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CONTENTS
Front Cover: Ampang Jajar Kerian. Photo courtesy of
Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran Malaysia
MAJLIS BAGI SESI 2016/2017 (IEM COUNCIL SESSION 2016/2017)
YANG DIPERTUA / PRESIDENT
Ir. Tan Yean Chin
TIMBALAN YANG DIPERTUA / DEPUTY PRESIDENT
Ir. David Lai Kong Phooi
COVER NOTE
NAIB YANG DIPERTUA / VICE PRESIDENTS
Ir. Prof. Dr Ruslan bin Hassan, Ir. Lai Sze Ching, Ir. Lee Boon Chong,
Ir. Prof. Dr Jefrey Chiang Choong Luin, Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr Norlida bt Buniyamin,
Ir. Ellias Bin Saidin, Ir. Ong Ching Loon
5 Sustainable Water Resources Management
and Development
SETIAUSAHA KEHORMAT / HONORARY SECRETARY
Ir. Yam Teong Sian
BENDAHARI KEHORMAT / HONORARY TREASURER
Dr Wang Hong Kok
BEKAS YANG DIPERTUA TERAKHIR / IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Y.Bhg. Dato Ir. Lim Chow Hock
BEKAS YANG DIPERTUA / PAST PRESIDENTS
6 - 12
COVER STORY
Y.Bhg. Academician Tan Sri Dato Ir. (Dr) Hj. Ahmad Zaidee bin Laidin, Y.Bhg. Dato Ir. Dr
Gue See Sew, Y.Bhg. Dato Paduka Ir. Keizrul bin Abdullah, Y.Bhg. Academician Dato Ir.
Strengthening Malaysias Water Resource
Prof. Dr Chuah Hean Teik, Ir. Choo Kok Beng Management
WAKIL AWAM / CIVIL REPRESENTATIVE
Ir. Prof. Dr Mohd. Zamin bin Jumaat
WAKIL MEKANIKAL / MECHANICAL REPRESENTATIVE
Ir. Dr Kannan M. Munisamy
WAKIL ELEKTRIK / ELECTRICAL REPRESENTATIVE
Y.Bhg. Dato Ir. Dr Ali Askar bin Sher Mohamad
WAKIL STRUKTUR / STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATIVE
14 - 26
FEATURE ARTICLES
Ir. Hooi Wing Chuen
WAKIL KIMIA / CHEMICAL REPRESENTATIVE NAWABS for Better River Basin Management ......14
Ir. Prof. Dr Thomas Choong Shean Yaw
WAKIL LAIN-LAIN DISPLIN / REPRESENTATIVE TO OTHER DISCIPLINES Review of Changes in the Second Edition of
Ir. Roznan bin Abdul Rashid MSMA - On-Site Detention Computation .............18
WAKIL MULTIMEDIA DAN ICT / ICT AND MULTIMEDIA REPRESENTATIVE
Mr. Abdul Fatah bin Mohd. Yaim
Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies:
AHLI MAJLIS / COUNCIL MEMBERS
Ir. Gary Lim Eng Hwa, Y.Bhg Dato Ir. Hj. Noor Azmi bin Jaafar, Ir. Dr Aminuddin bin Mohd Malaysias Position ...............................................2 5
Baki, Ir. Mohd Radzi bin Salleh, Ir. Ong Sang Woh, Ir. Mohd Khir bin Muhammad, Y.Bhg
Dato Ir. Hj. Hanapi Bin Mohammad Noor, Ir. Dr Ahmad Anuar bin Othman, Ir. Ishak bin
Abdul Rahman, Ir. Chong Pick Eng (PE Chong), Ir. Ng Yong Kong, Ir. Tejinder Singh,
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Kristnan, Ir. Chen Harn Shean, Ir. Mohd Aman bin Hj. Idris, Ir. Gopal Narian Kuty, Ir. Yap
Soon Hoe, Ir. Santhakumaran a/l Erusan
29 - 43
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Hamid, Y.Bhg. Dato Ir. Low Keng Kok Treatment Plant Project Site ...............................30
PENGERUSI CAWANGAN / BRANCH CHAIRMAN
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2. Selatan: Ir. Mohd Khir Muhammad
3. Perak: Ir. Lau Win Sang Interest Group (UEDSIG):
4. Kedah-Perlis: Ir. Prof. Dr Rezuwan bin Kamaruddin Connecting Engineers to Society ........................32
5. Negeri Sembilan: Y. Bhg. Dato Ir. Zainurin bin Karman
6. Kelantan: Ir. Hj. Mohd Zaim bin Abd. Hamid
7. Terengganu: Ir. Atemin bin Sulong Technical Visit to Amcorp Perting 6MW Mini
8. Melaka: Ir. Dr Tan Chee Fai Hydropower Plant ................................................37
9. Sarawak: Ir. Vincent Tang Chok Khing
10. Sabah: Ir. Hj. Yahiya bin Awang Kahar
11. Miri: Ir. Paul Chiew Lik Ing Technical Seminar On Jump on
12. Pahang: Y. Bhg. Dato Ir. Hj. Abdul Jalil bin Hj. Mohamed Eurocode Wave ...................................................41
AHLI JAWATANKUASA INFORMASI DAN PENERBITAN /
STANDING COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND PUBLICATIONS 2016/2017
Pengerusi/Chairman: Ir. Prof. Dr Ruslan Hassan
Naib Pengerusi/Vice Chairman: Ir. Mohd. Khir Muhammad
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LEMBAGA PENGARANG/EDITORIAL BOARD 2016/2017

46 Professional Interview
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Pengarang Bulein/Bullein Editor: Ir. Mohd. Khir Muhammad
Pengarang Jurnal/Journal Editor: Ir. Prof. Dr Ruslan Hassan
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STRENGTHENING
MALAYSIAS
WATER RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli Hassan is Director
General of the Department of Irrigation &
Drainage or Jabatan Pengairan & Saliran
(JPS), Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment, Malaysia.

Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli Hassan, the Director General

of the Department of Irrigation & Drainage or
Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS), reveals
some in-depth plans to better manage our
water resources as well as to mitigate the
occurrences of loods in the country as part of
integrated efforts to achieve Water Security
Is National Security.

I
t is indeed ironical that while some parts of Malaysia experience
flooding, other areas are hit, at the same time, by drought that
forces the imposition of water rationing.
Addressing this issue has become a priority for the Department
of Irrigation & Drainage or Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS), the
government department that manages and regulates the countrys
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water resources. On a bigger scale, JPS is moving towards achieving
water security and sustainability. According to its Director General, Dato
Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkefli Hassan, ensuring water security will contribute towards
national security.
In this exclusive interview, he shares with JURUTERA the means to
achieve water security and sustainability, as well as the importance
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of having the various states adopt the new Water Resources Act
proposed by JPS and the establishment of a new national entity
in a bold move to integrate and fortify the management of the
countrys water resources.
This move is guided by the Governments 2050 National
Transformation (TN50) roadmap for Malaysia to become a
top 20 country in the world by 2050, with clear-cut economic,
social, cultural and environmental targets which it aims to
achieve by 2050.
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Q. In December 2014, the east coast states
of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang were
hit by extraordinary loods, resulting in the
evacuation of some 400,000 people. What
were the main causes of the lood?

Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: The floods in 2014 have been
recorded as the worst flood disaster in the country. Several
states, especially Kelantan, Pahang and Terengganu, were
seriously affected. This was caused mainly by the north-east
monsoon which brought big amounts of rain for days. The
water saturated the ground and took time to recede. The
rain fell for more than 10 days over wide areas of Kelantan,
Terengganu and Pahang, especially at the cornerstone of
the three states above Gunung Gagau, which recorded
over 1,000mm of rain during this period.
Part of Kampung Laut jetty in Kelantan collapsed when lood hit the
More than 400,000 victims were displaced. The floods state in 2014
cost the nation over RM2 billion in infrastructure damages
and billions more in property damages, compensation and
productivity losses.
Another reason was the effect of tidal seawater.
Flooding occurred when high tide and heavy rainfall
happened at the same time. As a result, it took the
drainage systems, whether natural rivers or drainage
trenches, a long time to drain the water into the sea.
There were also several other factors which contributed
to the floods. Debris and rubbish in the drainage systems
blocked the runoff flow and, as a result, the level of water
in the drainage systems rose and flooded the surrounding
areas. The existing drainage system was also unable to
accommodate the increase in runoff due to heavy rainfall JPS uses Selehong Watergate to control water low during loods
in Tumpat, Kelantan.
as water poured down in high intensity within a short time.
Under the 11th Malaysia Plan, RM572 million was
Q. Does JPS have an overall master plan to approved for projects under the Integrated River Basin
mitigate lood in the affected states? What Development Project (IRBDP) for Sungai Kelantan, which
are the main projects to be implemented to began in 2016. It is expected to be completed in 2020. This
address this issue in Kelantan, Terengganu programme has three main objectives: Flood Mitigation Plan
and Pahang and what is the cost involved? for Kelantan, Living River and Stormwater Management.
RM300 million has also been allocated for IRBDP for
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: One of the efforts taken by Sungai Golok to cover the flood mitigation works through
JPS is through the implementation of development projects bund construction as well as the upgrading of the drainage
in which 70% of the total allocation approved under the system and construction of the control gate structure.
11th Malaysia Plan for JPS will focus on the preparation and In Terengganu, a total of RM15 million was allocated 7
implementation of flood mitigation plans. for the upgrading of the existing flood drainage system,
Through the Ministry of Natural Resources and the construction of log boom/trap and bunds as well as
Environment, JPS has also applied for a development beautification of the river corridor, which were completed
expenditure budget of RM36 billion to develop a total in September 2016. RM300 million also has been approved
solution and a long-term flood mitigation plan, including the for IRBDP for Sungai Kemaman to construct the proposed
construction of flood gates and walls. These are expected floodway, river bund, river improvement works and
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to reduce the risks of flooding over the next 20 years and
the cost will be justified by having fewer flood risks across
the country.
Several flood mitigation projects have been done and
more will be implemented. About 50,236 residents within an
area of 28.5 sq. km. in the city of Kota Bharu, are protected
from flood through the implementation of the Sungai
Kelantan Flood Mitigation Plan (Phase 1).
stormwater management. Four new projects have also
been approved under the 2nd Rolling Plan, which includes
three proposals under the Flood Mitigation Project in various
areas: Gong Kiat Flood Mitigation Project, Guntung Luar
Flood Mitigation Project and Kuala Terengganu (UMT) Flood
Mitigation Project.
The Federal Government also allocated RM527 million
for the flood mitigation programme in Pahang under the

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IRBDP for Sg. Kuantan. This will overcome the frequency of
flooding and improve the water quality in Kuantan and the
surrounding areas. The approval of that provision includes
RM445 million for the Kuantan City Flood Mitigation Plan.
Also allocated are RM32 million for Living River and RM50
million for Stormwater purposes.
Q. What are the obstacles that JPS faces in its
efforts to resolve looding issues in the country?
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: There is growing recognition
that flood disasters have been adversely affecting the
sustainability of development and that flood issues need to
be addressed in the context of Integrated Water Resources
Management (IWRM) concept by an Integrated River
Basin Management (IRBM) approach especially in flood
management.
IWRM is a process that promotes the co-ordinated
development and management of water, land and
related resources in order to maximise economic and social
welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the
sustainability of vital ecosystems.
IRBM is the process of co-ordinating conservation,
management and development of water, land and related
resources across sectors within a given river basin, in order
to maximise the economic and social benefits derived from
water resources in an equitable manner while preserving
and, where necessary, restoring freshwater ecosystems.
As to why we have yet to solve the flooding issues, we
must first determine the types of flooding. Our obligation
is to mitigate monsoonal river floods (excess flood flow
overtopping river banks). Providing structural measures
is expensive and has certain protection limits (known as
Average Recurrence Interval or ARI). Besides, regular
and proper inspection and maintenance of surface and
sub-surface drainage seem to be a significant long-term
financial investment to prevent the occurrence of flash
floods. The yearly budget for inspection and maintenance
will not be compromised so as to sustain the proper function
of the drainage system and the river.
Furthermore, the human factor also plays an important
part when we talk about the causes of flooding. Bad habits
such as the indiscriminate dumping of rubbish and other
solid wastes or the conversion of crucial flood plains and
swamps into housing and other types of developments as
well as the uncontrolled development of water catchment
areas, will inevitably result in floods, sooner or later.
Q. Apart from physical projects, does JPS plan
to develop comprehensive early warning and
lood forecasting systems so that people can
be better prepared?
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: We cannot avoid floods totally
but we can minimise its impact. The public must understand
that man can only do so much to provide protection from
floods. If a storm of an unusually huge intensity is expected,
one that is beyond the protection level that a flood
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mitigation project can offer, the only solution is evacuation
if we are to minimise losses and damage to property.
As a way forward, JPS has taken the initiative for a better
system to give an earlier warning to the public and related
agencies. Currently in the development stage, the system
is expected to be fully operational in Kelantan, Pahang
and Terengganu next year (2018). The Flood Warning
Forecasting Project or Projek Ramalan dan Amaran Banjir
Negara (PRAB) was approved by the Government in the
11th Malaysia Plan.
The projects will improve the lead time of warning from
the current six hours to two days before flooding occurs.
The forecast will show catastrophic flooding characteristics
which are beyond the current river capacity. This flood
forecasting and warning programme complements
structural measures in case of an upcoming massive storm
that the structures cannot cope with.
Q. Has global climate change inluenced
looding trends in Malaysia?
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: Floods can be categorised
into flash floods and monsoon floods. Climate change
has also contributed to the uncertainty of flood intensities
and extreme circumstances of a weather phenomenon.
Flooding can occur due to various factors such as heavy
rainfall, high tide, obstruction in drainage systems, shallow
river problems and unusual water flow due to heavy rain as
well as mudslides that may occur as a result of the change
in land use. The duration of a flood and the time needed
for the flood waters to recede, depend on the condition
of the river or the surrounding topography. This may take
several hours or days.
Q. There were incidences when certain
parts of the country were hit by loods while
simultaneously, other areas experienced
water shortage and water rationing. Why
does this happen and how can we address
the issue?
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: We have seen changes in
rainfall pattern and trends particularly in cities, perhaps 9
due to the urban heat island effect. These can also
be seen in rural areas where changes in land use may
affect the hydrological cycle dynamics which translate
to frequency and intensity of rains possibly moving away
from water catchment areas. If this is true, it will affect the
availability of water and other aspects of water security as
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a result of low rainfall in some catchment areas affecting
water storage.
In the National Water Resources Council (NWRC),
we are proposed to apply non-structural measures as an
alternative to structural measures. Mitigation and non-
structural measures tend to be potentially more efficient
as these offer more sustainable and long-term solutions
to water-related problems. These measures should be
enhanced, particularly to ensure future sustainability.
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Non-structural measures involve the use of knowledge,
and the practice or agreement to reduce risks and
impacts, in particular through policies and laws as well as
raising public awareness through training and education.
As far as water sustainability is concerned, non-
structural measures in water management deal with the
compliance and enforcement of the relevant Acts and
guidelines such as the Urban Stormwater Management
Manual (MSMA).
Groundwater can also be one of our water resources
but it shall remain an alternative resource as the country
has abundant surface water all year round. In order to
sustain the quantity of groundwater, the hydrological
groundwater recharge process must be done. This recharge
is the primary mechanism for aquifer replenishment which
ensures future sources of groundwater for commercial
and residential use as well as to maintain future water
resources sustainability.
The NWRC has agreed to the following measures
concerning water resources issues:
Groundwater exploration as a source of raw water for
treatment plants during period of drought.
Inter Basin Water Transfer to assist states facing water
stress.
Implementation of National Water Balance Study
(NAWABS) as a management tool for water resource
assessment.
Q. In the 11th Malaysia Plan, JPS was given
an allocation to develop NAWABS. Can you
explain how this system will help the country
manage its water resources?
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: In order to strengthen our
water resources security, a holistic approach has been
taken through the development of NAWABS, which will
serve as a Decision Management Support System in
water resources management. NAWABS will be used as
the management tool for earlier forecasts and warnings
anticipated during the water crisis/dry period. It will be
the centre for decision-making for flood and drought
management in the country.
10 The water balance model and Decision Management
Support System (DMSS) cover seven major river basins:
Kedah, Muda, Bernam, Melaka, Klang, Kelantan and
Batang Saribas (Sarawak). The model will provide Water
Resource Forecast two months in advance and issue
warnings two weeks in advance to water managers in
each basin.
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The model outputs are Water Accounting, Water
Alternative, Water Availability, Water Prioritisation and
Demand Management Options, Water Allocation, Water
Storing and Releasing during High and Low Flows, Water
Quality (salinity, sediment transport and turbidity), Water
Resources Index (WRI), Drought Index (DI) and Water
Auditing.
Q. What are the challenges we face in ensuring
water security for consumers?
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: Malaysia has to face the
consequences of heavy rainfalls that often result in floods.
It is not surprising that, on average, there are some 150 flood
events of various severities every year. There were some big
ones but most were local flash floods that lasted less than
a day.
On the other hand, different parts of the country may
also experience drought every year. These dry episodes are
also part of the natural weather cycle and are prevalent in
some parts of the country such as Perlis and the northern
part of Kedah. These areas exhibit climatic characteristics
similar to that of southern Thailand which has a distinct
dry spell. Drought has a longer onset period but its effects
are longer and can be devastating. Many developed
countries in the temperate zone are more concerned over
the impact of drought rather than flood.
Three other main aspects that influence the sustainability
of water resources management are water quality, pollution
and the characteristics of usage. In 2015, the Department
of Environment monitored 477 rivers. Of these, 276 rivers
(58%) were found clean, 168 rivers (35%) slightly polluted
and 33 rivers (7%), polluted. Most of the polluted rivers are
in urban areas with a high pollution load originating from
multiple sources such as wastewater plants, industries and
commercial premises, as well as a small base flow volume
due to the large percentage of paved areas.
Excessive use of water for paddy irrigation is another
cause for concern. Farmers lack awareness of water
conservation and major paddy schemes show an irrigation
efficiency of less than 50%. This issue needs to be addressed
as irrigation is the biggest user of water resources in the
country. Even a small saving from this section will translate
into a big saving of water resources for other uses.
Q. The responsibility of managing the countrys
water resources rests with JPS. What is its vision
to effectively regulate and manage water
resources to achieve a more sustainable
development with minimum impact to the
environment?
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: As mentioned earlier, we
have proposed, in the NWRC, to apply non-structural
measures as an alternative to structural measures. I have
also touched on the Urban Stormwater Management
Manual (MSMA), which is actually about controlling the
runoff from development through a control-at-source
approach as opposed to the rapid-disposal approach.
Land use changes from rural to urban industrial areas cause
local runoff impacts on receiving water flow, quality and
ecology.
A potential and preferred approach to stormwater
management is the storage-oriented approach. This
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One for the album after the interview with JURUTERA. (From left) Captain
(R) Ir. Haji Anuar bin Haji Yahya, JPS Director of Coastal Zone Management
Division, IEM Council Member and Co-opted Committee Member of Water
Resources Technical Division (WRTD) of IEM, Ir. Dr Wong Wai Sam,
Chairman of WRTD, IEM, Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli bin Hassan, JPS Director
General, Ir. Ellias Saidin, IEM Vice President (2016/2018), IEM Council
Member and Committee Member of WRTD and Dato Ir. Hj. Azmi bin Hj.
Ismail, JPS Director of Corporate Division.
provides for the temporary storage of stormwater runoff
at or near its point of origin, with subsequent slow release
to the downstream stormwater system or receiving water
(detention) or infiltration into the surrounding soil (retention).
Detention and retention facilities can reduce the frequency
and extent of downstream flooding.
As far as water resources are concerned, only 15% of
our surface runoff is stored while 85% flows unregulated
into the sea. What we must do is to increase the storage
from 15% to 50%. This will reduce surface runoff and peak
discharge into the rivers, hence reducing the risks of flood.
Storing water also can be an alternative solution to water
scarcity during the drought.
This is one of the solutions to vary our water sources.
Others include inter/intra basin water transfer, groundwater
exploration, increased water storage capacity,
underground storage of water, tapping rainwater and
constructing low head barrage.
More importantly, we need a legal enforcement
vehicle to cover all aspects of managing our water
resources. In this regard, we have proposed a new Water
Resources Act, which will be tabled in Parliament in
November, 2017. It will cover all water-related laws and
will serve as the road map to strengthen water resource
management in the country. It is a comprehensive
Act which, once implemented with the support and
12 commitment of the state governments, will ensure several
crucial key steps to create uniformity in our approach in
managing water resources. This will also make us more
focused on the main job of managing national water
resources.
We need a strong commitment from all stakeholders,
especially state governments and their co-operation. For
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this, we have gone round to all the various states to explain
the importance of working together and accepting the
proposed Act. In this case, I will ensure that all JPS State
Directors will persuade and give some advice particularly
to state governments to accept the new Act.
JPS has also proposed to the Government the
establishment of a new identity to integrate and fortify the
management of the countrys water resources and to move
the agenda of achieving water security. This encompasses
human safety, economic security, food security, hydro-power
security and the resilience to deal with the impact of climate
change. The name and other details for this new identity are
still being finalised.
Its formation is a bold move under the Malaysian
Governments 2050 National Transformation (TN50) roadmap
to become a top 20 country in the world by 2050, with clear-
cut economic, social, cultural and environmental targets.
Q. In the global context, lood defence has
dominated lood management in the past
decades and recently, scientists are promoting
Flood Resilience and Flood Adaptation
as the preferred concepts in managing lood.
Where does Malaysia stand currently and do
you think we are ready for it?
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: Malaysia has been applying
the concept of Living With Flood in terms of agreeing with
the promoted approach of Flood Resilience and Flood
Adaptation. Living With Flood is one of the Integrated Flood
Management approaches for effective and efficient flood
mitigation management. It uses flood plains efficiently as well
as minimises damage to property and the loss of life through
the following principles:
Employ a basin approach.
Treat floods as part of the water cycle.
Integrate land and water management.
Adopt a mix of strategies based on risk management
approaches.
Enable co-operation between different agencies.
Ensure a participatory approach.
Q. Flood Management Budget Appraisal is a
systematic process adopted by most developed
countries. For instance, the United Kingdom has
applied Flood and Coastal Defence Appraisal
Guidance FCDPG3. This is a transparent system
that justiies the worthiness of the lood budget
spending in accordance with the cost-beneit
scores based on the merits of economic, social
and environmental factors. What appraisal
system has JPS adopted? Will it be an eficient
method to help us achieve developed nation
status?
Dato Sri Ir. Hj. Zulkeli: On 24 November, 2009, the
National Development Planning Committee (NDPC) decided
that Value Management must be implemented in Federal
Government Projects that are worth RM50 million and above.
The Value Management process includes the process
of Value Assessment on the concept design of the project,
which will be led by the Economic Planning Unit. It is then
followed by Value Engineering laboratory in order to optimise
costs, alternatives and to determine the best method of
implementation. This is to maximise value for money, improve
the effectiveness of the project and finalise the design based
on the scope of the project.
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NAWABS for Better River Basin
Management
O
ur country is blessed with one of the most abundant sources of water on the planet. Lying
just north of the equator, its tropical climate delivers an average annual precipitation of
2,940mm.
Figure 1: National water balance for Malaysia [Source: Review of National
Water Resources Study (2011)]
The annual average rainfall varies between Peninsular
Malaysia (2,490mm) and the states of Sarawak (3,640mm)
and Sabah (2,560mm). Rainfall is concentrated around
the two monsoon periods, North-East Monsoon from
November to March and South-West Monsoon from May
to September.
As shown in Figure 1, the total annual runoff is estimated
at 494 billion m3, compared to an existing water demand
of 14.7 billion m3 and the projected total demand of 18.2
billion m3 by 2050 (Source: National Water Resource Study,
2011). The total available water storage is 12 billion m3, with
14 the net supplied by direct river abstractions.
But despite this apparent abundance of water,
the supply is not evenly distributed, neither spatially nor
temporally. In recent years, due to development pressures,
water mismanagement and climate change, the water
supply situation has changed from one of relative
abundance to one of relative scarcity (Zakaria 2013:
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p.123). In response the Malaysian Government, in February
2012, formulated and endorsed the National Water
Resources Policy (NWRP).
The National Water Balance System (NAWABS) is born
directly from the vision of the NWRP. It is proposed as a
comprehensive river basin management instrument that
will facilitate a coordinated planning approach to water
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Dr Asnor Dato Dr Md. Dato Ir. Mohd
Muizan Ishak Nasir Md. Noh Azmi Ismail
resources development as well as provide river basin
management with a means to more effectively operate
the river basin in the short- to medium-term. The Malaysia
Drainage and Irrigation Department is the implementing
agency for NAWABS and has selected the water-stressed
Muda River basin in Kedah as the irst to be incorporated
into the new system.
MALAYSIA NATIONAL WATER BALANCE SYSTEM
NAWABS provides a framework for sharing knowledge,
understanding river system behaviour, evaluating
alternative developments and operational management
schemes. It will also support informed decision-making
from a river basin and inter-state planning perspective
with the shared objective of developing water resources
in a cooperative manner, sharing socio-economic
benefits, and promoting efficient water utilisation.
The system will be built around a comprehensive
Decision Support System framework that will be
customised specifically to support the NAWABS
operational objectives, with further local customisations
for each river basin, as needed.
The developed models and NAWABS DSS will be used
to assess existing water balance and future scenarios,
as well as an operational system for real time decision
making and water accounting.
Real time inputs will include rainfall, river levels and
flows, pumped extractions and structure operations.
Short-term forecasts will be based on available weather
forecast data from the Malaysian Meteorological
Department, while longer-term assessments, including
uncertainty, will be based on ensemble climate forecasts
from NOAAs NCEP datasets.
Model results will be processed and aggregated to
provide information on 9 key outputs:
1. Water accounting river basin inlows and outlows.
2. Water availability lows and river levels at key demand points.
3. Water quality key water quality parameters.
4. Water storages available dam storages and timing
and volume of dam releases.

5. Water and drought resources index calculation of
indices to gauge the current and forecast state of the
river basin.
6. Water audits accounts of all water movements in the
river basin.
7. Water allocation.
8. Alternative demand options.
9. Water priorities.
MUDA RIVER BASIN
Sungai Muda is the largest river in Kedah (Figure 2). The
water resources in the basin have been developed over
the past several decades and are used for irrigation
and as potable water for Kedah and Penang. Sungai
Muda has a catchment area of 4,210 sq. km. The upper
tributaries drain mountainous areas where elevations
reach a maximum of 1,860m asl. The lower reach of Sg.
Muda catchment, comprising about 45% of the total area,
is generally lat with an elevation ranging from a minimum
2.5m at the river mouth to about 70m in hilly areas to the
east.
Figure 2: Sungai Muda basin
Management of water resources in the catchment
has multiple stakeholders, including DID Kedah, MADA,
SADA, PBA and others. Both the long-term sustainability
of water resources in the basin, as well as short-term
operational considerations are important to ensure the
equitable distribution of water to all users during periods
of excess as well as water stress.
Key considerations include:
Multiple stakeholders have different priorities.
Water resources in the basin are now deemed to be
limited.
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Key hydraulic infrastructure in the basin is managed by
different authorities, and their operations need to be
coordinated.
Future changes in land use and climate will affect the
supply and demand for water.
The groundwater resource potential has yet to be fully
explored.
The uncertainty of the total water resource in the basin
and the lack of modern river management tools hinder
fully-informed decision making. This, combined with the
water shortages commonly experienced in the basin, has
resulted in DID proposing the Muda Basin as the irst to be
implemented with the NAWABS system.
The NAWABS implementation in the Sungai Muda
Basin will comprise two main stages:
a) An initial water balance study where the main
modelling will be developed to quantify the overall
resource availability and assess existing and future
demands, including environmental demands.
b) Incorporation of the developed models with a
MIKE Customised DSS framework and linking to
real time and forecast data sources, to provide an
operational water management tool for the river
basin managers.
A. Water Balance Study
The National Water Resource study provides a solid
foundation for the current project to build on. The Water
Balance Study will be based on a validation and update
of the previous work and provide a quantitative
assessment of:
Existing and future sources of supply, including surface
water, groundwater, dams and inter-basin transfers.
Existing and future demands, including surface
water and groundwater abstractions as well as
environmental lows.
An examination of the priorities for water delivery and
how demands can be managed in times of water
stress.
Potential surplus/deicits, now and in the future, under
different development and demand management
scenario, allowing for climate change impacts.
Infrastructure operations, now and in the future, to meet
all needs, including necessary additional development 15
of water resources.
The Water Balance Study will be supported by a number of
sub-studies such as:
Demand Management Study investigating current
water use eficiencies and how demands are inluenced
by economic, climate and other factors (should include
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comprehensive assessment of all water demands).
Water Resources Conservation Plan investigating
how land use and water supply/demand are linked.
Recommend land use map (with catchment protected
areas).
Environmental low study to determine environmental
low requirements.
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Web Portal
Maps and tables
Results presentaon
External
Data Acquision
Data Sources
Data retrieval scheduling
JPS Data storage
MADA Data quality checking
MMD
JMG
SADA
PBA
NCEP Spaal Hydro-met Knowledge
Other Data
Data Data
DMSS Database
Sg. Muda DMSS Integrated System
Figure 3: Sg. Muda NAWABS DMSS Components
Water, energy, food nexus study to determine the
relationships between food, energy and water in the
basin and to determine the water footprint.
The Water Balance Study requires a whole catchment
approach, one that considers not just surface water
resources but also groundwater resources. The MIKE
SHE model specified in the TOR, provides a suitable
platform on which to undertake this assessment. While
there is suficient information for surface water modelling,
hydrogeological data is sparse and additional data is likely
to be required.
Water allocation and prioritising various water users, as
well as an assessment of the potential for shortages and
surpluses, will be investigated using the MIKE HYDRO BASIN
model. Once established, the model can be run using long-
term rainfall or runoff time series to assess water availability
and to ine tune allocations and priority of use.
Water quality is also an issue. The quantiication of non-
point and point source pollution loads to the river system
and movement of these in the river channels will be
handled through the water quality extension of the MIKE
HYDRO BASIN model.
16 The models will underpin the overall water balance
assessment which will include recommendations for
managing existing operations as well as future water
developments, including possible groundwater exploitation,
if this option is viable.
Models require good quality data with adequate
spatial coverage. It is envisaged that substantial relevant
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data exists within JPS and the stakeholder organisations.
Early stakeholder consultations are important to initiate
awareness of the project and to determine what relevant
data may be available. It is understood that JPS will initiate
these workshops.
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Technical User Interfaces
(Windows)
System administraon
Conguraon
DSS Tools
Raster processing Job scheduling
Timeseries processing Alerts and nocaons
Mul Criteria Analysis Stascs
Opmizaon Spreadsheets
Products Numerical Tools and
Models Scripts
Analycal Framework
B. Decision Management Support System (DMSS)
The DMSS will provide water managers with the ability
to undertake long-term planning investigations, as well
as support short-term and medium-term operations.
The developed MIKE SHE and MIKE HYDRO BASIN models
will be incorporated into the DMSS and will form the basis
for decision making. The outputs from the operational
models will be used to generate a set of indicators
which will be used in a multi-criteria analysis tool to aid in
decision-making. The Sungai Muda NAWABS DMSS will be
designed to operate on a range of timescales, utilising
different spatial and temporal inputs appropriate to each
subject scenario. The overall worklows of the DMSS are
shown in Figure 3.
CONCLUSION
The National Water Balance System for Malaysia is
the implementation of an Integrated Water Resource
Management (IWRM) framework that supports the
objectives of the national water resources policy.
Embedded in a solid scientiic foundation and
understanding of basin scale processes, it will provide
decision makers with an improved understanding of the
overall water availability within the target river basin and
allow for the formulation of improved plans and policies for
water resource developments and allocations.
The operational system will enable river basin managers
to better balance supply and demands, through an
improved assessment of the future low conditions and the
ability to assess the risk of various operational strategies.
The Sungai Muda river basin has been selected as the
irst basin to be incorporated in NAWABS. The developed
system will have the ability to be scaled and expanded to
other river basins in the future.
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Authors' Biodata
Dr Asnor Muizan Ishak, is a Senior Principal Assistant Director and Subject Matter Expert for Hydrology
and Water Resources Division, Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran Malaysia (JPS).

Dato Dr Md. Nasir Md. Noh, is currently the Deputy Director General 1 in Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran
Malaysia (JPS).

Dato Ir. Mohd Azmi Ismail, is currently the Director of Corporate Division, Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran
Malaysia (JPS). He is also, the Deputy Chairman of WRTD.

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Review of Changes in the Second

Edition of MSMA On-Site
Detention Computation Ir. Dr Quek
Keng Hong

his paper reviews the design of On-Site Detention (OSD) using the irst and second editions

T of MSMA, referred to herein as MSMA (2000) and MSMA (2011) respectively. MSMA is the
acronym for Manual Saliran Mesra Alam (Urban Stormwater Management Manual for
Malaysia), 2000 and 2011, published by the Department of Irrigation & Drainage or Jabatan
Pengairan & Saliran (JPS).

INTRODUCTION 1.1 Permissible Site Discharge (PSD)

The review was based on case studies in Kuala Lumpur, The PSD is the maximum allowable post-development
involving an industrial lot and a low density residential discharge from a site for the selected discharge design
development. The magnitudes of the Permissible Site storm and is estimated on the basis that lows within the
Discharge (PSD) and the Site Storage Requirement (SSR) downstream stormwater drainage system will not be
are computed by the following three approaches and the increased. The Permissible Site Discharge (PSD) for the site in
differences compared using: l/s is given by (Equation 19.1 of MSMA, 2000):
The Swinburne Method in MSMA (2000), where a set
of formulas for PSD and SSR are used to compute their
(1)
values.
The Approximate Swinburne Method in MSMA (2011)
where a set of approximation tables are used to The factors a and b are different for above-ground
determine the PSD and SSR values. and below-ground storages due to differences in storage
The rainfall and discharge data from MSMA (2011), geometry and outlow characteristics. For above-ground
but instead of computing the PSD and SSR using the storage:
Approximate Swinburne Method in MSMA (2011), the
formulas from the Swinburne Method in MSMA (2000) (2)
are used. This is referred to as the Exact Swinburne
Method (ESM).
(3)
DESIGN OF ON-SITE DETENTION
For below-ground storage:
1. OSD Sizing in MSMA (2000)
In MSMA (2000), the method of estimating Permissible
Site Discharge (PSD) and Site Storage Requirement (SSR) (4)
18 is based on the Swinburne Method, developed at the
Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.
The method uses the Rational Method to calculate site lows (5)
and utilises a non-dimensional triangular site hydrograph where
based on the triangular design storm method as shown in
tc is peak low time of concentration from the top of
Diagram 1.
the catchment to a designated outlet or point of
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concern (min).
tcs is peak low time of concentration from the top of
the catchment to the development site (min).
Qa is the peak post-development low from the site for
the discharge design storm with a duration equal to
tc (l/s).
Qp is the peak pre-development low from the site for
the discharge design storm with a duration equal to
Diagram 1: Swinburne Method Assumptions tf = Time for Storage to Fill tc (l/s).

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1.2 Site Storage Requirement (SSR)
The SSR is the total amount of storage required to ensure that the required
PSD is not exceeded and that the OSD facility does not overlow during the
storage design storm ARI. The storage design storm for estimating the SSR is 10
-year ARI.
The Site Storage Requirement (SSR) for the site in m3 is calculated using
the formula:

(6)

The factors c and d are different for above-ground and below-ground

storages due to differences in storage geometry and outlow characteristics.
For above-ground storage:

(7)

(8)

For below-ground storage:

(9)

(10)

where
td = selected storm duration (min).
Qd = the peak post-development low from the site for a storm duration equal
to td (l/s).

2. OSD Sizing in MSMA (2011)

The steps involved in OSD design in MSMA (2011) are as follows:
1. Select the region from Figure 5.A1 (MSMA, 2011) which divides the
peninsula into 5 design regions.
2. Determine project area, terrain steepness, and percentage imperviousness.
3. Determine from Table 5.A1 (MSMA, 2011) the maximum permissible site
discharge (PSD) and minimum Site Storage Requirement (SSR) values in
accordance with the ive regions in Peninsular Malaysia.
4. Then determine, from Table 5.A2 (MSMA, 2011), the maximum permissible
site discharge (PSD), minimum Site Storage Requirement (SSR) and inlet
values in accordance with the major towns in the peninsula.
19
5. Adopt smaller PSD value from Table 5.A1 and 5.A2 for subsequent sizing
of outlet pipe.
6. Finally, determine the OSD volume, inlet size and outlet size for 5 different
regions in the peninsula from Table 5.A3.

CASE STUDIES
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1. On-Site Detention for Industrial Land-Use in Kuala Lumpur

This case study concerns the design of a below-ground, on-site detention
(OSD) facility based on the guidelines described in MSMA (2000) and MSMA
(2011) for a proposed factory lot near SK Taman Maluri, Kuala Lumpur
(Figure 1).

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SSR M3
Storm Duration (min)
Plot of SSR vs Storm Duration

1.2 OSD in MSMA (2011)

In this section, an OSD is designed using MSMA (2011) for
the same site as in the previous section. The project area is
located in Kuala Lumpur. From Figure 5.A1 which divides the
peninsula into 5 design regions, the project area is located
Figure 1: Location of OSD in the Project Site in Region 1 - West Coast. The project area is 0.35 ha. The
terrain is mild. The % imperviousness is 70 per cent. Table
1.1 OSD in MSMA (2000)
5.A1 gives the maximum permissible site discharge (PSD)
The proposed development of 0.35 hectare consists of a
and minimum Site Storage Requirement (SSR) values in
factory lot in an industrial area. Based on Table 4.1 of the
accordance with the ive regions. For the project area, SSR
manual, the design ARI for minor system discharge for
= 151.3 m3. Table 5.A2 gives the maximum permissible site
industrial area is 5 years. The design ARI for OSD storage is
discharge (PSD), minimum Site Storage Requirement (SSR)
10 years according to MSMA (2000). The design rainfall is
and inlet values in accordance with the major towns in the
based on Chapter 13 of the Manual. The design storm for
peninsula. For the project area, PSD = 0.026m3/s. Adopt the
Kuala Lumpur is used in the calculation.
PSD value which is the lower from Table 5.A1 and 5.A2 =
For the purpose of hydrological calculation, it is estimated
0.026 m3/s. Adopt the SSR that is the larger from Table 5.A1
that 70% of the areas may be considered as impervious. The
and 5.A2 = 151.3m3.
remaining 30% is assumed pervious. For small catchments
of up to 0.4 hectare in area, it is acceptable to use the
1.3 Exact Swinburne Method (ESM)
minimum times of concentration of tc = 10 min (factory site
The design rainfall is based on MSMA (2011) for Station
outlet) and tcs = 5 min (roof and property drainage) as given
No. 4 (SK Taman Maluri). The design ARI for minor system
in Table 14.3 of MSMA (2000).
discharge is 10 years for industry as shown in Table 1.1
The peak discharge for ARI = 5 years, is computed using
(MSMA, 2011) and the design ARI for OSD storage is also
the Rational Method:
10 years according to the manual. The pervious and
impervious ratios and the times of concentration adopted
(11)
are similar to those for MSMA (2000).
In MSMA (2011), the peak discharge is related to the
where
rainfall intensity and catchment area via the Rational
Qy is the year ARI peak discharge (m3/s).
Method below:
C is the dimensionless runoff coeficient.
y
It is the average intensity of the design rainstorm
(12)
of duration equal to the time of concentration tc where
20 and of ARI of y year (mm/hr).
Q is the peak low (m3/s).
A is the drainage area (ha).
C is the runoff coeficient given in Table 2.5 of
Typically, the critical storm duration that produces the MSMA(2011).
largest required storage volume is different from the time
I is the average rainfall intensity (mm/hr).
of concentration used for peak low estimation. Therefore,
storage volumes must be determined for a range of storm A is the drainage area (ha).
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durations to ind the maximum storage required.

The SSR values for tc = 5 to 20 min are plotted as shown in The SSR for tc = 5 to 35 mins are plotted as shown in Figure
Figure 2. It can be seen that the maximum SSR is 64.3 m3 for 3. It can be seen that the maximum SSR is 73.2 m3 for a storm
a storm duration of 10 min. duration of 25 mins.

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Storm Duration (min)

Plot of SSR vs Storm Duration

CASE STUDY OF ON-SITE DETENTION FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL

LAND-USE IN KUALA LUMPUR
1.1 OSD in MSMA (2000)
This case study concerns the design of a below-ground, on-site detention
(OSD) facility using the guidelines described in MSMA (2000) and MSMA
(2011) for a low density residential development near SK Taman Maluri, Kuala
Lumpur. Based on Table 4.1 of the manual, the design ARI for minor system
for low density residential is 2 years. The design ARI for OSD storage is 10 years
according to MSMA (2000). The design rainfall is based on Chapter 13 of the
Manual. The design storm for Kuala Lumpur is used in the calculation. It is
estimated that 70% of the areas may be considered as impervious and 30%
impervious. The times of concentration adopted are as follows: tc = 10 mins
and tcs = 5 mins.
The SSR values for tc = 5 to 20 mins are plotted as shown in Figure 2. It can
be seen that the maximum SSR is 69.7 m3 for a storm duration of 10 mins.

Storm Duration (min)

Plot of SSR vs Storm Duration

1.2 OSD in MSMA (2011)

The computation for OSD for low density residential development is identical
to that for industrial land-use presented in the previous section, as MSMA
(2011) does not differentiate between the types of land-use in its computation.
Hence the same results apply here. 21

1.3 Exact Swinburne Method (ESM)

The design rainfall is based on MSMA (2011) for Station No. 4 (SK Taman
Maluri). The design ARI for minor system discharge is 5 years for bungalows as
shown in Table 1.1 (MSMA, 2011) and the design ARI for OSD storage is 10 years
according to the manual. The same pervious and impervious ratios and times of
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concentration are adopted as before.

The SSR values for tc = 5 to 35 mins are plotted as shown Figure 5. It can be
seen that the maximum SSR is 49.8 m3 for a storm duration of 20 mins.

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Storm Duration (min)

Plot of SSR vs Storm Duration

EVALUATION
The results of the case studies are evaluated in this section:
1. The approach in MSMA (2011) is based on the Approximate Swinburne
Method which is based on approximation tables and not formulas as in
the irst edition (MSMA, 2000).
2. The result of PSD and SSR for industrial land-use in Kuala Lumpur are
summarised in Table 1 for both editions of MSMA. It can be seen that
MSMA (2011) gives PSD and SSR of about 0.15 and 2.35 times, respectively,
of MSMA (2000).
3. The ESM Method gives PSD and SSR of 0.49 and 1.14 times, respectively, of
MSMA (2000) for the site in Kuala Lumpur as shown in Table 1.
4. The result of PSD and SSR for low density residential land-use in Kuala
Lumpur are summarised in Table 2. It can be seen that MSMA (2011) gives
PSD and SSR of about 0.21 and 2.17 times, respectively, of MSMA (2000).
5. The ESM Method gives PSD and SSR of 0.6 and 0.71 times, respectively, of
MSMA (2000) for the same site in Kuala Lumpur as shown in Table 2.

Industry A B C B/A C/A

MSMA MSMA
ESM
2000 2011

PSD
175.1 26 85.8 0.15 0.49
(L/S)

SSR (M3) 64.3 151.3 73.2 2.35 1.14

Table 1: Comparison of OSD Requirements using MSMA (2000, 2011)

for Kuala Lumpur (Industrial)

Bungalow A B C B/A C/A

MSMA MSMA
22 2000 2011
ESM

PSD (L/S) 125.3 26 75.6 0.21 0.60

SSR (M3) 69.7 151.3 49.8 2.17 0.71

Table 2: Comparison of OSD Requirements using MSMA (2000, 2011)

for Kuala Lumpur (Low Density Residential)
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6. The results showed that the ESM Method gives a higher estimate of the
PSD but a lower estimate of the SSR by using the formulas in Swinburne
Method (instead of the Approximate Swinburne Method in MSMA, 2011)
and the rainfall and discharge data from MSMA (2011).
7. MSMA (2011) has serious limitations as it cannot be applied outside the
17 major towns in Peninsular Malaysia as listed in Table 5.A2 which gives
the maximum permissible site discharge (PSD), minimum Site Storage
Requirement (SSR) and inlet values.

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8. MSMA (2011) cannot be applied to East Malaysia as
Figure 5.A.1 and Table 5.A2 only include major towns in
the peninsula.
9. MSMA (2011) does not differentiate between the
types of land-usage in its computation of PSD and
SSR. Although Table 5.A1 and Table 5.A2 allow varying
degree of impervious area, but this is given as a
percentage of the project area and does not include
areas outside the project area. For example, a factory
lot and a bungalow lot may have the same degrees
of imperviousness within the project area e.g., 30% in
the case studies, but different imperviousness outside.
The green ields and playgrounds outside the bungalow
lot would signiicantly increase the permeability of the
area. Therefore it is not reasonable to assume the same
SSR requirements for industrial and bungalow lots.
10. The ESM Method gives more realistic estimate of SSR
than MSMA (2011) as it considers different types of land-
usage through the coeficient of runoff in the Rational
Formula used to compute the peak discharge and this
accounts for the decrease in surface runoff for lands with
higher permeability, thus reducing the SSR requirement.
11. The ESM Method may be used outside the 17 major towns
in West Malaysia as well as any towns in East Malaysia
using local rainfall data.
CONCLUSION
Below are the conclusions from the study carried out in this
paper:
1. Reviewed in this paper is the design of On-Site Detention
(OSD) using the irst and second editions of MSMA. The
result shows that for industrial land-use in Kuala Lumpur,
the Site Storage Requirement (SSR) using MSMA (2011) is
2.35 times the MSMA (2000) estimate.
2. For low density residential land-use in Kuala Lumpur, the
SSR using MSMA (2011) is 2.17 times the MSMA (2000)
estimate. The difference is due to the Approximate
Swinburne Method used in MSMA (2011), which gives
very conservative estimates using approximation tables.
3. The results in the case studies showed that the SSRs
estimated using MSMA (2011) for industry lot and low
density residential areas are more than double that
24 of MSMA (2000). This over-estimation has far-reaching
impact on the entire construction industry and is likely to
result in escalating costs.
4. To address the problem of high SSR values associated
with the use of MSMA (2011), the Swinburne Method
formulas are applied instead of the approximation
method in MSMA (2011) using the storm and discharge
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data of MSMA (2011) to compute the PSD and SSR. The
Method is known as the Exact Swinburne Method (ESM).
5. Using this method the SSR using the ESM Method is about
1.14 times that using MSMA (2000) for industrial land-use
in Kuala Lumpur. For low density residential land-use in
Kuala Lumpur, the ESM Method gives lower estimate
of the SSR than MSMA (2000), by about 0.72 times the
latter.
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6. The ESM Method gives more realistic estimate of SSR
than MSMA (2011) as it considers different types of land-
usage through the coeficient of runoff in the Rational
Formula used to compute the peak discharge and this
accounts for the decrease in surface runoff for lands with
higher permeability, thus reducing the SSR requirement.
7. The main advantage of ESM Method is it may be used
outside the 17 major towns in West Malaysia as well as
any towns in East Malaysia using local rainfall data.
REFERENCES
[1] Drainage & Irrigation Department (1975) Urban Drainage Design
Standards and Procedures for Peninsular Malaysia. Planning and
Design Procedure No. 1. Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia.
[2] Drainage and Irrigation Department (1976) Flood Estimation for
Urban Areas in Peninsular Malaysia. Hydrological Procedure No. 16.
Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia.
[3] Drainage and Irrigation Department (2000) Urban Stormwater
Management Manual for Malaysia Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia.
[4] Drainage and Irrigation Department (2010) Review and Updated the
Hydrological Procedure NO. 1- Estimation of Design Rainstorm in
Peninsular Malaysia December, Prepared by NAHRIM.
[5] Drainage and Irrigation Department (2011) Urban Stormwater
Management Manual for Malaysia (Manual Saliran Mesra Alam
Malaysia), Second edition.
Author's Biodata
Ir. Dr Quek Keng Hong has a PhD and a Masters degree in water resources
from the University of NSW, Australia. A consulting engineer who specialises
in urban drainage and hydrology, he has conducted many training workshops
and seminars on MSMA. He is a committee member of the Water Resources
Technical Division (WRTD).
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Blockchain & Distributed
Ledger Technologies:
Malaysias Position
B
lockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies is the latest subject of intense discussion and
debate in many economies. Some countries plan to implement this in various sectors of the
government, society and economy. Dubai for example, plans to have all its documents on
Blockchain by 2020 as part of its Smart Cities implementation plans.
The term Blockchain is used generically, to cover
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (which
are often quoted together) though there is a subtle
distinction between the two.
So what exactly is Blockchain? Imagine two entities
(e.g. banks) which need to update their user account
balances when there is a request to transfer money
from one customer to another. They need to spend a
tremendous (and costly) amount of time and effort to
coordinate, synchronise, message and check to ensure
that each transaction happens exactly as it should.
Typically, the money being transferred is held by the
originator until the recipient conirms that it has been
received, With Blockchain, a single ledger of transaction
entries that both parties have access to, one can simplify
the coordination and validation efforts because there
is always a single version of records, not two disparate
databases.
The Blockchain today is what the World Wide Web
(www) was in 1992. Blockchain will impact all aspects of
society just as the www has been impacted and engrained
in todays economy, government and society, but within a
shorter timeframe.
The above quote is paraphrased from talks by several
speakers in conferences and events in USA, Europe and
elsewhere; videos on these events are also available on
YouTube. Its signiicance is also alluded to in books, articles
and reports from various sources and the message has
intensiied in the past 18 months.
This vision is profound and to ignore it and its
implications, will be detrimental to the country. Just take
a step back and take a look at where we are today, with
the applications and functions available on the Internet
and how these have covered all aspects of economic,
government and social activities, in varying degrees of
assimilation and critical use in different countries. Could
we, 25 years ago in 1992 or even several years after
that, have seen, imagined or envisioned what we have
today? Did the general public at that time, foresee what
we could do today with social media like Facebook and
navigation applications like Waze or taxi hiring services
like Uber?
FEATURE
Abdul Fattah bin
Mohd. Yatim
As with anything new, there are at least two viewpoints.
In the early 1990s, there were the visionaries and hopefuls
who saw and evangelised the potential of the Internet.
There were also the naysayers, who viewed it as a passing
fad, like CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering)
technologies that were much talked about and had
actual product offerings used by entities, in the 1980s.
The impact of the Internet today is forceful and has
proved the naysayers wrong. It is an irony that there are
still people who may not have heard or know about the
www or the Internet although these are actually a part
of their daily lives and things like social media, electronic
banking and commerce, Internet of Things and smart cities
are taken for granted.
In the same way, it may be that in the near future, we
wont even be talking about Blockchain as it will already
be part and parcel of our daily activities, in our interaction
with the government, commercial entities and social
networks. In fact, governments and commercial entities
may be redeined and reengineered with completely new
roles based on Blockchain. What those roles may be will be
left to our imagination.
Central to the disruption potential of Blockchain is
the notion of Trust. Up to now, we MUST rely on speciic
entities to fulill the middleman role of Trust, whether this
is Government services or the commercial entities such as
banks, securities companies and other services sectors. 25
However the Blockchain technology decouples the need
for Trust to be centralised and concentrated at such
institutions as it can be distributed across the established
infrastructure provided by the Internet and other
established technologies.
As a country, the choices before us are simple: To
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lead, to follow or be left behind. Unlike other technologies
which can be implemented in isolation in companies
and in countries, the interconnectedness of economies
will naturally require countries to follow the leading
countries implementing Blockchain to ensure they are still
in the game to participate competitively in international
trade and commerce. In plain laymans language, if
we lag behind, we will follow what other countries have
established, their technologies and their processes in order
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for us to engage commercially with them. Just imagine this: These standards will include, among others, governance,
If one of our neighbouring countries has taken a signiicant auditability and traceability, risk management, security and
lead in Blockchain, we will, eventually, have to follow that privacy implementation. The International Organisation
countrys rules or be left out in the cold. for Standardisation, ISO, has formed a new Technical
The Internet and www success stories today in Standards Committee, ISO/TC 307 on Blockchain &
governments, economies and society at large, provide Electronic Distributed Ledger Technologies in the last
ample examples of lessons learnt, critical success factors, quarter of 2016. Malaysia, represented by the Department
challenges of implementation, change management and of Standards Malaysia, is one of 16 countries participating
the upsides and the downsides (misuse, security breaches, in this committee, while 17 other countries will watch the
threats and vulnerabilities). developments as observing members.
Smarter countries learning from the Internet, are It is expected that key Blockchain players and interested
not just watching Blockchain to happen. From news parties in Malaysia will participate in these Standards
reports, many countries are, in fact, actively discussing, development activities at the ISO level through the local
proactively planning or making irm plans for the wide use mirror committee TC/G/15, under the Department of
of Blockchain. For example, as mentioned earlier, Dubai Standards Malaysia. These players should include solution
plans to have all its documents on Blockchain by 2020 as providers, regulators, trade associations and industry or the
part of its Smart Cities plans. user community. Active participation will ensure we have
Malaysia just cannot sit back and watch while all these the voice to inluence the direction of Standards related
are happening. to Blockchain and, at the very least, protect the interests of
Blockchain has the potential to be used in very diverse sovereign nations like Malaysia and similar sized economies.
areas as shown in the following table: Malaysia has to get its act together to make things
happen or we will be left watching what happens.
Class Examples
Even worse, we still be wondering what has happened.
Escrow transactions, bonded
A national policy and strategic plan to address and
General contracts, third-party arbitration,
capitalise on the potential of Blockchain in Malaysia is
multiparty signature transactions
very necessary.
Stock, private equity, crowdfunding,
Financial
bonds, mutual funds, derivatives,
Transactions
annuities, pensions REFERENCES
[1] Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott Penguin
Land and property titles, vehicle 2016.
registrations, business licences, [2] Blockchain Blueprint for a New Economy by Melanie Swan Oreilly
Public Records
marriage certificates, death 2015.
certificates [3] Distributed Ledger Technology Beyond Blockchain A report by
the UK Chief Scientiic Advisor December 2015.
Driving licences, identity cards,
Identification [4] The Future of Financial Infrastructure An ambitious look at how
passports, voter registrations
Blockchain can reshape inancial services by World Economic Forum
IOUs, loans, contracts, bets, August 2016.
Private Records
signatures, wills, trusts, escrows [5] Understanding Blockchain Technology and What it Means to Your
Business by DBS Singapore Feb 2016.
Proof of insurance, proof of
Attestation [6] Smart Dubai Director Sees Blockchain as Key to Connected Cities
ownership, notarised documents by Pete Rizzo http://www.coindesk.com/smartdubaiblockchain
connectedcities/ May 2016.
Home, hotel rooms, rental cars, car
Physical Asset Keys [7] Dubai wants all government documents on Blockchain by 2020 by
access
Michael Del Castillo http://www.coindesk.com/dubaigovernment
Patents, trademarks, copyrights, documentsblockchainstrategy2020/Oct 2016.
Intangible Assets
26 reservations, domain names [8] If you understand Google Docs, you can understand Blockchain by
William Mougayar http://www.coindesk.com/understandgoogle
Source: Blockchain - Blueprint for a New Economy by Melanie Swan docscanunderstandblockchain/ Sep 2016.
(Oreilly 2015)

A more elaborate list of more than 80 areas where Author's Biodata

Blockchain can be potentially used, is available in the
Abdul Fattah bin Mohd. Yatim, is the Expert, National Technical Committee
following link http://bit.ly/swanblock. for Blockchain and Electronic Distributed Ledger Technologies, Department of
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Blockchain has been below the radar of many
jurisdictions. Recently, however, it caught the watchful eye
of governments and regulators in several countries. While
the technology is in various stages of development and
implementation as well as the varied value-add options
provided or to be provided by vendors, many countries
already see the need to set Standards for some aspects of
Blockchain.
Standards Malaysia. He is an IEM Council Member and actively serving the ICT
Special Interest Group. He is also a Professional Member of the Organisation
of Islamic Cooperation-Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC-CERT).
He has more than 38 years of experience in the government, corporate and
private sectors and is currently a consultant in ICT and related areas. The
author has given brieings on Blockchain to the senior management of several
Malaysian Government agencies and other platforms.
Editor's note: The author will be a speaker at the Kuala Lumpur Blockchain
Conference on 8-9 April, 2017 (http://bloktex.com/speaker/abdul-fattah-
mohd-yatim/).

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The IEM Disaster Risk Reduction
Advisory Board (DRRAB), under CALLING FOR EXPERTS!!
Are you an expert in natural or
the IEM Standing Committee on
catastrophic disaster?
Professional Practice (PPC), is
compiling a list of volunteers interested to join the Advisory Board team.

PURPOSE AND ROLE OF THE ADVISORY BOARD:

1. This Advisory Board function is to focus on disaster preparedness,
mitigation and planning for a community scale or larger. The
type of disaster includes natural, catastrophic ire, biological and
chemical disasters.
2. The Advisory Board will advise on the mitigation of, prepare
for, respond to, and recover from large-scale disasters. This will
include drafting standards and procedures, education, high level
advocacy and consultation to ensure the preparedness and best
practices of our national disaster recovery work.
3. The Advisory Board will be the focal point of technical expertise on
disaster preparedness within IEM.
4. Topics involve Floods, Haze and Wild Fires, Landslides and Rockslides,
Earthquake, Coastal Erosion, Land Subsidence, Tsunami,
Catastrophic Chemical Release**, etc.
* - these are taken as large catastrophic events. Smaller ires or
chemical control measures would be the interest of other committees
(Fire Advisory Board and/or Technical Divisions i.e. Chemical
Engineering Technical Division).
Kindly ill-in the attached form along with a short brief on your past
involvement in the industry and your interest, to IEM Secretariat at
nurul@iem.org.my or contact 03-79684006.
Thank you.

Ir. Loo Chee Kin

Chairman
IEM Disaster Risk Reduction Advisory Board (DRRAB)

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Technical Visit to the Pantai 2

Sewage Treatment Plant
Project Site
WATER RESOURCES TECHNICAL DIVISION

reported by

Ir. Jamaiatul Lailah binti Mohd. Jais

O
n 23 February, 2016, the Water Resources Technical Sdn. Bhd., the Project Management Consultant (PMC)
Division (WRTD) organised a technical visit for appointed by JPP. Then participants were brought to the
68 IEM members and non-members, to Pantai 2 sewage treatment plant to see the actual construction,
Sewage Treatment Plant Project Site in Kuala Lumpur with components and operations of the treatment plant.
the following objectives:
To visit the construction site of the Pantai 2 Sewage PROJECT OVERVIEW
Treatment Plant Project, which is one of the biggest Pantai 2 Sewage Treatment Plant (Pantai 2 STP) is a part of
regional sewage treatment plants in Malaysia. the Pantai Regional Sewage Treatment Plant (Pantai STP)
To gain knowledge and understanding on the latest which provides sewage treatment services for the Pantai
technology and project planning approach for catchment area covering 6,700 hectares, comprising
sewerage facilities in Malaysia. Bandar Baru Sentul, Sentul Raya, Bangsar, recreational
To understand the components, process low and area of Bukit Kiara and part of commercial areas in Kuala
operational aspects of the completed facilities. Lumpur, Old Klang Road and Petaling Jaya.
The visit was arranged in collaboration with Jabatan Pantai 2 STP is a project under the 10th Malaysian Plan
Perkhidmatan Pembetungan (JPP), the implementation and is implemented by KeTTHA through JPP. The aim of the
agency under the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology & project is to upgrade the existing aerated lagoon system
Water Malaysia (KeTTHA) for the project. The participants which has a capacity of 550,00 population equivalent
were welcomed by En. Mohd Daneal bin Halim, Penolong (123,750m3/day) into a mechanised system of 1.42million
Pengarah Sektor Konsultansi & Khidmat Teknikal, JPP. population equivalent (320,000m3/day) to increase the
The visit started with a brieing session by Ir. Izzami Zuddin overall capacity of Pantai STP to 1.80million population
bin Abdul Rani representing Kumpulan Ikhtisas Projek (M) equivalent (405,000 m3/day).

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Odour Treatment Unit

Klang River
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Air Compressor Flowmeter

Well Effluent
Stilling Well Drain Pump Water Well
Rotary Fine Drum Screen Oxic Zone
Pre-anoxic Zone
Vortex Grit Mixture Reflux Pump
Anaerobic Zone
Removal Anoxic Zone
Oil and Gease Distribution
Removal Channel Effluent
Grease Clarifier Tank
Pump
Fine Vortex Grit Chamber
Screen Chamber Advanced A20
UV
Bioreactor
Disinfection
Channel

Figure 1: Illustration of Pantai 2 STP Construction

Source: Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pembetungan / KI-MECIP JV

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Figure 2: Actual Construction Pantai 2 STP

Pantai 2 STP consists of an underground facility of sewage treatment

system with the above-ground area of 12 hectares being turned into a
leisure park as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The underground facility consists
of pre-treatment and secondary treatment, while the leisure park provides
comprises recreational area, a community hall and sports facilities.
The Pantai 2 STP adopts the new Advanced A2O innovation for its
treatment process technology. The system is designed to provide effluent
quality in compliance with Standard A of the Environmental Quality
(Sewage) Regulations 2009, including nitrogen and phosphorus removal.
There are elements of green technology being included in the project
components, comprising solar PV, effluent reuse, biogas and rainwater
harvesting. Already in operation, the Pantai 2 STP has been receiving
sewage flow since the end of 2015. n 31

IEM DIARY OF EVENTS

Title: Talk on Strategic Leadership
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26 April 2017
Organised by : Education Engineering Technical Division
Time : 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
CPD/PDP :2

Kindly note that the scheduled events below are subject to change. Please
visit the IEM website at www.myiem.org.my for more information on the
upcoming events.

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Urban Engineering Development

Special Interest Group (UEDSIG):
Connecting Engineers to Society
URBAN ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

reported by

Tay Eng Cheong

The Protem Committee of the UEDSIG

U
rban Engineering Development Special Interest ELECTION OF PROTEM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Group (UEDSIG) was the fruit of discussions of three The next item on the agenda was the main event of
IEM members: Ir. Hoo Choon Sean, Ir. Yap Soon Hoe the day, the election of Protem Committee Members of
and Dr Wang Hong Kok. UEDSIG. The elected members were:
The formation of this SIG was approved at the 532nd
IEM Excomm meeting on 10 October, 2016. UEDSIG serves Chairman Dr Wang Hong Kok
as a platform for discussing issues on urban planning,
Deputy Chairman Ir. Yam Teong Sian
economics and housing development relating to
engineers. Treasurer/Secretary Ir. Yap Soon Hoe
The gathering on 7 January, 2017, at Auditorium Prof.
32 Chin Fung Kee had two purposes. The irst was a talk by Ir. Rosham Kadiman bin Samsudin
Mr. Ngian Siew Siong, who has 40 years of experience in
Ir. Tiong Choong Han
property development. The second was the election of
Protem Committee Members of UEDSIG. Ir. Ng Sean Lok

THE TALK General Members Ir. Jagjeet Singh Sidhu

Then Mr. Ngian presented his talk, My Journey in Building An
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Award Winning Developer. He talked about spending 27 Ir. Tan Tai Nyee
years (1985-2012) at Sunway City Berhad where he worked
Ir. Mohamad Pauzi bin
with Tan Sri Dato Seri Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling to expand
Mohammed Kassim
Sunways property arm from having just one employee
to becoming an award-winning developer. One of the
This was chaired by Ir. Prof. Dr Jeffrey Chiang
highlights of the talk was about how Sunway City Berhad
Choong Luin, Chairman of the Standing Committee on
recruited, trained and retained bright staff members.
Activities.

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IEM DIARY OF EVENTS

A Nehemiah Group of Companies
Formerly Neusynthetics Sdn. Bhd. Title: 2-Day Course on Plumbing Professional Competency
Examination (PCE) on the Syllabus of Hydraulics - Design
We are a supplier of high quality
geosynthetic products used for soft soil Considerations
stabilization, slope reinforcement, coastal 23-24 March 2017
erosion protection, river bank protection, Organised by : Building Services Technical Division
landfills, drainage, road and railway Time : 8.45 a.m. - 5.25 p.m.
construction.
CPD/PDP : 14
Our Products:
NEXTILE NON-WOVENS Title: Log Book Training Scheme Guidelines for Mentors
25 March 2017
NEXFORCE HIGH-STRENGTH WOVENS
Organised by : Sub-Committee on IEM Log Book Training Scheme
NEXGRID GEOGRIDS Time : 8.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
CPD/PDP : 3.5
We also provide design, specification, bill of
quantities, cost estimate and drawings
free-of-charge. Title: 1-Day Workshop on Programming for Engineers -
Java Programming
25 March 2017
Organised by : Information and Communications Technology Special
Interest Group
Time : 9.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
CPD/PDP :0

Title: 1-Day Course on One Belt One Road Initiative:

Opportunities for Engineers
29 March 2017
Organised by : Urban Engineering Development Special Interest
Group
Time : 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
CPD/PDP :0

Title: 2-Day Short Course on Ground Improvement and Land

Reclamation (Kristal Ballroom, PJ Hilton, Selangor)
10-11 April 2017
Organised by : Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division
Time : 9.00 a.m. - 6.30 p.m.
CPD/PDP : 15.5

Title: Short Course on Ground Improvement and Land Reclamation

(The Gurney Resort Hotel & Residences, Penang)
12-13 April 2017
Organised by : Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division
34 Time : 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
CPD/PDP : 15.5

Get in touch with us:

Tel: 03-6142 6638 Title: Southeast Asian Conference and Exhibition in Tunnelling and
Fax: 03-6142 6693 Underground Space 2017 (SEACETUS 2017) (Dorsett Grand Subang
Hotel, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia)
sales@neusynthetics.com 18-19 April 2017
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Organised by : Tunnelling and Underground Space Engineering

Sales Team: Technical Division
Gordon (012-355 0872) Time : 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Izwan (012-568 5611) CPD/PDP :0

N E H E M IA H G E O S Y N T H E T IC S S D N . B H D . Kindly note that the scheduled events below are subject to change. Please
No. 45-3, Jalan PJU 5/20,
The Strand, Kota Damansara,
visit the IEM website at www.myiem.org.my for more information on the
47810 Petaling Jaya, upcoming events.
www.neusynthetics.com
Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Malaysia.

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Technical Visit to Amcorp Perting

6MW Mini Hydropower Plant
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

reported by

Ir. Tan Seng Khoon

Group photograph

I
t was an early start. At 6.30 a.m., the coach we were
in, departed from Bangunan Ingenieur in Petaling Jaya
and at 8.15 a.m., we arrived at Bentong Town Mosque.
Waiting to meet us at the mosque was Encik Ahmad Said
Gajali who took us in 3 four-wheel vehicles to the Amcorp 37
Perting 6MW Mini Hydropower Plant.

POWER STATION DATA

Down water pipe from intake diameter = 1.6 metres. Water
low = 180 cubic metres per minute. Water head height
= 160 metres. 3 Turbines type Turgo with 2 x 500 mm
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diameter inlet water pipes. Turbine speed = 724 rpm.

Output voltage = 690 volts. Step up to 11 KVolt Output
Power = 6 MW total.
3 Turbines in Power Station
THE POWER PLANT
The Sg Perting Mini Hydropower Plant is located at Sungai by Amcorp Perting Hydro Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned
Perting, Bentong, Pahang. It is an award-winning project subsidiary of Amcorp Properties Berhad.

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The mini hydro project is located in the Bukit Tinggi
forest reserve, at the Chamang Waterfall recreational
area. The project utilises the head differential and river
low of Sungai Perting to generate electrical energy.
The hydropower plant delivers 6 MW of power to TNB
via the interconnection point at SSU Kg. Baru under the
Renewable Energy Programme.
The electricity generated by the plant will displace part
of the electricity generated by the grid dominated by the
conventional fossil fuel-ired power plants. This will prevent
further environmental pollution caused by the burning of
such fuel. In terms of economic sustainability, by using water
a free, sustainable and indigenous resource to generate
renewable energy, this mini hydro project helps lessen the
nations dependency on depleting fossil fuel especially as
prices have risen sharply over the years.

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Technical Seminar On Jump on
Eurocode Wave
CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING TECHNICAL DIVISION
reported by
Ir. Raymond Tien Loy Bong
T
he Civil & Structural Technical Division (CSETD) and
Midas Information Technology and Co. Ltd jointly
organised a one-day technical seminar on Jump On
The Eurocode Wave on 18 October, 2016. The aim was to
increase awareness of the adoption of Eurocode through a
sharing session with Eurocode experts and the simpliication
of design through Midas Software.
Over 225 participants attended the event which started
with a warm welcome by Mr. Aaron Lee, the Master of
Ceremony from Midas. The company has been involved in
many high proile projects around the world, notably Burj
Khalifa, Beijing National Stadium and Young Jong Bridge.
It provides a wide range of software solutions, ranging
from civil, structure, geotechnical and mechanical and,
according to Mr. Lee, Midas has attained 40% market share
in Singapores analysis software.
CSETD Chairman Ir. Dr Ng Soon Ching then gave the
opening speech in which he noted that Malaysia was
moving closer towards adopting Eurocode and that there
was a need for modelling and design base software to
assist the industry. He welcomed two experts, Ir. Adjunct
Professor M.C. Hee from Malaysia and Prof. Richard Liew
from Singapore, who would be sharing their insights and
perspectives on Eurocode design.
Uniied-simpliied approach and virtual displacement approach
FORUM
The next speaker was Mr. Kapil Dev Bansal, Technical
Manager at Midas Singapore. The civil and structural
engineer, who has experience in RC and steel structures,
undertakes projects involving Eurocodes and ACI. He
talked about Midas nGen, a computer-aided engineering
(CAE) software that utilised a diverse range of specialty
inite element analysis functions as well as modern theories
of structural analysis to give accurate and practical results.
As the input for Midas nGen is an object-based approach
application, it can be used for any type of structure with
mixed structural elements and complexity.
Mr. Kapil modelled a simple high rise building from
scratch. He explained how Midas nGen provided and
generated results for RC and steel. He went through
the assignment of the structural elements, automated
Eurocode load combination assignment and showed the
analysis result. He noted the perils of expected changes
in architectural layout and assured design engineers that
Midas nGen provided simple and hassle-free changes
in the model. With Midas nGens intuitive modelling and
auto design, he said, engineers would be able to migrate
towards Eurocode at a more comfortable pace.
Next was Ir. Adjunct Professor M.C. Hee, a veteran in
undertaking projects in complex and high rise buildings.
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He was also involved in the drafting of Malaysias Eurocode 8. His topic on
Eurocode 2, from the consulting engineers perspective, emphasised on the
need for engineers to understand the fundamentals of structural analysis and
design.
The uniied-simpliied approach to structural analysis, emphasised
deformations, principle of virtual displacement (PVD), matrixes and others,
allows engineers to carry out a quick check on structural analysis. Professor
Hee talked briely about simple checks in elemental design calculations.
He went on to prove that the results of his hand calculations and the Midas
elemental results were similar.
He acknowledged that there was a need for fast and prompt analysis
results, so CAE software such as Midas, aids engineers by delivering results
eficiently. However, engineers were reminded that they should always
check if the software results were reasonable through simple close form hand
calculation.
After lunch, the irst speaker was Professor Richard Liew from the
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, National University of
Singapore, who was involved in drafting Eurocode 3 for Singapore. His topic
on Steel Design as per Eurocode 3, gave an overview on what to expect
when adopting EC3. He made a brief comparison of BS5950 and Eurocode
to show the beneits and lexibilities of EC3. However, most checks in EC3
were presented in expressions, so Eurocode is geared towards computer-
based designs.
Professor Liew presented a few case studies on structural steel and mixed
systems that he had undertaken. High proile projects in Singapore, such as
the Marina Bay integrated resort, Art Science Museum, Gardens By The Bay
and Jewel at Changi Airport, illustrated the complexity of structural steel
design. Due to the architectural complexity, most of the designs required
computer-aided software to analyse the structural behaviour. Professor Liew
also illustrated the composite structure system which was becoming more
common as architecture demands became more complex. Composite steel
structures allowed a lighter structure, eficient layout and achieved longer
lifespan. He summed up the importance of close form hand calculation and
the need to spend more time on global stability checks.
Mr. Hans Kang, Civil and Structural Engineer of technical support for
Midas, presented a special feature on Midas nGen and Design+. He showed
the audience how to input lateral loads, method of consideration of 1st order
and 2nd order effect in Midas nGen, and the automatic load combination
input to Eurocode. The special feature in Midas nGen gives further lexibility
for engineers to adjust design parameters. Some automated functions in
Midas nGen can assist in reducing human error.
Midas nGen loading input can be seamlessly exported into the Midas
Design+ element design. With this feature, much of the detailing can be
extracted easily and it can be used in many element designs, such as RC 43
beams, columns, staircase,
footings, steel connections
etc. Mr. Kang ended by
sharing how Midas software
can help engineers simplify
their learning curve towards
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Eurocode.
The seminar ended
with the presentation of
appreciation mementos to
the speakers. Midas also gave
mementos to all the speakers
and Ir. Dr Ng gave Midas a
Presenting the speakers with appreciation mementos at the token of appreciation for
closing ceremony spearheading the seminar.
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Going Dutch for Tulips
Ir. Chin Mee Poon
Ir. Chin Mee Poon is a retired civil engineer who derives a great deal of joy and satisfaction from travelling to different parts of the
globe, capturing fascinating insights of the places and people he encounters and sharing his experiences with others through his
photographs and writing.
A
fter years of procrastination,
my wife and I inally made
it to Keukenhof Gardens in
The Netherlands. Mention tulips and
Holland comes to mind. What better
place to appreciate that countrys
national lower in the most brilliant and
explosive colours than in the largest
lower garden in the world?
Spread over 32 hectares,
Keukenhof (meaning Kitchen Garden
in Dutch) is also known as the Garden
of Europe. Located in the small town
of Lisse in the South Holland province,
it was established in 1949 by the
town mayor as an exposition ground
for horticulturists in the country and
elsewhere in Europe to showcase
lower hybrids which would contribute
signiicantly to turn The Netherlands
into the worlds largest lower exporter.
Keukenhof is actually made up of
a few gardens with distinctly different
styles, including the historical garden,
English landscape garden, nature
garden and Japanese country garden.
After travelling through the
Netherlands and Belgium for almost
a month, we arrived at the charming
town of Leiden in early April 2016. At
the central railway station early the
following morning, we boarded the
irst bus for Keukenhof Gardens, 20km
away. The return bus fare was 10
each and admission to the Gardens
cost us another 16 each.
We were among the irst to enter
the Keukenhof. The garden is planted
with 7 million bulb lowers, mainly
tulips but there are also daffodils and
hyacinths. There are 4 sections, each
with a different theme. The overall
theme is The Golden Age, referring to
an era that has seen trade, arts and
sciences lourishing in the country.
www.facebook.com/chinmeepoon
Visitors can explore the Gardens freely
via 15km of footpaths.
Last year, Keukenhof Gardens was
open from 24 March to 16 May and
between 800,000 and 1 million visitors
were expected during these 8 weeks.
We spent the whole day, about
10 hours, there and were able to see
practically all that was worth seeing. Of
the four sections, Juliana and Willem-
Alexander are extremely beautiful.
The latter showcases a vast number
of tulip hybrids and lilies as well as
other lowers and plants. At the Oranje
Nassau Pavilion, different cut lower
shows are staged every week. Beatrix
Pavilion has a permanent orchid and
anthurium show.
There is a windmill on the eastern
edge of the Gardens. Visitors can take
regular boat trips on the adjacent
canals to view the vast bulb ields in
the vicinity.
Ironically, tulips are not native to
The Netherlands. They were mainly
found in the mountains between
Turkey and China. In the mid-16th
Century, the powerful Sultan Suleiman
II of Ottoman Empire illed his palace
GLOBE TREKKING
gardens with the most beautiful
tulips. He gave some tulip bulbs to
an Austrian ambassador who, in turn,
passed them to a prominent Dutch
botanist, Carolus Clusius, who was then
living in Vienna. When Clusius went
back to the Netherlands and settled
in Leiden in 1593, he planted the tulip
bulbs in Hortus Botanicus in Leiden, thus
introducing tulips to his homeland. The
word tulip comes from the Persian
word, tulipan, which means turban.
During the Dutch Golden Age,
which roughly spanned the whole of
the 17th Century, the unique nature
of the tulip, especially the saturated,
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intense colours of the petals, soon
made it a status symbol among the
nouveau rich, and contract prices of
tulip bulbs went sky high.
At the peak of the tulip madness in
1637, a single bulb could be sold for 10
times the annual income of a skilled
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craftsman! But of course this couldnt
last and the market collapsed shortly
thereafter. Today, the term, tulip mania,
is used to describe any economic bubble
where asset prices deviate tremendously
from intrinsic value.
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hendaklah dikemukakan sebulan dari tarikh penerbitan PhD (UiTM) (2012)
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BE HONS (UNITEN) (ELECTRICAL POWER, 2009) 43676 LIM SIEW HAI BE HONS (UKM) (CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL, 2005)
BE HONS (UNITEN) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 2009) MSc (USM) (PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 2008)
BE HONS (MALAYA) (ELECTRICAL, 2010)
BE HONS (UCSI) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 2013) KEJURUTERAAN PEMBINAAN
BE HONS (MALAYA) (ELECTRICAL, 2009) 64777 YEW BOON KENT BE HONS (PORTSMOUTH) (CIVIL, 2010)

KEJURUTERAAN ELEKTRONIK KEJURUTERAAN KIMIA

SULAIMAN WADI HARUN BE (NAGAOKA) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, 24787 NGU LOCK HEI BE HONS (USM) (CHEMICAL, 2001)
1996) MSc (MALAYA) (2001)

KEJURUTERAAN PERTANIAN
KEJURUTERAAN AEROANGKASA 36650 MOHAMAD HAIRIE BIN BE HONS (UPM) (BIOLOGICAL &AGRICULTURAL,
WAN MOHD FAIZAL BIN WAN ABD BE HONS (USM) (AEROSPACE, 2006) MASROON 2007)
RAHIM ME (MALAYA) (MECHANICAL, 2014)

PERMOHONAN BARU/PEMINDAHAN MENJADI AHLI KORPORAT

KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL
EDMENT FASHAH BIN AHAMAD
HASANUDDIN BIN MOHD IBRAHIM
KEJURUTERAAN AWAM
BE HONS (UiTM) (MECHANICAL, 2008)
JOE PRIMUS KAYAU BE HONS (WARWICK) (CIVIL, 1998)
DIPL- ING (FH-OFFENBURG, GERMANY) (MECHANICAL &
TECHNOLOGY, 2009) LEE CHUAN SHIN BE HONS (NUS) (CIVIL, 2007)

JUSTIN CHAN TUCK LEONG BE HONS (UNITEN) (MECHANICAL, 2010)

MOHD NUH BIN MISKAN
SAIFULADILI BIN JAAFAR
MSc (UTM) (ENGINEERING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT,
2016)
BE HONS (UiTM) (MECHANICAL, 2005)
BE HONS (UKM) (MECHANICAL, 2008)
KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL
CHRISTOPHER LEO PERALTA BE HONS (UNITEN) (MECHANICAL, 2003)
ME (UNITEN) (MECHANICAL, 2005)
MOHD ROSDZIMIN ABDUL RAHMAN BE HONS (UTM) (MECHANICAL, 2002)

PERPINDAHAN AHLI
46 No.
Ahli
Nama Kelayakan
CONTRIBUTIONS TO WISMA IEM
KEJURUTERAAN AWAM
38571 ATIQAH BINTI ZAINAL BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2011) BUILDING FUND
41527 CHUNG JIA JIUNN BE HONS (UMP) (CIVIL, 2011)
42490 FONG KIM SUN BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2000)
RM 3,012,838.91 contributed by
53749 LIEW CHIUN HSIUNG BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2011)
25436 LIM CHIN SHIN BE HONS (MALAYA) (CIVIL, 2004)
IEM Members and Committees
52479 MOHD MUHIDIN BIN BSc (CALIFORNIA) (CIVIL, 1989)
FAHARUDDIN RM 744,332.19 contributed by
Private Organisations
JURUTERA MARCH 2017

45309 NG BAN KIONG BE HONS (UTHM) (CIVIL, 2010)

16134 SAZALI BIN HARUN BSc (WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE) (CIVIL, 1988)
56546 SHAMREE BIN AHMAD BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2008)
TOTAL RM 3,757,171.10
KEJURUTERAAN ELEKTRIKAL (ANOTHER RM 2,483,470.97 IS NEEDED)
48855 AZREENA BINTI SAADIN BE HONS (UiTM) (ELECTRICAL, 2002)
50696 CARLOS JUNG YAN BE HONS (MULTIMEDIA) (ELECTRONICS, 2008) The Insituion would like to thank all contributors for
51309 CHAN JIUNN YEEP BE HONS (MALAYA) (ELECTRICAL, 2009) donaing generously towards the IEM Building Fund
ME (MALAYA) (POWER SYSTEM, 2013)
47104 HUSIN BIN MUSTAFA BE HONS (UTM) (ELECTRICAL, 1986) HELP US TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO YOU AND
38760 KHAIRUL ANWAR BIN
MUHAMMAD
BE HONS (UTM) (ELECTRICAL)ELECTRICAL, 2008)
TO THE FUTURE GENERATION
80727 KONG SHYANG YAU BE HONS (UNITEN) (ELECTRICAL POWER, 2006)
(The donaion list to the Wisma IEM Building Fund is
24093 MOHD AZHAN BIN SIDIK BE HONS (MALAYA) (ELECTRICAL, 2005)
MEM (UiTM) (2016) published on page 47 & 48)
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Note: This is a continuation of the list PERMOHONAN MENJADI AHLI COMPANION which was published on page 47 of the February 2017 issue.

PERMOHONAN MENJADI 47438 NOOR FAIZAH BINTI SANI B.E.HONS.(UTP)(CIVIL, 51803 RAVEVERMA S/O B.E.HONS.(UTHM)
2014) PERIYASAMY (MECHANICAL, 2015)
AHLI KORPORAT
44382 NOOR IZA BINTI BAHARI B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 30425 RUZITA AQMAR BINTI B.E HONS.(UITM)
Nama Kelayakan 2011) MOHD NORDIN (MECHANICAL, 2011)
KEJURUTERAAN AWAM 46929 NUR AZZIMAH BINTI B.E.(UMP)(CIVIL, 2012) M.E.(UTM)
ZAMRI (MECHANICAL, 2014)
81315 NOR ARBI BINTI MOD ISA B.E.HONS.(UNITEN)
(CIVIL, 2007) 68044 NUR SYAFIQAH SHAZIRA B.E.HONS.(UTHM)(CIVIL, 25720 SUHAIMI BIN HASSAN B.E HONS.(UTM)
BINTI MOHD SHUKOR 2014) (MECHANICAL, 2005)
81316 NOR ELIZA BINTI B.E.HONS.(UKM)(CIVIL &
SELAMAT STRUCTURAL, 2000) 65864 SADIQ B. ROSLI B.E HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 58239 U JOO HUI B.E.HONS.(UTHM)
2014) (MECHANICAL, 2015)

41422 SALIMATUN BINTI ABD B.E.HONS.(UTHM)(CIVIL, 72759 VASUDEVAN A/L B.E.HONS.(UNITEN)

KEJURUTERAAN ELEKTRIKAL RAJANDRAN (MECHANICAL, 2015)
MUTTALIB 2011)
81851 CHONG KOK THIONG B.E.HONS.(UTM) 36705 YAP ZHENG DAO B.E.HONS.(UPM)
26989 SHAHRUL AFFENDY BIN B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL,
(ELECTRICAL, 2003) (MECHANICAL, 2011)
MAHAT 2006)
29489 SHAHRUL BAZLI BIN B.E.HONS.(UTHM)(CIVIL,
KEJURUTERAAN ELEKTRONIK SHAHARUDIN 2011) KEJURUTERAAN AEROANGKASA
84921 YONG THIAM YUEN B.E.HONS. 72505 TAN PEI YING B.E.HONS.(UKM)(CIVIL & 81302 DR NURUL MUSFIRAH B.E.HONS.(USM)
(NOTTINGHAM TRENT) ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014) BINTI MAZLAN (AEROSPACE, 2006)
(ELECTRICAL & 50081 TAN WEI JING, VANESSA B.E.HONS.(UCSI)(CIVIL, M.SC.(CRANFIELD)
ELECTRONIC, 1997) 2013) (THERMAL POWER-
AEROSPACE
30264 TENG KAM WENG B.E.HONS.(UNISEL) PROPULSION, 2009)
KEJURUTERAAN KIMIA (CIVIL, 2013) P.HD.(CRANFIELD)
84918 CHIN YEN WEI @ TAN B.E.HONS.(UTM) 52774 WONG SIAW JYE, B.E.HONS. (ASSESSING/
YEN WEI (CHEMICAL, 1998) JACKSON (CURTIN)(CIVIL & OPTIMISING BIO-
CONSTRUCTION, 2013) FUEL COMBUSTION
TECHNOLOGIES FOR
KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL REDUCING CIVIL
84922 DR NOORMAZIAH BINTI B.E.(TAKUSHOKU)
KEJURUTERAAN BIO PERUBATAN AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS,
JAFFERI (MECHANICAL 51574 KOH YANG MUN B.E.HONS.(UTAR)(BIO- 2013)
SYSTEMS, 2002) MEDICAL, 2016) 84931 LUQMAN BIN AHMAD B.E.HONS.(IIUM)
P.HD.(SHEFFIELD)(2008) ROSDI (AEROSPACE, 2015)
81850 ONG TENG CHUAN B.SC.(NATIONAL KEJURUTERAAN ELEKTRIKAL
TAIWAN)(MECHANICAL,
2005) 64705 LIM JUN NIAN B.E.HONS.(UNITEN) KEJURUTERAAN ALAM SEKITAR
(ELECTRICAL POWER, 81267 LOI LIONG YU B.E.HONS.(MALAYA)
2013) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2011)
KEJURUTERAAN POLIMER 38469 MOHD FARID BIN MOHD B.E.HONS.(UTM)
84920 DR AMALINA BINTI B.E.(KYOTO INS. OF MARZUKI (ELECTRICAL, 2010)
MUHAMMAD AFIFI TECH.)(POLYMER KEJURUTERAAN AWAM
48274 MUHAMAD SAFWAN BIN B.E.HONS.(UITM)
SC. & ENRG., 2000) MUHAMAD ZAINULDIN (ELECTRICAL, 2011) 81441 ABD TALIB BIN ABU ADV. DIP.(ITM)(CIVIL,
M.E.(KYOTO INS. OF KASSIM 1985)
TECH.)(POLYMER 75366 MUHAMMAD AFIF B. B.E.HONS.(UITM)
ABDUL AZIZ (ELECTRICAL, 2015) 81944 AHMAD IMRAN BIN CHE B.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL,
SC. & ENRG., 2002) ISMAIL 2009)
P.HD.(KYOTO INS. OF 75365 MUHAMMAD KHAIRI BIN B.E.HONS.(UITM)
TECH.)(MATERIALS & MAHADZER (ELECTRICAL, 2015) 81500 AHMAD YUSNI BIN B.E HONS.(USM)(CIVIL,
LIFE SC., 2010) JUSOH 2000)
54406 SOH CHIN SHING B.E.HONS.(UNITEN)
(ELECTRICAL POWER,
PERMOHONAN MENJADI
2013) Note: Remaining list of the Permohonan Menjadi Ahli
72336 YANG TIEN MING, B.E.HONS.(UTAR) Companion, Pemindahan Kepada Ahli Siswazah,
AHLI SISWAZAH ALEXANDER (ELECTRICAL & Permohonan Menjadi Ahli Siswazah, Permohonan
Nama Kelayakan ELECTRONIC, 2016) Menjadi Ahli Incorporated, Permohonan Menjadi
KEJURUTERAAN AWAM 78924 ZULHAIMIE BIN BOLOH B.E.HONS.(UTEM) Ahli Afiliate, Permohonan Menjadi Ahli Associate
(ELECTRICAL-POWER would be published in the April 2017 issue. For the
56636 AHMAD FAISAL BIN B.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL, ELECTRONIC & DRIVE,
MOHD GHAZALI 2013) list of approved ADMISSION TO THE GRADE OF
2012)
STUDENT, please refer to IEM web portal at http://
52770 CHIN JIUN YEE B.E HONS.
(CURTIN)(CIVIL & www.myiem.org.my.
CONSTRUCTION, 2014) KEJURUTERAAN ELEKTRONIK
72506 DIVIYA SHANKAR B.E.HONS.(UKM)(CIVIL & 34044 ASRAF BIN AHMAD B.E.HONS.(UITM)
STRUCTURAL, 2015) (ELECTRICAL, 2009)
28104 DR TAN CHEE GHUAN B.E HONS.(USM) 44936 STEFFI MIT ANAK ANGIE B.E HONS.(UTM)
(CIVIL, 2009) (ELECTRICAL- Pengumuman
INSTRUMENTATION &
M.SC.(USM)
(STRUCTURAL, 2010) CONTROL, 2011) yang ke-101
P.HD.(USM)(EARTH
QUAKE, 2010)
KEJURUTERAAN KIMIA
55765 ELIJAH DING B.E HONS.(UNISEL) SENARAI PENDERMA KEPADA WISMA
(CIVIL, 2015) 67198 BASIL GIRI DAVIS B.E.HONS.(UITM)
(CHEMICAL & PROCESS, DANA BANGUNAN IEM
55968 HAFIZAH NADHIRAH B.E.HONS.(UTHM)(CIVIL, 2014)
BINTI HISHAM 2015)
34166 JENIFFER LOURDSAMY B.E.HONS.(UNITEN)
23305 MOHD AFFANDI BIN B.E.HONS.(UITM) Institusi mengucapkan terima kasih
DERMAN (CHEMICAL, 2004)
(CIVIL, 2011)
61878 TAN JUN HOE B.E.HONS.(UTAR) kepada semua yang telah memberikan
72738 KHAIRUL IZHAR BIN B.E.HONS.(UNITEN) (CHEMICAL, 2016)
KASIM (CIVIL, 2015) sumbangan kepada tabung Bangunan
65892 KOGULAN A/L G. B.E HONS.(UNISEL)
KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL Wisma IEM. Ahli-ahli IEM dan pembaca
LAKSHMANAN (CIVIL, 2014)
42700 LAM KAH LEONG B.E.HONS.(UTHM)(CIVIL, 51373 CHIN JUN YEN, THOMAS B.E.HONS.(UTP) yang ingin memberikan sumbangan boleh
45613 LEE KENG SENG
2011)
B.E.HONS.(USM)(CIVIL, 54189 CHONG KOK YUNG
(MECHANICAL, 2015)
B.E.HONS.(UTAR)
berbuat demikian dengan memuat turun 47
2013) (MECHANICAL, 2016) borang di laman web IEM http://www.iem.
66196 LEE YAO ZONG B.E.HONS.(IUKL)(CIVIL, 39794 FONG MUN KIT B.E.HONS.(UTHM)
2015) (MECHANICAL, 2010) org.my atau menghubungi secretariat
45586 LEE YI YONG B.E.HONS.(USM)(CIVIL, 42291 HO ZHEN HUI, AARON B.E.HONS.(UMS) di +603-7968 4001/5518 untuk maklumat
2013) JOHNATHAN (MECHANICAL, 2011)
27918 MD. YUSHAIRI KAMARUL B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 25238 JAYPRASHANTH A/L B.E.HONS.(UTEM) lanjut. Senarai penyumbang untuk bulan
KARTHIGESAN (MECHANICAL-THERMAL
EFFENDY BIN MOHD 2007)
FLUIDS, 2007)
Januari 2017 adalah seperti jadual di
YUSOF
56662 MIOR MUHAMAD NAZRIN B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL- 54192 KHOR LIN HAN B.E.HONS.(UTAR) sebelah:
BIN MIOR ISKANDAR INFRASTUCTURE, 2015) (MECHANICAL, 2016)
JURUTERA MACRH 2017

SHAH 77923 LEONG JANN THO JOEL B.E.HONS.(UNITEN) NO. NO. AHLI NAMA
52292 MOHD SHAZUWAN BIN B.E.HONS.(IUKL)(CIVIL, (MECHANICAL, 2015) 1 3902 AB. MAJID BIN AZIZ
SAIDIN 2015) 65037 LOON CHEE YAN, B.E.HONS.(TAYLOR'S)
50256 MU'ASWAD IRWAN B. B.E.HONS.(IUKL)(CIVIL, MICHAEL (MECHANICAL, 2014) 2 3452 ABD. RAHIM BIN SHAMSUDIN
ISHAK 2013) 50385 MUHAMAD FAIZAL BIN B.E.HONS.(UITM) 3 86341 ABDUL HIJAN BIN ABDUL HALIM
33682 MUHAMAD KHAIRI BIN B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, ABD. RAZAK (MECHANICAL, 2014)
JALIL 2008) 32917 MUHAMMAD HANIFF BIN B.E HONS.(UTM) 4 27647 ABDUL MALEK BIN TALIB
47251 MUHAMMAD AL SHAFIE B.E.HONS.(UKM)(CIVIL & MUSTAKIM (MECHANICAL, 2009)
5 27472 ABDUL RASHID BIN HUSSAIN
BIN MOHAMAD AZAN STRUCTURAL, 2013) 71268 MUHAMMAD B.E.HONS.(UTHM)
70957 MUHAMMAD SAZLLY B.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL, SHAHRIZZAT BIN RAMLI (MECHANICAL, 2015) 6 44107 AHMAD AFZAINIZAM BIN
NAZREEN BIN MAH 2014) 45472 NG YAN SEAN B.E.HONS.(USM) MOKHTAR
MOOR (MECHANICAL, 2013)
7 80719 AHMAD ATTORELLAH
33135 NAJIHA BINTI NADZRU B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 50403 NORUL SAKINAH BINTI B.E HONS.(UITM) SHARIFUDDIN
2009) AWANG @ ISMAIL (MECHANICAL, 2014)

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8 29071 AHMAD FUAAD BIN AHMAD 61 24851 KOH PENG CHUN 113 20356 NOOR AZIDY BIN ISHAK
SABKI
62 3110 KONG KIN PONG 114 5033 NOR HASSAN BIN ISMAIL
9 21881 AHMAD NAZRY BIN SARNI
63 20372 LAI YEE KEIN 115 11733 NORASHIDAH BINTI MD. DIN
10 13821 AHMAD ROSLAN BIN HAIRUDDIN
64 14183 LAM HUNG MAN 116 13470 NORAZIDAH BTE TAUFEK
11 32805 AHMAD ZAMANI MASNIZAM BIN
ABDULLAH ZAWAWI 65 26936 LAU YING LEE 117 16805 NORAZLINA BT ABDULLAH

12 22781 ALI ASKAR BIN SHER MOHAMAD 66 10489 LEE FATT WAI 118 89452 NUR ASIAH IZALIZA BINTI
ZAINULLAH
13 17370 AMAN SHAH BIN MOHAMAD 67 24733 LEE LIN KHENG
SHAH 119 10347 ONG HOCK GUAN
68 23881 LEE SHING SHYANG
14 20675 AMINUDIN BIN MOHD. ISA 120 38759 OOI JI REH
69 81503 LEE YUN PHING
15 7980 ANNIES BIN MD. ARIFF 121 23886 PALANISAMY A/L
70 56819 LIM CHEE KIANG THANJAGOUNDAN
16 30253 ANUAR BIN ADNAN
71 13215 LIM CHEE KOK 122 15810 PANG KENG LEE
17 4961 ASOK KUMAR S/O HARILAL HIRA
PATEL 72 80552 LIM CHIANG LING 123 25681 PHANG SIN YEN

18 7579 AZIZAN BIN MD. SAAD 73 4314 LIM TAI ENG 124 16912 PHUA CHEONG SENG

19 21517 AZIZUL AZMI BIN KAMARUL 74 9147 LOKE KAH KHOOI 125 14979 RAYMON MANGALARAJ
ZAMAN
75 39960 LOO WAI CHIAN 126 20933 ROZMAN BIN KASMANI
20 56625 AZIZUL HAFSYAM BIN ISHAK
76 12209 LOOI TUCK CHUNG 127 26970 S. VEERAKUMAR A/L S.
21 11425 AZMAN BIN AHMAD SUBRAMANIAM
77 23672 LOURDES RAJ A/L DHOMNIC
22 18156 BAHARIN BIN HASHIM 128 54557 SARAVANAN A/L KRISHNAN
78 24079 MAH YAU SENG
23 10801 BOEY WEI LUN 129 16870 SAW WOOI KOON
79 44123 MARK SEAH @ SEAH HOCK NAM
24 8427 BONG KUEK POH, FREDERICK 130 8915 SHAIKH ABDULLAH BIN CHE
80 30592 MASWADY BIN MASKIN HUSSAIN
25 10911 BOON KUAT KHIN @ VOON KUAT
KHIN 81 5988 MAZELAN BIN MANSOR 131 35559 SHARIFAH FATIMAH BINTI
TUANKU HJ ABDULLAH
26 17568 CHAI SHOON LEONG 82 25860 MD RAZLI BIN AB RAHIM
132 49224 SI GIAN SHEN
27 37038 CHAN YEW FAH 83 79276 MGT. NASARUDDIN BIN MGT.
MAZELAN 133 18237 SIRAJA BIN BASHORA
28 20746 CHANG TAN CHIN
84 13475 MOHAMAD SHARIF BIN MOK 134 41027 SITI RAFIDAH BINTI MOSLIM
29 17978 CHEAH CHEE FONG SOM
135 8917 SNOORDIN BIN MOHD YUSOF
30 6409 CHEONG CHEE HOONG 85 16323 MOHAMED AZMI BIN ABDUL
KARIM 136 66770 SOH KWONG CHEAN
31 16364 CHERYL CECILIA SAROL
UDARBE 86 87666 MOHAMED NOR FAIZ B 137 26932 SHAFULRIZAL BIN ZAINOL
MOHAMED NASIR
32 4325 CHIA PIT SHIN, EDWIN 138 49945 SUHAIMI BIN JALALUDDIN
87 13578 MOHD AZAHAR BIN DON
33 86288 CH'NG DUAN XIAN, AARON 139 12004 SURAINI BIN RAMLI
88 54226 MOHD AZUDDIN BIN MOHD
34 15356 CHOW CHEE HENG HANIFAH 140 8165 TAI FONG NG

35 33707 CHU CHEE YANG 89 60690 MOHD FAHAMI BIN JAAPAR 141 7717 TAN CHENG MENG

36 4825 CHUA SONG YANG 90 43557 MOHD FAUZI BIN OMAR 142 8113 TAN JIT HOO

37 7861 CHUAH CHENG HOE 91 36349 MOHD KHALID BIN SHUIB 143 13021 TAN KHOON KIAN

38 21740 CHUNG CHOW PIN 92 38714 MOHD NASHARUDDIN BIN 144 12274 TAN KIM TIANG
HASHIM
39 43878 ERRWAN BIN ABDUL RASHID 145 5727 TAN SIEW KHENG
93 19730 MOHD REHAT BIN AHMAD @
40 22096 EZWAN BIN MOKHTAR SALIMAN 146 25271 TAN SOON LIANG

41 34351 FAUZI BIN AHMAD 94 79356 MOHD SABRI BIN WAHAB 147 12433 TAN THONG OOI

42 7628 GAN HOCK SENG 95 12915 MOHD SAIFUZZAMAN BIN 148 59874 TAN WEI KEAT
HOESNI
43 11047 GOH KAE WAN 149 16194 TAY KU WAH
96 17608 MOHD ZAHIDI BIN MOHD YAZID
44 38039 GOH KHENG WEE 150 14400 TEO JIN ANN
97 10764 MOHD. HASHIM BIN SHAARI
45 9055 GOH KHIR CHAYE 151 7537 TIONG HONG HEE
98 19701 MOHD. NADZRI BIN MOHAMAD
46 46865 GOH SU KIN 152 14417 TU CHUAN FUK
99 3190 MOHD. ZAKI BIN HAJI MOHD.
47 20197 HANI ZAIDA BINTI ISMAIL YUSUFF 153 43962 VOON FOOK HIN

48 61924 HENG INN CHEN 100 72593 MOHYIDDIN BIN SALLEH 154 53091 WAN HASSAN BIN WAN MAMAT

49 25557 HONG WAI CHIN 101 86618 MONITHA A/P ANTHONISAMY 155 9830 WAN MANAN BIN WAN ALI
48 50 15357 HOO CHEE SIAN 102 7442 MUHAMAD FUAD BIN ABDULLAH 156 36835 WAN MOHD FAUZI BIN WAN
@ YEOH KEAT HIAN SULAIMAN
51 11252 IDRIS BIN ISMAIL
103 41502 MUHAMMAD AZAHARI BIN 157 32678 WAN SALLEHUDDIN BIN WAN
52 29100 ISMAIL BIN ALI MUSTAPHA ZAKIUDDIN
53 27465 ISMAIL BIN HASSAN 104 7943 MUHAMMAD BUSHRO BIN MAT 158 9368 WEE BOON KIONG
JOHOR
54 13102 ISMAIL BIN MAMAT 159 85047 WONG MAY SUET
105 24232 MUHAMMAD MUZAMMIL BIN MD.
55 20922 ISTAS FAHRURRAZI BIN HANIFFA 160 12051 WONG MOK FAR
NUSYIRWAN
106 33877 MULIADY BIN CHE HAMAT 161 19275 YAH KEM CHUI
56 41192 JAMA'IATUL-LAILAH BINTI MOHD
JURUTERA MARCH 2017

JAIS 107 16339 NAZRI BIN HARUN 162 21275 YONG KOK HOONG

57 77560 JASBINDER SINGH A/L KEHAR 108 6004 NEW CHENG SWEE 163 84906 YUSMIR YUSOP
SINGH
109 17352 NG CHNG BOON 164 15913 ZAINAL FITHRI BIN MAT ZAHARI
58 58102 KASDI ANAK PULAI
110 80574 NG SAY AIK 165 7719 ZULKEPLY BIN ABD. WAHID
59 20249 KHAIRUL ANWAR BIN HAJI
HUSIN 111 12215 NG YOKE KIM 166 47088 ZULKIFLI BIN MOHAMED

60 45868 KHAIRUL NIZAM BIN PUNIRAN 112 7000 NGU MENG HO 167 28982 ZUNAIDI BIN CHE HASSAN

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