Y.Bhg. Dato’ Paduka Engr. Hj Keizrul bin Abdullah, FIEM, PEng
President,
Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
Monday 23rd March 2009
Bismillah, Yang mulia, saudara-saudari pengerusi majlis,
YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud,
Ketua Menteri Sarawak
Y.Bhg. Engr. Wong Siu Hieng.
Chairman, IEM Sarawak Branch
Y.Bhg. Dato’ Academician Engr. Lee Yee Cheong.
President, International Centre for South-South Cooperation
In Science Technology and Innovation (ISTIC)
Y.Berusaha Engr. Yim Hon Wa,
Organising Chairman of ICEE 2009
Prof Dr Walter Erdelen,
Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
Dr Winfred M Philips,
Chairman, Washington Accord
Distinguished Guests, Keynote Speakers,
Foreign Delegates, Conference Participants,
My fellow engineers, Our friends from the media,
Tuan2 dan Puan2, Ladies and Gentlemen
Assalamu’alaikum, selamat pagi and to our guests from overseas, good morning, and selamat datang (welcome)
Saya bersyukur kehadrat Allah swt kerana dengan izin serta limpah kurniaNya dapatlah kita bersama-sama pada pagi yang mulia ini dalam Majlis Perasmian Persidangan Antarabangsa mengenai Kejuruteraan dan Pendidikan dalam Abad ke-21 - the International Conference on Engineering and Education in the 21st Century, ICEE 2009.
On behalf of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), and the organizing committee, I would like to thank our Guest-Of-Honour and Distinguished Patron, YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri Hj Abdul Taib Mahmud, the Chief Minister of Sarawak, for kindly consenting to officiate the opening ceremony of the ICEE 2009, in spite of YAB Pehin Sri’s extremely busy schedule as the Chief Executive Officer of one of Malaysia’s most progressive states. Pl give Big hand to YAB ...
It is also my pleasure to welcome our distinguished guests & all participants to this International Conference on Engineering and Education. This Conference is held with support from the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET), the International Centre for South-South Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (ISTIC), which is a centre for south-south cooperation under the auspices of UNESCO; and the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM).
The new millennium has brought about numerous engineering education reforms. The objective of ICEE 2009 is therefore, to create awareness and understanding of the importance of engineering and engineering education worldwide and to deliberate on the future trends and challenges. To meet this objective, we have brought together national engineering organisations, engineers, academicians and experts, representing over 15 million engineers from all over the world. Over the next two days, we will be sharing and exchanging information and experience, on the quality of engineering education, and on the system and training of professional engineers in our respective countries. I am particularly delighted to note that this conference has managed to bring together a number of very distinguished and learned personalities from the international engineering fraternity. We are indeed extremely honoured to have with us such eminent and learned speakers who will present a variety of topics related to the theme of the Conference.
We are grateful for all your support, as this conference is an event of great significance to IEM. Untuk makluman YAB Pehin Sri, tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, IEM is celebrating her 50th anniversary this year and this conference will kick start a year-long celebration for the Golden Anniversary of the founding of IEM.
YAB Pehin Sri, Tuan-tuan dan Puan-puan,
Engineering is a dynamic profession. Hence, as knowledge and innovation take on a new dimension, we the engineers, must change our mindsets to not only manage technology but also manage the fast-evolving knowledge and innovation. The next generation of engineers will have to embrace a whole spectrum of new and complex issues: viz. sustainable development; protecting and conserving our natural resources, managing the increasing demand for energy and mitigating the effects of climate change; infrastructure systems renewal; living systems engineering which is a dimension beyond bio-engineering; smart systems; and so much more.
Also, as we are all aware, Malaysia is committed to become a developed nation by 2020 and Engineering will be the backbone and prime mover for achieving our national vision. All these will place a high premium on scientific and technological research will be critical to making our nation become more competitive, especially so in an era of globalisation and a borderless world. Hence, research and development (R&D) in engineering needs to be continuously improved and enhanced. We cannot just be consumers of technology, but we must also be contributors and producers of new technology. Unfortunately at present, our nation’s standing in science & technology and in R&D is lagging behind our immediate competitors.
Therefore there is much to be done to encourage R&D in the field of engineering. Establishing an innovation research culture is crucial for the long-term success of Malaysia to become a knowledge nation. To this end, we are immeasurably thankful and grateful to YAB Pehin Sri and the Government of Sarawak, for graciously granting us a piece of land on which will be built a Centre of Engineering Excellence.
We would like to propose that this Centre be dedicated to the development of post-graduate engineering study and cutting-edge research and development programmes in renewal energy and natural resources - to provide solutions to real world engineering challenges particularly in addressing the issues of renewable energy, energy conservation, green energy, water resources and sustainability. Such a Centre can be an integral part of the Human Capacity Building programme of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE), the regional development corridor for the state of Sarawak. On our part, IEM will tap on our international network to secure the active involvement of local and international experts to contribute to this Centre. We will also seek to align this Centre with outstanding universities like Tsinghua, Adelaide, etc and to work closely with international organisations such as UNESCO.
YAB Pehin Sri, Tuan-tuan dan Puan-puan,
Today is a very special occasion - for today the IEM is pleased and proud to confer on YAB YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud, the prestigious IEM Honorary Fellow award. This is an award given to persons of acknowledged eminence who have rendered outstanding services to the IEM, the engineering profession and/or the Nation. Previous recipients include our Prime Minister YAB Dato’ Seri Abdullah bin Hj Ahmad Badawi and our former Prime Minister YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamed.
The decision to award this Fellowship, has to be through a vote of the IEM Council where not less than 80% of the total Council members present, must vote in favour; and the number of Honorary Fellows is limited to 50 only at any one time. I am pleased to report that the IEM Council at its meeting on 8th October 2008 considered the nomination of YAB Pehin Sri and voted in favour of conferring the award.
I then had the pleasant task of informing YAB Pehin Sri of the IEM Council’s decision. YAB Pehin Sri’s first reaction was to ask me “I am not an engineer, why are you giving me this award?”
Well. there are three main criteria for the IEM Honorary Fellow award. First, the candidate must have contributed to the advancement of the engineering profession, the Institution and/or the nation. Second, the candidate must have shown outstanding greatness of spirit, integrity and devotion to the engineering profession, the Institution and/or the nation. And third, the candidate must have shown selfless service without expecting public recognition. The IEM Council has duly considered all the criteria with respect to the nomination of YAB Pehin Sri as follows.
YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri (Dr) Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud has had a long and illustrious political career. Interestingly, all along the way, YAB has had close contacts with engineering and engineers. YAB started his political career in 1963 and was appointed Sarawak’s first State Minister for Communications and Works. In the 1960s, YAB held several ministerial posts, among them the State Minister for Communications and Works Minister for Development and Forestry.
In the late 1960s YAB was seconded to the federal level and amongst others, held the post of Federal Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry; Deputy Minister of Works, Telecommunications and Posts; Minister for Natural Resources (later renamed Primary Industries); and in the 1980 Cabinet reshuffle, YAB was given the portfolio of Federal Territory Minister.
YAB Pehin Sri then returned to Sarawak in 1981 to contest the Sebandi State By-election and was made Sarawak Minister for Land and Mines, before becoming the Chief Minister on March 26, 1981 and has held the helm since then. Under YAB’s 28 years of leadership, Sarawak has undergone tremendous growth and development and the quality of life in the state has improved by leaps and bounds. Infrastructure development has reached a wider population in the state since the eighties. Healthcare and education have followed similar trends. In short, Sarawakians today are in general healthier, wealthier and better educated than they were thirty years ago.
Under the leadership of YAB Pehin Sri, Sarawak is embarking on its most exciting and ambitious undertaking to-date, which is the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE). SCORE is a major initiative undertaken to develop the Central Region and transform Sarawak into a developed State by the year 2020. Apart from accelerating Sarawak’s economic growth and development, its aim is to improve the quality of life of the people of Sarawak. SCORE provides the right development model and modus operandi to bring about greater and more accelerated industrial and business development to the central region of Sarawak.
The core of this corridor is the energy resources, particularly hydropower, coal, and natural gas (found abundantly within the Central Region). This will allow Sarawak to price its energy competitively and encourage investments of energy-intensive industries that will act as triggers for the development of a vibrant industrial development in the corridor.
Whilst maintaining the rapid economic growth of the state, YAB Pehin Sri has also placed emphasis on balance and sustainability in the state's development. Ever faithful to the ideals of sustainable development, Sarawak is noted for its outstanding forest management and is moving towards more downstream processing activities to ease the dependency on the state's natural resources.
YAB Pehin Sri’s contribution to the growth and development of Sarawak over the last three decades has impressed the IEM and the IEM Council has unanimously decided to confer the IEM Honorary Fellow Award to such a deserving person. YAB Pehin Sri, we thank you for so graciously consenting to accept this award from IEM.
YAB Pehin Sri, Tuan-tuan dan Puan-puan,
I would like to end my speech by once again, thanking our Guest-Of-Honour and Distinguished Patron, YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri Hj Abdul Taib Mahmud, the Chief Minister of Sarawak, for accepting our invitation to officiate this ICEE 2009 Conference; and for so graciously consenting to accept the IEM Honorary Fellow award, which I will be conferring on YAB Pehin Sri shortly.
I now have the pleasant duty of saying thank you. As we all know, the organising of an International Conference of this magnitude is only possible due to the close co-operation and commitment from all parties involved, and I would like to record IEM’s and my appreciations and gratitude to all of you. I hope that this spirit will continue in all future conferences.
I take this opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to all members of the organising committee, the IEM Sarawak Branch and the IEM Secretariat staff for their dedication and consistent efforts to make this Conference a reality. I would also like to extend our appreciation to the Government of Sarawak for hosting the Conference Banquet tonight and for including the Sarawak Cultural Performance as well tonight. Thank you also to the Malaysian Tourism Promotions Board (Ministry Of Culture, Arts And Tourism Malaysia) and the Sarawak Tourism Promotions Board.
I would also like to record our thanks to following organisations and companies for their generous sponsorship to this conference, namely, the Board of Engineers Malaysia, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Alstom Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd; Tenaga Tiub Sdn Bhd.; Sempurna Engineering & Trading (M) Sdn Bhd; Teknologi Tenaga Perlis Consortium Sdn Bhd; Sarawak Convention Bureau; IMG Entertainment and Instrutech Engineering Sdn Bhd and Wencom Career Consultancy.
To the participants, I do hope that you will all find this Conference interesting and rewarding, and that you will gain from the technical discussions on the issue of Engineering and Education for the 21st Century. For our visitors from overseas, I wish you a very pleasant stay in Malaysia and I hope you will bring home fond memories of your stay here.
I wish for this Conference to be successful and fruitful.
Thank you.
Wabila
President,
Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
Monday 23rd March 2009
Bismillah, Yang mulia, saudara-saudari pengerusi majlis,
YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud,
Ketua Menteri Sarawak
Y.Bhg. Engr. Wong Siu Hieng.
Chairman, IEM Sarawak Branch
Y.Bhg. Dato’ Academician Engr. Lee Yee Cheong.
President, International Centre for South-South Cooperation
In Science Technology and Innovation (ISTIC)
Y.Berusaha Engr. Yim Hon Wa,
Organising Chairman of ICEE 2009
Prof Dr Walter Erdelen,
Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
Dr Winfred M Philips,
Chairman, Washington Accord
Distinguished Guests, Keynote Speakers,
Foreign Delegates, Conference Participants,
My fellow engineers, Our friends from the media,
Tuan2 dan Puan2, Ladies and Gentlemen
Assalamu’alaikum, selamat pagi and to our guests from overseas, good morning, and selamat datang (welcome)
Saya bersyukur kehadrat Allah swt kerana dengan izin serta limpah kurniaNya dapatlah kita bersama-sama pada pagi yang mulia ini dalam Majlis Perasmian Persidangan Antarabangsa mengenai Kejuruteraan dan Pendidikan dalam Abad ke-21 - the International Conference on Engineering and Education in the 21st Century, ICEE 2009.
On behalf of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), and the organizing committee, I would like to thank our Guest-Of-Honour and Distinguished Patron, YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri Hj Abdul Taib Mahmud, the Chief Minister of Sarawak, for kindly consenting to officiate the opening ceremony of the ICEE 2009, in spite of YAB Pehin Sri’s extremely busy schedule as the Chief Executive Officer of one of Malaysia’s most progressive states. Pl give Big hand to YAB ...
It is also my pleasure to welcome our distinguished guests & all participants to this International Conference on Engineering and Education. This Conference is held with support from the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET), the International Centre for South-South Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (ISTIC), which is a centre for south-south cooperation under the auspices of UNESCO; and the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM).
The new millennium has brought about numerous engineering education reforms. The objective of ICEE 2009 is therefore, to create awareness and understanding of the importance of engineering and engineering education worldwide and to deliberate on the future trends and challenges. To meet this objective, we have brought together national engineering organisations, engineers, academicians and experts, representing over 15 million engineers from all over the world. Over the next two days, we will be sharing and exchanging information and experience, on the quality of engineering education, and on the system and training of professional engineers in our respective countries. I am particularly delighted to note that this conference has managed to bring together a number of very distinguished and learned personalities from the international engineering fraternity. We are indeed extremely honoured to have with us such eminent and learned speakers who will present a variety of topics related to the theme of the Conference.
We are grateful for all your support, as this conference is an event of great significance to IEM. Untuk makluman YAB Pehin Sri, tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, IEM is celebrating her 50th anniversary this year and this conference will kick start a year-long celebration for the Golden Anniversary of the founding of IEM.
YAB Pehin Sri, Tuan-tuan dan Puan-puan,
Engineering is a dynamic profession. Hence, as knowledge and innovation take on a new dimension, we the engineers, must change our mindsets to not only manage technology but also manage the fast-evolving knowledge and innovation. The next generation of engineers will have to embrace a whole spectrum of new and complex issues: viz. sustainable development; protecting and conserving our natural resources, managing the increasing demand for energy and mitigating the effects of climate change; infrastructure systems renewal; living systems engineering which is a dimension beyond bio-engineering; smart systems; and so much more.
Also, as we are all aware, Malaysia is committed to become a developed nation by 2020 and Engineering will be the backbone and prime mover for achieving our national vision. All these will place a high premium on scientific and technological research will be critical to making our nation become more competitive, especially so in an era of globalisation and a borderless world. Hence, research and development (R&D) in engineering needs to be continuously improved and enhanced. We cannot just be consumers of technology, but we must also be contributors and producers of new technology. Unfortunately at present, our nation’s standing in science & technology and in R&D is lagging behind our immediate competitors.
Therefore there is much to be done to encourage R&D in the field of engineering. Establishing an innovation research culture is crucial for the long-term success of Malaysia to become a knowledge nation. To this end, we are immeasurably thankful and grateful to YAB Pehin Sri and the Government of Sarawak, for graciously granting us a piece of land on which will be built a Centre of Engineering Excellence.
We would like to propose that this Centre be dedicated to the development of post-graduate engineering study and cutting-edge research and development programmes in renewal energy and natural resources - to provide solutions to real world engineering challenges particularly in addressing the issues of renewable energy, energy conservation, green energy, water resources and sustainability. Such a Centre can be an integral part of the Human Capacity Building programme of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE), the regional development corridor for the state of Sarawak. On our part, IEM will tap on our international network to secure the active involvement of local and international experts to contribute to this Centre. We will also seek to align this Centre with outstanding universities like Tsinghua, Adelaide, etc and to work closely with international organisations such as UNESCO.
YAB Pehin Sri, Tuan-tuan dan Puan-puan,
Today is a very special occasion - for today the IEM is pleased and proud to confer on YAB YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud, the prestigious IEM Honorary Fellow award. This is an award given to persons of acknowledged eminence who have rendered outstanding services to the IEM, the engineering profession and/or the Nation. Previous recipients include our Prime Minister YAB Dato’ Seri Abdullah bin Hj Ahmad Badawi and our former Prime Minister YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamed.
The decision to award this Fellowship, has to be through a vote of the IEM Council where not less than 80% of the total Council members present, must vote in favour; and the number of Honorary Fellows is limited to 50 only at any one time. I am pleased to report that the IEM Council at its meeting on 8th October 2008 considered the nomination of YAB Pehin Sri and voted in favour of conferring the award.
I then had the pleasant task of informing YAB Pehin Sri of the IEM Council’s decision. YAB Pehin Sri’s first reaction was to ask me “I am not an engineer, why are you giving me this award?”
Well. there are three main criteria for the IEM Honorary Fellow award. First, the candidate must have contributed to the advancement of the engineering profession, the Institution and/or the nation. Second, the candidate must have shown outstanding greatness of spirit, integrity and devotion to the engineering profession, the Institution and/or the nation. And third, the candidate must have shown selfless service without expecting public recognition. The IEM Council has duly considered all the criteria with respect to the nomination of YAB Pehin Sri as follows.
YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri (Dr) Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud has had a long and illustrious political career. Interestingly, all along the way, YAB has had close contacts with engineering and engineers. YAB started his political career in 1963 and was appointed Sarawak’s first State Minister for Communications and Works. In the 1960s, YAB held several ministerial posts, among them the State Minister for Communications and Works Minister for Development and Forestry.
In the late 1960s YAB was seconded to the federal level and amongst others, held the post of Federal Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry; Deputy Minister of Works, Telecommunications and Posts; Minister for Natural Resources (later renamed Primary Industries); and in the 1980 Cabinet reshuffle, YAB was given the portfolio of Federal Territory Minister.
YAB Pehin Sri then returned to Sarawak in 1981 to contest the Sebandi State By-election and was made Sarawak Minister for Land and Mines, before becoming the Chief Minister on March 26, 1981 and has held the helm since then. Under YAB’s 28 years of leadership, Sarawak has undergone tremendous growth and development and the quality of life in the state has improved by leaps and bounds. Infrastructure development has reached a wider population in the state since the eighties. Healthcare and education have followed similar trends. In short, Sarawakians today are in general healthier, wealthier and better educated than they were thirty years ago.
Under the leadership of YAB Pehin Sri, Sarawak is embarking on its most exciting and ambitious undertaking to-date, which is the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE). SCORE is a major initiative undertaken to develop the Central Region and transform Sarawak into a developed State by the year 2020. Apart from accelerating Sarawak’s economic growth and development, its aim is to improve the quality of life of the people of Sarawak. SCORE provides the right development model and modus operandi to bring about greater and more accelerated industrial and business development to the central region of Sarawak.
The core of this corridor is the energy resources, particularly hydropower, coal, and natural gas (found abundantly within the Central Region). This will allow Sarawak to price its energy competitively and encourage investments of energy-intensive industries that will act as triggers for the development of a vibrant industrial development in the corridor.
Whilst maintaining the rapid economic growth of the state, YAB Pehin Sri has also placed emphasis on balance and sustainability in the state's development. Ever faithful to the ideals of sustainable development, Sarawak is noted for its outstanding forest management and is moving towards more downstream processing activities to ease the dependency on the state's natural resources.
YAB Pehin Sri’s contribution to the growth and development of Sarawak over the last three decades has impressed the IEM and the IEM Council has unanimously decided to confer the IEM Honorary Fellow Award to such a deserving person. YAB Pehin Sri, we thank you for so graciously consenting to accept this award from IEM.
YAB Pehin Sri, Tuan-tuan dan Puan-puan,
I would like to end my speech by once again, thanking our Guest-Of-Honour and Distinguished Patron, YAB Pehin Sri Tan Sri Hj Abdul Taib Mahmud, the Chief Minister of Sarawak, for accepting our invitation to officiate this ICEE 2009 Conference; and for so graciously consenting to accept the IEM Honorary Fellow award, which I will be conferring on YAB Pehin Sri shortly.
I now have the pleasant duty of saying thank you. As we all know, the organising of an International Conference of this magnitude is only possible due to the close co-operation and commitment from all parties involved, and I would like to record IEM’s and my appreciations and gratitude to all of you. I hope that this spirit will continue in all future conferences.
I take this opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to all members of the organising committee, the IEM Sarawak Branch and the IEM Secretariat staff for their dedication and consistent efforts to make this Conference a reality. I would also like to extend our appreciation to the Government of Sarawak for hosting the Conference Banquet tonight and for including the Sarawak Cultural Performance as well tonight. Thank you also to the Malaysian Tourism Promotions Board (Ministry Of Culture, Arts And Tourism Malaysia) and the Sarawak Tourism Promotions Board.
I would also like to record our thanks to following organisations and companies for their generous sponsorship to this conference, namely, the Board of Engineers Malaysia, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Alstom Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd; Tenaga Tiub Sdn Bhd.; Sempurna Engineering & Trading (M) Sdn Bhd; Teknologi Tenaga Perlis Consortium Sdn Bhd; Sarawak Convention Bureau; IMG Entertainment and Instrutech Engineering Sdn Bhd and Wencom Career Consultancy.
To the participants, I do hope that you will all find this Conference interesting and rewarding, and that you will gain from the technical discussions on the issue of Engineering and Education for the 21st Century. For our visitors from overseas, I wish you a very pleasant stay in Malaysia and I hope you will bring home fond memories of your stay here.
I wish for this Conference to be successful and fruitful.
Thank you.
Wabila
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