Ron McFarlandの Personal Journey (9-d): Business Trip - East Malaysia

私が東ボルネオ（マレーシア）のクチンを訪れたのは1998年から2000年。半導体製造装置の売り込みだったが、工場は建設前でジャングルと仮事務所があるのみ。

ホテルの窓からは川を小船で渡ってくる通勤者の姿が見え、なんとのんびりしたところなのだと思った記憶がある。

East Malaysia ボルネオ島
On my way back to Japan from India, I stopped in East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The island of Borneo has three countries on it, namely Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. East Malaysia was rich in oil, wood and other raw materials, but it had a low population. The Indonesian and Pilipino always wanted to sneak over the border and work in East Malaysia, but they can be easily recognized and were sent home. That region was a semi-separate country from West Malaysia, the way the British set it up in ’65. Now East and West are joined.

いすゞ自動車はマレーシアに2社子会社を持っていました。その理由は？
I had a wonderful first seminar there, which laid the groundwork for many to come. The Isuzu operations there was very different from that of West Malaysia, and the two didn’t like each other very much. One was Chinese managed and the other Malay managed. It was like try to mix water and oil, and Isuzu had to set up separate operations for that small country. The operation in East Malaysia is in Kota Kinabalu, right on the northern tip of the island of Borneo. It is a beautiful tourist city, and I always loved to go there. As a matter of fact, I loved it so much that on one of the trips I took my whole family, including my mother-in-law.


First Sales Seminar in Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, February 1986

＜仕事に疲れたら『武蔵野』でコトリップ（『武蔵野』リイド社、斎藤潤一郎著）＞


Ronさんのセミナーいかがですか。苦労の多かったRon-sanの青春時代やキャリア形成の話、来日後、特に、いすゞ自動車勤務でのカルチャーショックとグローバルリーダーとしての活躍など。それとRonさんが楽しみにしている出席者と皆さんとのノミュニケーション。

皆さんがおやりになっている勉強会などに出張し講演させていただきます。本人の希望は、英語での発表です。

ただし、Ronさんが住んでいる東京都大田区から日帰りできるところとさせてください。

もっとも台湾でも日帰りは可能ですが。