Mr. BH Wong
Uni Intelligence Network and Petromin Publications
organized a 2-Day regional conference on “Offshore
Marine, Oil and Gas Service Technology” which
brought together experts in the Offshore and Marine
Sector in April 2006.
Mr. B.H. Wong, Ezra’s Executive Director, was invited to
present a paper titled Safe Transportation Practices for
OSV’s – Backloads, Drill Cuttings and Chemicals.
In his paper, Mr. Wong discussed the safety aspects of transporting certain cargoes in OSVs (Offshore Supply Vessels). In
particular his presentation covered the following topics:
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Disposing/dumping drill cuttings
Regulations governing safe carriage
Handling dangerous cargoes
IMO Res.A683(20)
IMO Res.A673(16)
MCA Good Practice for the Carriage of Oil Contaminated Cargoes
Judging from the response during the Q and A session that
followed, the audience must have found Mr. Wong’s presentation professionally insightful.
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Tat Ming’s Trip to Brunei - Brunei Shell Exhibition
His Majesty (HM) Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam celebrated his 60th birthday this
year after ascending the Throne on 5th October 1967.
The biggest exhibition in Belait District, the “Pameran Gemilang 60”, took place
during the grand event in the vicinity of Padang Bandaran to showcase the latest
technologies and products from four sectors, namely private, government, education and community and majority of whom are major contractors of Brunei Shell
Petroleum (BSP) of which signified the social and economic growth of Belait
district and Brunei Darussalam in general and further demonstrated the unity of
His Majesty's subjects in helping to build the future of the country. Honored and
highly regarded for her professionalism and commendable working ethics, EMAS
Offshore was invited to participate in the exhibition over the period of 12 days
(22nd July – 2nd August 2006).
The largest of the country's four districts, Belait is also home to its major oil and
EMAS Booth at
the exhibition
gas industry, which could be found mainly in Seria and Lumut. The Belait District has eight mukims (subdivisions) in
total with a population of around 70,000.
The get-together drew more than 35,000 people to Padang Bandaran, not including an estimated 10,000 field performers
from the public sector, education institutions, private sector, non-governmental organisations, mukim and kampong consultative councils and the multi-racial community in the district.
Thousands of people made a spectacular scene in their festive best
at the Padang Bandaran Kuala Belait on Saturday, the 22nd July
2006 morning to pay tribute to the HM. Hundreds of school children waved flags along Jalan Maulana welcoming HM and members of the royal family, as they arrived at the
Padang. Accompanying HM were HRH Prince
(HM) Sultan
Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and
Haji Hassanal
Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office,
Bolkiah Mu'izHRH Prince 'Abdul 'Azim, HRH Prince 'Abdul
zaddin WadMalik and HRH Prince 'Abdul Mateen.
daulah at
EMAS booth
SSY Colleagues’ Visit to Singapore
The aim of this trip was to attend a meeting held at
EMAS Offshore’s office in Parkway Parade on 22nd
June, 2006 for a presentation on a work management
system which is likely to be used in the future in both
the Singapore office and Saigon Shipyard.
with the open spaces with blossoming plants and trees all
over the city and its suburbs is really a very impressive
sight.
Andre took a lot of his time to show us Singapore and he
turned out to be an excellent guide, stimulating both our
appetite with some local food and our general interest with
his ability to give very clear answers and explanation to the
simplest question, and even satisfying our curiosity with a
tour of the city itself.
This was a rather good occasion for Mrs. Thanh
(Operation Manager) and I (Projects Manager) to visit
the head offices of our new mother company and get
acquainted with some of our Singaporean colleagues,
while checking the features and possibilities of this
new software called PREDICTION+, which appears to Thus, we have been able within 2 days to enjoy local spebe very powerful and clearly very useful for project cialties such as chicken legs, chili crab and beef satay and
management and reporting.
sip a “Singapore Sling” at the bar of the Raffles Hotel,
wander in and around the “Durians”. We also visited 2
Jean-Pascal, our General Manager, is already familiar other shipyards (Pan United Shipyard and Strategic Mawith the place and people since he had visited the Sin- rines’ Shipyard) where we affirmed our work practices and
gapore a few months ago for an introductory tour. methods and realized that we should improve our lifting and
What clearly emerged from his debrief was that Singa- handling capacities if we wanted to grow further.
pore is definitely a well developed place, safe and clean
and worthy of a visit.
To sum up this visit, we had participated actively in the
aforementioned meeting, which hopefully will end up with
We have seen for ourselves that it is in fact even more: the acquisition of this new software and its implementation
it is immaculate, well ordered and amazingly disci- in our companies. Besides work, we also managed to
plined especially for people who have just come from gather numerous data and information related to Singapore
Vietnam, where everything is less orderly in compari- and its specific organization during our outings and car
son.
journeys. It was a truly fruitful visit indeed.
In general, the architecture and infrastructures along
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Scholarship Award Ceremony 2
On the 3rd of July 2006, the second Scholarship
Award Ceremony for 2006 was held at the Ezra
Headquarters.
The two recipients of the award are Redzwan bin
Rustam Affandi and Zainul Arifin Bin Mohd
Ali. They will be pursing a diploma in Marine
Engineering at the Maritime Academy of Malaysia, commencing on the 9th of July 2006.
We welcome them to the Ezra family and wish
them all the best in their studies.
Jason’s Working Trip to Dubai
When I was first informed that I
was going to Dubai for my work
assignment, the first thought that
entered my head was “Boy is it
going be HOT!” The Dubai that
I’ve heard of or at least seen
some of it on the discovery channel is that it’s a major metropolis
built on the desert, with beautiful
architecture and lots of man
made beauties such as the ski
resort and water theme parks.
Wait a second, SKI Resorts and
WATER themed parks in a desert?? This I’ve got to see for
myself.
I arrived in Dubai International
Airport at 2.30am local time.
From the moment I stepped out
of the air conditioned environment in the airport, I could feel
the desert heat searing my skin.
It was 2am in the morning and the
temperature outside was at least 30 to
32 degrees Celsius. I thought to myself
this business trip was definitely going
to be one heck of an experience for
me.
After checking in to the hotel to catch
some sleep, we (the Tech Supt for S.E
Mariam 1 and I) went onboard the
vessel in the morning. My assignment
onboard this vessel was to complete
and implement the Planned Maintenance Program and also to check the
computer onboard the vessel as its
email system appeared to have some
problems.
All in all, I spent 4 days in Dubai to
complete my job onboard the vessel.
However, I also had some time at
night to tour the beautiful city of Dubai. I visited the largest indoor ski re-
sort in the Mall of Emirates (which
by the way, is a very, very large
shopping mall), saw the magnificent
Burj Al Arab (the 7 star hotel that
looks like a Sail) and of course, the
Jumeirah Beach where construction
of the largest and most glamorous
man-made island, designed in the
shape of a palm tree, is currently under way.
Looking back, this trip was truly an
eye opener for me and I am glad that
my job had given me the opportunity
to see and experience another part of
our world.
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Colleagues fostering
closer relationships
through the BBQ session.
This time a round, the monthly employee communication session was a
barbeque held at East Coast Park on
the 30th of June 2006. Four barbeque
pits were booked for the exclusive use
of Ezra’s staff and the crowd started
to gather at the park from 5.30pm.
We are very fortunate to have our new
colleagues from KL join us for this
event. A 5 v 5 captain’s ball challenge
between departments kicked off the
day’s activities. A total of 4 teams
participated. There was plenty of action and Mohd Ghani (Mag) drew lots
of cheer and laughter with his witty
commentary. In the end, the Dominators consisting of Anthony, Jason,
Lily, Statis and Adrian emerged as
champions.
By the time the charcoal was ready, the sky was turning
dark. Everyone made their way to the pits and start barbequing in their small groups. There was a mouth watering
assortment of food and everyone indulged and helped
themselves to prawns, crab, squid, hotdogs, beef steak,
stingray, etc.
At this event, we are reminded that the objective of having
a MECS is for colleagues to foster closer relationships
outside the typical work environment. Seeing the happy
faces and animated chatter among our colleagues on that
day, I believe we have achieved that purpose.
“ONE TWO THREE SAY CHEESE!!”
Everyone showing off their best smiles for the
photo-taking
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A Popiah and Sushi Making
Competition was the highlight for July’s MECS,
which was held on the 28th
of that month. The office
lobby was packed with 6
tables of ingredients for
making delicious popiah and
sushi. Another table was
laden with fruits, biscuits
and marshmallows for
chocolate fondue.
The whole office was divided into six mixed teams
according to birthday months
and given ten minutes to
make their popiah and sushi
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creations. The group that presents its creations in the most
aesthetically pleasing arrangement would be the winner. The
judge for the event was Mr.
Lee, our Chairman. Once the
signal to begin was given, there
was a fury of actions to the finish as everyone chipped in to
wrap, cut and design and arrange their popiah and sushi.
Although all teams had managed to create a commendable
looking platter, the September –
October Team was declared the
September - October team
celebrating their win.
winner for their culinary masterpiece. They won a food hamper
for their effort. With the contest
over, everyone went around the
various tables tasting each others’ work. The chocolate fondue
was also very popular; judging
from the crowd that is constantly
gathered at that table. There was
excellent interaction and everyone mingled around till late.
Kudos to another well planned
MECS!
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Our Connectors - The Editorial Committee
We would like to thank these
people for their efforts in making this newsletter possible.
They are: Andre Koh, Pamela
Chua, Magdelene Goh,
Adeline He, Pamela Tay,
Tan Tat Ming, Stephane
Bigorre, Jason Wong,
Alicia Ho, Lily Ong
Questions for the newsletter
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Wedding of Saravanan
Saravanan, congratulations on your marriage!
All of us at Ezra wish you and your wife a
loving and blissful life together.
When is the expected date for commencement of operations from the premises
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F I F T E E N?
What was the name of the paper that Mr. BH Wong presented at the Offshore Marine, Oil and Gas Service Technology Conference
2006?
What is the general charter of the Logistics and Procurement Department?
First two people who send in the correct answers will win for themselves a pair of movie vouchers. Please send your answers by 11th September 2006 to
hr@exraholdings.com
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EZRA HOLDINGS LTD
80 Marine Parade Road
“Ezra” is an offshore and marine services specialist that was listed on
the Singapore Stock Exchange (SESDAQ) on 8th August 2003 and
promoted to the Mainboard on 8th December 2005. Ezra owns and
operates a young fleet of offshore support vessels equipped with up-todate technology and equipment.
Parkway Parade
#15-01/02
Singapore 449269
We provide a wide range of offshore marine logistics and management
services as well as marine engineering services to serve the diverse
needs of our customers.
Phone: (65) 6349 8535
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