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PERTEMUAN PERSATUAN (Meetings of the Society)MALAM JURUTERA 2011MALAM JURUTERA 2011 was held on 21 st October 2011 at the Department of Geology, University of Malaya.It featured 2 speakers, namely: Ir. Yee Thien Seng (Consultant) and Ir. Pan Kok Loong (Consultant).Ir Yee discussed various issues in slope engineering in Malaysia, such as problems with frequent slope failures,Terzaghi’s soil mechanics, checkers versus submitting engineers, reports on post-failure investigations such as for thecollapse of the Highland Tower and the Bt. Antarabangsa landslide. He also compared some Hong Kong practiceversus the Malaysian practice.Ir. Pan discussed the practice of geotechnical engineering in Hong Kong and shared his some 10-year workexperiences there. The 3 main topics discussed were: foundations, slopes and deep excavations. These were illustratedwith numerous examples or case studies in Hong Kong.As usual, there were very lively discussions on the topics presented for the Malam.My sincere thanks again to the speakers for their support and contributions to the Society’s activities.Tan Boon KongChairman,W/G on Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology & Environmental GeologyWarta Geologi, Vol. 36, No. 3&4, Jul–Dec 2011239