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COMMITTEE FOR THE TERM 2016 TO 2018 President DATO’ VINCENT LIM vincent@maceos.com.my C.I.S Network Sdn Bhd Vice President ALUN JONES alun@maceos.com.my Malaysian Exhibition Services Sdn Bhd Secretary FRANCIS TEO francis@maceos.com.my S P Setia Property Services Sdn Bhd Treasure W Y CHEONG cheong@maceos.com.my ECMI ITE Asia Sdn Bhd Committee Members ALICE LEM alice@maceos.com.my K L Convention Centre ANDREW SOON andrew@maceos.com.my Qube Integrated Malaysia Sdn Bhd CHRIS SMITH chris@maceos.com.my R E Rogers (M) Sdn Bhd EDWIN LAI edwin@maceos.com.my Trade-Link ITE Sdn Bhd ERIC HO eric@maceos.com.my Pico International (M) Sdn Bhd IRENE LEOW irene@maceos.com.my Agility Logistics Sdn Bhd KENNETH FONG kenneth@maceos.com.my Messe Worldwide Sdn Bhd MELVIN SHU melvin@maceos.com.my Smart Reg System Sdn Bhd Sarawak Committee Chairman GRACIE GEIKIE gracie@maceos.com.my Planet Conventions & Events Sdn Bhd
Welcome to the latest edition of BE Magazine! MACEOS will continue to cement its position as a national association and this issue, in which we feature Penang, certainly drives that point home. Penang continues to excite as a Business Events destination and we hope the content you see in our June issue will show the progress being made in this regard. The formation of the Penang Convention Bureau and the impending delivery of the SPICE Convention Centre are tangible developments that bode well for the island’s future success in the Business Events sector. Hence, it is timely for BE Magazine to bring this news to market. Since the last issue of BE magazine we have also seen the MACEOS AGM come and go, with an expanded and energised Exco committee. We are all looking forward to steering the association along the road map we have charted out. In fact, later this month, we will brainstorm the goals of the association for the next two years, so watch out for a report on this in our next issue. Education and training will continue to be one of the core components of the association’s work moving forward. MACEOS is proud to deliver our very first Professional Conference Management course in Kuching recently. Thanks to Kenneth Fong our Education Chairman and thanks also to Sarawak Convention Bureau for their support in making this historical 3 day course come to fruition. Thanks once again to all contributors to this June issue with a special mention to YB Dato Abdul Malik Kassim (Penang State Exco) Ashwin Gunasekeran (CEO of PCEB), Khoo Boo Lim (Chairman of MAH, Penang Chapter) and Paul Chan (Divisional General Manager, Group Hospitality, Eco Meridian Sdn Bhd). Selamat Hari Raya and see you all in the next issue!
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