A DISCOVERY OF NEW KNOWLEDGE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

MY NEW OFFICE...WISMA UOA DAMANSARA

OUR NEW ADDRESS
DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING,
(MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
LEVEL 12-13WISMA UOA DAMANSARA I,
50 JALAN DUNGUN,
50490 KUALA LUMPUR

Monday, 10 January 2011

27 DECEMBER 2010 - BACK TO WORK AFTER 3 YEARS ON STUDY LEAVE

I find it useful to maintain contact with JPBD and my colleagues throughout my study leave. This will help to sustain my interest in going back to work and will make my eventual return much easier. There are many ways of keeping in touch - reading the my latest department news via website, scanning reports of conferences and training events and browsing news updates on the company website. It's also a good idea to accept social invitations and develop my network of colleagues, both inside and outside the organisation.

When it's time to return, try to organise a re-entry period, which might involve covering for holidays or working part-time for a while. I could also ask for a nominated member of staff to act as a mentor during my crucial early days back in harness. It's also important to arrange a meeting with a few senior officers to discuss how my role may have changed since I were last at work and how I can best use the skills and personal qualities I have acquired while on study leave.

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

WHY UKM IS MY SECOND HOME? I REALLY MISS UKM.....

Monday, 3 January 2011

UKM'S LECTURERS: WHO ARE FRIENDS, MENTOR AND TEACHER...THANK YOU

Associate Professor Dr Kadir Ariffin - Quality Management and Workers Safety

Our Dean Prof Dr Mastura - GIS and Landuse Management

Associate Professor Dr Noorahmah - Women and Entrepreneurship

Associate Professor Dr Juneinah Sulehah - Women Participation in Local Economic

Associate Professor Encik Hadi Harman Shah - Spatial Urban Planning and SPSS Application

Dr Fatimahwati (middle) - Psychology in Human Resource and Dr Rozainee (right) - Psychology Methods and Techniques

Associate Professor Dr Aishah Mohamad - Cultural , Social Anthropology and Research Methodology

Dr Habibah Ahmad - Family Holiday and Ecology Tourism

Associate Professor Dr Hamzah Jusoh (My Supervision) - Global City and City-Region in Globalization

Associate Professor Dr Hair Awang (left) - Local Economic in Rural Planning and SPSS Method

Prof Dr Safar (right) - Journalism and Media Communication

Associate Professor Dr Jalaluddin Abdul Malek - Intelligent City and Network Society

Associate Professor Dr Faridah Ibrahim (left) - Journalism and Media & Dr Wan Amiza (right) - Censorship in media electronic

Associate Professor Puan Asmah Bee (left) - Health Psychological + Associate Professor Dr Rozmie Ismail (centre) - Youth Psychology and Coodinator of The Youth Empowerment Centre, UKM (PERKASA)

Associate Professor Dr Yusof Hj Husain (left) - Project Management in Urban Planning and Encik Asmadi Mohamad (right) from Jabatan Khidmat Negara

Associate Professor Dr Hazita Azman - Linguistic and English Literature (our former deputy dean of FSSK)

Our Faculty Dean

Friday, 31 December 2010

GOODBYE 2010.....WELCOME 2011

GOOD BYE 2010

WELCOME 2011

New year is an wonderful occasion, when we welcome something new in our lives and at the same time, forget about all the bad memories, which the passing year gave us.

The town and country planning activities officially started in Malaysia in 1921. The first town planning office was established in the Sultan Abdul Samad Secretariat Building, Kuala Lumpur and officially started operations on 18 January 1921. Among the earlier planning activities included the replanning and distribution of lots, the planning of housing and public house, road widening and straightening of Klang River. Town and country planning is a subject under List III i.e. the Concurrent list in the Federal Constitution, which is a joint responsibility of the Federal and State Governments. The Federal Department of Town and Country Planning is placed under the portfolio of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. The main role of the Department is to advise the Minister who is then answerable to the Parliament, for all matters pertaining to town and country planning in the country. The land use planning system in Peninsular Malaysia is governed by the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172).

Prior to the enactment of the TCP Act, local level land use planning and translation of policy into programmes was represented by the general ‘town plan’ which was prepared under the Town Boards Enactment Chapter 137 Part IX. This town plan was essentially a zoning and site development plan. The Act 172, an Act of Parliament, enacted in 1976 with the purpose of introducing a uniformed system of law and policy for town and country planning in Peninsular Malaysia. To accommodate the needs of the rapid changing environment, the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 has been amended for 3 times, i.e: -
· First amendment in 1993 (Act A866)
· Second amendment in 1995 (Act A933)
· Third amendment in 2001 (Act A1129)

Being the central land use planning agency in the country, the Federal Department Town and Country Planning has always taken the effort to further improve town and country planning service at the Federal, State and Local levels. All the planning policies and strategies formulated are interpreted into physical development to enhance efforts towards the creation of conducive, healthy, safe, beautiful and most importantly, building quality living environments and settlements for the population of the country.

WHAT...WHO...WHEN... WHY... IS UKM

Today UKM is recognised as one of four research universities in Malaysia. UKM has setup numerous research institutes to accelerate research in new areas. On the 28 April 2005, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, The Right Honourable Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi launched the Malaysia Genome Institute at UKM. The placement of the national institute in UKM signifies the research strength of the university in the area of genomics and molecular biology.

In this era of globalisation UKM's mission is to promote the national identity beyond the shores of the country. UKM, though a brainchild of nationalistic fervour and aspirations, is very international in outlook without sacrificing its cherished culture and values. UKM is proud to be ranked in the 2006 World's Top 200 Universities (Times Higher Education Supplement). The main theme of UKM's new image is "The National University with an International Reach".

A DISCOVERY OF NEW KNOWLEDGE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

MY NEW OFFICE...WISMA UOA DAMANSARA

Monday, 10 January 2011

27 DECEMBER 2010 - BACK TO WORK AFTER 3 YEARS ON STUDY LEAVE

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

WHY UKM IS MY SECOND HOME? I REALLY MISS UKM.....

Monday, 3 January 2011

UKM'S LECTURERS: WHO ARE FRIENDS, MENTOR AND TEACHER...THANK YOU

Friday, 31 December 2010

GOODBYE 2010.....WELCOME 2011

PEOPLE AROUND ME..FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS... KUALA LUMPUR PROJECT OFFICE

2007 / 2008 METHODOLOGY AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH COURSE FOR PHD CANDIDATES

KUALA LUMPUR PROJECT OFFICE, JOURNEY TO MOUNT OF KINABALU SABAH 21-22 JANUARY 2006

FOOD CLOCK

BANDAR BARU BANGI