Andrew: Inside & Insights

These are some of the World’s Most Ethical Companies that are the businesses that respond not with a PR campaign, but with real action as shining examples of complete transparency for the public and significant effort given to fixing the core problem.

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Picture taken with Ms Elim Chew, Founder and President of 77th Street at the SGC-SMa Seminar: Success Factors of ‘Mittelstand’ companies.

Here’s a blog entry by Pastor PK’s blog who serves Hope London Church. I am very much encouraged by his passion for God’s Kingdom and vision for His Church in being a powerful instrument of change in the marketplace. I pray that fellow Christians will be inspired to live out their faith in God more boldly from Mondays to Saturdays at work, just as they would on a Sunday. 

The Archbishop Rowan Willaims, Head of the 80m Anglican Communion worldwide, provoked outrage when he suggested on February 7th that the adoption of elements of Islamic sharia law in Britain was “unavoidable”. This undermined further his authority in trying to bring unity to the Communion which has been divided over the issue of homosexuality between the liberals and the conservatives in the Communion.

This also weakens the position of the state church which has been seen by the increasingly secular Britain as privileged yet irrelevant. By trying to extend religious rights that Christians enjoy to the Muslims, it actually upsets the secularists further. They are already calling for a smaller official role of the church in Britain. At present 25 bishops sit in the House of Lords.

I personally believe that Christians have to find their voice in society like anyone else, without any advantage over non-Christians. To demonstrate our faith and the greatness of our God, we have to reflect God’s greatness in our lives.

This means that Christians have to raise the bar in our performance in the classroom or in the workplace, wherever God puts us. There is a greater need for us to shine for Jesus in the world in order to attract people unto Him. Whilst the classroom continues to be a fertile ground for harvest, I believe that the marketplace is where the biggest battle for souls is fought.

The challenge is immense; serving God, not money. The key is living out the Gospel with the help of God. (cont’d)

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Below is a very encouraging article that was featured in TODAY two weeks ago:

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His (South Korea’s President-elect Lee Myung Bak) bold proclaimation reaffirms the relevance of Christianity in operating in our global marketplace!

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”

Matthew 5:14-16

I say that our jobs are not provided merely to earn a living.

Our God-given vocations are meant to be an extension of Jesus and His Church in the marketplace to reach out- influence and win people over with His love and truth- in a lost, cold and dark world!

Read some of these remarkable stats on Google compiled by Jeff Jarvis:

1. Google is the “fastest growing company in the history of the world.” – Times of London, 1/29/06
2. Google controls 65.1% of all searches in the U.S. at the end of 2007 and 86% of all searches in the UK, according to measurement company Hitwise
3. Google was searched 4.4 billion times in the U.S. alone in October, 2007 (three times Yahoo), says Nielsen. Average searches per searcher: 40.7
4. Google’s sites had 112 million U.S. visitors in November, 2007, says Nielsen
5. Google’s traffic was up 22.4% in 2007 over 2006, according to Comscore
6. Google earned $15 billion revenue and $6.4 billion profit in 2007, a profit margin of 26.9%. Its revenue was up 57% in the last quarter of 2007 over 2006, says Yahoo Finance. As of late 2007, its stock was up 53% in a year. The company has a market capitalization of $207.6 billion
7. Google controls 79% of the pay-per-click ad market, according to RimmKaufman. It controls 40% of all online advertising, according to web site HipMojo
8. Google employed almost 16,000 people at the end of 2007, a 50% increase over the year before
9. Google became the No. 1 brand in the world in 2007, according to Millward Brown Brandz Top 100

Picture taken with Mr Adrin Loi, Executive Chairman of Ya Kun International at Year-end networking session organised by SP Consulting International.

Picture taken with colleagues from the organising committee of SMa Christmas Party at our rewarded Appreciation Lunch on 27 December 2007.

Picture taken with Mr Teo Ser Luck, Parliamentry Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) at the launch of Youth Network and Young Business Leaders.

Held at the TCC@Clarke Quay on 14 December 2007 and organised by National Youth Council (NYC).

Last Friday was at Studio 54 @Ministry of Sound (MoS) for a networking nite supported by SMa between IBM’s partners and SMa members.  

Here’s me with Perfect 10 DJ and Singapore Idol host, Daniel Ong!!!

Cool or what??? =P