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THE LIGHTHOUSE Autumn 2014The Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific RegionSuite 1901-2, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queens Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Tel : +852 2736 9885Fax : +852 2687 [email protected]

Administration Secretary : Ms Elaine Man

Editorial Committee : Steve TennantJohn BattersbyVincent ConnorMike StaleyElaine Man

Published by ROF Media Publisher : Mike StaleyDesigner : Parnell Chan E : [email protected] : +852 3150 8988 Executive CommitteeChairmanWille [email protected] Past Chairman Steve [email protected] Elect Keith [email protected] ChairmanJohn [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SecretaryColin [email protected] [email protected] Chi Minh CityColin [email protected] KongJohn Battersby, Les Leslie, Barry [email protected] LumpurJohn [email protected] [email protected] Buckley [email protected] [email protected] PenhColin [email protected] Davies, Brian [email protected] [email protected] Official website : www.lighthouseclub.asia

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The Lighthouse is the magazine of the Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region, which was established in 1998. The Lighthouse Club was originally established in England in 1956 and first came to Asia in 1986 when an autonomous Branch was established in Hong Kong, followed by the establishment of other autonomous branches in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Manila and Singapore.

The aims of the Lighthouse Club worldwide are to promote good fellowship amongst its members who work in or are associated with the construction industry and to provide charitable assistance to those in need within the construction industry and to their dependents in qualifying cases.

The Lighthouse Clubs that were in existence in 1998 in Asia agreed to the formation of the Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region with the following objectives:

• To support and where necessary co-ordinate the work of charitable assistance undertaken by the branches of the Lighthouse Club within the Asia Pacific Region

• To promote the establishment of further autonomous branches of the Lighthouse Club in the Asia Pacific Region

• To promote good fellowship between the members and branches of the Lighthouse Club in the Asia Pacific Region

In addition to the charitable works of the individual branches of the Lighthouse Club, the Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region has two related Hong Kong based charities which provide charitable assistance throughout the Asia Pacific region:

The James Battersby Lighthouse Club Educational Trust which provides assistance for education and training to qualifying young persons

The Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region Benevolent Trust which provides assistance to relieving poverty and financial need to persons currently or previously employed in the building and civil engineering industries and allied trades where such persons and/or their dependents are suffering hardship as a result of accident, disability or ill health. This Trust may also be able to provide assistance for education and training in circumstances where The James Battersby Education Trust cannot respond.

For more information and membership / sponsorship enquiries please contact the Membership Secretary or Deputy Chairman of the Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region at [email protected]. For advertising please contact [email protected] or [email protected]. The latest date for submission of advertisements for the next issue is 8th November 2014.

Time is f lying – by the time you read this message we would have held our Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region in Kuala Lumpur.

Lighthouse Club Malaysia is growing and recently as reported in the last issue held their safety awards with the Master Builders Association Malaysia.

Sadly there was an accident recently on the Kuala Lumpur Metro Construction site where 3 workers were killed. This leaves three families without a bread winner and fatherly support and guidance.

In my opening acceptance of the Chairmanship of the Asia Pacific Region, I stressed the importance of safety in construction. I believe the Lighthouse Clubs individually in each country should try to do move to promote safety. We could ask safety teachers to help.

Perhaps a safety quiz for site supervisors and workers in local languages with small prizes for either team winners or individuals?

We have to continue what has been done and expand. The dripping tap eventually wears away the stone.

Willie KayChairmanThe Lighthouse Club, Asia Pacific Region

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Vietnam is a unique country providing extensive opportunities for those willing to take time to understand the market. Although not without its problems, its economy continues to expand and modernise and, with the opening up of previously restricted industries to meet WTO commitments, opportunities continue to develop.

After more than two years of decline, the economy started to show signs of recovery in the second half of 2013 despite being saddled with a huge amount of bad debt. The GDP grew 5.3% in the second quarter of 2014, with a World Bank projection of 5.5% for the year, the inflation rate rose just over 1.5%, the manufacturing sector expanded 9.1% in the same period year-on-year, exports rose 14.9%, foreign direct investment in real estate is strong, sitting at roughly US$690 million and tourism is up 21%.

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Asian investors continued to account for the majority of new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Though Japanese investment decreased to 28% in 2013, South Korean and Singaporean investment increased significantly to 21% and 22% respectively, and South Korea became the largest investor as of the end of the first quarter of 2014.

Manufacturing

A significant portion of this investment is in manufacturing. In 2009 Samsung Electronics opened its first handset plant in Bac Ninh with a total investment of US$2.5 billion — its second largest factory worldwide — and it recently signed a contract to build a second factory worth US$2 billion in Thai Nguyen, which will make 100 million phones per year. It is also considering investing a further US$1 billion in a consumer electronics factory in Ho Chi Minh City’s Hi-Tech Park. Other mobile producers such as LG Electronics and Nokia are also investing. Nokia opened its first factory in Vietnam in October 2013, also in Bac Ninh, and the US$300 million plant is expected to create 10,000 jobs and produce 45 million handsets per quarter. Nokia has just announced the relocation of all manufacturing from Hungary, Mexico and China to Vietnam.

Retail

The retail sector in Vietnam has great potential and is one of the most highly evaluated markets in the region thanks to its young population, growing middle class and improving purchasing power. According to a recent CBRE report Hanoi and HCMC, Vietnam’s two biggest cities, are included in the list of the top 10 Asian cities for retail expansion in 2014/15.

In September 2014, Korean retail giant Lotte is opening its Lotte Centre Hanoi, with a five-star hotel, a six-floor department store, serviced residences, Evian Spa, Lotte Mart, restaurants and observation deck spread over 2.5 million square feet on 65 floors. In addition, Lotte has plans to open 60 supermarkets throughout the country by 2020 to go with existing stores in HCMC, Hanoi, Dong Nai, Danang, Binh Duong and Phan Thiet.

Japan’s leading retail group, Aeon, is currently constructing a commercial complex in Hanoi’s Long Bien district on an area spanning 12 million square feet. The centre comprises fashionable hotels, restaurants, entertainment sites, offices and a sports centre. In January 2014 Aeon launched the company’s first shopping mall in Vietnam (HCMC’s Aeon Tan Phu Celadon), the third

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Aeon outside Japan, following properties in Malaysia and China. Aeon plans to build around 20 large-scale shopping centres across Vietnam by 2020.

Thailand’s Central Group has also entered the Vietnamese market, opening a 100,000-square foot Robins Department Store in Royal City, Hanoi earlier this year, and will open a second 130,000-square foot store in Crescent Mall, HCMC by the end of 2014. Marks & Spencer, under a franchise arrangement with the Central Group, is another international retailer set to open its first Vietnam branch in Vincom Centre, with plans to open at least 20 stores across the country by 2020.

French Group Auchan is also expanding into Vietnam. ISMS, Auchan’s supermarket division, will collaborate with Vietnam’s CT Group to develop a supermarket business under the S-Mart name in Vietnam. The CT Group is based in HCMC and specialises in commercial real estate projects.

In the fast food world, while KFC, Pizza Hut, Lotteria and Jolly Bee have been active for more than a decade, some of the biggest brands have only just made it into Vietnam. In the last 12 months Dunkin’

Donuts, Domino’s, Burger King, McDonalds and Starbucks have made their global presence felt in Vietnam.

Real Estate

The real estate market in Vietnam has suffered over the past two years due to oversupply, high inflation and limited borrowing ability. The first half of 2014 has seen an improvement in consumer confidence, and the real estate market is now bullish given that inflation seems to be stabilising at 5-6% per annum and banks are reducing borrowing rates.

There have been several high profile transfers of ownership of ongoing developments that had previously stalled, and there has also been a range of recently launched projects by foreign and local developers. Absorption rates across high-end condominium sectors have picked in the last three months, inspiring optimism for the beleaguered market for 2015 and beyond.

Projects by well-known developers offering longer payment plans to drive affordability (typical payment terms now range from two to four years depending on the project size) are attracting purchasers.

The result is a preference for the primary market, as the secondary market cannot compete with payment terms offered by new off-plan products.

The Ho Chi Minh City market is led by a mix of local and foreign developers, with Keppel Land, Capitaland, VinaCapital, Gamuda, Refico and Indochina Capital taking the lead ahead of overseas developers, and Nam Long, NovaLand, VinGroup and Hoang Anh Gia Lai among the top local developers.

Infrastructure: The HCMC Metro System

With a current population of over 90 million, Vietnam has emerged from colonialism and war to become one of South-East Asia's fastest growing economies, with rapid and continual growth in its two dominant cities, the capital Hanoi and economic centre, Ho Chi Minh City. Current estimates put the population of Ho Chi Minh City at eight to nine million. In HCMC the use of public transport is relatively low and is dominated by buses. Personal motorcycles and cars account for

95% of travel according to the Asian Development Bank. This has caused increased congestion, protracted journey times and extreme pollution, exacerbated by increased prosperity resulting in rising automobile ownership. In October 2009 the Vietnamese government sanctioned plans for building an underground metro system.

The proposed metro project will have six lines covering almost 107 kilometres both above and below ground. In May 2012 Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation and state-owned Vietnamese firm Civil Engineering Construction Corporation No. 6 (CIENCO6) won a joint contract worth US$590 million to design, engineer and build part of Line 1, connecting Ben Thanh Market with Suoi Tien Theme Park with 11 stations. Construction is currently under way.

The HCMC transport master plan proposed five further metro lines and will also include three monorail routes totalling 37 kilometres. Completion is scheduled for 2025, by which time the population of HCMC is forecast to be 14 million.


Infrastructure: Building Bridges

The Mekong River is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam, sustaining the fertile, low-lying Mekong Delta region that covers 12 percent of the country’s total land surface. However, the Mekong River is also a barrier to the social and economic development of the 16 million people who currently live in the region. Three million people in the Mekong Delta live below the poverty line, and economic and social development in the region is needed. Providing permanent bridges over the lower reaches of the Mekong River has enabled the resources of the Mekong Delta to be better used to support sustainable development for both residents and the country as a whole.

National Highway 1 runs the length of the country and has several bridges spanning small waterways in the delta but ferries and boats have been the only means of crossing the Tien Giang river (at My Thuan, 120 kilometres south of HCMC) and the Hau Giang river (at Can Tho). Those crossings are costly and inconvenient for movement between the Delta Region and other parts of Vietnam, and have contributed to the lower level of economic and industrial activity in the area. The My Thuan Bridge, constructed by Baulderstone Hornibrook, opened in 2000 and has since facilitated increased shipping to Phnom Penh in Cambodia, while the Can Tho, built by a consortium of Taisei, Kajima and Nippon Steel opened in 2010.

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On 2 August 2014, groups of people were assembling at various locations around Kowloon, Hong Kong, to board buses. Where were they going? What were they doing? Some people were from Paul Y. Engineering Group Ltd, whilst others were from MTR Corporation and the Lighthouse Club, but the main stars of the day were 12 families, all related to the construction industry, who were being supported by the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Benevolent Fund. Each family was being supported because their breadwinner had suffered illness, injury or been the victim of a fatal accident. I do not know who was more excited, the volunteers from Paul Y, MTR Corporation and the Lighthouse Club; or the families!

The occasion was actually a summer fun day for the families, which was sponsored by Paul Y who were ably assisted by MTRC and the Lighthouse Club. The agenda included a visit to the MTR Super Operations Control Centre located at the Tsing Yi MTR Station, a buffet lunch at the Royal View Hotel, Ting Kau followed by an afternoon of games, quizzes, competitions and fun, all led by a very funny clown indeed.

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Philco Wong, Projects Director designate of MTR Corporation, who is also Chairman of the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Benevolent Committee, very kindly arranged for (and personally guided) all of the volunteers and the families to have the opportunity for a behind-the-scenes look at the MTR Corporation’s Super Operations Control Centre (OCC), as well as a guided tour around Tsing Yi Station itself.

The Super OCC was the result of combining the OCC’s of the East Rail Line, the Ma On Shan Line and West Rail Line (Fo Tan to Kam Tin) to the existing OCC at Tsing Yi which already controlled the Airport Express, Tung Chung Line, Disneyland Resort Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line, Kwun Tong Line and Tseung Kwan O Line, thereby producing a Super OCC, which controls all of the MTR lines under one roof! To say that the Super OCC looked like a James Bond movie set or a Space Shot Mission Control would be an understatement! Having had a talk about the Super OCC’s systems and watched a video about MTR, everyone was still in awe as the curtains opened on a huge window from where we all looked down into the Control Centre. I certainly felt like a James

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Bond villain watching everyone below me at their individual system monitors, all constantly looking up at the general monitors showing platform scenes from all of the lines, plus the giant mimic display showing the location and status of every train as they moved along the various rail lines.

From the Super OCC we went for a buffet lunch at the Royal View Hotel, on the Paul Y. provided coaches. The kids, who had been blown away by the Super OCC and had been excitedly talking about

what they has seen, soon started wondering what they were going to have for lunch! They were not disappointed, because Stanley Lo, Director & General Manager – Civils of Paul Y had most generously arranged for a superb BBQ buffet to be laid on. Stanley and his team of wonderful Paul Y volunteers spread themselves amongst the families to ensure that everyone got what they wanted, whether it was barbecued beef or chicken, sushi or sashimi, salads, vegetables, soup and more desserts than even the most enthusiastic kids could eat. Fortunately Stanley and his team were not alone, because MTR, led by Steve Howarth, also had a team of volunteers who helped to ensure that everyone from our families were comfortable, getting food and enjoying themselves.

Entertainment was never far away, be it from the two comperes from Paul Y or the brilliantly entertaining clown.

The two comperes from Paul Y had clearly missed their vocation. TVB’s loss was definitely Paul Y’s gain. They organised games, competitions, laughter and generally further developed the warm group feeling amongst the families that had started from previous family days.

Kids love balloons and ours were no exception. Fortunately the clown had lots of puff and was a skilled balloon twister and dogs, swords, hearts, flowers and rabbits appeared in double quick time. But the kids had to work for their treats and they soon found themselves as the clown’s assistant, helping him in front of the audience, appearing as the hapless assistant for some very funny magic tricks.

And so, as the day drew to a close and the coaches assembled, the lucky draw was held. In fact, a lot of lucky draws were held and we can confirm that everyone was a winner and all of the families went home bearing laisees, gifts and prizes!!

The Lighthouse Club is delighted to acknowledge the support and participation of Paul Y. Engineering Group Ltd and MTR Corporation and their respective volunteers, without whom this families day could not have taken place. We also acknowledge the work put into this event by Elaine Man and Cordia Yu from the Lighthouse Club, who also were volunteers on the day. The volunteers, all of them, whilst giving up their free time, were richly rewarded by the joy that they clearly gave to the families and on behalf of the families, we salute each one of the volunteers. You made a difference and isn’t that the greatest gift that you can give?

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If you have read the “About The Lighthouse Club” text beneath the Chairman’s message, you will be aware that the Lighthouse House Club Asia Pacific Region has two Hong Kong registered regional charities of its own, which are able to provide assistance throughout the Asia Pacific Region.

The text provides some details about the James Battersby Educational Trust (JBET) and The Lighthouse Club Asia-Pacific Region Benevolent Trust (APRBT) and if you require more information about either Trust, please contact your local Chairman, or alternatively, contact Elaine Man, Administration Secretary of the Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region at [email protected].

We asked the Treasurer of the Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific Region, Barry Adcock, to tell us something about the expenditure of the two Trusts and he has provided us with the following cash disbursements for the year of 2013. As you can see, the JBET paid out HK$463,917 during the year of 2013 to cases in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Vietnam, whilst the APRBT paid out HK$161,699 in support of cases in Thailand and Vietnam.

However, Barry explained that unfortunately 2013 is not the best year to choose because, apart from one case which is administered separately, because it was referred from Kuala Lumpur Branch eventhough the expenses were for a case in the Philippines, we paid nothing to the Philippines in 2013. That apparently clear cut statement doesn't however mean that we were not assisting cases in the Philippines. In fact we provided considerable assistance to cases in the Philippines during 2013, it’s just that the assistance was covered by payments made in September 2012 and February 2014which amounted to (all in HK$) HK$410,250.:

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Before taking on any request for assistance from either of the Trusts, we estimate what the total liability of the case is likely to be and then accrue that amount as a liability so that the Trustees can be satisfied that each Trust is always fully funded in respect of its liabilities.

Both Trusts currently have the funds available to take on more cases within the Asia Pacific Region, but longer term they will require further funding and so we encourage members and Branches to raise funds for the JBET and APRBT. Currently almost all of the funding for these Trusts come from the activities of the Hong Kong Branch and all other Branches are encouraged to raise funds by holding specific events from which our Trusts can benefit, or by encouraging firms and individuals to join the Asia Pacific Region, or by becoming sponsors of the Asia Pacific Region or by advertising in this magazine. Unlike many other international charities, 100% of all monies donated to the JBET and APRBT will go to the beneficiaries. All Lighthouse Club committee members and Trustees are volunteers who receive no salary or expenses or other form of remuneration or benefit. The Auditors of the Asia Pacific Region and the Trusts, KPMG, act on a honorary, unpaid basis. The financial surpluses of the Asia Pacific Region are also donated to the Trusts.

1) JBETSeptember 2012 35,000February 2014 84,000Sub-total 119,000

2) APRBTSeptember 2012 90,000February 2014 201,250Sub-total 291,250TOTAL 410,250

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“Welcome to Mongolia.” Having dealt with four major land border crossings, and probably still euphoric with exiting Russia in a team record time of forty minutes, Yak Attack were all smiles with the perceived quiet efficiency of the Olgii-Bayan border crossing into Western Mongolia. We were quickly disabused. In total, it took the best (worst) part of six hours to complete entry formalities into Mongolia. Belarus had been slow, but its guards were faced with European volumes of traffic on their way to Moscow. As the border control closed for a leisurely lunch, there was nothing for it but to change onto our off-road tyres, brew up a billy of tea, and contemplate how Yak Attack found itself in its current predicament.

Almost 12 months to the day, raging thirst had driven three hard working Hong Kong residents to a popular watering hole in Central. The barman instinctively provided the much needed refreshments without enquiry. An excellent evening was had, and by noon the next day the unlikely trio of Tom Pugh and James Rix of Mayer Brown JSM and Ashley Calvert of MTR had signed up to take part in the Mongolia Charity Rally 2014, as Yak Attack (named in honour of the famous hairy bovid).

The Mongolia Charity Rally is run by Charity Rallies, part of Go Help, a UK registered charity working with local communities in Central Asia to improve access to education and healthcare. The rally is a 10,000km intercontinental road trip starting in London and ending in Ulaanbaatar. Teams are free to choose their own route, and are totally unsupported. The requisites of the rally are that each team enters an approved vehicle and raises at least GBP1,000 for Go Help. Given the composition of Yak Attack and our involvement in the construction industry, the choice of the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong as our additional charity was obvious.

Planning for such an epic journey was initially a bit hit and miss, but with enough lubrication on a regular basis, a LDV Maxus van (ex-Royal Mail) was purchased, team shirts tailored, rally routes researched, provisions procured, and on 5 July just before noon, the Maxus was to be seen speeding down the M20 for the Channel Tunnel.

Essen in Germany, then Lublin in Poland were passed through in quick succession and with little drama. Entering via Brest, we spent our first night under canvas in Belarus. Due to limitations with

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our visas it was necessary to speed through the former constituent republic of the Soviet Union in under 48 hours and it was not long before the Maxus sped into Russia. Indeed, so discrete was the Russian border crossing from Belarus, that it was only when local insurance was purchased that we realised that entry formalities had inadvertently been effected.

Russian roads, though good on the whole, are bad on holes. The routes lack width and are heavily used by huge juggernauts driven by fearless madmen. Over the next couple of days a vicious game of Russian Rally Roulette was played out by the team with one member in “shotgun” on a constant lookout for overtaking opportunities. Driving, overtaking and camping became the routine. The Russian cities of Bryansk, Orel, Tambov, Samara, Ufa, Chelyabinsk fell in quick succession to the unstoppable train that was the LDV Maxus, or Maxine as she had come to be known.

By day 8, Yak Attack entered Kazakhstan where the only puncture of the journey occurred at the border. The perforation having been promptly patched, Maxine sped on to Kostanay for a welcome early night in a hotel. Hotel meant hot water, which meant showers! A night out on the town, a decent shashlick, and the team was fighting fit and ready to take on the rest of Kazakhstan.

After a night on the windiest plain in north west Kazakhstan, the team encountered its only real breakdown in Semey – a town made famous as being the centre of the Soviet Atomic programme. The fallout apparent to the team was that the front left shock absorber had gone through the housing in the engine bay and smashed the windscreen water container. A garage was located (with the best wifi in town), a replacement part tooled up in fashion that would have made Heath Robinson dewy eyed with pride, the windscreen water container gaffer-taped and installed and after a leisurely morning

wandering around the local bazaar, and US$50 later, we were back in Russia.

The Russian Altai is amazing. Spectacular scenery. Robust roads. Similar to Switzerland, with fewer cars and good roads to really put Maxine through her paces.

Two nights camping, one in a corn field filled with mosquitoes the size of golf balls, the other by a glacial river, day 17 saw the team into Mongolia and at the mercy of the Mongolian customs officials. The target town for the day was Olgii, where we stayed in a hotel and enjoyed much needed showers. At this stage Mongolian cuisine was still considered exotic and lamb/mutton/sheep, a delicacy. As we were painfully to learn, vegetables appear to be reserved for livestock and scorned as fodder unfit for human consumption. After a few days of variations on these ovine offerings, meals became decidedly dull, and on occasion simply avoided. The camp staple of pasta with a jar of tomato sauce suddenly became very popular.

Pushing on south-eastwards, one of the team's objectives was to attend a Nadaam – a Mongolian games festival. All enquiries for the next Nadaam at Olgii were met with vague replies. We might see some horse racing trials in the hills but we would be lucky to see a Nadaam, we were told by a guide. Undeterred, we pushed on. After a further day’s drive we ended up at a motel and tucked into the only food on offer which was a non-descript bowl of brown "muttony" broth washed down with beers. A couple of locals wandered in. Vodka was consumed. More locals turned up. More vodka was consumed. Before we knew it, half the town were involved in lively libations and Yak Attack team shirts were being given out.

The team’s recollection of the intervening interval is hazy but, in true rally spirit, despite nursing throbbing heads and with apparent

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memory loss, at 8am prompt the Maxus was fired up and Yak Attack was on the road again, “The kilometres don’t drive themselves” being our mantra. Within ten minutes of setting off, we stumbled across a Nadaam in the first stages of an opening ceremony. The games consist of the three manly sports: wrestling, horse riding and archery. Unlike Western horse racing, which consists of short sprints, Mongolian horse racing as featured in Naadam is a cross-country event, with races 15–30 km long involving children as jockeys. Despite the information given by the so-called expert guide at Olgii we stumbled across another Nadaam a little further down the road.

Driving in Mongolia is quite different from anything we experienced on the Rally. First, the road surfaces are predominantly unsealed, and the dust was unbearable. Dust got everywhere. In our bags, camping kit, teeth, noses, just everywhere. Being unsealed also resulted in a corrugated effect on the surface of the road. Speed seemed to ameliorate the bone jarring effects of the ridges, but occasionally they were just too widely spaced for sufficient speed to be achieved and a more measured approach had to be adopted.

Elsewhere on the rally, as is the norm with conventional driving, one road would take you in one general direction to one’s desired destination. In Mongolia, a driver is given myriad tracks to choose from which may (or may not) end up at the intended target. Directions, whilst freely given by locals, were vague at the best of times, and sometimes appeared to be given on an “as the crow flies” basis. Despite such a handicap, the team only got seriously lost once and ended up on a “B” road which was, in any event, indistinguishable from an “A” road.

Driving in Mongolia cannot be described as boring- dodging bone crushing potholes (or not); avoiding animals in the road (or not); watching out for tarmac ending without warning (or not) – all of which leaves the driver little time to enjoy the stunning vistas of the Mongolian countryside.

As suddenly as it often disappeared, velvety tarmac hove into sight and, finally Maxine was eased into the bustling metropolis that is modern Ulaanbaatar and the splendours of the Ulaanbaatar Hotel car park.

For those interested in the figures, Yak Attack drove 10,089 kms or 6269 miles from London to Ulaanbaatar over 18 days. The longest distance covered in one day was on the German autobahns into Poland where 1210 kms or 752 miles were devoured by Maxine on day 2. The shortest distance driven in one day (not including border crossing days) was day 15 where only 282 kms or 175 miles were covered, although the first Nadaam and ropey heads may have effected the team's performance that day. Approximately 978 litres of diesel were consumed over the entire rally giving Maxine a mileage per gallon of 29.1. Yak Attack were the first team of the Mongolia Charity Rally 2014 over the border into Mongolia and third to the finish line in Ulaanbaatar.

Yak Attack's participation in the Mongolia Charity Rally 2014 would not have been possible without support from our sponsors. Big thanks go out to AmpControl, Shotcrete Solutions, Dragages Hong Kong, Bachy Soletanche, Maeda and FTI Consulting for sponsoring us, and making the donation of Maxine to Go Help and raising funds for the Lighthouse Club a reality. Thanks also to our friends and colleagues who made donations to both the Lighthouse Club and Go Help. Between Go Help and the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong, Yak Attack raised over HK$100,000. If you wish to donate further to the Lighthouse Club, or missed out the first time round please visit our JustGiving page at http://www.justgiving.com/teams/Yak-Attack-Mongolia.


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Two of the Lighthouse Club’s benevolent funds were the ultimate beneficiaries of the hard work of five members in two teams who hiked to the top of Mount Kinabalu this summer. A trio from the Kuala Lumpur branch and a pair of climbers from Manila collectively raised about US$21,100 for the fund.

The Manila duo of Jeffrey Lagura and Rodel Garcia, both engineers at BK Philippines, raised more than 80 per cent of the total.

Lagura and Garcia said, “Guides Teresa and Syukry met us at the airport, where we headed out to pick up our co-climbers before driving about two hours from Kota Kinabalu. Jeffrey felt nervous just by looking at the mountain emerge from the landscape. It is a mountain that even experienced climbers have a hard time climbing. There were probably a few other people asking themselves if they could really do this.

Upon arriving Kinabalu Heritage Site, you can feel the difference in the weather. For nature lovers, this was paradise – surrounded by trees, the sound of the river and birds, free from the sounds of city life.”

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The two-day expedition began in perfect weather on 24 June at the Mesilau Nature Resort at the base of the trail. With little to no preparation, the “Three Stooges” from Malaysia had their work cut out. “We thought it would be a walk in the park. How naïve we were,” said Lee Goldberg from Kuala Lumpur. The Manila duo also didn’t have any experience of mountaineering and had prepared the best way possible by running every other day and enjoying some smaller climbs.

The two teams spread out along the track as each member took to the mountain at their own pace on the way to the Laban Rata Resthouse, 3,289m above sea level. The trail is a mixture of wooden stairs, rocks and roots of trees sticking out of the ground providing unpredictable and difficult conditions.

The hike was easier for some, with Jeffrey saying he fell behind the group, with a guide to stay with him. “For an inexperienced and unfit guy like me, I can really say that the hike was gruelling,” he said. A meal and ice-cold shower was waiting at the resthouse after a hike that lasted between five and eight hours.

Alarms going off at 2am in freezing conditions marked the start of a race against the sunrise. Who could make it to the peak first? In the pitch black, and in thin air, with sore legs and tired minds, the two


teams soldiered on; navigating difficult rock slopes and steep slopes on what is arguably the toughest section of the climb.

A final push saw the group arrive at Lowe’s Peak 30 minutes before sunrise. The view from 4,095m above sea level offers spectacular views from all around and a great sense of achievement. It was “unforgettable”, according to Lee Goldberg, a Loughborough University student who was on an internship to Malaysia.

With the goal achieved, it was time to descend. With legs of jelly, each step was painful but brought more oxygen. In the final leg of the journey, each climber was reminded of every step taken to reach the summit, and each asked “how did we manage to do that?”

For others, such as Jeffrey, the experience was not about how high you have climbed, but the perseverance to endure obstacles and trials along the way. “Giving your all, to the point that you want to give up but still draw strength to get up, is all that matters,” he says.

Each climber thanks their sponsors, friends and family, of whom without the experience would not have been made possible.

The Manila team had their expenses borne by BK Asia-Pacific. The Kuala Lumpur team is grateful for the support of Plus Three Consultants, TSI Group, PY Hoh and Tai, AGS Four Winds, Turner International, Tony Gee and Techsol Sdn Bhd.

* The Kuala Lumpur branch is currently organising Kinabalu 2015, taking place next June. Any Lighthouse Club member who wishes to participate should email John Arkinstall ([email protected]) before 31 December 2014.

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For members who enjoyed the first “Keys to Success” seminar held earlier in the year in May and hosted by Women in Construction (WIC), the news that a second such seminar was to be held in September was well received. For this seminar, in space generously supplied by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Institute for Entrepreneurship, the group was honoured to welcome as Guest Speaker, Ms Teresa Cheng (GBS, SC, JP, FICE, FCIArb).

Cheng has sat as a Deputy Judge in the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong and is the Chairperson of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). She is also a Senior Counsel, Chartered Engineer, Chartered Arbitrator and Accredited Mediator, a Fellow of King’s College in London and the Course Director of the International Arbitration and Dispute Settlement Course in the Law School of Tsinghua University of Beijing.

WIC was delighted that this incredibly busy working woman was able to find time in her schedule to address the, seminar in which she shared some of the keys of success which have helped propel her to such lofty professional heights.

For those in attendance what was immediately obvious is that Cheng is cheerful and easy-going and that she exudes elegance and confidence. Her fascinating and very personal talk was delivered in a relaxed manner which appealed to all of those in attendance.

Cheng began the evening by sharing her story of growing up. She has journeyed far, once a young girl studying in an all-female school, to the woman she is now working in an industry which is still for the most part, dominated by men, where she is frequently engaged as counsel or arbitrator in complex international construction, commercial, or investment disputes. Having worked as an engineer after graduation she also studied part-time to obtain her Law Degree. To achieve the transformation from an Engineer to an Arbitrator and Deputy Judge, it is obvious that Teresa Cheng must have experienced a lot of hard work and challenging times.

Teresa shared with some tips on how to enjoy working in the construction industry.

• Enjoy the privilege of being a woman. If a workmate offers his help, we should accept it. This does not mean that your abilities are being looked down upon or that you are being discriminated against. However you should always check your work before you submit it.

• Ignore profanity. Bad language is common on construction sites and sometimes in meetings. We should get used to filtering out such words and focus on what is important.

• Control your temper, i.e. be professional and do not get upset or show your emotions too easily. Be calm and stay smart to solve the problem.

• Be a healthy and happy lady. Stress and unhappiness can have a negative impact upon our health, so we should each learn our own way to relieve stress in our lives.

After the presentation Cheng and the attendees remained engaged in lively conversation for some time, with one delegate describing Cheng as a superwoman, with much agreement from the group who all enjoyed refreshments provided by Hip Hing Construction.

Women in Construction extend their thanks Teresa Cheng for her valuable time, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Institute for Entrepreneurship’s provision of the lecture room and Hip Hing Construction as Event Sponsor. The next seminar has already scheduled in mid-November 2014 and will be presented by Ms Penny Hubbard-Brown, the Deputy Regional Director APAC of Mace Group.

For further details, please contact the Lighthouse Club at [email protected].

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Celebrating the difference makersThe Construction Industry Council –Lighthouse Club Contractor's Dinner and Safety Awards recognise life-saving best practices

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MTR Corp, Kier-Laing O'Rourke-Kaden Joint Venture, winner of Gold Award of Safe Project Team Awards

They are the hard working men and women at the forefront of occupational health and safety in Hong Kong. They’re on site through the chill of winter and the scorching Hong Kong summers, working towards the most fulfilling goal possible in the construction industry: helping to make sure their workmates make it home to their families at shift’s end. They may not seek the spotlight and neither will it fall on them if their jobs are carried out properly. But for one night of the year, the work of safety officers, their colleagues on site and management are lauded for making Hong Kong’s building sites safer.

The Construction Industry Council-Lighthouse Club Contractor's Dinner and Safety Awards has become the preeminent vehicle for recognising good safety practices. The awards are unique for the exceptional level of cooperation between leading players in the industry.

The awards are backed by three occupational health and safety organisations – the Society of Registered Safety Officers, Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Association, and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, Hong Kong Branch – the Construction Industry Council, the Hong Kong government, and a collection of the city’s biggest construction companies. Among the corporate sponsors, safety partner Hilti Hong Kong should be commended for their ongoing support of all of The Lighthouse Club’s events. Much of the event’s organisation falls to The Lighthouse Club Hong Kong and its social and safety committees.

If you needed more evidence this dinner and awards have galvanised the construction industry to a common cause, the numbers do not lie. Look no further than the attendance – more than 550 people attended the ceremony on September 12 – which was a new record. And there were more than 500 entries to the awards competition this year, which kept The Lighthouse Club’s Safety Panel engrossed for weeks – again, an exceptional result.

Mr. TC Chew, President of the Lighthouse Club, Hong Kong Branch and Projects Director, MTR Corporation, addressing the audience.

Daron Leung, Anneliese O'Young and Lewis Cheng

Hilti Hong Kong, Safety Partner

Steve Tennant, Brenda Yip,

Mike McIver

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Worthy Advocates

This year saw five awards given out (see: In the safest of hands), in the four established categories, as well as a celebrated Chairman’s Award. Hip Hing Construction assistant project safety manager Keith Kan took the rare honour, an occasional award determined by The Lighthouse Club’s Safety Committee Chairman Mark Divers. While Mr Divers told the event that although Mr Kan prefers to avoid the limelight, he richly deserved the award for demonstrating a strong commitment to promoting improvements in health and safety over a number of years. Mr Kan has also been instrumental in helping sub-contractors meet ever-increasing safety standards. And, of course, he has been a tireless worker in advocating his workmates are recognised for their efforts to improve workplace safety.

Last year, the awards were expanded to include a new category, project teams. The Lighthouse Club-Hilti Safe Project Team Awards recognises that site safety is everyone’s concern, from client to frontline workers. This year’s Gold Award in the category went to the MTR Corp, Kier-Laing O'Rourke-Kaden Joint Venture. The team is working on contract 901 (Admiralty Integrated Station and SCL Enabling Works) of the South Island Line project. The HK$2.40-billion contract was awarded in 2011, and covers the creation of the expanded station, as well as the supporting infrastructure needed for the sprayed concrete lining needed for tunnelling.

In a cramped box about the dimensions of a football pitch and extending down about 45 metres beneath some of Hong Kong’s busiest streets, some 400 workers are currently toiling. When it is complete next year contract 901, Admiralty Station is set to become the heart of the new 7-km line. A new rail interchange will be built underneath the existing station that comprises four new platforms, an interchange concourse and pedestrian entrances.

The Lighthouse Club’s Safety Committee received 45 detailed entries in this newest of categories, and narrowed the field to ten finalists. Three bronze and two silver awards were presented in this category.

Safety Panel of Awards

Steve Tennant, Immediate Past Chairman of the Lighthouse Club Asia Pacific, Mike McIver, member of the Lighthouse Club Kuala Lumpur and Neil Parkinson , member of the Lighthouse Hong Kong Branch committee.

Mr Donald Tong Chi Keung, JP

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Frontline Successes

The Safe Subcontractor Awards category at this year’s awards recognised an exceptional level of safety performance for companies involved in some of the construction industry’s most hazardous activities. It is worthwhile mentioning that sub-contractors are at the heart of the awards. Faced with the financial realities of tight budgets and tighter deadlines, safety here is a paramount concern, and this category is designed to drive subcontractors to redouble their efforts.

The Gold Award winner, Alfasi Asia, is currently engaged to supply and erect the columns and iconic roof for the Express Rail Link Terminus building in West Kowloon. Alfasi Asia will also build the façade and glazing supports at the world’s biggest underground train terminus. All told, there are 9,000 tonnes of steel in the terminal, with another 2,700 tonnes used temporarily during its construction phase.

In the individual categories, there was a clean sweep by Gammon Construction employees. More than 400 entries were received for The Safe Foreman Awards. From the 10 finalists, Gammon Construction’s Kwok Yuet Ming was the overall winner. Mr Kwok was considered instrumental in creating a safe workplace and had made an outstanding contribution to the industry overall. The Champion Award for Site Safety Professionals was claimed by Yip Kim Sik. The award was presented by the guest of honour, Commissioner for Labour Donald Tong Chi Keung.

Gavin Gui of Hilti & TC Chew

CLP-Atkins China Ltd.- Hip Hing, Silver Awards of Safe Project Project Team

Daron Leung and Duncan Inglis

Architectural Services Department-Dragages HK, winner of Silver Award of Safe Project Team Awards


FeatureHong Kong Contractor’s Dinner and Safety Awards

Meaning in the Message

While the awards are a great complement to the industry’s foremen, subcontractors and safety professionals, there is a serious message reflected in the event, never far from the surface. Hong Kong’s Association for the Rights of Industrial Accidents Victims says 22 construction workers died at work last year, two less deaths than in 2012. There were at least 11 fatalities up to the beginning of August.

There are many more accidents onsite that have an irrecoverable effect on workers, their families and the wider community every year. The Occupational Safety and Health Branch of the Labour Department says there were 3,232 reported industrial accidents last year, an increase of 2.3 percent over 2012.

The Lighthouse Club’s benevolent fund helps support the victims of construction accidents. As an independent charity, outstanding health and safety practices are a core part of the club’s mission to promote fraternity across the construction industry. The dinner and awards ceremony is an important fund raising event for the club. A collection during the evening helped raise an additional HK$52,000 for safety-linked charities. As The Lighthouse Club’s president T.C. Chew told the audience: “The real winners though are our colleagues who are not injured or made ill, and the construction industry being recognised as modern, high-tech, exciting and safe.”


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Each of the award winners from this year’s Contractor's Dinner is listed below. The judging panel, coordinated by the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Safety Committee, commended each of this year’s entrants, and the most outstanding of entries claimed official recognition.

The awards are made possible by the support of some of Hong Kong’s leading construction companies, including Gammon Construction Ltd, Dragages Hong Kong Ltd, Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd, Laing O'Rourke Construction Hong Kong Ltd, Leighton Contractors (Asia) Ltd, Bachy Soletanche Group Ltd, MTR Corp Ltd, REC Engineering Co Ltd, and VSL-Intrafor Hong Kong Ltd.

The event’s exclusive safety partner is Hilti (Hong Kong) Ltd, a supplier of leading-edge power tools, anchoring and fasteners, fire protection equipment and construction chemicals.

The dinner and awards are also supported by the Construction Industry Council, the Society of Registered Safety Officers, Hong Kong Occupation Safety and Health Association, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Hong Kong, and the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong.

Chairman’s Award•

Keith Kan – Assistant Project Safety Manager, Hip Hing Construction

Site Safety Professional Awards •

{ The Champion's Award }Yip Kim Sik – Gammon Construction

{ Distinction Award }Lee Yick Hang – Leighton Contractors

{ Runner-up Awards }Chung Yuk Ling Sybil – MTR Corp

Chin Ching Hong – Laing O'Rourke Construction Cheung Wing Cheong Chris – Samsung-Hsin Chong Joint Venture

•Safe Subcontractor Awards

{ The Champion's Award }Alfasi Constructions (Hong Kong) Ltd

{ Distinction Awards }Associated Engineers Ltd

Hong Kong OVM Engineering Co Ltd

{ Bronze Awards }CYS Engineering Co

Trevi Construction Co Ltd

Safe Foreman Awards •

{ The Champion's Award }Kwok Yuet Ming – Gammon Construction

{ Runner-up Awards }Yau Chung Hon – Sanfield Engineering Construction Ltd

Lam Chun Kit – CLP Power Hong Kong LtdYau Wing Kin – Chun Wo Construction and Engineering Co Ltd

So Kam Yuen – Gammon Construction

{ Merit Awards }Wong Wai Kwan – Vibro (HK) Ltd

Fung Sek Yan – Hip Hing Construction Shin Lien Chiao – Wo Hing Construction Ltd

Hui Tin Shing – Samsung-Hsin ChongTsui Hong Ming – Fugro (Hong Kong) Ltd

Safe Project Team Awards•

{ The Gold Award }C901 South Island Line Project – MTR Corp, Kier-Laing O'Rourke-Kaden Joint

Venture

{ Silver Awards }CLP Kai Tak Cable Tunnel – CLP-Atkins China Ltd-Hip Hing

Trade and Industry Tower in Kai Tak Development Area – Architectural Services Department-Dragages

{ Bronze Awards }Public Rental Housing Development at Lei Yue Mun Phase 3 – Housing Authority-

Gammon ConstructionImperial Kennedy – Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd-Sanfield

K23 Urban Renewal Project at Castle Peak Road and Hing Wah Street – Hong Kong Housing Society-Chun Wo Development Group, DLN Architects and

Engineers-Chun Wo

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Young Members Group Site Visit to Kwun Tong Extension (KTE) Contract No. 1001

A site visit was jointly organised with Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Lighthouse Club Hong Kong on 21 June 2014 to MTR project KTE 1001 and there were 10 people from both organizations attended. The visit was led by the construction team from the main contractor, Nishimatsu Construction Co. Ltd.

KTE project is the extension of the existing Kwun Tong Line, the alignment of Kwun Tong Line Extension will run from Yau Ma Tei to Whampoa with one intermediate station at Ho Man Tin.

Ho Man Tin Station will be located at the site of former Valley Road Estate. In view of the geographical limitation, the upper soft ground near the surface will be excavated by open cut method. Open blast method will then be adopted for the construction of station which is deeper in the rock. The open blast method is more effective in rock than mechanical excavation, resulting in a shortened construction period and less disruption to the local community. The method is commonly used in tunnelling works, and has been used during the construction of Yau Tong Station on the Tseung Kwan O Line.

A section of the tunnel was visited in this project and the construction of the new station and tunnel civil works was ongoing.

Young Members Group Site Visit by Lawrence Lee

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On 17th July, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club on Kellet Island once again played loyal host to this year’s Lighthouse Club HK Eddie Ward Dinner.

A major “thank-you” goes out to the nearly 100 people who attended and in particular the corporate tables taken by: Gammon / Nishimatsu, Continental Engineering, Leighton, Chun Wo, The Contracts Group, Aspect Asia and ADR Partnership. Thank you also to Dave Parkin who officiated during the evening.

A fabulous 5 course gourmet meal was served with perfectly paired wines.

We were lucky enough to secure Mike Moir (Hong Kong Jockey Club) as our honoured Guest Speaker and he certainly didn’t disappoint, gallantly returning to the Lighthouse Club stage following a 20 year absence.

Mike delivered in fine form his career achievements to date and a light hearted and interesting account of his 36 years since arriving in Hong Kong. He talked about the pre 1997 days and the significant changes that have taken place between then and now. Mike shared his insight into a highly topical analogy of the “one country, two systems of governance” citing both Hong Kong and Scotland and declaring that both experiments face significant political challenges!

Mike chatted about the early Swire years, the Hong Kong Football Club and his time with the Hong Kong Jockey Club culminating in the incredible challenges and the outright privilege of directing the ongoing Central Police Station Redevelopment.

The Lighthouse Club’s customary response was supplied this year by Steve Tennant who, it appears, went to a lot of trouble researching his subject matter. After cajoling non-member dinner guests including the guest speaker to join the Lighthouse Club, Steve launched a comprehensive campaign of “digging dirt” on Mr. Moir whilst being a dash outrageous.

Let’s hope we can still encourage would be future guest speakers to step up to the plate!

Dave Parkin battled courageously to preserve spirits by attempting to auction (unsuccessfully) a signed New Zealand 7’s Rugby shirt. The only thing missing from his sterling effort was the Rugby shirt itself! This was “being kept safe”………”in a safe house in Yuen Long!!”

Overall the evening was successful and raised HK$18,350 on the night.

As usual, none of this would be possible if it were not for the massive efforts of Elaine Man – “Elaine, we salute you!”

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Hugh Wu, Chairman of the Lighthouse Club, Hong Kong Branch; Mike Moir & Steve Tennant

Dave Parkin in full flowDining in the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

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Queensland Branch

The Queensland Branch continued with its social and fundraising activities over the winter, with sponsored evenings every month and sustained efforts to constantly promote the Lighthouse. In terms of social and fundraising activities, attendances were both up and down over the winter. However, this is a seasonal factor and we are very happy with the overall average, especially given the professional demands in the construction industry in Queensland during the winter.

We would like to thank our recent sponsors who were Aquenta Consulting (August evening), McInnes Wilson Lawyers (July evening), RICS Oceania, COINS (Construction Industry Solutions) and Contract Solutions International (June evening) and RICS Oceania (May evening).

In terms of promoting the Lighthouse, we are fortunate to have a dedicated group who go out of their way to keep the ball constantly rolling. This includes ongoing consideration and internal consultation on how best to run and grow the Queensland Branch. We have also almost completed the redevelopment and revised management process for the Lighthouse website for Australia. Upcoming events for the spring are pm Thursday, 18 September 2014, Thursday, 23 October 2014 and Thursday, 20 November 2014

Western Australia Branch

The WA branch had its best-attended meeting in July closely followed by a break in August. We’re looking forward to the rest of the year. The WA branch continues to garner support from members, but we still need more help from the sponsors of our monthly meetings. We would welcome contact from anyone who is interested in supporting a monthly gathering.

Recent success has been boosted by an unofficial partnership with the WA branch of RICS Matrics; we hope to further boost numbers with other industry partnerships over the coming months. Our thanks, as always, to our sponsors and a special mention to the Melbourne Hotel for allowing us to host our events. Thanks also to the numerous sports clubs and organisations around WA that have been able to contribute popular raffle prizes for our meetings. Planned events for Spring and on Wednesday, 24 September 2014, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 and Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Special event:

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Western Australia has kindly chosen Lighthouse Club as the charity that will benefit from the RICS WA Annual Charity Golf day. The RICS WA Annual Charity Golf Day will be held on 24 October 2014. Registration will take place from 10.45 am with the Shotgun Start at 12.30 pm. This year’s venue will be at Nedlands Golf Club, Melvista Avenue, Nedlands, WA.

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The Membership and Events Committees collaborated to make this night such a huge success. A 33% increase in our club’s membership, is the result of our boards’ commitment to spread the club’s networking potential and its charity endeavors. With the growing number of construction projects taking place throughout the metro, new doors to potential club members are being opened. The board is taking this opportunity to inform new business associates and acquaintances about the activities and efforts of the Lighthouse Club Manila.

Our program for the evening included an invitation to a former Lighthouse scholar, Michelle Tan. The club had supported Michelle through her secondary education with a vocational course in AutoCadd at ErdaTech School. Michelle’s formal training and knowledge of CADD enabled her to be hired by Worley Parsons (a LHC supporter) upon graduation. Michelle addressed the evenings’ attendees and explained how theLHC ‘scholarship’ helped her and her family. Now that Michelle has been working in the industry, she has plans to pursue college and become an architect.

Also attending the event was a B.S. Civil Engineering student Ramil Rosario. Ramil is currently attending the prestigious Mapua Institute of Technology and is being supported by the Lighthouse Club.

June 19 - New Members’ Night Sponsored By Projection Limited

The Lighthouse Club of Manila is proud to announce that our 2014 annual charity event will be held on Friday, 7 November. The Lighthouse Clubs’ Black & White Annual Charity Ball will be held at Grand Ballroom of The Marriott Hotel, No. 10 Newport Blvd. Newport City Complex in Pasay City, Manila, featuring the music of The Spirits.

We are planning a fantastic and fun-filled evening for all our members and guests while remaining committed to raising funds that will enable our club to sponsor the educational needs of students in the construction industry and related trades. These are not just any students - qualifying students are those who are suffering hardship as a result of death, injury or illness of a parent or guardian who is (was) employed in the construction industry, or those who are prevented from fulfilling his/her education due to poverty. Please see our website www.lighthouseclubasiapacific.com/manila for more detailed information.

At this stage, we have confirmed sponsorship from many generous supporters. Philippine Airlines (PAL), the flag carrier of the

Philippines and the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia, is sponsoring round trip business class tickets for two Manila-London-Manila. Surely, this contribution from PAL will generate more funds for our charity.

We are deeply grateful to Platinum Sponsors Intax, Eastlink and RMD Kwikform for their untiring support. Atmosphere Resorts and Spa, Lane Archive Technologies, Asian Tigers Mobility and Leighton Contractors pledged support as Gold Sponsors. Jardine Engineering Corporation, Shangri-La's Boracay Resort & Spa, Projection Limited, The Jack O’Daniel Foundation, TKHS and JML Philippines are the Ball’s Bronze Sponsors.

We are still in need of sponsors. In-kind sponsorship in the form of auction items, goods or services that can be used as raffle prizes or cash contributions will be gratefully accepted. Don’t miss the grandest event of the year. Book your tickets now as only a few remain. Contact Lhai Eugenio for your tickets and sponsorship at [email protected].

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July 17 – Auction Night Sponsored By Hmr Auction Services, Inc.HMR Auctions, a "One Stop Asset Disposal Solution" sponsored the July social event in the Den at the Marriott Hotel Manila. HMR Auctions provides comprehensive expertise regarding auctions, valuation and also logistical services. HMR Auctions generously donated several items towards our raffle and items for auction at the event. Samuel Powell, HMR’s Valuation Manager served as the auctioneer of the night. An Android tablet, earphones, LCD TV and a limited edition bottle of Carlos was auctioned. Thank you everyone for your contributions to our fund-raising endeavors.

19 June was the Lighthouse Club Manila Branch New Members’ Night. Projection Limited – The Business Process Controls and Software Solutions for Mining, Project Development & AEC sponsored the night. Trevor Forsyth briefly explained Scenario Advantage Solutions. (www.projection-group.com). Old members, new members and guests enjoyed the evening by networking and helped to raise funds for our charity.

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Social EventsOur social events have recently moved to Orient Bar on Ngo Duc Ke Street following a long period at Red Bar and functions for August and September were successfully held in Orient, with August generously sponsored by DCMStudios.

Planning for the annual Christmas Dinner is underway, with the date fixed for the 28 November.

MembershipLHC HCMC now has more than 30 fully paid up members of the APR and member ID cards have been made and handed out, giving free access to the monthly events and discounts at selected HCMC establishments. This is the first real HCMC membership drive, with memberships valid for the remainder of 2014, at which point full year LHC memberships will be offered.

Fund DisbursementHaving previously identified 4 students from construction family backgrounds that need assistance through college and paying for a live saving operation for a 4th year Architecture student who had an aneurism we have identified an additional 5 students wishing to carry on their education in construction related courses, and funds have been made available to these students.

A further four students at the HCMC University of Architecture and Engineering have been identified in conjunction with Saigon Children’s Charity, and their scholarships funds were handed over recently in a ceremony at the University.

Lighthouse Club Saigon Autumn Report

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Lighthouse Club Phnom Penh continues to meet monthly and the change from Tuesday to Thursday has made a little difference in attendance and attracted a few new members. We now meet on the 2nd Thursday of every month at different venues.

Our September meeting on 11th is being sponsored by our old friend from Vietnam, Thomas Stier, and his company H & T Technology Pool & Spa Co Ltd, who have opened an office here in Phnom Penh. Thomas is exhibiting, along with some of our other members, at the annual CamBuild exhibition taking place on 10th-12th September.

Plans for our inaugural Golden Helmet Awards are progressing and we’re building a good relationship with the Cambodia Constructors Association and their magazine Construction & Property in which Colin Rogers, our Chairman, has already submitted several articles.

Our 2015 Golf Event will be held at Garden City Golf Club on Friday 31st January. We have asked for our flyer to be distributed to all Regional Committee members so that you can circulate to your members. We are looking for 70 golfers for this event, doubling up on this year’s numbers. Also, it should be slightly cooler in January so come on over to Phnom Penh and enjoy some Cambodian hospitality as well as swinging those clubs! Please contact us at the e-mail address below if you are interested.

One potential student for the Educational Trust Fund has been identified with more on the way.

A reminder that we have changed our general mailing address to [email protected]. Janey Rogers is still Club Secretary and administering e-mails etc whilst our Treasurer’s secretary, Sophea, looks after the Membership list and is responsible for collecting in entry and new Members’ fees at all of our monthly gatherings.

We are, as always, on the lookout for new Committee members. Our Chairman, Colin Rogers, would be delighted to hear from any budding Committee members – please contact him at [email protected].

LIST OF EVENTS – SEPTEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015Monthly Gatherings:-11th September9th October13th November11th December

Golf Event – 31st January 2015 (with registration and possible monthly gathering on Thursday 30th January)

Lighthouse Club Phnom PenhCambodia Contribution

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If you wish to discuss your project requirements, please contact James Longbottom, Patrick O’Neill or David Longbottom on (852) 2234 5228.

ADR Partnership Limited 17A Seabright Plaza, 9-23 Shell Street, North Point, Hong Kong t: (852) 2234 5228 f: (852) 2234 6228 e: [email protected] www.adrpartnership.com

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This has been an eventful period for the Singapore branch with the usual selection of social events to raise funds for the branch coffers as well as a number of events that have contributed significantly to raising the profile of Lighthouse Club both within the industry as well as to the broader Singapore society.

The biggest event of the summer was by the far the hugely successful Charity Golf Day held at the Raffles Country Club. A great day’s golfing was had and thankfully the weather was kind. This was sold out a number of weeks in advance and resulted in a significant source of funding for the club. Sincere thanks goes to Leighton for being the event sponsor and of course to Pacific Beverages for providing the well deserved on-course refreshments, gamely delivered by Nuala in the beer cart!

Progress of revamping the website is well underway, with a clear new structure in place; this will then act as the focal point for the club’s membership; including enabling payments. As well as making it easier for members to interact with the club and keep up to date with events this will also reduce the amount of time spent on general administration enabling the council to focus on supporting those that are in need of assistance.

In line with the branch’s plans to engage more with a wider audience, a Professor from the National University of Singapore attended a recent monthly get together to both find out more about the work of the Lighthouse Club as well as to receive a contribution from the Club to support needy students studying construction related courses.

A number of exciting events are still planned for the coming months; these include the F1 Grand Prix to be held on 21st September, a trip to the races planned for 26th October and the much awaited annual dinner dance on the 15th November to be held at the Tanglin Club.

On the 6th of September a number of Lighthouse representatives attended an education prize giving event organized by the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) to sign memorandums of understanding detailing our plans to work together to support the local community; specifically those working within the construction industry.

The Lighthouse Club Singapore has continued its fundraising efforts through a variety of avenues, the backbone of which remains the monthly meetings, kindly supported by our sponsors and attended by a growing number of members keen to promote the Club’s work in Singapore. These are held on the first Thursday of every month.

Support continues to be given to needy individuals both in Singapore and the region. As well as those who have been injured in industrial accidents. A recent case in Singapore involves supporting the education and welfare needs of a family in Singapore whose sole bread winner and industry veteran is battling cancer.

The Lighthouse Club SingaporeSingapore Contribution

Pic 1. Hole in one Harley Davidson

Pic 3. Celebrations after a “hard day’s” work!

Pic 2. On course celebrationsPic 4. Lighthouse representatives meeting with the Indian High Commissioner for Singapore

Pic 5. Lighthouse representatives meeting with Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Law and Education and President of SINDA, Ms Indranee Rajah

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This was a legal/contractual seminar with a difference, with the guest speakers taking the roles of narrator, sub-contractor, claims consultant, lawyer and arbitrator to discuss the many issues arising.

The speakers were: Vincent Connor, Head of Office, Pinsent Masons, Hong KongMichael McIver, CEO, Plus Three Consultants, Kuala LumpurSwee Im TAN, Principal, Tan Swee Im, P.Y. Hoh & Tai, Kuala LumpurAdrian Hughes QC, 39 Essex St Chambers, London

The scenario was:

The venue was the recently refurbished historical building (Sulaiman Building - Sulaiman being Bahasa Melayu for Solomon) for the new headquarters of Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, KLRCA.

Around 70no. participants took part and most stayed on to enjoy the networking session and opportunity to talk to the speakers whilst imbibing with soft drinks, beer and wine.

LHCKL wishes to thank the speakers for their time and effort in delivering the seminar and the sponsors - KLRCA, Pinsent Masons, 39 Essex St Chambers, Tan Swee Im and Plus Three Consultants - for their generosity. The surplus generated is sufficient to fund one of the bursaries for one academic year.

In celebration of the founding of LHCKL in September 1994, a Founders dinner was organized at the Majestic Hotel which is also a refurbished historical building opposite the new KLRCA headquarters. Some Past Presidents came from afar to join the fifty so members and guest to enjoy the sumptuous buffet and free flow drinks.

Seminar – De-Constructing Disputes 17 September 2014, KLRCA Headquarters

20th Anniversary Founders Dinner 17 September 2014, Majestic Hotel, KL

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other players in the construction industry The project was of national interest and everyone involved was keen

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Forthcoming Eventsof Autumn/Winter 2014

Wednesday 8Macau Joint Conference and Monthly Social Get Together Empire Room, Café Deco, G/F Venetian Macao Resort Hotel from 5.00pm

Thursday 9Cambodia Monthly Get Togethers Venue TBA

Ho Chi Minh City Networking Drinks Orient Bar, 24 Ngo Van Nam, Ho Chi Minh City

Friday 10Hong Kong Monthly Get TogethersInsiders, 17 Fenwick Street, Wanchai, from 6.30pm

Saturday 11Hong Kong Poolside BBQKowloon Cricket Club, 10 Cox's Road, Jordan

Wednesday 15Manila Monthly Social Event Marriott Hotel, No. 10 Newport Boulevard, Newport City Complex, from 6.30pm

Thursday 16Brisbane Networking EventPav Bar, Stamford Plaza, Corner Margaret and Edward Street from 5.30pm

Sydney Networking EventThe Rooftop Terrace, Metropolitan Hotel, No. 1 Bridge Street from 6.00pm

Friday 17Hong Kong Women in Construction and Young Members Group Skin Care SeminarPinsent Masons, 50/F Central Plaza, Wanchai, from 7.00pm

Friday 24Hong Kong Young Members Group and Women in Construction Halloween Happy HourCrowne Plaza, Club@28, 8 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay from 7.30pm

Sunday 26Singapore Horse Racing Event Singapore Turf Club, 1 Turf Club Avenue, Singapore Racecourse from 12.30pm-6.30pm

Monday 27 Hong Kong One Day Construction Conference"Managing Changes in Construction/Variations"Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai

Wednesday 29Perth Monthly Get TogethersMelbourne Hotel, 942 Hay Street from 5.30pm

October

Friday 7Hong Kong Monthly Get Together Insiders, 17 Fenwick Street, Wanchai, from 6.30pm

Manila Black and White Annual Charity Ball Marriott Hotel, No. 10 Newport Boulevard, Newport City Complex, from 6.30pm

Saturday 8Asia Pacific Region Committee Meeting ManilaBalesin Islander, 6/F Alphaland City Club 7232 Ayala Avenue ext. Makati City

Wednesday 12Macau Monthly Social Get Together Venue TBA

Thursday 13Cambodia Monthly Get Togethers Venue TBA


Friday 14Hong Kong Annual Dinner Meeting N201 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai


Thursday 20Manila Annual General and Social Event Marriott Hotel, No. 10 Newport Boulevard, Newport City Complex, from 6.30pm


Wednesday 26Perth Monthly Get TogethersMelbourne Hotel, 942 Hay Street from 5.30pm

November

Friday 5Hong Kong Monthly Get Together Insiders, 17 Fenwick Street, Wanchai, from 6.30pm

Wednesday 10Hong Kong Annual Golf DayKau Sai Chau Golf Course (South Course)

Macau Monthly Social Get Together Venue TBA

Thursday 11Manila Christmas CheerMarriott Hotel, No. 10 Newport Boulevard, Newport City Complex, from 6.30pm

Cambodia Monthly Get Togethers Venue TBA




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