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29 July 2015The Wrong Approach

Venue Map@Publika, Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur

12 August 2015PPF 2015

Venue Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

13 August 2015GBF 2015 & KLDF 2015


14 & 15 August 2015DATUM:KL


14 August 2015Building Industry Gala

Venue The Royal Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

29 August 2015Rumah Asuh - Preserving Indonesian

Architecture Heritage by Yori Antar

10 September 2015PAM Golf

29 September 2015WCSC 2015

Venue The Royal Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

6-7 October 2015International Symposium on Evolution of

Mosque Design in Southeast AsiaVenue Auditorium Mercu Alam Bina,University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

5-31 October 2015World Architecture Day

Venue One Utama & The Curve, Damansara

2015

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On 1st April 2015, just two months away, the Government had already declared that Goods and Service Tax, or GST in short, would be implemented. Many architects along with the rest of the public are viewing the upcoming GST implementation with some apprehension not because of the tax itself but the considerable penalties for non-compliance. This being especially so when the GST is still quite new and many of the rules are not clear. To educate architects about the new GST law, PAM had already organised several CPD seminars, which had been well attended by PAM members and their staff.

For architects, is it just a change over from the Service Tax to GST with the same 6% tax on all payments we receive? A more detailed look at the GST Act shows that it is not the same Act with just a change of name. The major changes are : 1. GST allows for claim back for GST paid by architect on all their expensed items called the “input tax”.2. The 28 day rule requires that the architect issue an invoice to his client within 28 days of completing his works. How this will impact architects is still not clear.3. Service tax applies for all architects. GST however requires only architects with an annual turnover of more than RM500,000.00 to register to collect GST. Whether this will remain at the same level in the future is still uncertain.

Another common question raised is do architects include GST into their certificate of payment? The answer is a certainly no. Just as architects do not include the LAD or income tax into the COP. The role of the architect in relation to the COP is only to certify for the value of works completed by the contractor. The contractor will then issue a tax invoice to the employer to include the GST which the contractor is authorised to collect under the GST Act.

GST IMPACT ON THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

GST Talk and GST Online Registration by Pn Maria Medal, Senior Assistant Director of Custom II at PAM Centre, Wisma Bandar Kuala Lumpur.






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There is also widespread belief that GST will cause an overall increase in the cost of construction. This is a complex issue as under the proposed GST Act, housing sales are not subject to GST but the inputs to housing are subject to GST. That means housing developers will have to pay GST for Consultant fees and Contractor’s works where relevant but cannot claim back the input tax as residential property sales are not subject to GST. Are residential renovations subject to GST?

Non-residential property sales are however subject to GST. This has resulted in considerable uncertainty, with many contractors adding the effect of GST into their tenders with no clear understanding of the actual impact. Mixed developments will be even more complex to account for when there is a mixture of housing and non-housing components. Overall, cost of property is projected to increase. In other countries which had implemented GST before Malaysia it had taken between nine months to a year for cost and prices to stabilise. The effect of the upcoming GST will only be fully understood by the beginning of 2016.

Ar Chan Seong AunPresident2014-2015


Sharing the memorable night Puan Sri Datin Sri Seniya, Tan Sri Ar. Haji Esa’s wife with their daughter and son

Ar. Dr. Tan Loke Mun (in the middle) and Ar. Tan Pei Ing (first from right) with invited guests from Board of Architects Malaysia

On 4th February 2015, a celebration dinner was held to commemorate the success of a Malaysian Architect, Tan Sri Ar. Haji Esa Mohamed, getting elected as the 26th President of International Union of Architects (UiA).

The historical event took place at the Union General Assembly in August 2014, Durban South Africa. Winning with the highest votes, Tan Sri Ar. Haji Esa Mohamed was elected as President UiA for the triennial period of 2014 to 2017.

Tan Sri Ar. Haji Esa Mohamed who is an Architect and Town Planner, by practice and training hails from Semerah Johor and was a former student of the Johor English College (Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar). An outstanding student and top of his class yearly, he completed a Master Degree in Town and Country Planning from the University of Sydney in 1976. Prior to that, he obtained a First Class Honours in Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Newcastle Australia and won the University Gold Medal in 1973.

The celebration dinner was attended by 200 invited guests, made up of prominent industry players, prominent architects, families and close acquaintances of Tan Sri Ar. Esa.

Yang Amat Berhormat Tan Sri Dato’ Hj Muhyiddin Hj Mohd Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia graced the event accompanied by Yang Berhormat Dato’ Sri Hj Fadhillah Hj Yusuf, Minister of Work Malaysia and Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Hj Ahmad Phesal Hj Taib the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur were the Guest-of-Honor for the memorable evening.

Celebrating the amazing journey of Tan Sri Ar. Haji Esa Mohamed, videos of congratulatory messages received from his peers, business and work acquaintance and friends were played sharing their excitement and congratulating him on his appointment.

In his thank you speech, Tan Sri Ar. Haji Esa Mohamed expressed his gratitude and conveyed his appreciation to his dedicated campaign team led by Ar. Tan Pei Ing in ensuring the campaign programme ran smoothly. He commented that it was an honour for him to be appointed as the new UiA President and will continue to work for the betterment of the organisation and the industry.

The celebration dinner was organized by Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia and sponsored exclusively by Roca Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Sika Kimia Sdn Bhd.

TAN SRI Ar. HAJI ESA MOHAMED - HATS OFF TO SUCCESS


Reading the citation for Tan Sri Ar. Esa Mohamed by Ar. Dr. Tan Loke Mun

A group photo with the Guest-of-Honor, YAB Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Hj Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister Malaysia, Tan Sri Ar. Esa Mohamed and PAM Council Member 2014-2015

Tan Sri Ar Hj Esa Mohamed flanked by YAB Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Hj Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin, YBhg. Tan Sri Hj Ahmad Phesal Hj Talib, Mayor of Kuala Lumpur and YB Dato’ Sri Hj Fadhillah Hj Yusuf, Minister of Works Malaysia with PAM’s past presidents.

Tan Sri Ar. Esa Mohamed delivering his thank you speech

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Architectural Open Ideas Competition, titled “PAM-DBKL Architectural Ideas Competition 2014 in designing temporary shelters for the KL Homeless”, was initiated by Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) under the Urban Wellbeing Housing and Government Liaison Committee and Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL). This is an Open Ideas Competition to all PAM members and other relevant professions as well as the public. The competition received more than 100 entries from various categories.

The objective of the competition is not about creating permanent homes for the less fortunate, but it is more of creating a conducive transient shelter that could provide the much needed communal temporary relief for the homeless. The design of these temporary shelters should not compromise on the quality of the product or construction techniques. Instead, it should provide good creature comfort, low construction work force requirement to construct, easy and low maintenance and good usage of sustainable building material, environmentally friendly and low energy, durable and capable of lasting. Besides that, the other objective is to promote the Malaysia architect fraternity ability in designing for social needs and dispel the general public notion that architects only serve the elites.

There are six members of Jury for this competition. They are Puan Norzaini binti Nordin (Deputy Director, Jabatan Perancangan Fizikal DBKL), Y.A.D. Dato’ Setia Diraja Dato’ Abdul Ghani bin Haji Pateh Akhir (City Advisory Borad Member of DBKL), Ar. Chan Seong Aun (PAM President), Ar. Dr. Lim Teng Ngiom (PAM Awards Winner), Puan Hajah Munirah Abdul Hamid (Vice President PERTIWI, PERTIWI Soup Kitchen) and Dato’ Ruby Khong (President Kechara Soup Kitchen).

The competition has three categories. Category 1 is for PAM Corporate Member. The winner for this category is Ar. Assoc. Prof. Mustapha bin Mohamed Salleh who brings the concept of ‘KL STEP INN’ - Temporary Lodging for the Urban Homeless. Category 2 is for non-PAM corporate members, LAM members, MIP members and DBKL officers and for this category, the winning scheme was by Chua Yheu-Shen. In his design, he highlighted that communal living is the main approach for the design. His entry is titled ‘Camp KL’. The final category, Category 3, is for PAM student members. This category was won by Michelle Chin Shi Jeat using the concept of temporary shelters for homeless, titled The ‘Epiphyte’. The design intends to create opportunities for meaningful partial self-sustainable activities for the homeless community through architecture.

Temporary Shelters for the KL Homeless Ideas Competition show some refreshing and inspiring ideas. It also gives an avenue and platform for Malaysian architects to seek new ideas.

Ar Sarizal Yusman YusoffChairmanUrban Wellbeing Housing and Government Liaison Committee2014-2015

TEMPORARY SHELTERS FOR THE KL HOMELESS

PAM-DBKL ARCHITECTURALIDEAS COMPETITION 2014


Press Conference of the Competition after the Awards CeremonyFrom left: Ar. Sarizal Yusman Yusoff, YBhg. Datuk Seri Hj. Ahmad Phesal Hj. Talib and Y.A.D. Dato’ Setia Diraja Dato’ Abdul Ghani Haji Pateh Akhir

1st Prize PAM Corporate Members category “KL STEP INN - Temporary Lodging for the Urban Homeless” by Ar. Assoc. Prof. Mustapha bin Mohamed Salleh

1st Prize of PAM Student Members category “The ‘Epiphyte” by Michelle Chin Shi Jeat

1st Prize of Non-PAM Corporate Members, DBKL, LAM and MIP Members category “Camp KL” by Chua Yheu-Shen

Winners of Non-PAM Corporate Members, DBKL, LAM and MIP Members category Winners of PAM Corporate Members category

Presentation Certificate of Appreciation to one of the Panel Jury, Dato’ Ruby Khong President Kechara Soup Kitchen

Winners of the PAM Student Members category with the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur and VVIP of the Awards Ceremony


PAM PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FORUM 6.0The Professional Practice Forum was convened upon the endorsement of PAM Council at its meeting on 9 January 2015. The objective was to address the issues of liberalisation arising out of the Amendments to the Architects Act 1967. The task of organising the Forum was given to the Liberalisation and Professional Development Committee under Immediate Past President Ar. Saifuddin Ahmad Chairman and Council Member Ar. Lillian Tay Co-Chairman. Past President Ar. David Teh was appointed the Convenor.

The Forum attracted a total registration of 195 which together with 30 speakers, moderators, panellists and committee members made a total of 225 participants. There was active participation and energetic discussion at the Forum.

A key result of the Forum was the passing of Resolutions. At a joint meeting of the Liberalisation and Professional Development Committee and the Forum Committee on Resolutions on 10 February 2015, it was decided that the Committee presents this 2 Resolutions for Council’s consideration.

Resolution No 1That PAM holds a Referendum to submit an appeal to the Malaysian Government to defer the implementation of the Amendments to the Architects Act 1967 until PAM has carried out thorough studies of the likely impact of the Amendments to the nation, the economy, the building industry and the architectural profession; and until the Rules for the implementation of the Amendments have been properly worked out and accepted with regard to:

Section 7A – Composition of Body Corporate Section 10(3) – Qualifications for registrationdeleting the text “only a citizen or a permanent resident of Malaysia”

Note: The reason for the above is that it is contended that there may be potentially adverse implications should the Amendments to the Architects Act 1967 be implemented hastily, particularly with regard to the impacts it will have on the national economy, on the health and safety of the Malaysian people, on the building industry and on PAM Members both professionally and emotionally.

Resolution No 2That PAM collaborates in tandem with Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia (LAM) to prepare the Prescribed Rules under the Amendments to the Architects Act 1967 that will safeguard the interests of the Malaysian public and all stakeholders including the architectural profession.Note : It is suggested that a Joint LAM-PAM Committee be established to draft the Prescribed Rules.

According to the above, PAM Members had voted on their agreement or objection to the proposed Referendum Resolution No 1. The voting paper has been circulated to PAM Members on 27 February 2015 and Members have submitted their votes to PAM according to its deadline of 21 March 2015.

The Forum also discussed many issues confronting the architectural profession today and the following concerns were noted:

a. Collaboration Where a client intends to appoint a foreign architect who is not registered with LAM, it should first appoint a LAM

Registered Architect as the Lead Architect. The collaboration between the LAM Registered Architect and the foreign architect should be registered with LAM. The scope of works, fee structure and liabilities should be shared on a mutually beneficial and equitable basis for both parties.

b. Architectural Competitions All Architectural Competitions organised by Government, GLC’s and Private Sector should be open to all LAM Registered

Architects and where appropriate, suitably qualified foreign architects. Competitions that are open to only foreign architects should not be allowed.

c. Procurement of Architectural Services by Government and GLC’s Preference should be given by Government and GLC’s to LAM Registered Architects over foreign architects.

Presentation of Resolutions by Chairman of Committee on Resolutions, PAM Immediate Past President Ar. Hj. Saifuddin Ahmad


d. Engagement of Architects by Malaysian Corporations Undertaking Development Outside Malaysia Malaysian corporations undertaking development projects outside Malaysia should employ LAM Registered Architects to undertake the work required. Government should give tax incentives to those who do so.

e. Limitation of Professional Liability of Architects PAM is to seek a fixed time period of a reasonable number of years for the professional liability of LAM Registered Architects

f. Enforcement PAM calls upon LAM to actively enforce the Architects Act and Rules, in coordination with the appropriate government agencies specifically SSM/ROC, to restrict the use of the word “Architect”, “Architecture” and “Architectural Services” by individuals, partnerships and registered companies that are not LAM Registered Architects.

g. LAM Board Members PAM calls upon the Government to have a number of Board Members directly elected by all LAM Registered Architects.

h. Professional Examinations PAM calls upon LAM to address the low passing rate of candidates for Part III Professional Examinations and the qualifications for entry into the architectural profession.

Participants vote to the proposed Resolutions

Ar. Lukman Mahmood giving his opinion at the ForumAr. Shahriman Abdullah expressing his views during one of the Panel Discussion “Is the Profession Ready for Liberalisation?”

Participants of the Forum listening to the paper presentation by the SpeakerWelcome Remarks and Introduction by the Convenor, PAM Past President Ar. David Teh

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MEMBER’S FEEDBACK SURVEYPAM CONDUCTED A SURVEY SENT TO MEMBERS IN JANUARY 2015 TO GET FEEDBACK ON PAM’S SERVICES. THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED WOULD HELP PAM TO SERVE MEMBERS BETTER.

12.23%

61.57%

26.20%

2.29%9.15%

75.49%

13.07%

1. Berita Akitek

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

14.06%

68.71%

17.23%

3. Architecture Asia

0.23% 15.14%

65.37%

19.27%

4. CPD Seminars & Lectures

1.70%19.42%

63.35%

15.53%

6. PAM Directory

1.24%

22.83%

64.02%

11.91%

7. PAM Secretariat

1.64%

30.68%

63.29%

4.38% 1.97%

33.71%59.83%

4.49%

9. Green Building Index Sdn Bhd

1.21%17.58%

72.73%

8.48%

10. General

19.7%YES

80.27%NO

77.18%EMAIL

22.82%POSTAL

12. Which form of communication do you prefer?

5. PAM Convention

2. Architecture Malaysia

8. Architect Centre Sdn Bhd

11. Exported Architectural/Design Services Abroad ? Yes/No

0.47%

20.56%

49.07%

29.91%

Poor Average Good Excellent

PAM Council 2014-2015presidentAr Chan Seong Aun

deputy presidentAr Mohd Zulhemlee An

vice presidentAr Sarizal Yusman Yusoff

honorary secretaryAr Haji Abdul Halim Suhor

honorary treasurerAr Amzar bin Ahmad

immediate past presidentAr Saifuddin Ahmad

past presidents on councilTan Sri Ar Haji Esa MohamedAr Haji Hussein bin HamzahAr Lee Chor WahAr Tan Pei Ing

council membersAr Alice Leong Pek LianAr Ang Chee CheongAr Erdayu Os’hara OmarAr Ezumi Harzani IsmailAr Lilian Tay Wai FunAr Lim Hai Seah, AlvinDato’ Ar Maurice Wee Beng TeckAr Michael Ching Chee HoongAr Mustapha Kamal ZulkarnainAr Sarly Adre bin SarkumAr Thang Boon Ann, StevenAr Thirilogachandran a/l ShanmugasundaramAr Zamri Ismail

chairman northern chapterAr Loh Chiak Eong

chairman southern chapterAr Haji Muhamad Zawawi Zainuddin

chairman sabah chapter Ar Victor Wong Kon Yu

chairman sarawak chapter Ar Stephen Liew Ngian Chin

BERITA AKITEK EDITORIALAr Chan Seong AunAr Mohd Zulhemlee AnAr Sarizal Yusman YusoffAr Abdul Halim SuhorAr Amzar AhmadZarina IbrahimNur Ekzan Mohd Ekbal

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE MINUTES OF NINTH MEETING OF PAM COUNCIL 2014-2015 HELD ON 13 FEBRUARY 2015

Council approved new membership applications of 15 Corporate Members, 4 Ordinary Members above 65 years old, 23 Graduate Members, 1 Associate Graduate Member, 12 Student Members, 1 Reinstatement of Corporate Member and 1 Resignation.

Membership, Youth and Constitution Committee presented the Electronic Voting System (E-Voting) to Council and answered queries from Council Members. Council unanimously agreed to proceed with Electronic Voting for PAM Election 2015.

PAM Northern Chapter was given a seat for a PAM representative to sit on the Technical Review Panel 2015 of the Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (MPPP). Ar Lee Kok Hua has been nominated to represent PAM Northern Chapter.

Awards, Competitions and Events Committee reported that at the Close of Nominations, PAM received 91 nominations for PAM Awards 2015. One nomination for Category ‘Overseas’ did not comply with the Rules and Regulations; as such, the project will not be called for submission. For Category ‘Collaboration’, 5 projects were nominated and all complied with the Rules and Regulations. If there is any collaboration project submitted, it will automatically be placed in this category. PAM only recognises foreign architects who are registered with its home country’s registration board. For local, both collaborators must be registered with LAM.

Building Information Modelling Committee reported the PAM BIM Committee and CIDB had a good meeting on 29 January 2015. CIDB proposed to sign an MOU with PAM. CIDB already has developed a BIM library and is willing to share and develop further the BIM library with PAM. The details are yet to be worked out.

The International Affairs Committee is promoting export services to Cambodia, Myanmar and Indonesia. The Committee had opened registration to those who are interested to participate and a few members have registered. The same list has also been given to MATRADE for the services sector. If any member is interested and still has not registered, the list is still open for registration.

MATRADE has launched 5 programmes on export of services and PAM will be participating in a few of the programmes. The Committee is circulating the programmes to get members who are interested to export services to join the Specialised Marketing Mission (SMM) or Malaysia Services Exhibition (MSE).

Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Government Liaison Committee reported that the PAM-DBKL Architectural Ideas Competition 2014 in Designing Temporary Shelters for the KL Homeless Winners’ Announcement and Awards Ceremony was held on 12 February 2015 at the Kuala Lumpur Library. For record, there were 141 registrations with 97 submissions received on the closing date of submission. The judging was held on 28 January 2015. Datuk Bandar of Kuala Lumpur was pleased with the booklet published for the competition and expressed looking forward to more collaboration with PAM in the future.

The hand-over Flood Relief Fund ceremony of the fund collected for the PAM-MIID-MIP Flood Relief Campaign is planned to be held on the first week of March 2015. The amount collected by PAM from members alone was close to RM50,000.

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