This month’s GMM focused more on the mitigation and prevention of various hazards, Carbon Emission Re-duction programs; and sharing on Cleaner Technologies. In lieu with this, several speakers were invited to provide relevant information to SEIPI members. All the speakers were given a “Plaque of Appreciation” to recognize their effort and contribution to the industry.

Country Manager & President of

Intertek Testing Services, Inc. Ms. Sandra E. Bucao (“Intertek’s Pro-jects and Testing Services”) and Environmental Concerns Vice-

Chair Ms. Sandra Chu

Manila Observa-tory Remote

Sensing & Geo-graphic Infor-

mation Systems (RS-GIS) Spe-cialist Dr. May Celine Vicente, PhD. presented “How to Cope

up with Climate Change” and

“The Multi-Scale and Multi-

Temporal Disas-ter Risk: Apply-ing Geospatial

Tools”

PAG-ASA Climatology & Agrometeorology Division — Sr. Weather Specialist Ms. Daisy F. Ortega (“Climate Outlook for 2010”), PAG-

ASA Weather Services Chief of Climatology & Agrometeorology Divi-sion — Assistant Ms. Edna L. Juanillo (“Effects and Impacts of

Global Warming”) and Health & Safety Concern Vice Chair Ms. Gina Picardal

Designated National Authority, CDM, EMB - DENR Project Evaluator Mr. Albert Magalang (“Clean Development Mechanism: Its Process, Updates and Copenhagen-COP15” ) and AESSEP Chairman Engr. Noel Pabilona

AESSEP GMM: “Green Initiatives and Cleaner Technology”

NETWORKING COMMITTEE UPDATES:

After the GMM, the Christmas Party program began. Three games were played during the Christmas Party, starting with Frosty the Snowman, Maria went to Town and Pinoy Henyo. In between games, items were raffled out. To conclude the day’s events, Closing Remarks was given by AESSEP Chairman Engr. Noel Pabilona, ending with a group photo session.

(Picture Below) The Association of Electronics and Semicon-ductors for Safety and Environmental Protection (AESSEP)

Members

“An Eco—Friendly Christmas Party” by SEIPI-ASEFEX

The Association of SEIPI Finance Executives (ASEFEX) Members

Harry Salas (Zilog) and Alexander Wol-

boldt (Heraeus) grabbed the “Best in Costume” Prize for daring to wear their

leafy outfits

ASEFEX Members wearing their

greenest shirts

It’s a Merry Green Christmas for the ASEFEX Board of Di-rectors (Mary Ann Cadiz – TSS, Mayet Pelayo – NSG, Lyn

Mores – Analog, Claude Manglo – Shindengen, Harry Salas – Zilog)

ASEFEX Senior Advisory Board Members led the group in the exchange of eco-friendly gifts

Amansinaya Resort Coordinator Ms. Bianca giving a brief introduc-tion of the facilities and schedule

ASEMEP Chairman Mr. Luke Mendoza facilitating the 2009 Planning Session

Team Building Exercises

SEIPI-ASEMEP Planning Session at Amansinaya Resort

The Association of Semiconductor and

Electronics Manufactur-ing Engineers of the Philippines (ASEMEP)

Members

The Association of Semiconduc-tor and Elec-tronics Manu-facturing Engi-neers of the Philippines (ASEMEP) Members

ASEMEP and SEIPI Staff play a game of “Trip to Jerusalem – ASEMEP Style”

ASEMEP Christmas Exchange Gift/Kris Kringle

SEIPI-ASEMEP GMM and Christmas Party at Sophia’s Mediterranean Deli,

ASEMEP Members during the General Membership Meeting (GMM)

The ASEMEP meeting kicked-off with the last GMM of the year. ASEMEP Chairman Luke Men-doza presented the ASEMEP Thrusts for year 2009-2010. It was followed by the Chair-persons presentations of each sub-committees’ plan and pro-gram updates. After the program proper, the Christmas Party followed with buffet dinner, raffles and fun games.

Areas of Challenges and Breakthroughs  

Semiconductor Manufacturing System (SMS) and Elec‐tronic Manufacturing System (EMS) • Processes,  Materials,  Advanced  Packaging,  RoHS 

Initiatives • Yield  Improvement,  Cycle  Time  Improvement, 

Equipment  Utilization,  Process  Simplification,  Cost Re‐Engineering  and  Improvement,  Value  Engineer‐ing,  Design  for  Manufacturability,  Out‐sourcing Strategies

• PCB/Substrate Technologies, Soldering Techniques, New Process Technologies, Hybrids, RoHS Alterna‐tives, Hard Disk Drives, Flash Memory, Optical Disk Drives

 Product and Test Technology • New Test Processes, Methodologies, Test and Meas‐

urements, Test Development, Product Development ESD • Materials, Control Programs, Systems and Methods, 

Failure Analysis, Test and Audit Equipment  Quality Systems, Failure Analysis and Reliability • Product Failure Analysis, Accelerated Testing • TQM, TPM, FMEA, SPC, Six Sigma, Lean Manufactur‐

ing  Support Systems and Facilities • Training Methodologies‐Computer Based Training 

Simulations, Knowledge Management Strategies • Metrology and Calibration‐Innovation in Equipment 

Measuring System • Facilities Engineering‐Plant/Building and Grounds, 

EHS, New Technologies for Power Consumption Reduction, Waste Reduction, Behavioral Safety, etc.

Technical Paper Guidelines  

1.  A maximum  number  of  three  (3)  authors  is  al‐lowed per technical paper entry. 

2.  Only 2 revisions will be accepted by the technical paper committee prior to the deadline specified. 

3.  Authors must obtain appropriate company clear‐ance prior to submitting their entries.  Submitted papers automatically become ASEMEP property. 

4.  All  authors  must  submit  completed  technical paper  entry  and  endorsement  form  and  author checklist documents to asemep@seipi.org.ph. 

5.  Technical paper  authors  shall  strictly  follow  the technical  paper  template  and must  submit  the papers electronically  in PDF  format via email  to asemep@seipi.org.ph.    Technical  Papers  which do not conform to the technical paper template will automatically be  rejected with an accompa‐nying  e‐mail  from  the  technical  paper  commit‐tee. 

6.  Authors of  rejected papers must  resubmit  their entries  in  the  correct  format  on  or  before  the deadline specified. 

7.  The  required  file  format  is PDF  (Adobe Acrobat) with one single PDF file for each submission. 

8.  The  submission  deadline  for  all  technical  paper entries will be on February 26, 2010.  Late papers will not be accepted. 

9.  Paper presentation at  the Symposium will be  in electronic MS PowerPoint format (version 2003), also  following a  template  to be e‐mailed by  the technical paper committee.   Do not convert  the PowerPoint presentation into PDF format.  

10.  Paper  authors will be notified  through  e‐mail  if their papers have been accepted by the technical paper committee. 

11.  All  accepted  technical  papers  and  PowerPoint presentations  must  be  submitted  to  ase‐mep@seipi.org.ph.    Papers    that  are  submitted late will not be  included in the CD version to be distributed. 

ASITEP Board of Directors 2009-2010 (From Left to Right) SEIPI-NWC Coordinator Elainne Trani, Francis Capili from MOOG Controls, Joey Abel from APCC, Art Rayo from Analog Devices, Ana Coscolluela from Globe Business, Willy Jose from Acbel Polytech, Jig Pedro from On Semiconductor,

Bernard Baña from Analog Devices and Karen Salgado from Amkor Technology

The Association of SEIPI Information Technology Executives and Professionals (ASITEP) Members

The GMM program opened with welcoming remarks from the ASITEP Chairman Willy Jose, followed by a quick recap of the Electronics Industry Outlook by ASITEP BOD Art Rayo. In behalf of the sponsor Teledata with Alcatel-Lucent, Mr. Gerard Policarpio continued with a presentation entitled “Developing IT Global Com-petitiveness through Green IT Communications Strategy.” ASITEP Officers then presented two (2) major projects, namely, Education and Training, and Membership wherein members listened intently.

SEIPI-ASITEP’s Role in Developing Philippine-IT Global Competitiveness

This was immediately followed by the Christmas Party program. Dinner was served, two (2) games such as Body to Body and Pinoy Henyo were played, followed by the exchanging of gifts and raffles in-between the entire program. Before the program ended, Best in Costumes were awarded to a male and fe-male.

ASITEP BOD Bernard Baña and Major prize winner Ismael Gonzaga Jr. from

Test Solution Services

Major prize winner Nathaniel Marucot from APC and ASITEP Chairman Willy Jose

ASITEP BOD Joey Abel and Major prize winner Al-amrie Manamparan from Analog

Devices

Best in Costume of the Night: For Men — Al-amrie Manamparan

For Women — Karen Salgado

First Game entitled “Body to Body” Winners

Second Game entitled “”Pinoy Henyo” Winners

I.T. Celebrates WILD WILD WEST , a Western Christmas Party at Congo Grille

SEIPI-ASPA’s General Membership Meeting and Christmas Party

(From Left to Right) Engr. Dennis Aquino, Vice Chairman Renato Lao, BOD Emyr Ramos, Chairman Teej Arboleda, BODs Dominic Undag, Monette Sunga and

Cecille Abiad

The GMM started with an opening remark from Vice Chairman Renato Lao followed by an Industry Performance Update from Chairman Teej Arboleda. The topic, which was graced by Engineer Dennis Aquino from Safety and Control Division of DOLE, was about “Emergency Preparedness” in relation to the recent calamity brought by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. Members actively par-ticipated by asking the presenters questions while snacks were being served. This was immediately followed by games such as Bingo, Hep Hep Hurray and Blackout Bingo. During dinner, participants were entertained by four BODs and two from the audience who shared their talents in singing. The party ended with raffles and exchange gifts.

50 kids who are forced to do child labor receive two (2) school bags

from ASPA and AL-PHA, grocery bags

from Governor Ningning Lazaro, T-Shirts from Laguna Garments, free en-

trance tickets to Enchanted Kingdom courtesy of DOLE and transportation

from Ford Philippines

Outreach Program for Child Labor at DOLE Region IV-A

ASPA’s Outreach program for this year was a tie-up project with DOLE from Region IV-A in Laguna entitled “Project Angel Tree.” These kids were forced to do labor at a very young age. ASPA gratefully donated a school pack bag filled with notebooks, pencil, watercolor, eraser, ballpens, pencil case and crayons.

CCVF is a home for life for abandoned chil-dren who are physically and mentally chal-lenged. It operates purely on donations. ASPM members were given the chance to

meet the kids, tour with them and witness the feeding session of the wheelchair-bound chil-dren. CCVF establishments and facilities include an administra-tion building, a School for Cho-sen Children, residential area, playground, Javier Nutrition Center, Arantza Rehabilitation Center, and a Training & Devel-opment Center, which is open for renting for meetings/seminars.

Welcome to CCVF! The group poses for a picture while

waiting for the doors to be

opened. ASPM chose to fulfill the

kids’ Christmas wish list and to sponsor a meal

for them.

(From Left to Right) Leila Guinto, Zyra Evangelista, Cathy Ramos, Shirley De-

duyo, Kat Llorin, Avic Malveda, Ray Pating,

ASPM Chairman Gani Ong

Act 1: (From left to right) Charlie, Niño, Isabel, and Kim beautifully sing “Give Love on Christmas Day” for everyone

(Left Picture:) Everyone intently listens as Ms. Neth Maraan, CCVF Office Di-rector (in light green), shares the his-

tory of CCVF

Act 2: (From back to front) Kim, Dave, Isabel, and Michael energetically perform “Push It”.

These kids are amazing dancers!

SEIPI-ASPM Outreach Program at Chosen Children Village Foundation Silang, Cavite

Thank you CCVF! The group poses for a final picture before leaving the Chosen Children Village Foundation

Group picture with the kids: Everyone smiles for the cameras! There were several cameras and it was up to each individual to decide which one to look at. We may be looking in different directions, but it’s still a beautiful picture filled with smiles!

(Lower Right Photo:) SEIPI receives a personalized “Thank You” card from the CCVF children.

ASPM Christmas Party: DRESS UP YOUR JACKET!

After a meaningful afternoon at the Chosen Children Village Foundation, ASPM held its 2009 Christmas Party at the Summit Ridge Hotel Complex. Summit Ridge is a newly opened hotel and promenade in Tagaytay City.

Invocation: Ms. Nerie Arela, IMI MRO Supervisor, graces everyone with a beau-

tiful prayer

Opening Remarks: ASPM Chairman, Mr. Gani Ong (Cypress Manufacturing Lim-

ited), officially opens the night

Forum: “Taking the Challenge: Expanding the Local Content”: Special guest, Former

ASPM Chairman, Mr. Jonathan “Tatan” Cas-tillo, officially opens the forum as facilitator

Looking forward to Part Two! The 40 minutes allotted for the forum proved to be too short as both the panelists and the audience were captivated in an intense discussion about localization. Each panelist shared valuable insights and issues during forum.

(Left Picture:) Smiles of success: Panelists, Mr. Benjamin Padel, Mr. George Cheng, Mr. Willie Ruiz, Mr. Gani Ong, Mr. David Lim,

and Forum Facilitator, Mr. Jonathan Castillo, smile for the camera after a very successful

and fruitful, but immensely cliffhanging forum

Photo opportunity with the past and present ASPM Board Members and forum participants: (From left to right) Former ASPM Chair-man Mr. Jing Consengco, Ms. Ruby Chua, Mr. Benjamin Padel, Mr. George Cheng, Mr. Willie Ruiz, Mr. Gani Ong, Mr. David Lim, Mr.

Jonathan Castillo, Ms. Shirley Deduyo, Mr. Boy Llamado, Mr. Edward Garde, Mr. Ray Pating, Ms. Nerie Arela

ASPM Christmas Party 2009 Group Picture

Tandem 3 is having fun figuring out how to wrap the box

(First Left Picture:) Ipasok Mo! Dali! Team 1 rushes in “passing” the straw to one another in this

“passing” game with a twist!

(Second Left Picture:) Team 2 rushes to do the same

Let the games begin! Games Master Ms. Avic Malveda of Gemphil Technologies, Inc. prepared unique and surpris-ing games for everyone!

Other games played were “Kainin Mo Ang Saging Ko!”, an innovated version of Trip to Jerusalem, and the final game, a non-traditional “Marshmallow Eating Contest” wherein girls were blindfolded as they raced to finish the marshmallows spread on top of the guys. Ms. Avic Malveda and SEIPI’s Leila Guinto raffled out prizes throughout the party. Afterwards, special guest and judge, Mr. Jing Consengco, announced the winners for the “Best Dressed Jacket”. The winners were Mr. Jhun Yparraguirre and Ms. Shirley Deduyo. Finally, ASPM Chairman Gani Ong closed the evening by thanking everyone and introducing SEIPI’s Zyra Evangelista as the new ASPM Coordinator.

Siamese Gift Wrapping Contest: Tan-dem 1 concentrates on wrapping using

one hand each

The Dark Horse: the lone male tandem work together to wrap the job up

SETMA Christmas Party @ The Barbeque Pavilion, Palms Country Club

Edwin Suarez (SETMA Chairman) with the past officers of SETMA as guests: Benny Catahan, Cora Domingo, Ruby Chua, Rene Cantos, and Joey Montalban

Pinoy Henyo Players and Winners

Frosty the Snowman Contest Players

After the registration, poses and smiles were made for the camera while the food was served for the atten-dees.

SETMA opened the program proper with a prayer led by SETMA’s former BOD Ms. Ruby Chua from Bag Elec-tronics, followed by an opening remark from the Chairman himself, Mr. Edwin Suarez from Integrated Mi-croelectronics Incorporated.

Raffle Winners

Exchanging of Gifts

(Left Picture) Event Sponsor Royal Cargo

Aside from “Create your own Snowman” and “Pinoy Henyo”, another game entitled “Beer Drink-ing Relay” was played.

PGMA APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO CUSTOM BRO-KERS ACT Good news for exporters! - President Arroyo signed into law Republic Act No. 9853, amending the Customs Brokers Act of 1994 (RA No. 9280) last December 15, 2009. RA No. 9853 specifically amends Section 27 of the old law, allowing the exporter or his duly authorized representative or licensed customs broker to sign export declarations. However, the import entry must be signed by the importer/ consignee/ owner and a licensed customs broker. The new law also amends Section 29, allowing the business of cus-toms brokerage to a corporation provided that it will hire the services of at least one customs broker, and a mini-mum paid-up capital of at least P1, 000,000.00. The said amendments depict the international best practice in customs procedures and aims to further lower the cost of doing business in the country.

(From EDC iNFORMS Newsletter) AN INTERESTING PEZA PERSPECTIVE ON THE 2009 INVENSTMENT PRIORITIES PLAN XYZ is a semiconductor company registered with the Philip-pine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and involved in the manufacture of electrical parts and components for smart gadgets. It painstakingly maintained operations despite the rough financial crunch of 2008 and 2009. At the time de-mand for industry’s products was anemic, its CEO imple-mented a slew of operational efficiencies and considered each purchase order as Holy Grail for its survival. Riding the period of business slack is a period most CEOs would want to find themselves in, what with the whole export industry taking a beating at that time - the manufactured exports down by 20% to 30% in 2008 and 2009! It took the variables of a sound market judgment such as main-taining business level versus production capacity, ensuring operational efficiencies and perhaps luck – to be able to carry out each and every business decision. At the time the global financial crunch was ravaging the balance sheets of many companies, PEZA issued Memo-randum Circular no. 2009-010 allowing the suspension of the running of Income tax holiday (ITH) particularly on projects of PEZA-enterprises whose operations were tem-porarily suspended. It was a significant and timely policy response taken by the Philippine government considering that there is no substantial benefit from the ITH for a PEZA-registered company whose operations were suspended due to the crisis. Hence, PEZA companies enjoying ITH companies but with operational stoppage due to the global crisis benefitted largely from this measure. PEZA’s policy was definitely unequivocally laudable at the time that the measure was introduced. Nonetheless, PEZA’s policy could have been far more reaching beneficial

effects if some of the key features of the 2009 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) are considered and used as a tool to “incentivize” companies akin to the situation of XYZ. Let us sit back shortly and revisit the 2009 Investment Pri-orities Plan (IPP). The IPP is a policy tool of government to influence the flow of investments in desirable areas of activities for growth and development. An activity or a project identified under the IPP is usually “incentivized” for purposes of influencing the investments to materialize in a preferred area or sec-tor. Its over-all effectiveness can be measured by the number of business sectors that it has spawned (tourism sector; health and wellness industry; BPO; KPO and call center, etc.). The IPP generally enumerates the preferred areas of in-vestments under four major categories, namely, Preferred Investments, Mandatory Inclusions, Export Activities and Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARRMM). For 2009, however, the investment framers of the country in-cluded an additional category names as the Contingency List. The Contingency List is but an interim addition to the IPP and is government’s response to mitigate the impact of the global financial crisis and shall only be delisted upon release of an official pronouncement from the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) that the crisis no longer exists. At this time, no official pronouncement from NEDA has yet been made. The Contingency List covers projects with objectives that result into creation of: 1. Job savings or job creation projects; and 2. New projects of micro, small and medium enterprises as defined under R.A. 9501. For an entity to qualify under the Savings or Job Creation criteria, the entity must introduce activities with any of the following net effects:

a. Retained investments and maintained the current number of workers;

b. Retained investments and increased the current number of workers,

c. Increased investments and maintained the current number of workers,

d. Increased investments and increased current num-ber of workers.

An enterprise that qualifies under the foregoing criteria is entitled to a 3 year ITH incentive. The Job Savings or Job Creation criteria is interesting con-sidering that many PEZA registered companies, specifically SEIPI members despite lowered demand for their products creatively introduced measures to retain their investments and the level of workers (i.e., work retention, work rotation schedules, production efficiencies, etc.). Surprisingly in fact, there were even those that exceeded expectations and hired additional employees. With the prescription of the 2009 IPP coming into play, an

Updates and Information on industry-related issues and concerns

interesting inquiry comes into mind. Taking note of the above criteria, can SEIPI enterprises avail of the ITH bene-fit? Under the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Re-public Act No. 7916 (the law that established PEZA), as a general policy, projects are determined using the IPP crite-ria to evaluate a project. Is the law establishing PEZA and riding on the IPP a mere coincidence or are their objectives inherently intertwined? In addition, operationally, some projects as I understand are approved by PEZA using the IPP as evaluation criteria. The global economic melt down caused a big reduction in the demand for semiconductor exports. With tough eco-nomic conditions impinging on the businesses, those who have taken bold measures to preserve each and every Fili-pino in the production line must be awarded (perhaps). It

would be very interesting if Government policy makers will consider the IPP Contingency List as an additional area for granting tax incentives under the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995 or the PEZA Law. With New Year dawning on everyone, it will be exciting if such shifts in policy are taken into consideration. For XYZ and other enterprises, a “buoy support” at these times is very much encouraging. (The author is a manager at the Tax Services Department

of Isla Lipana & Co., the Philippine member firm of the PricewaterhouseCoopers global network. For your com-ments, you may reach him at Tel. No. 8452728 for feed-

back.)

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