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 - www.witsa.org/digitalplanet)

	Spending ($millions)
Technology Sectors	Singapore	Malaysia	Indonesia
Hardware	1,899	1,565	1,053
Software	944	479	281
Services	1,627	633	278
Communications	6,123	5,198	6,375
TOTAL ICT Spend	10,593	7,875	7,987
Vertical Markets
Agriculture	1	34	165
Manufacturing	3,056	3,593	1,509
Utilities	105	113	92
Construction	78	33	124
Wholesale & Retail	998	457	1,099
Transportation & Communication	1,081	416	624
Finance & Bus. Services	1,527	675	542
Other Services	365	16	96
Government	1,087	521	701
Consumer	2,294	1,958	2,765
Software Piracy	43%	63%	88%