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The President's Message Welcome new members August ~ October 2004 Afro-Asian Entrepreneurs Program (AAEP) Tea talk on “Lending of Banking Facilities to SMI Companies” KAIZEN Seminar Japanese Language Orientation for Lions Clubs Youth Exchange Members A day trip to Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Hippo Homestay Program in Japan A Homestay to Cherish

Afro-Asian Entrepreneurs Program (AAEP)
Aziz Y Kamaruddin
The Afro-Asian Entrepreneurs Program was conducted from 6th - 16th September 2004 in Kuala Lumpur. The participants came from Ghana (3 ladies and 3 gentlemen), Sudan (2) and Cameroon (1). We are proud and happy that five of the seven lecturers/speakers for the training program are our PAAM members – Tan Teng Ek, Alan Lai, Ms. Jacqueline Hui, Chang Boon Ping and A Aziz Y Kamaruddin. The lecture topics included “The Industrialization and Promotion of SMI – The Malaysian Experience”, “Total Cycle Time”, “Management Mindset”, “ISO 9000:2000” and Total Quality Management”. The program included industrial visits so that the participants could see at first hand, the concepts (that they learned in the classroom) being applied to real organizations. They saw, for example, how organizations/factories such as Nippon Paint and Versatile Paper Products implemented the Japanese 5 ‘S’ and Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) concepts and principles. The majority of the participants came from the newspaper industry, and they found the visit to the production/printing facilities of “The Star” newspaper very interesting, educational and memorable. All the participants indicated that they enjoyed the training program tremendously. In short, the program was an unqualified success. As the saying goes, “parting is such sweet sorrow” when the majority of the participants left after the cocktail party on the evening of 16th September. We wish the participants “All the best!” in their careers.
Participants listening to the lectures	Discussion at Versatile Paper Boxes
Discussion at Nippon Paint	Group photo at Versatile Paper Boxes Factory
Visit to The Star Media Hub on 10th. Sept. 04	PME's with Mr. Zakl and Mr. Mustafa of Sudan
Participants are impressed by the Batik printing (Visit to SIRIM, 8th. Sept. 2004)	One of the participants, Mavis Kitcher doing her presentation
Beautiful ladies at the farewell party

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