THE MALAYSIAN TIN
PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION
(MTPMA)
Report of the Management Committee
for the year 2001
TO ALL
MEMBERS:
Your Management Committee submits
the audited Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2001 and reports as
follows:-
1. ACCOUNTS
The Income and Expenditure Account
and Balance Sheet (Appendix A) shows a balance of RM23,521 for the year ended
31 December 2001.
Total income from membership
subscriptions, interest, newsletter advertisement during 2001 was RM6,678. Expenditure during the year totaled RM6,130
thus leaving a surplus of RM548 for the year ended 31 December 2001.
2. SUBSCRIPTIONS
The
rates of entrance fees and annual subscriptions for 2001 remained as follows:-
(i) ORDINARY
MEMBER
Entrance
fee - RM100
Annual
Subscription - RM100 per annum
(ii) ASSOCIATE
MEMBER
Entrance
Fee - RM100
Annual
Subscription - RM100 per annum
Entrance fee and annual subscription
are payable in advance at the time of application for membership and thereafter
the annual subscriptions are payable on 1st January of each year.
At the Association’s Annual General
Meeting held on 24th June 1997, members approved the revision of the annual
subscription rates to RM800 and RM600 per annum for ordinary and associate members,
respectively. However, your Management
Committee decided that the date for implementation of the new fees be deferred
for the time being to a suitable date in the future.
3. MEMBERSHIP
Membership
in the Malaysian Tin Products Manufacturers’ Association (MPTMA), comprising
ordinary and associate members, stood at 18 at the end of the year under
review.
4. REGISTRATION
The Association was officially
registered on 15 February 1990 with the Registrar of Societies under the
Societies Act 1966.
5. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
At the Association’s Eleventh Annual
General Meeting held on 28th June 2001, the following were duly elected to
constitute the Management Committee for 2001/2002, with their appointed
alternates in brackets;
Ms.
Gay Leong
(Royal
Selangor International Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr.
Mamoru Kawasaki – (Mr. Loh Yoon Soon)
(Selayang
Solder Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr.
Jason Lee
(Henkel
(M) Sdn Bhd formerly Multicore Solders (M) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr.
Koji Tsubono
(Senju
(M) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr.
Lim Cheng Sang - (Mr. Lim Sheng Seaw)
(Metal
Reclamation (Industries) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr.
Edward Wong
(E.M.I.S.
Sdn. Bhd.)
En.
Abd. Patah Mohd
(Perusahaan
Sadur Timah Malaysia (PERSTIMA) Sdn. Bhd.)
6. PRESIDENT AND OFFICERS
The
following Committee members were duly elected as office-bearers of the
Association for 2001/2002:-
Ms.
Gay Leong – President
(Royal
Selangor International Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr.
Mamoru Kawasaki – Vice-President
(Selayang
Solder Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr.
Jason Lee – Honorary Secretary
(Henkel
(M) Sdn Bhd formerly Multicore Solders (M) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr.
Koji Tsubono – Honorary Treasurer
(Senju
(M) Sdn. Bhd.)
7. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MEETINGS
During
the year under review, the Management Committee of your Association met five
times. It deliberated on various policy
issues concerning the industry. These
meetings were held at the Association Secretariat.
8. 11TH ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING/ANNUAL LUNCHEON
The
Association’s 11th Annual General Meeting was held on 28th June 2001 at the
Secretariat Conference Room, 8th Floor, West Block, Wisma Selangor Dredging,
Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. This was
followed by an Annual Luncheon at the same venue.
9. SOLDER SUB-COMMITTEE
The
Sub-Committee on Solder, formed in 1993, comprising the major solder companies
as its members with Mr. Lim Cheng Sang, a Past-President, as its Convenor was
again active during the year under review.
The primary objective of this Sub-Committee is to provide a forum for
deliberating matters of common interests of solder company members of the
Association. In addition, it considers
views and proposals on issues affecting the tin solder sub-sector and where
appropriate raises them with the Management Committee of the Association for
endorsement and for subsequent submission to the relevant authorities, if necessary.
During
2001, the Sub-Committee on Solder met a total of five times. A major issue which the Sub-Committee
continued to deliberate concerned the matter of instilling appropriate
discipline amongst members of the Sub-Committee with regard to their marketing
and pricing arrangements in order that efforts to support research and
development for their products could be enhanced. During the year, members of the Sub-Committee agreed to continue
to cooperate in ensuring fair competition and trade in the local solder market.
10. SEMINARS
Due to
continuing difficult market conditions, the Association did not organise any
seminar during the year. It is hopeful
that the organising of appropriate seminars for both members of the Association
and the fraternity will be revived in the very near future as economic and
business conditions improve.
11. NEWSLETTER
The
Association continued to publish its quarterly Newsletter called “Malaysian Tin
Products” during the year. The
Newsletter is a public relations exercise and a means to maintain interest
amongst members and the fraternity on developments in the Association. It contains news, events and updates
concerning the Association, its members and the industry. The Newsletter has a permit from the
Ministry of Home Affairs, which enables it to be circulated to the public as
well. It is produced in-house by the
Association’s Secretariat.
The Newsletter published during 2001
continued to improve in terms of layout, contents, and advertising
support. This was to enhance its
readership value to members and the public and as an additional source of
income for the Association. The
Newsletter Editorial Sub-Committee, formed to oversee the production of the
Newsletter, met five times during the year.
It provided suitable guidance to the Secretariat in the compilation of
the publication and the consideration of strategies for strengthening support
of the Newsletter.
12. AUDITORS
Messrs
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kuala Lumpur was re-appointed Auditors for the year
under review.
13. ADMINISTRATION
The
Association is located on the 8th Floor, West Block, Wisma Selangor Dredging,
Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. It has no
employee but all its secretarial functions are undertaken by the staff of the
Secretariat for the Tin Industry (Research and Development) Board.
14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The
MTPMA records its appreciation to all those who have served on the Management
Committee during the year under review.
The
MTPMA also wishes to record its sincere thanks for the understanding and
support of the Ministers of International Trade and Industry, Primary
Industries, and Science, Technology and Environment, in particular its
Department of Environment (DOE), their Deputies, Secretary-Generals,
Director-Generals and other senior officials.
Last
but not least, the MTPMA is most grateful for the continuing secretarial and
administrative support provided by the Tin Industry (Research and Development)
Board and its staff during the past year.
By
Order of the Management Committee
JASON
LEE
Honorary
Secretary