The winners of The Standard Chartered - D&B Top 100 SMEs Award were honoured at a gala dinner award ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore hotel last Friday, May 23, 2008.

Top winners of The Standard Chartered - D&B Top 100 SMEs Award 2008 From left: Mr Keith Lim of Yuan Zi Shipping (Singapore); Mr Peter Wong of Prominent Precision Engineering; Mr T.C. Phua of Superworld Electronics (Singapore); Mr William Lim, executive director of Dun & Bradstreet (Singapore); guest of honour Mr Sunny Verghese, chairman of IE Singapore; Mr Li Chong Yang of Yuan Li Shipping (Singapore); guest of honour Ms Jessica Tan, deputy chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Finance, and Trade and Industry; Mr Lim Cheng Teck, chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore; Mr John Ng of Perocom Auto; Mr Alan Goei of One North Bridge; Ms Adeline Wong of Tai-Tech Advanced Electronics (Singapore); Mr Yip Chee Seng of OTO Bodycare; and Mr Alvin Tan of FPS Global Logistics.

Winning smiles From left: Mr Alan Goei of One North Bridge; Mr T.C. Phua of Superworld Electronics (Singapore); and Ms Adeline Wong of Tai-Tech Advanced Electronics (Singapore).

Celebrating SME success From left: Mr Ajay Kanwal, head of consumer banking Singapore, Standard Chartered Bank; Ms Kavita Bedi, general manager of SME banking Singapore, Standard Chartered Bank; Mr Lim Cheng Teck, chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore; guest of honour Mr Sunny Verghese, chairman of IE Singapore; and Mr Wilson Chia, regional head of consumer banking South-east Asia, Standard Chartered Bank.

Cream of the crop Mr T.C. Phua of Superworld Electronics (Singapore) receiving his award from guest of honour Ms Jessica Tan, deputy chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Finance, and Trade and Industry.

Cocktail chat Sharing a light moment at the event are (from left) Ms Kavita Bedi, general manager of SME banking Singapore, Standard Chartered Bank; Mr Wilson Chia, regional head of consumer banking South-east Asia, Standard Chartered Bank; and Mr K.C. Tai of Albedo.

One up for the SMEs From left: Mr Steven Au, team head of medium enterprise, SME banking, Standard Chartered Bank; Ms Jean Khong of corporate affairs, Standard Chartered Bank; Mr Chan Chek Chee of Asiatec Agricultural Industries; Mr Lam Kum Weng, head of medium enterprise, SME banking, Standard Chartered Bank; and Mr Lawrence Chan of Asiatec Agricultural Industries.