In the weeks ahead, before the start of the fasting month, the activities at the ISM HQ include the meeting of the Special Committee set up to organise activities for the 50 Year celebrations in 2011, The Management Committee meeting on 20 July and the First Council Meeting for Session 50 on 28 July. Divisional, Branch and other subcommittee meetings are also being held.
The 14th PAQS Congress and Board meeting are to be held in Singapore from 23 to 27 July 2010. The venue is the Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore and the hosts are the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) with the congress theme, Sustainable Cost Management: Borderless Innovation. Kindly view this website for registration - http://paqs2010.com.sg. The PAQS website is www.paqs.net.
The 16th ASEAN Valuers Congress with the Theme "Toward a New Era of Valuation Development" is being held at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Bangkok from the 22 to 24 July 2010. On the day before, on 21 July, in the evening the AVA Governing Council meets. The Asean Valuation Association (AVA) was established in June 1981 with five founding members namely, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. In 1990s, AVA was extended to include Brunei and Vietnam. Cambodia is the new member joined in 2009. Two other Asean countries namely Laos and Myanmar are not officially members yet as there are no formal valuation professions in these countries. They are now having observer status in AVA. Each country is represented by seven valuers from the public and private sectors and the academia to form the Governing Council. The AVA holds a congress once every two years on a rotating basis among the ASEAN member countries. The congress provides a valuable platform to share views, networking, interaction, a place to learn and exchange knowledge and information and foster comradeship and fellowship. Between congresses, there is a pre-congress meeting to prepare for the congress. The AVA website is www.aseanvaluers.com
On the 3rd and 4th August, ISM and PEPS are jointly organising the 21st National Real Estate Convention at Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The Theme: Opportunities in the New Decade. For details of the programme please see the full brochure elsewhere in this website.
We also welcome our first overseas Chapter, the UK Chapter and for some information on this see the "ISM News & Events" in our website. See also under "Institution Information - ISM Branches - UK Chapter" and we are inserting here a paper entitled "The Relevance of ISM's Global Presence" by Sr. Faisal Ahmad Zaidin who is the present Chairman of the UK Chapter.
I have been invited to attend the annual dinner of the Johor branch on 30 July 2010 and hope to see as many ISM members in Johor as possible.
Comments from followers of this blog are welcome on any matter.
The 14th PAQS Congress and Board meeting are to be held in Singapore from 23 to 27 July 2010. The venue is the Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore and the hosts are the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) with the congress theme, Sustainable Cost Management: Borderless Innovation. Kindly view this website for registration - http://paqs2010.com.sg. The PAQS website is www.paqs.net.
The 16th ASEAN Valuers Congress with the Theme "Toward a New Era of Valuation Development" is being held at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Bangkok from the 22 to 24 July 2010. On the day before, on 21 July, in the evening the AVA Governing Council meets. The Asean Valuation Association (AVA) was established in June 1981 with five founding members namely, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. In 1990s, AVA was extended to include Brunei and Vietnam. Cambodia is the new member joined in 2009. Two other Asean countries namely Laos and Myanmar are not officially members yet as there are no formal valuation professions in these countries. They are now having observer status in AVA. Each country is represented by seven valuers from the public and private sectors and the academia to form the Governing Council. The AVA holds a congress once every two years on a rotating basis among the ASEAN member countries. The congress provides a valuable platform to share views, networking, interaction, a place to learn and exchange knowledge and information and foster comradeship and fellowship. Between congresses, there is a pre-congress meeting to prepare for the congress. The AVA website is www.aseanvaluers.com
On the 3rd and 4th August, ISM and PEPS are jointly organising the 21st National Real Estate Convention at Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The Theme: Opportunities in the New Decade. For details of the programme please see the full brochure elsewhere in this website.
We also welcome our first overseas Chapter, the UK Chapter and for some information on this see the "ISM News & Events" in our website. See also under "Institution Information - ISM Branches - UK Chapter" and we are inserting here a paper entitled "The Relevance of ISM's Global Presence" by Sr. Faisal Ahmad Zaidin who is the present Chairman of the UK Chapter.
I have been invited to attend the annual dinner of the Johor branch on 30 July 2010 and hope to see as many ISM members in Johor as possible.
Comments from followers of this blog are welcome on any matter.
Dear Mr President,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on leading various initiatives under ISM. I have one question and a suggestion:
What is the status on the initiative on the 'Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia or RISM'? It has been several years since PP John Loh mooted the idea. Several other PPs have also expressed keen interest on it since.
If that can be prioritised over the next six months or so and achieved during the 50th anniversary celebrations in June 2011, I can think of little else that would be as glorious a recognition of surveyors as that.
It may be unprecedented, and a hugely difficult task, but so was the landing of the 'Surveyor' on the moon many years ago.
Naseem
Email: naseem6864@yahoo.com