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creating global networks is vital for any busi-
ness endeavour. “Nowadays, all businesses
are global with the new technology. You have
to see what value you bring to the client, and
that is the key to success,” advocates Kwong.
“It’s not nailed by contract or agreement but
what value your company will add to the client
you are serving. If you can do so, the company
can excel, and if you can’t the company will
not grow, no matter what any contract says.”
Kwong and his skilled team bask in their tri-
umph of taking a small Canadian firm into in-
ternational waters. In early 2000, at the brink
of the SARS epidemic, PharmEng was awarded
a contract by the National Health Research In-
stitute – a government organization dedicated
to medical research and improved healthcare
in Taiwan -- to design a vaccine plant which is
now used to produce other vaccines for pre-
ventive diseases and was a feat for the Canadi-
an company. “It’s important for small compa-
nies in Canada to advance to global markets,”
says Kwong. “We have developed long-term
partnerships with the top pharmaceutical
companies around the world... We help them
achieve their objective and add value to what
they’re doing.” Not turning a blind eye to-
