Star Bamboo Singapore

Some great news to announce:

The Managing Director of Star Bamboo group of companies, Mr Tan Yin Keong, has been appointed into the SingCham (Fujian), as the Vice-President of the Nanping district.

In case you’re wondering, SingCham (Fujian) is the Fujian Chapter of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China.

It was officially launched on 9 August 2007 at a dinner of 600 people, which coincides nicely with Singapore’s 42nd National Day. The purpose is to assist Singapore companies in Fujian by providing easier access to government programmes, and creating opportunities for networking.

Fujian province has seen explosive growth this year, with an annualised GDP growth of 14.3% in the first half of 2007. This is higher than the national average for China. It’s great to be able to join in this boom.

There weren’t many photo opportunities that night, as everyone were busy networking. Here’s a shot before the start of the event:

To the sides of the stage, you can see two large projector screens with the comfortingly familiar broadcast of ChannelNewsAsia.

Congratulations Mr Tan, and a belated happy birthday to Singapore!

Calling all eco-friendly people, Star Bamboo Singapore is hiring!

The appetite for eco-friendly products has been growing over the past year. So we are going to expand our Singapore operations.

If you’ve always wanted a challenging job with a real purpose, look no further. After all, what could be more meaningful than persuading people to use eco-friendly products that help to save our environment?

The position is for a Business Development Executive, you can find out more over at our Careers page.

I previously wrote about the 1,000 uses of bamboo.

Now, I haven’t actually clicked through the entire gallery, but I’m pretty sure it includes bamboo scaffolding.

Bamboo scaffolding is a peculiarly Asian application, seen most commonly in Hong Kong, China, and India. It’s also a staple of Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong movies, the scene of many amazingly choreographed fight sequences.

In Singapore, we don’t use them anymore. Instead, metal scaffolding wraps around the sides of a building in progress.

How is that better than bamboo scaffolding, which combines strength and flexibility in one economical package?

Below are some amazing photos of bamboo scaffolding. Trust me, if you think you’ve seen bamboo scaffolding, just check out the photos below:

Truly breath-taking.

More photos available here and here.

We always say that bamboo is one of the world’s most versatile building materials.

Now someone has gone and proven it by coming up with a list of 1,000 things made of bamboo.

On the BambusCentraum Deustchland web site, you can view all sorts of wonderful and fascinating bamboo creations. The text is in German, but don’t worry, you can just admire the photos.

Bamboo spectacles 

Other than the hugely popular bamboo flooring and mats, there’re also unique products like bamboo hammocks and even beer brewed from bamboo!

Just keep hitting the refresh button to see the next item.

It’s like what Forrest Gump said – you never know what you’re gonna get.