Tan elected as Acem Sabah branch chairman
KOTA KINABALU: Tan Kok Tyh was elected as Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (Acem) Sabah Branch chairman for session 2018/2019 by its executive committee members prior to the branch's 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday May 6 at the Promenade Hotel here.
Tan took over from Amirul Hisham Hi. Ismail who had completed his two terms as branch chairman.
Among those on the Board of Directors are Kenny Lo Chua Thai, Lee Tet Fon, Warrence Chan Kok Peng, Chia Khuin Fung, Wah Kheng Haw, Datuk Chin Shu Ying, Brandon Stewart Galimam, Benny Song Perng Yeu, Amarjit Singh and Yong Lip Bing
“Acem Sabah has been working closely among policy makers in maintaining best practice approach by the consulting engineers in rendering their services. This is clearly manifested through the handson action by Datuk Mayor in recognising engineers' input in Preliminary Engineering Plan (PEP),” said Amirul.
Acem Sabah conducted eight seminars and courses last year, with 10 courtesy calls on various departments and agencies. Among the key achievements made by the association in the year 2017/18 are the five-day Japan 5D4N technical tour; fiveday Sabah Trans Borneo Business Networking and Banjarmasin Indonesia Tour 2017 and the fiveday CIDB Construction Mission to UK.
“The objective of the CIDB Construction Mission to UK was to explore the possibility of Malaysian companies to be involved in government-related projects and Malaysian developers who have set foot in UK,” said Amirul.
Acem Sabah also had close interactions with government agencies, NGOs and professional bodies, such as DBKK, Jabatan Bomba, Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd, JKR, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Malaysian Productivity Corporation, Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Dosh), various municipal councils, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM), Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM), Sabah Housing And Real Estate Developers Association (Shareda), Sabah Builders Association (SBA) and Technological Association Malaysia (TAM).
Tan urged all consulting engineers in Sabah to register with Acem Sabah and to become members to make the association stronger and more dynamic. To date, 131 individual members and 43 panel firms are registered with Acem Sabah. There are more than 150 consulting engineering firms in various disciplines in Sabah.