A brief company email welcoming employees

Your boss wants to send a brief company email welcoming employees who recently transferred from the Hong Kong branch to your department. These employees, all Hong Kong natives, speak English, but your boss asks you to review his message for clarity.

What would you suggest your boss change in the following email and why?
Is this message audience-centered? Why or why not?
How would you redraft this message for clarity?
- Use at least one scholarly and/or credible source in your post.

“I wanted to welcome you ASAP to our little family here in the States. It’s high time we shook hands in person and not just across the sea. I’m pleased as punch about getting to know you all, and I for one will do my level best to sell you on America.”

Requirements: clear