Thank you for joining us this weekend. In today's program, our special guest is a Scottish gentleman who is well known for his more than three decades working as a consultant in the development of East – West trade and investment relationships. Robin is a fourth generation bilingual “old China hand” and entrepreneur with over 35 years living and working in the Asia Pacific Region.
Robin has held professional positions as: Senior Vice President of bio-conversion technologies of waste to energy at Asia Pacific Development, former Managing Director of Action Industries (NYSE) Action Overseas Buying H.K. Ltd., and founder and CEO of Advanced China Trade (ACT( International Trade and Investment Consultancy. Robin successfully developed groundbreaking opportunities for investment with the China central government in the areas of Energy Commercial Shopping Center development, retail, textile technology and consumer goods for export. As David Aikman, Senior Correspondent, TIME Magazine wrote about Robin, “…he is a business executive, a China expert, music composer and arranger, video director, with an excellent knowledge of Chinese and a fine grasp of the political and economic realities of Chinese civilization) between China, Taiwan, and the USA.”
These aren't all Robin's accomplishments and contributions, but they illustrate his commitment to working in the Asia Pacific region and his love of Taiwan. Robin Dale is a Scottish UK citizen and a Taiwan Permanent Resident. He describes himself as a consultant, a specialist, a public speaker and a music composer. Robin's email is robindalegreentech@gmail.com.
I knew Robin as a childhood friend, as his father and my father were medical practitioners and supported each other professionally. It was during our conversation that I learned of his executive business skills and his musical career. Robin is a high achiever and excels at whatever he does.
On behalf of LIVING IN ENGLISH BY DEB and NER, I would like to thank Robin for gifting us three original songs to play on NER, not just my radio program. Today's program debuts I'll Be There For You, a tribute to his wonderful father, Dr Donald Dale. If you're looking for a special Father's Day tribute, please remember this song.
I have an announcement to share, today is Ethan's official last day with Living in English as our Intern translator, although I have prerecorded him in a couple other segments to play later. After my request for an excellent Chinese-English speaker with translation skills, Ethan was recommended by a previous guest, Dr James Sims, Dean of the International College, Tung-hai University. Ethan graduated with a Bachelor's in Business Administration this month and will return to his family home in Taipei. I am so grateful for his many contributions, his charming personality, his hard work, and his great skills as a translator. We wish him well as he continues his higher education goals and professional development. In a future episode, you will hear Ethan talk as I interview him about his professional goals.
In Oral Yoga, we will work on our Rs, Ls and Ds. Next week we will put those together.
To help with your articulation, here is this Saturday’s tongue twister “Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.” Remember, start out slowly, analyze and adjust as needed! Thank you for joining us this weekend.
