The Ending of a Journey Together

After 2 years, BIDP Batch 1 comes to a close in September 2014. With the final Performance Evaluation being filled by supervisors or managers of each participant, we conclude our tracking on them. We would like to thank all the participating companies; Agilent Technologies, CCM, JKM, ABI, and last but not least IPharm, for their support throughout this span of two-years, from supporting every team building and CSR event, to sending in Performance Evaluation (PE) reports on time, to providing a conducive and comfortable training space. Without your support and cooperation this training wouldn’t have been a success.

It has been a joy and a learning process along the ups and downs throughout the training program. We are glad to say that the learnings have been brought forward to be used in the BIDP II batches 1 and 2 to make things better than the last.

The PEs which have been followed up every quarterly showed steady progress for the better for majority of the participants and that has been very encouraging to see, that the training has served its purpose of enhancing technical and skills and knowledge of the participants to be more effective and efficient in their workplaces. We sincerely hope that it will only get better for the participants in their career paths wherever it may be.

As friendships and connections have been made in the time spent together here in Penang for the training, we hope that these friendships and networks will continue strongly in the academic and industry to help each other grow in our respective fields, tapping on each other’s expertise and fields of knowledge. May this spur us on to be enthusiastic for our work in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science industries respectively.

We at HAT would like to wish all the participants of BIDP I, all the very best in your future endeavours in the company and industry. Do keep in touch with us and for anything that we can be a help to you, do feel free to come to us, as we will be more than happy to share and help you in whatever ways we can.

Special thanks goes out to TalentCorp Malaysia for being a big part of the BIDP training, for being the main sponsor and for the support in coming all the way to meet up with the participants and host company representatives. May we continue in close partnership for programs to come! 

A New Beginning!

15^th April 2013

It’s time! Another group has come, with the lost looks and weary feelings of being in a new environment. This day starts a new batch of BIDP students. Oh how the memories of the first batch returns.. J

But their uneasiness did not last long as we had an ice-breaking session soon after breakfast was served! The participants were very cooperative then, to mingle around and make the effort to get to know others in the little activity planned out by the coordinators.

Ice-breaking session underway

After the fun time of the games and laughs, we all adjourned to the allocated training room for a time of familiarization and briefing from the organizing committee. Mr Tay Eng Su, Quality Director of Agilent, was also present to say a few words of welcome and encouragement to the new batch of students. Introductions of people in charge in were given and then it was time for lunch! 

Briefings from the respective people in charge 

Lunch was prepared in the premise’s cafeteria and was enjoyed by everyone. After that, there were a few more pep talks and sharing by Mr Azhar, CEO of HAT, Mr Steven Ng representing the operations team, and Ms Khairul Azreena, Business Development Manager of Agilent.  A tour of the facility buildings and training lab followed, to end the day of the BIDP II Orientation.

Lunch time and briefing continues in the class

It was great knowing the new trainees, and awaiting the arrival of a few more from various companies in the next few days. They seemed more at ease and ready for the training to come after the day was over. Hope they’re as excited as we are! 

Written by: Melanie Ann