Orient Magazine Issue 82 - June 2021 | Page 14

Listening to our Members
NEWS :
FROM THE CHAMBER
Board Members Joined Newly Appointed Minister for Manpower and Minister of State for Roundtable Discussion
Our Board members and Annual Partners were invited to join a virtual roundtable discussion with Singapore ' s newly appointed Minister for Manpower , Dr Tan See Leng , Senior Minister of State Dr Poh-Koon Koh , Minister of State Siow Huang Gan and Workplace Division Director Penny Han , with colleagues from the Enterprise Singapore and MOM teams also present .
Chaired by Chamber President Richard Warburton , the 90-minute closed-door discussion on 24 th May covered issues important to our members such as skills development for the future , COVID-19 impacts and restrictions , work-life balance , and helping businesses to thrive with an adaptive and agile mindset .
We thanked Minister Tan and the Ministry of Manpower team on behalf of our members for their valuable time and support of the Chamber .
Thank you to our Platinum Partner , Prudential Singapore , represented in the discussion by Ping Ping Tan , for their continued support of our Future of Work activities .
Listening to our Members
We recently concluded our annual membership survey to understand the challenges members face and how we can continue to support you . We ' d like to thank all those who shared their views and our colleagues at Kadence International for working with us on this project .
Over 3 / 4 of you told us we are a prestigious Chamber to join , feel proud to be a member , and see membership as integral to your business . Our members are key to everything that we do , and we ' re equally proud of the opportunities we provide .
In the video below we illustrate how we are continuing to meet your goals and expectations throughout your current challenges and beyond .
During the survey , we ran a Prize Draw with the support of members Fairmont Singapore & Swissôtel The Stamford , who generously awarded a one night stay at the Fairmont Singapore to our randomly selected winner — congratulations Steven Blanchard !
If you ' d like to know more about how the Chamber delivers our programme of services , head over to page 28 .