SINGAPORE

Country Manager Paul Sim The York Group Singapore 101 Upper Cross Street #05-35 Singapore 058357 Tel: 65-64648607 Fax: 65-64690133 Mobile: 65-96818191 E-mail: paulsim@theyorkgroup.com

Mr. Sim is the Managing Director of The York Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd., which was established in 1997. He spent many years with ST Computers, one of the largest IT conglomerates in Southeast Asia, with the responsibility for setting up their Apple business, before becoming Sales Manager for the distribution division. Mr. Sim overseas all activities for The York Group in the ASEAN countries.

Regional Spending on Information and Communications Technology
(Data provided by WITSA)

	Spending ($millions)
Technology Sectors	Singapore	Malaysia	Indonesia	Philippines
Hardware	2,181	2,264	1,602	1,022
Software	1,808	883	872	207
Services	2,802	1,317	542	1,852
Communications	7,485	6,919	10,187	5,720
TOTAL ICT Spend	14,276	11,384	13,204	8,801
Vertical Markets
Agriculture	1	60	235	128
Manufacturing	4,059	5,266	2,064	1,384
Utilities	172	239	161	225
Construction	78	43	216	61
Wholesale & Retail	1,563	666	1,836	817
Transportation & Communication	1,717	694	1,461	658
Finance & Bus. Services	2,079	981	924	854
Other Services	639	34	488	1,042
Government	1,397	830	1,135	1,235
Consumer	2,571	2,421	4,128	2,385
Software Piracy	37%	59%	84%	69%