Around 2002, I was invited by Star Cruises PLC to form and lead a Malaysian Consortium to refurbish their Cruise Liners. The original members were the project managers for KLCC and a public listed construction company. The idea was to form an A team of the best of the best that Malaysia had to undertake that work. At that time Star Cruises had 11 ships which required refurbishment every one and a half years. The problem they faced was that the Malaysian contractors hitherto could not take the mental stress of shipbuilding which required work 24/7 with project timeline checks of approx 1/2 hour. My work allowed me to meet the top construction companies in Malaysia. I then decided to enlarge the team constituents by allowing Singapore companies to participate as well. To that end I met up with the full board of Keppel and the GM of Sembawang and others. However after 2 and a half years I reported back to Star Cruises that it was not possible for us to undertake work at that level. I then left the Malaysian corporate arena to focus on my own business and my son. And then I discovered chess via him. And I still ruminate on the possibilities of that game to train our players/people on correct thinking and thinking under stress till today. Huan Ung, KK Aw, Tariq Ismail, Asra Azlan Ismail, Norhayati Yusof, Izzee Sulaiman, Willy Lim, Rosiani Jaafar, Shila Rossi, Intan Adamas, Adzlin Azhar
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 05:34:59 +0000
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