Peer Kamp is one of those easily recognisable fellows, I remember seeing him last year at SIWW. He always sports a bow tie and walks with a cane. He stands out. Peer is the Chief Technology Officer for PWN Technologies, a company that was launched at SIWW this week. For the last eight years he has [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Quotable Quips’
June 24, 2009
Along for the ride…
Grabbing a taxi after dinner last night, I found myself with what must have been the most informed cab driver on water issues. When I told him I worked at Black & Veatch, he asked what kind of projects the office works on. I mentioned the Changi NEWater plant, and he nodded, “Yes, yes, that’s [...]
June 23, 2009
Quotable Quip
The host of the opening ceremony talked about how it hasn’t been raining for two weeks in Singapore but now the weather is changing. She explained, “In Chinese ‘water’ means wealth so this is a good luck sign.” Predictions are that even more deals will be made at SIWW this year than the S$370m last [...]
June 23, 2009
Quotable Quip
At the opening media conference, Michael Toh said: “SIWW will someday be ‘the Davos of Water’” — I think it already is!
Posted by Constance Ward
June 22, 2009
Quotable Quip
Sahana Singh, editor of Asian Water, sat with me on the bus to the cable car last night. She pointed to all the construction along the waterfront and said, “It’s clear why they say that the national bird of Singapore is the crane.”
Posted by Constance Ward
June 9, 2009
Some quotable quips
When I was talking to our Creative Services director Frances Baszta about what kind of brochures or “swag” to give away to journalists at SIWW, she said, ” Singapore must have the most informed maids in the world from those who leave conference materials behind in their hotel rooms.”
We decided we’re going to put our background info onto a [...]
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