NatSteel Holdings Pte Ltd

Media Coverage

2009

	The Mature Workforce HRM Singapore, Issue 9.11 (Nov 09) Frankie Yung, Vice President for HR, was quoted on our efforts in keeping mature workers engaged and involved. Measures taken include the re-employment policy, being mentors to the junior staff, job rotation (where applicable), health support through Occupational Health Unit and the Portable Medical Benefit Scheme.
	TV Narendran - Man of Steel Management Systems Asia, Vol 1 Issue 4 (Oct 09) President & CEO, Mr Narendran was featured in the Leaders' Profile section. In this extensive interview, Mr Narendran talked about how he started his career with Tata Steel before becoming NatSteel's President & CEO. He also shared nuggets of his personal life and provided advice to aspiring managers.
	Forced Ranking - The Truth? Human Resources, Jun 09 In this six-page article on Forced Ranking, NatSteel is positioned as an advocate of Forced Ranking. Ms Liu Fang Joo, SVP for Group HR & Corporate Communications, delves deeply into the hows and whys of taking up this stance. She also talks about the '360-degree feedback' that is going to be done at the Senior Management level, and possibly for 1,400 staff in Singapore.
	About: S'pore Indian companies coping NatSteel mentioned in Tabla, 26 Jun 09 This article is based on a survey on business confidence among Indian firms carried out by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - India Business Forum (IBF). Mr Narendran, President & CEO, spoke on the main challenge in this economic climate, and his expectation in the next six months. Mr Girija Pande, chairman of CII-IBF was also quoted saying that the "India Inc has grown tremendously.. and that Singapore is for India what Hong Kong is for China".
	Building community HRM Singapore, Issue 9.5 (May 09) NatSteel was featured as a case study for corporate social responsibility programmes in companies. The article provided a detailed outline of the Building Beyond Borders programme and also highlighted that at NatSteel, we don't only donate money to charitable organisations but also actively participate in charity work. As one of the staff who has participated in some of the CSR activities, Chua Hock Cheng, Assistant Vice President for Production (CAB & Couplers) also spoke about his fulfilling experience doing volunteer work.
	NatSteel brings sexy back Human Resources (online), 20 May 09 Late April saw Liu Fang Joo, Senior Vice President for Group Human Resource and Corporate Communications, giving a presentation on NatSteel's work-life programmes at the 'Achieving Balance Between Career & Family' seminar by NTUC. As a spin-off to this, Human Resources covered an excerpt of her presentation in an online story. It zooms in particularly on our workplace health programmes as a key factor to our stable attrition rate.
	Man of Steel NTUC This Week, May 09 At the May Day Awards 2009, Koh Lok Lan, one of NatSteel employees and part of the NatSteel Employees' Union, received the Comrade of Labour Award and was featured in NTUC This Week.
	About: Dormitory designed with workers' comfort in mind NatSteel mentioned in The Straits Times, 3 Apr 09 Centrefold advertorial on the launch of Avery Lodge, a new workers' dormitory at Jalan Papan, featured one of NatSteel's staff, Mr Nehar from the Precage department. When asked about his experience living in the Kian Teck dormitory (which is under the same management as Avery Lodge), he said that he liked living in his current dormitory with its strict rules and clean environment.
	Steely Determination India Se, Mar 09 India Se has published a two-page story on Mr Narendran, President & CEO and NatSteel Holdings. This story not only touches on the outlook for steel, our capacity and the projects NatSteel is involved in, it also talks about Mr Narendran's 'lifetime association with the Tata group', the seamless integration from Tata Steel in India to NatSteel in Singapore and his personal life.
	Welding Passions BrightSparks Magazine 2009 In our scholarship drive, our scholar Arthur Tay, Assistant Vice President for Technical Planning & Logistics, was featured in the BrightSparks magazine. Arthur, who is currently doing his MBA in the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School, tells us how the NatSteel Scholarship has 'welded' his passion for the better.
	Keeping mature workers healthy HRM Singapore, Issue 9.2 In this three-page advertorial commissioned by Health Promotion Board (HPB), NatSteel, was featured as an exemplary organisation that offered good staff welfare through employee health screenings and facilitation of management of diseases among mature workers. NatSteel Holdings, dubbed a "forward-thinking employer", conducts annual health screening for all staff aged 40 & above, and biannual health screenings for the rest. A whole suite of health checks were listed, plus the fact that a "thorough spadework" was conducted before embarking on these recommended programmes. These included health & lifestyle survey from which results were used to draw up workplace health programmes and activities to "better cater for mature workers". Ms Liu Fang Joo, SVP HR & Corp Comms highlighted the "win-win situation for both employer and employee" and underlined the effectiveness of the programme with statistics that show the drop in absenteeism rate and a drop in incidence of chronic illnesses amongst mature staff.
	About: Students with more choices NatSteel mentioned in The Straits Times, 19 Jan 09 Despite the economic downturn, students who are looking for scholarships to fund their tertiary education will still have lots of choices for them to choose from as the government and Singapore companies have introduced new and flexible scholarship programmes. NatSteel was highlighted in the article as our stance on ‘no quota, remain open to talent’ remains unchanged for students getting their ‘A’ level, Polytechnic Diploma or International Baccalaureate results. NatSteel also welcomes current undergraduates with good first-year or second-year University results to take up our scholarship.