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Keeping Fit At Work
Life!, The Straits Times, 8 June 2005
The article discusses the benefits of good workplace health programmes
for employees, particularly among midlifers. It highlights the pro-health
policies of a few local companies, one of them being NatSteel Asia.
NatSteel Asia organises lunchtime yoga, line dancing and aerobics
classes, and provides facilities for table tennis. Other activities
include squash, bowling, health screenings such as treadmill tests,
and health talks.
Employees were quoted in the article as having benefited from these
activities. One of them, Mr Chua Hock Cheng, adopted a healthier
diet, had counselling sessions with our staff nurse and began
brisk walking, cycling and bowling. The result — he
lost undesired weight, passed his blood test and is much healthier
today.
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Steel Magnolia
Spotlight on careers in manufacturing, The Straits Times, 9 April
2005
As a senior metallurgist with NatSteel Asia, Deepika Sood focuses
on bettering our steel products, using scientific measurement instruments
to analyse them. She also looks into product development and process
improvement, typically in ways that do not affect the bottom line.
For example, she devised a way for the factory to produce
dual-phased steel to replace micro-alloyed steel without modifications
to the existing production setup.
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In Sickness And In Health
Business Times, 17 March 2005
NatSteel Asia, a family-life ambassador, has a number
of family-friendly practices and policies such as employee
loans, bursaries, lunchtime talks, recreational activities, counselling services and free medical treatment at its in-house
clinic.
When
Twang Peck Tong suffered kidney failure in 1997, he was redeployed as an internal despatch
officer to do less strenuous work. NatSteel Asia has also been giving him a $1,000 subsidy for renal dialysis
every month.
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When Work Becomes Play
Scholars’ Choice III, The Straits Times, 4 March 2005
NatSteel Scholar Jeffrey Ng shares how he enjoys himself working
in the commercial department and volunteering as a member of the
Sports & Recreation Club. His good people skills enable him
to build rapport with co-workers and customers alike.
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Showing Her Mettle
Scholars’ Choice II, The Straits Times, 19 February 2005
The article features our female senior engineer, NatSteel Scholar
Joanne Mosbergen. She shares her happy experience at our plant even
though she is the only female engineer there. She also thanks the
management for giving her many opportunities and her colleagues for
their team spirit, and explains that from engineering work, she is
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