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Campus News MIP EDUCATION AND STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Committee Members Chairman Assoc. Prof. Wan Mohamed Yusoff bin Abdullah (101/82) Fixed Members Encik Ihsan Zainal Mokhtar (305/94) Prof. Dr. Mansor Ibrahim (273/93) Puan Khairiah Thalha (184/94) Encik Md Nazri Mohd Noordin (301/94) Other Members Assoc. Prof. Hj. Zakaria Ahmad (UiTM) Assoc. Prof. Foziah Johar (UTM) Encik Shafiee Shuid (UIAM) Dr. Rahmat Azam Mustafa (USM) Dr. Kausar Binti Hj Ali (USM) Prof. Dr. Che Musa Che Omar (UIA) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dasimah Binti Omar (UiTM) Objectives: a. To periodically evaluate and make recommendation to Council on the needs of planning education in the local Institutes of Higher Learning (IPTA), so as to generate better quality of town planners for future needs. b. To undertake programmes and projects to enhance educational and training requirements of future town planners, and any others, that will benefit the Institute. The Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM, in collaboration with the Malaysian Institute of Planners, will be organising the Planning Students Assembly 2006 from July 21st until July 23rd. The venue of the event will be at IIUM, Gombak Campus. The Planning Student Assembly (PSA), an annual event, aims at bringing together students from c. To advise, monitor and evaluate on town planning programmes offered by local planning schools and related institution. d. To liaise with government agencies (such as JPA, LAN, Jabatan Pendidikan Tinggi, Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi) on matters pertaining to recognition, accreditation, programmes, institutions, etc of Planning education and the profession. e. To assist the Board of Town Planners (fixed member of the Accreditation Committee of the Board) on matters pertaining to planning education, examination, courses and accreditation of local Institutions of Higher Learning and any other degrees from abroad. f. To help administer the Education Fund according to the rules and regulations of the Fund, and carry out programmes that will benefit the Institute. Committee Activities : The first committee meeting was held on 19 January 2006 to discuss on the following matters: a) MIP Roadshows 2006 b) MIP Planning Program Accreditation Review Visit To IPTA c) MIP Professional Exam and Academic Service PTK Retirements (UiTM lecturers) • Assoc. Prof Wan Mohamed Yusoff Abdullah (MIP 101/82) - retirement effective 28.03.06. Contract extended until further notice • Assoc Prof Salehaton Hussain Sazally (MIP 200/88) : April 2006. Contract extended until further notice. • Assoc. Prof. Noorhadjar Bux (MIP 244/91)- retirement effective 01.07.06 Planning Student Assembly 2006 all planning schools in Malaysia. The first PSA was organised by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, IIUM in 2000. Since then, every planning school in Malaysia have taken turns to organise the event. This year, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, IIUM will be organising the event for the second time. The objectives of PSA 2006 are, first and foremost, to foster Planning Gala 2006 Pada 17-19 April 2006 Persatuan Perancangan Bandar dan Wilayah, Fakulti Senibina Perancangan dan Ukur, (FSPU), Universiti Teknologi Mara Shah Alam telah berjaya menganjurkan satu aktiviti Persatuan iaitu PlanningGALA2006 yang bertemakan “ART and SCIENCES” yang mana matlamat utamanya untuk menjalin perhubungan yang baik dan harmoni di samping menambah isu pengetahuan berkenaan isu dan perancangan antara para pelajar Program Perancangan Bandar dan Wilayah UiTM Shah Alam dengan staf perancangan bandar dan wilayah di sektor awam dan swasta. Antara Majlis Perbandaran yang telah mengambil bahagian adalah seperti Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya (MPPJ) dan Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA). Antara aktiviti yang telah diadakan adalah forum yang bertajuk “Art and Sciences in Town Planning”, acara sukan seperti futsal, bola sepak, bola jaring dan sukaneka. Presiden Pertubuhan Perancang Malaysia (MIP), Puan Norliza bte Hashim antara yang telah mengambil bahagian di dalam program ini dengan kehadirannya sebagai Ahli Panel Forum Perancangan dan beberapa aktiviti yang lain. Program ini juga telah berjaya menarik penglibatan alumni Jabatan Perancangan Bandar relationship and networking among students in planning schools in Malaysia. It also seeks to strengthen the relationship between the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) and planning schools in the country, to discuss contemporary issues in planning and to propagate values and ethics among the future planners. The theme for PSA 2006 is ‘UNITY IN DIVERSITY’. This theme was selected to reflect the diverse background of students dan Wilayah, FPSU, UiTM dan juga firma perunding perancang bandar untuk bersama-sama menyertai program yang telah dianjurkan. PlanningGALA2006 telah melabuhkan tirainya dengan mengadakan MalamGALA2006 yang berlangsung dengan meriahnya dengan penyampaian hadiah dan juga aktiviti persembahan pelajar setiap semester. who come from different planning schools, yet still share the same goals and responsibilities as future planners. A string of actitivities have been lined up for the event. The focus of the activities will be on Rural and Community Planning. Besides lectures on the subject matter, participants will also be involved in various other activities such as community services at selected villages around the Gombak area. 18 NEWSLETTER OF THE MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS
MIP Northern Branch AGM, Annual Dinner and Seminar The MIP Northern Branch held its AGM and its first annual dinner on 27th May 2006 at the Cititel Hotel in Penang. In conjunction with the AGM, a one-day seminar entitled “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Planning in Penang” was organized by the branch. Invited speakers from various professions which included a town planner, a land surveyor, a property consultant, a geotechnical engineer and a traffic engineer presented interesting papers on a wide range of topics on structure and local planning, latest property market trends and development, “gated’ and “guarded” development, problems of “hillland” development, and traffic issues in planning. A total of 122 participants consisting of developers, town planners, architects, surveyors, engineers, university students and NGO’s attended the seminar. The Northern Branch AGM was held after the seminar. The MIP President Pn Norliza and Secretary, Encik Suhaimi, also attended the meeting. The MIP NB Chairman presenting a token of appreciation to speaker, Ir. Khoo Koon Tai The auspicious day ended with the annual dinner, the first to be held by the branch. The informal buffet was graced by the presence of representatives from the Penang Real Estate and Housing Developers Association, the Penang Branch of the Malaysian Institute of Architects, the Malaysian Institute of Engineers and the Malaysian Institute of Surveyors, and the seminar speakers. The MIP NB Chairman calling the MIPNB AGM to order with the MIP President on his right, and the MIPNB secretary and the MIP secretary on his left Vancouver Technical Visit 2006 (Contd. from Back Page) We met many other Malaysians delegates in Vancouver, who were there to attend the World Urban Forum and World Planners Congress including the Director General of Town and Country Planning, Yg Berbahgia Dato’ Mohd Fadzil b Mohd Khir, Dr Dolbani, Mr Lim Yau Lee, En Nazri Jaffar, En Ghaffar (Ministry of Higher Education), the Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya group as well as Majlis Daerah Sepang group. It was a memorable and worthwhile trip for me and I hope it was the same for all who went. We had very little hiccups (I think) and even the delay in departure of flight to KL did not affect the arrival time at KLIA. I must thank everyone who came with MIP for their support, especially to City Hall Kuala Lumpur where we had a 12- member delegation (thanks to Puan Hajjah Zainab for managing to convince the mayor), and also to Yusri from KWA Planners (who helped me a lot to get everyone organized during the trip). Of course my thanks to Puan Khairiah who did most of the ground work before we left for Vancouver, the MIP secretariat and Topaz Travel for the good work done. Cheers . . . . Predictability in Planning : A Worthy Goal (Contd. from Page 17) With regard to the fourth element, one of the most important features of Oregon’s planning program is its single tier of planning and permit administration, all of which are done at the local level. The stateapproved local land-use plan is the controlling document for land-use decisions, and land-use permits are administered by city and county officials. With regard to the fifth element, Oregon requires clear and objective review standards to be used in reviewing permit applications for controversial land uses such as multi-family housing, manufactured homes and quarries. Under Oregon law, development officials cannot use vague standards such as “compatibility with the neighborhood” to deny an application for a needed housing type in an appropriate zone. Insisting on clear standards effectively safeguard developers and permit applicants from arbitrary and inconsistent decisions and thereby enhances predictability. Finally, in regard to the sixth element, the Oregon Legislature had created in 1979 a special land use court, known as the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA). The result has been a dramatic decrease in the time needed to resolve appeals and an increase in the consistency of decisions. In Malaysia, not every state has (at the moment) its Appeal Board. In Kedah, we had it only since a couple of years ago. Many other states have not done so, although the provisions in the law had been there for so long. Active participation from the floor during the seminar . . . . Norliza Hashim It is no wonder that we still have people who tell you they don’t understand how (on what basis) their applications were rejected, and on what basis other applicants had better luck. NEWSLETTER OF THE MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS 19
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