PAAM’s
20th Anniversary Dinner was held successfully at the Holiday Villa Subang
Victorian Ballroom the beautiful Friday evening of 18th November 2005.
The 260 who supported and actively participated in the evening’s event
were made up of our members, associates and corporations wanting to give
something back to AOTS. Their support not only shows that AOTS’s programs
have benefited many in Malaysia and Singapore, it also showed that many
are truly grateful of what the Association has given throughout the years.
We were also truly honoured to have YB Dato’ Ch’ng Toh Eng,
The Selangor State Executive Councillor for Multimedia, Environment and
Village Development, grace the event. While many do not realize, the AOTS
sponsored activities carried out in recent times have had both IT and Village
involvement. The program utilizing tele-conferencing and the hippo family
club recent visits to Malaysia are just some of the many examples where
the relationship is evident.
The speeches by our PAAM President, En. Aziz Y. Kamaruddin, Mr. Toshikazu
Kumazawa, Managing Director of AOTS Japan and from Y.B. Dato’ Ch’ng
Toh Eng spoke of the common need for both AOTS and PAAM in particular or
Malaysia in general to continue the strong relationship between them, and
to further build on the partnership, taking into consideration the needs
and wants of the Malaysian business environment.
The entertainment provided by Noryn Aziz and Tourism Malaysia’s recommended
group from Negeri Sembilan was indeed very entertaining. Towards the end
of the event, everybody started to stand and sang together with the performer.
With all that was going on, friendships were further strengthened and new
ones made.
PAAM would like to express its sincere appreciation to everyone who have
contributed in one way or another towards making the event a success. Kudos
to our friends from the Singapore AOTS Alumni who traveled all the way here
to joyously celebrate our event. We would also like to say thank you to
our friends from Japan and Sarawak for without whom one would feel something
is definitely missing. So, Arigato Gozaimashita.
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