On 8 July 2010, a small delegation went to meet with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Works, Y. Bhg. Datuk Thomas George was discussed at length and the issues surrounding the proposed Building Surveyors Act. We believe it was a fruitful meeting where many important issues were resolved. We brought clarity to some of the issues that have been holding up the Act and we remain hopeful that the proposed Act can be passed soon.
The 14th PAQS Congress was held in Singapore from 24th – 27th July 2010, by the Singapore Institution of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV), jointly with the International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) 7th Congress. A total of 49 Malaysian delegates attended the Congress led by our council member and Chief Delegate, Dato’ Sr Abdull Manaf. The theme of the Congress was ‘Sustainable Cost Management: Borderless Innovation’ and the quality papers delivered along this theme were indeed invigorating.
At the same time, the 16th ASEAN Valuers Association (AVA) Congress, under the theme “Towards a New Era of Valuation Development” was held from 22 – 24 July 2010 at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. It was well attended by more than 300 persons and extremely well organised by our Thai counterpart. At this Congress, the Governing Council of AVA met, and Malaysia made a bid for the Secretariat to be moved to Malaysia along with a bid for the posts of Secretary-General and Treasurer. We succeeded in the bid and I am now the Secretary General, and Faizan Bin Abdul Rahman, the Treasurer.
Our first Council Meeting for the 50th Session was held on 28 July 2010 and we have established a new item in the agenda, i.e. to discuss at some length one topic rather than go through just the usual agenda. At the meeting we discussed the issue of liberalisation and, after some debate, decided that as a common stand, we hold that it would be best serve in the interest of the surveying profession for liberalisation to be proceeded on a measured basis, and for equity participation to be not more than 49%.
It is likely that at the next Council meeting, the special issue to be discussed will be Green Issues. All ISM members are invited to write in, in advance of our Council Meeting, regarding their opinions as to the green movement, from their own Divisional Perception or from the point of view of surveying as a whole.
The 21st National Real Estate Convention Malaysia was held at the Istana Hotel on 3 & 4 August 2010 with the theme “Opportunities in the New Decade” and is timely in view of the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) recently tabled at Parliament and officially opened by YB Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.
The 14th PAQS Congress was held in Singapore from 24th – 27th July 2010, by the Singapore Institution of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV), jointly with the International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) 7th Congress. A total of 49 Malaysian delegates attended the Congress led by our council member and Chief Delegate, Dato’ Sr Abdull Manaf. The theme of the Congress was ‘Sustainable Cost Management: Borderless Innovation’ and the quality papers delivered along this theme were indeed invigorating.
At the same time, the 16th ASEAN Valuers Association (AVA) Congress, under the theme “Towards a New Era of Valuation Development” was held from 22 – 24 July 2010 at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. It was well attended by more than 300 persons and extremely well organised by our Thai counterpart. At this Congress, the Governing Council of AVA met, and Malaysia made a bid for the Secretariat to be moved to Malaysia along with a bid for the posts of Secretary-General and Treasurer. We succeeded in the bid and I am now the Secretary General, and Faizan Bin Abdul Rahman, the Treasurer.
Our first Council Meeting for the 50th Session was held on 28 July 2010 and we have established a new item in the agenda, i.e. to discuss at some length one topic rather than go through just the usual agenda. At the meeting we discussed the issue of liberalisation and, after some debate, decided that as a common stand, we hold that it would be best serve in the interest of the surveying profession for liberalisation to be proceeded on a measured basis, and for equity participation to be not more than 49%.
It is likely that at the next Council meeting, the special issue to be discussed will be Green Issues. All ISM members are invited to write in, in advance of our Council Meeting, regarding their opinions as to the green movement, from their own Divisional Perception or from the point of view of surveying as a whole.
The 21st National Real Estate Convention Malaysia was held at the Istana Hotel on 3 & 4 August 2010 with the theme “Opportunities in the New Decade” and is timely in view of the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) recently tabled at Parliament and officially opened by YB Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.
