Taipei in Memory

Salam. Happy day to everyone! I'm doing final result compilation this week. Also consulting the final year students with their final project. I came across a few photos of mine in Taipei. Just sharing... This is my article published in our college bulletin for my workshop in Taipei.










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APEC OVOP INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON E-COMMERCE

THE GRAND HOTEL, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

It was the beginning of autumn season in Taipei when I arrived there last August. I represented Malaysia in an international APEC workshop on E-Commerce at the Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan. The organizing committees for this workshop were APEC Taiwan, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, and Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan. With another Malaysian representative from Kuala Lumpur, we had 5 days of workshop and the final day was our field trip to Taoyuan County, Taiwan.

The participants came from various countries such as Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Singapore and Taiwan. The objective of the workshop was to give training on E-Commerce for SME (Small Medium Enterprise). Upon completion of the workshop, the participants were expected to give training on E-Commerce for the SMEs in their own countries. Invited speakers were professional lecturers and business leaders from USA, Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan. They had given a broad view on E-Commerce and issues regarding the development of E-Commerce.

Topics covered in the workshop were:

The New Trend of E-Commerce

Preparations for Entering E-Commerce

Building E-Commerce Websites

E-Commerce Management

Legal Requirement

Payment

Logistics

E-Marketplace

E-Commerce Marketing Strategy

Evaluate Your E-Commerce

On the final day, we visited a few business centers in Taoyuan County which was situated below Taipei. We traveled by a shuttle bus and went to Yingko Ceramic Museum, Fortune and Wealth Pottery Place Art, STY-Art Company and Eslitebooks Logistics. We also had the chance to visit the world’s tallest building and a completed skyscraper, Taipei 101 which also has been hailed as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World.

It was a great honor for me to have this opportunity as I also represented PPKS/ICATS in the international workshop. I was amazed with the robust technology being used in Taiwan as they fully manipulated the IT technology in their business. It was also a splendid experience to see different cultures and environment as Taiwan is a vibrant blend of traditional culture and cosmopolitan life which contains a massive population with 23 million people.

Noorafini Bt. Abdul Wahab

IT Lecturer