THE MALAYSIAN TIN PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION
(MTPMA)
Report of the Management Committee
for the year 2011
TO ALL MEMBERS:
Your Management Committee submits the Association’s audited Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2011, and reports as follows:-
1. ACCOUNTS
Income from membership and weblink subscriptions, interest and newsletter advertisement during 2011 totalled RM10,121. Expenditure during the year totalled RM8,245, thus a surplus of RM1,876 was recorded for the year ended 31 December 2011.
Net current assets of the Association at 31 December 2011 as shown in the Balance Sheet stood at RM25,087 as compared with RM23,211 at end December 2010.2. SUBSCRIPTIONS
(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 subscription is payable on 1 January of each year.
At the Association’s Annual General Meeting held on 24 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
4. REGISTRATION
5. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Mr. Makoto Hara – (Mr. Kong Kean Beng)
(Nihon Superior (M) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr. Chen Tien Yue – (Ms. Keong Joo Dee)
(Royal Selangor International Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr. Lim Cheng Sang - (Mr. Lim Sheng Seaw)
(Metal Reclamation (Industries) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr. Mamoru Kawasaki - (Mr. Loh Yoon Soon)
(Selayang Solder Sdn Bhd)
Mr. Jason Lee
(Henkel (M) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr. Takayuki Nikaido
(Senju (M) Sdn. Bhd.)
En. Ab. Patah Mohd
(Perusahaan Sadur Timah Malaysia (PERSTIMA) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr. Jason Yee
(Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.)
En. Hamid Mokhtar
(RedRing Solder (M) Sdn. Bhd.)6. PRESIDENT AND OFFICERS
Mr. Makoto Hara – President
(Nihon Superior (M) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr. Chen Tien Yue – Vice-President
(Royal Selangor International Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr. Lim Cheng Sang – Honorary Secretary
(Metal Reclamation (Industries) Sdn. Bhd.)
Mr. Mamoru Kawasaki – Honorary Treasurer
(Selayang Solder Sdn. Bhd.)7. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
8. 21st ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING/ANNUAL LUNCHEON
9. SOLDER SUB-COMMITTEE
The Sub-Committee on Solder, formed in 1993, comprising the major solder companies as its members and with Mr. Lim Cheng Sang, a Past-President, as its Convenor was again active during the year under review.
The Sub-Committee provides solder company members of the Association a platform for discussion on matters of common and mutual interests. The meetings of the Sub-Committee have benefited its members as they are provided with the opportunity to share experiences and expectations of the market for their solder products and prices, trends in metal prices and the market as well as deliberate on issues and impediments facing the sub-sector.
During 2011, the Sub-Committee on Solder met a total of four times. A major issue which the Sub-Committee continued to deliberate concerns the matter of instilling appropriate discipline amongst members of the Sub-Committee with regard to their marketing and pricing arrangements to ensure fair competition and trade in the local solder market. Other issues discussed during the year concerned the proposal by the Government to introduce minimum wage for the industry and to raise the retirement age in the private sector from 55 to 60 years. 10. SEMINARS
11. NEWSLETTER
The Newsletter published during 2011 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 four times during the year. It provided suitable guidance to the Secretariat in the compilation of the publication and the formulation of strategies for strengthening support of the Newsletter.12. AUDITORS
13. ADMINISTRATION
14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Association also wishes to record its sincere thanks for the understanding and support of the Ministers of International Trade and Industry, Home Affairs, and Natural Resources and Environment, their Secretary-Generals and senior officials.
Last but not least, the Association is most grateful for the continuing secretarial and administrative support provided by the Tin Industry (Research and Development) Board and its Secretariat staff during the past year.
By Order of the Management Committee
C. S. Lim
Honorary Secretary
31 May 2012
Kuala Lumpur