AEA(S) 5th Anniversary Celebrations 2008 AEA(S) will be celebrating its 5th Anniversary celebrations on: Date: 29 February 2008 Time: from 6.30pm Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel Pacific Ballroom, Level 1 The tickets are on sale now. All members are welcome to attend this annual events. You may purchase the tickets from our association office. For any further details regarding this event, please liaise with Sue or Lionel directly.

"Lou Hei" Lunar New Year Celebration All members are cordially invited to attend our "Lou Hei" Lunar New Year celebration. This surely will be a fun-filled day with sumptuous food, games and prizes to be won. Together we are going to toss for prosperity as we usher in the Year of the Rat 2008. Date: 12 February 2008 Time: 3pm - 6pm Venue: 2nd floor Seacare Building 52 Chin Swee Road Singapore 169875 We take this opportunity to wish all our members a "Properous & Happy New Year".

Dialogue Session with MOM on 29 August 2007

Click here to see the photos taken on that day

It has been a year since we had a dialogue with Ministry of Manpower, Work Pass Division on WP Online. Since then many of you have noticed that some changes have taken place. To keep you abreast of the latest changes and updates on the website, a dialogue session with Work Pass Division, WP Online official has been arranged for you. It is an opportunity not to be missed for you to air your views and suggestions with regards to this website.

Due to a limitation of 100 seats only, this session is exclusively extended to AEA(S) members only. Each agency is allowed to one (1) participant and proxies will not be accepted. We invite you to register early to
avoid disappointment as this is based on a first come first serve basis.

Date: 29 August 2007
Time: 9.30am to 11.30am
Venue: Auditorium at Kim Seng FMMD

Program:

09.00am - Registration
09.30am - Short Presentation
10.00am - Dialogue Session
11.30am - End of Dialogue

AEAS 5th AGM - 9 April 2007

Well, the AGM has come and gone and a new Committee has been elected. Most of Committee Members who offered their services for another term were returned. Gordon La Faber, the outgoing President and Helen Tan, our two-term past President decided to make way for new blood and chose not to seek re- election. Our Chairman of Accreditation, Roland Teo, reluctantly stepped aside too, on doctor's advice. Our Asst Treasurer Terence Yang found he could not afford to spend time away from his own bread and butter issues and also reluctantly stepped aside, confident that capable members will come forward to replace them. Members must surely appreciate these four for their past contributions. Hopefully they will return after a well-deserved break.

This was an AGM unlike others, especially the previous one. It was orderly and the attendance was very good - all told 91 Ordinary Members showed up. And a record 27 candidates vied for 15 positions. This is a healthy sign. There were now 27 Members who were probably asking what they could do for the Association, instead of what the Association could do for them. The Meeting was orderly, hopefully all future meetings will be equally orderly as we put behind us the excitement witnessed in the past where the more eager speakers did not wait to be recognised by the Chairman but instead spoke up when they felt moved to speak.

Six questions were submitted to be answered under Any Other Business. Their framers' proposal to bring this item on the Agenda ahead of Election of Office-Bearers was not accepted by the Chairman. Our legal advisor for the day, Mr James Lee, himself an active participant in his own clan association, advised the House that Any Other Business was always the last item in the agenda and for good reason. The most important on the agenda was, after all, the Election of Office-Bearers and it would take much time. It did And the sooner it took place the better.

To cut a long story short, the following were elected by the House to fill the 15 positions in the Management Committee. Six of the Committee Members were subsequently elected by the Committee Members to the six key positions.

Click here to see new Management Committee.

Incidentally, the members who asked the questions did not stay back to listen to the answers to their questions. Those who stayed back were rewarded with a delicious buffet dinner.

The Management Committee is grateful to everyone not only for coming, but also for their exemplary co-operation that made this AGM a memorable one, a fitting swan song for our outgoing President Gordon La Faber, alias the Accredition Guru.