ÿþ<html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-16"><TITLE>MEIIA Manufacturing Enterprise Integration and Innovation Association</TITLE><meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"><link rel="stylesheet" href="tdc1.css" type="text/css"><script language="JavaScript1.2" src="tdc.js" type="text/javascript"></script></head><BODY topmargin="0" leftmargin="5" class="B2BBodyBg" background="../gallery/04c843ce-7c8b-4514-817d-e699e7b2889a.jpg"><table id="contentBody" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style=""><tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="100%"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><p align="center"><strong><font size="4"><br>Chairman's Message <br></font></strong></p><p align="center" target="_self"><a href="../en/contentPage9088.htm" target="_self"><font color="#0E4B7B" size="2" target="_self">About MEIIA </font></a>|    <a href="../en/contentPage9089.htm" target="_self"><font color="#0E4B7B" size="2" target="_self">Mission &amp; Objectives  </font></a><font size="2">|      <a href="../en/contentPage9090.htm"> Organization</a></font><font size="2"><a href="../en/contentPage9090.htm">  </a>  |  </font><a href="../en/contentPage9091.htm" target="_self"><font color="#0E4B7B" size="2"> Services</font></a><font size="2">  |  </font><a href="../en/contentPage9092.htm" target="_self"><font color="#0E4B7B" size="2" target="_self">M &amp; A</font></a><br><br></p><hr id="null"><br><br></td></tr><tr><td><p><font size="3"><img alt="" hspace="2" src="../gallery/668fd606-5284-43bf-8c5f-17d061df0f26.jpg" align="left" border="0"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US">As we march into the new year of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> 2007, it s a good time to re-examine how we do business and plan forward. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>With new technology and the ever increasing intensity of competition and regulations, we now face a great opportunity to leap forward and make changes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">I hope that MEIIA, as an independent platform and forum, would help executives understand how integration and innovations in sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and customer support would impact overall business performance. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We are here to promote a clear point of view on how technology can enable and enhance successful manufacturing business processes.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Through our work with leading associations and manufacturing companies, not only is our number of members continuing to increase, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> our members are companies that have the vision and the sense of community to contribute to the manufacturing industry.  I encourage you to visit our website from time to time for an update of our latest development.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US">I thank all the ExCo members for the great job that they have done and trust that their efforts will be appreciated and reflected in your support.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Happy New Year and may there be no end to the business improvement opportunities to which MEIIA may lead you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Benny Lam - Chairman</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </p><p><span class="style6"><font color="#999999"><span class="style2"><font size="2">g°eôf°e</font></span><font size="1">- 24 <span class="style7"><font face="Arial">/1/07</font></span></font></font></span></p><a href="#top"><font size="2">²%Top</font></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td height="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="100%"></table></td></tr></tbody></table></BODY></html>