Pantry Quips

Good Bye Fare Well

Author or Last edited by: Jenny Ong — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:25:27 GMT

It is now my turn and the time to say GoodBye to you all in as far as my working life in Formis is concerned. It has been a good 20 years and 5 months! Naturally I want to thank my bosses especially Dato’ Mah and Mr Chan Ngow for their leadership. As for the rest of the management team, you are "noted". My crazy colleagues, my sincere thanks for putting up with the noise and more noise.

Till we meet again, have fun.

Best Wishes, Jenny Ong

'Bali Good Time' with Biz Partners!

Author or Last edited by: Marini — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:26:31 GMT

First Solution (FSSB) recently rewarded some of their business partners with a trip to Bali, Indonesia.

They were the business partners who contributed a minimum of RM400,000 with FSSB within a span of seven months during the last financial year, and had adhered to its strict Terms and Conditions.

Among the highlights of the getaway were a) Whitewater Rafting on Ayung River b) Special cultural show over dinner c) Balinese spa for each business partner.

This year, our group of business partners was an exciting group as they were those who look forward to doing new things.

As for this financial year, it is good to hear the audience positive remarks when we announced it to them during the Bali trip regarding the 'Korean Formula-One Challenge'.

We hope to be able to bring more partners with us this time as the measurement period for the accumulative sales will be for 12 months.

FORMIS BASS' 2nd CSR

Author or Last edited by: How Pek Ching — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:45:43 GMT

The Marketing and QA Division initiated a quarterly donation drive in early April to do our bit to help needy and underprivileged people. We picked Persatuan Warga Tua ( dan Kanak-kanak ) Wilayah Persekutuan this time to channel our donations to after going through their profile.

For 3 weeks, we saw donations coming in all kinds, a bit of everything as per listed in their Need List such as cooking oil, oyster sauce, biscuits, mee hoon, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes and tooth paste, pencils, colour pencils, pre-loved clothing and pharmaceutical goods (plaster, calamine lotion, cotton etc) plus of course cash donations.

We chose 14 May to drop off the goods collected to the home. Just before we left, we were asked to go over to Dato’ Mah Siew Kwok’s room to sing him a birthday song. Once we were done with the wishing and singing, we saw Danny Chiam, COO of Applied Business Systems and asked him to contribute to this cause. Not only did he donate without asking for more information, he even got his 2 staff to contribute as well. Other than them, Dato’ Mah also forked out a generous sum. On behalf of the staff of FBS, we would like to thank them all for their kind generosity.

With the additional sum collected, we headed off to a hypermarket and stocked up 2 cartful loads of items in the list such as jam, canned sardines, soya sauce, tomato ketchup, milo, milk powder, rice, soap, washing powder and so forth. >

Once done, we went over to the home in Taman Petaling. We were glad to have picked Persatuan Warga Tua ( dan Kanak-kanak ) Wilayah Persekutuan as the beneficiary. The home is a double-storey link house which shelters 28 occupants of which 18 were children. The older children were happy to receive us and the occupants helped us to retrieve the goods from our vehicles.

With this, we would like to express our gratitude to all who have contributed to this cause. Your kind deed is deeply appreciated. >

DGB-Avaya Customer Get-Together

Author or Last edited by: Desmond Ho — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:45:27 GMT

This was a customer event jointly organized by Diversified Gateway Berhad and Avaya on March 24th, 2010. There were more than 50 key customers, mainly head of companies or IT divisions with us at the highest spot of KL - Menara KL. It was a clear sky evening showcasing the beautiful panorama view of KL city center. Our customers and guests were filled with free flow of drinks, buffet dinner, fabulous gifts and lucky draw prizes. More importantly, our customers took home with them the key message by Formis Resources Berhad’s Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Dato’ Mah and the corporate update by Avaya ASEAN MD, Mr Ray Teske. Amongst our honorable guests for that evening were YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Megat Najmuddin, Chairman of Formis and Avaya Country Manager, Teh Chai Peng.

HURRAY for FORMIS BASS' QA

Author or Last edited by: How Pek Ching — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:57:57 GMT

We are proud to announce that the entire FORMIS BASS’ QA team has passed the ISTQB Certified Tester Examination and attained ISTQB ( International Software Testing Qualifications Board ) Certification in Software Testing. ISTQB is administered by MSTB ( Malaysian Software Testing Board ), a recognized national testing board. Congratulations guys!

FORMIS BASS’ QA team is dedicated to handling all aspects of quality and compliance in FORMIS BASS’ IT projects right from day one, the requirements stage, till the final stage of the system development life cycle. Their involvement is an indication of our commitment to continually strive to achieve high standards of quality and compliance in the products and services we deliver.

* The Malaysian Software Testing Board (MSTB) is a member of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) that regulates the accreditation process and certification regulations for the Malaysian software industry.

* Officially founded in 2002 as an International Software Testing Qualifications Board in Edinburgh , the ISTQB is responsible for the international qualification scheme called "ISTQB Certified Tester". The ISTQB's role is to support a single, universally accepted, international qualification scheme, aimed at software and system testing professionals, by providing the core syllabi and by setting guidelines for accreditation and examination for national boards. >

RTO of ISS Completed

Author or Last edited by: Jenny Ong — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:31:53 GMT

We are happy to announce that the corporate exercise involving the Reverse-Takeover of ISS Consulting Solutions Berhad (ISS) was completed on 14 April 2010.

Following the completion of this exercise, Formis Resources Berhad (FRB) through Formis Holdings Berhad, now holds approximately 59% equity interest in ISS. In this regard, ISS is now a subsidiary of FRB.

ISS is listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa), while FRB is listed on the Main Market of Bursa.

Bye Bye Ken

Author or Last edited by: Jenny Ong — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:16:00 GMT

Mr Ken Tan Kien Hok took up the position of General Manager for Continuous Network Advisers Sdn Bhd in August 2007. After a stint of two years and eight months, Ken will be leaving us on 1 April. We want to thank Ken for his tenure at CNA and wish him every success in whatever he undertakes to do.

At the same time we also want to wish En Ahmad Zaki all the best as he undertakes to look after CNA for the time being. This is in addition to Zaki’s present role as General Manager of Formis Network Services Sdn Bhd. Thanks Zaki!

Formis BPP 2010

Author or Last edited by: Jenny Ong — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:42:35 GMT

Formis Group held its annual business plan presentation session at its Conference & Training Center yesterday. All Heads of Company reviewed their 2009/2010 performance and shared their plans for the financial year ahead.

The Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Mah Siew Kwok challenged the team to work harder in order to keep to their plans and meet their targets.

Formis EGM

Author or Last edited by: Jenny Ong — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:51:45 GMT

Formis Resources Berhad (FRB) received shareholders’ approval for its reverse takeover (RTO) of leading SAP solutions provider, ISS Consulting Solutions Bhd (ISS). The RTO of ISS is via the injection of FRB’s subsidiary Diversified Gateway Berhad (DGB) into ISS.

The RTO is part of a corporate exercise approved by shareholders at the Company’s extraordinary general meeting on 17 March 2010. The proposed corporate exercise has received all the relevant approvals, except for Securities Commission’s approval for the Proposed Dividend-In-Specie and the Mandatory General Offer. After the distribution in-specie, FRB will hold 59.3% of ISS.The distribution of the Proposed Dividend-In-Specie will be implemented upon receipt of the approval from the relevant authorities and in compliance of all the conditions stated.

Formis in HeiTech Village 2

Author or Last edited by: Jenny Ong — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:12:46 GMT

An entourage of 12 key managers from Formis Group visited HeiTech Village 2 Data Center on 25 Feb, 2010. Lead by its CEO, Dato’ Mah Siew Kwok, the team was given a very impressive introduction and visit of the data center, which culminated with a sumptuous lunch complete with the auspicious toss of ‘yee sang”.

En Abdul Halim, the CEO of HeiTech Managed Services Sdn Bhd expressed that the visit is not only to introduce their data center and its services but more importantly to foster a closer working relationship with Formis Group. We certainly look forward to meeting that objective and have a great 2010 together.