Media invite...

Ms C's media invite, sent a day before the event:

Dear All Media

In the light of many recent cases involving corporate governance, compliance and accountability, Tax & Accounting has never been given more prominence and importance! Hence, ABC is organising this inaugural Trade Conference and Exhibition - XYZ event 2006, an Asia’s pre-eminent Tax Planning and Financial Reporting event of the year, designed for busy tax and finance executives who want the latest updates and trends on tax planning and financial reporting around the region. As many as 17 regional experts from large tax and accounting consultancy firms have been invited as speakers to the conference and for the first time, top solution providers are also invited to participate to showcase their products and technologies to the professionals at the summit.

Attached is a copy of the summit program for your information. More information can be found on http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

We cordially invite you to join us at the summit and the details is as follows:
Event : XYZ Event
Date : 23 - 24 August 2006 (Wednesday & Thursday)
Time : 9.00am - 5.30pm (23 August 2006)
9.00am - 12.30pm (24 August 2006)
Venue : ABC Room

It's no surprise no reporters turned up at our event. Or were you expecting All Media Pte Ltd to stage its presence? :P

Speak Good English Movement

Last Friday's briefing by Ms C was grammatically unbearable!

1. I will need your attentions on...
2. ... to checks on the badges
3. Luncheon is provided to all of you...
4. It can disappear within no times...
5. The badges has already been pre-printed...
6. The badges are colour-coated...
7. ...to have the editors be there
8. Sales people who is on duty...

No. 6 is my favourite! How about saying 'The badges are sugar-coated?' Lol...

Just for laughs

I wonder if the receiver understands Ms. C's email?

Pertaining to the list of delegates at the XYZ event, as understood from ABC that the list cannot be made available to us during the privacy issue. However, as a concern I have raised to her, she has kindly offered to do a round of email blast for the promotion we have offered to the delegates at the forum.

Hence, I shall leave EFG to coordinate the information we wish to put up on the email. Pls advise us on how soon the email blast can be sent as we have planned for the promotion for a limited period only.

Perhaps we should run a nationwide 'How to write simple English' campaign.

We have won!

I was loss for words when I read the country manager's email telling the company we have won the Work-Life Achiever Award 2006 organised by the Ministry of Manpower.

How could we have won when bad management practices were carried out, trampling and undermining workplace morale?!

The final point that I would like to make is that although it is great to have received another trophy from the government, but it is how each and everyone of you feel about working for this company that is most important and meaningful about this award. No People Developer Award or Work-Life Achiever Award can replace that. The honour should go to everyone of you. Let us come together to make this a even better place to work in the years ahead!

A great pun indeed...