Cycle & Carriage Bintang

 

I can't decide if it was a blessing or a misfortune that my wonderful career and hobby were cut short by two years. In exchange, I received a generous severance package and my own car. During that time, I experienced many facets and a highly diverse environment.

 I feel privileged to be able to look back at pictures of all the people I once knew and crossed paths with, allowing me to reminisce about those phases of my life while at work.

 

Part 1 -The management

1 - The management team

L-R Lim Ngit Seong [3]Peter Ng [4] Lee Hoo Leng [5]Chua Boon Aun [6] Thomas Chua[7] Chua Boon Peng[8] Chua Bee Eng

2 - Board of Directors - Asia Automobile Industries

Myself [2] Chow Sek Cheong [3]Ti Teow Yong [4]Tan Sri Basir  [6]Thomas Chua

3 - Management team - Mazda Launch

Clement Soo Ti Teow Young

4 - CCB Share Holders Meeting

[2] Mohd Hassan [3] Tan Boon Hock [4]Myself [5] Lee Eng Eng

5 - MMVAA & MAPMA

[1] Paul Low [2]Ho Teck Keong[3] Khoo Khay Chye [6] Peter Lim  [6] Harcharan Singh [7] Kato [8] Myself [9] Lau

6 - The Mercedes Benz managers

Mohd Nor, Myself ,Tan Boon Hock, Herbert Nitsch

7 - Plant Tour

Peter Fessele, Elma Hudde, Myself, Mohd Hassan

8 - Chairman - Management Board - Daimler Benz AG

Raymond Lye, Marcel Gnos, Chairman, Herbert Gruenwald

1 - Chairman - Mazda Motor Corporation Japan

Part 2 -The Factory

2 - Lot 11 Jalan 225

Left edge - Sharp Corporation

2 - Bridge Lot9 Linking Lot 11

Erosion Problem - Kok Kee San

2 - Mercedes Benz Truck assembly line

Arifin & Hamzah

3 - Mercedes Benz Truck assembly line

Brazilian L1313

4- Mercedes Benz Truck assembly line

German L911 Truck

5 - Spray Painting

Passenger cars W 201

6 - AAI - Building

Mazda Bongo Van Line

Part 2.2 -The Personnel

1- Staff and Managers - Assembly plant

Chong Nam Seng

2- Staff and Managers - Assembly plant

Looi Siew Thong

2 - Shop floor employees

Maintenance Team = Loke Chee Wan,  Wee Men Hin, Naiman, Lim

3 - Daimler Benz Representative

Marcel Gnos

4 - Joann Lee

5 - Ong Soo Kian

5 - Pang Tze Mooi

Part 2.3 -Myself

Lot 11 Office

Lot 11 Office

2 - Lot 9 - Third Office

3 - Mazda Launch

Local Content Office

Part 2.3 -My Assistances

"Tommy" Toshiro Maschine

2 - Mazda CKD chief

3 - Supportive staff

Mazda Motors - AAI

2 - CCB - Daimler Benz

B. Bodemer [passenger Car] Myself, Raymond Lai [GM] J. Diemer [ Trucks]

Part 2.4 -People I worked with

2 - NPC Training Course 1970

Work Study - Chua Tiong Aun

2 - My staff - Truck Assembly

Myself, wifey, Jasbir Kuar, Emily Chooi, Alan Hogan , ???, Poon Tai Cheong

2 - Causal Talk

Alan Hogan

2 -Management By Objective - Hyatt Kuantan

Mohd Ali, Myself, Lee Eng Eng

3 - Plant Security

Ang Ping Seong

4 - Get Togther

Peter Tan & Pang Sze Mooi. Missing picture would be that of Fong Peng Yuen & Yee Mun Seng

5 - Get Together

Siew Khai Yuen & Tommy Maschine

Part 6 -1 -Launching Car Assembly Line

The W 201 Launch in PJ

Herbert Mitsch & his German technicians here to assist

2 - Mohd Hassan supervising the release

Brazilian Trucks Assembled in Malaysia

Brazilian technicians

Brazilian technicians

Part 6 -2 -Tasks of a GM

1- Meeting the independent Stockist

2 - Granting certificates to Trainee Mechanics

3 - Officiating Company's functions

3 - Officiating Company's functions

4 - Attending to foreign celebrities

5 - Bridging the German & Japanese gap

6 - Conducting Office Functions

Helena seen here

7 - Official Launching of New Models

8 - Facilitating Plant Tours

9 - Accompanying "Boss" on overseas Tour

Thomas Chua seen here with Ti Teow Yong

10 - Conducting meeting with Trade Union

6 - Chairing Joint  Union Exchanges

CCB House Union with Mazda Motors Workers Union

Part 7 - 7 Private Office Party

1- Gnos Birthday celebration

Looking on Sally, Cheong Kai Fun, Betty

2 - My birthday Tea time

Wong Kim Teck, Wan Wah Sui, Mat Desa & Rosemary

3 - M. Gnos receiving a gift

Looks like the Pewter knife that he had requested for.

4 - Must be Christmas

B. Reuter cutting the beacon, looking on is Peter Tan

5 - Follow up shot

This time Miss Ong in the picture

6 - Another shot

There was Sally

Part 7 - 3 Happy Hour Time

1 - Our Regular haunt - Black Forest SEA Park

We had many months and hours of happy time in that place The regular haunt where we brought most of our visitors

2 - Some of the memorable shots of the times

Peter Fessele with Rosemary

3

Tommy-san, My regular drinking kaki

4

What a shot?

5

Hana was the resident singer

6

Karlheinz Niedermeir  with Kee San

7

I remember her name as Rose

8

Zabid - from a royal family, very tolerant guys kept us company in a pub. That was singer "Hana"

Part 7 -8 Christmas Party

1 - One of the odd years

We had our own party

2

That's sally

3

and Miss Ong

Part 8 -Family Day

1 - A collection of pictures from company annual dinner

Very happy to have a picture my classmate and Boss - Richard Lim with Doris. Must be in 1971

2 - Pictures from the Plant Family day

Chong Yin Yik with Wan Wah Sui

3

Wifey with Miss Ong

4

Kok Kee San and Siew Khai Yuen

5

Chin Sai Fong, lay looks familair though

6

Chong Nam Seng looking on

7

Siew Khai Yuen with Miss Lee

8

Those Ladies were the Wife of Ah Chye and Chong Yin Yik

Part 8A - Company Outing Day

1 - A day in Port Dickson for the whole factory

Giving a speech at the beach

Part 9 - Our Private moments

1 - Rode piggy back

We had our own party - Sally, Miss Ong and Ann Yeap

2 - Rode piggy back

Of course Siew the organiser

3 - Rode piggy back

And our guest from Brazil

4 - This was my private party in Beobilingan

I hosted a Chinese dinner for the stall of the CKD Dept That's was Papa Stoll, Nitsch and Otto schimdt

5 - More pictures

Otto and myself great buddies and the left G Bodemer

6 - In the office

At Otto's desk

7 - We had our private outing

This is Bodemer

8

and Grunwald

9

Pap Stoll at my Hotel

10

Petee Fessele on his private visit to Malaysia In between Gun Huat and Eddie Yee

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Another Party together with our family/ Tong Ah Chye

12

A German couple - Friends of my contact

This page has brought back many fond memories. There are still tons of pictures I need to work on, but having this page is enough to fulfil my wishes.

All these are my memories - good ones and I could not find another to share

 

       With  Will  Will  Wander