Colleagues From Minconsult To Be Remembered

March 30, 2016 (Wed) was the last day of my employment with Minconsult Sdn. Bhd. after serving the Structures Division for 1 year and 5 months, initially as a Senior Manager from November 3, 2014 till August, 2015, and later a Deputy General Manager from September, 2015 till I resigned. This is my second-time self-imposed retirement in recent 3 years.

I must put on record my heartiest appreciation to the colleagues of Minco's Structures Division for the following:

1. A farewell lunch for me was held in conjunction with the division lunch at the Meridien Hotel, Brickfield, K.L. on March 16, 2016.  All the staff of Structures Division attended.

   

   A pose with Structures Division Technical Advisor Ir. Dr. Lim Yeow Beng during the divisional lunch.

2. Another tim-sum farewell lunch given by Jane Choo, Irene Tan, Philip Tan and Margaret (from Bridge Division) at 皇宫酒家 Jaya Palace Restaurant, PJ near our office on my last day on March 30, 2016.

3. Most of the staff of the Structures Division posed a group photo with me after office hours at 5.40pm on my last day in office on March 30, 2016.

   

   A pose with most of the divisional colleagues after office hours on my last day with Minco.
   Pic from left: Helen Ng, Zaitul, Nabila, Nahshal, Mahesh, the blogger, Philip Tan, Irene Tan, Sara, Jane Choo, Theresa, Hayyi, Mustafa and Hasif.

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Brief Account on Half-Day Workshop on IEM “JURUTERA” Publication

Today Saturday, March 19, 2016, I attended a Half-Day Workshop on IEM Bulletin Publication ("JURUTERA") from 9.00am till 12.00pm at Crystal Crown Hotel, Petaling Jaya. 

This event was organized by the Standing Committee on Information & Publication (InfoPub) of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), of which I am the Secretary (a post continuously held by me since 2007), and championed by the Bulletin Editor, Ir. Mohd Khir Muhammad, who is also the InfoPub's Vice Chairman for the current session 2015/2016.

I left home at 8.00am and arrived at Crystal Crown Hotel within half an hour due to smooth traffic condition on a Saturday morning.  The journey would normally take at least 1 ½ hours during normal working days as my office is nearby the hotel.  Nobody was present yet at 8.30am when I entered the venue at Crystal Hall 2 on Level 4.

The Workshop started punctually at 9.00am with a briefing by Ir. Mohd. Khir.  He identified the major issues on IEM’s monthly bulletin “JURUTERA” being the publication/delivery deadlines and quality of the published articles and contents.

The Bulletin Editor presented his views on the basic issues with the bulletin publication, background on possible causes and the objectives and strategy of this brainstorming session.

Participants were then split into two groups for separate discussions in the same hall: (1) Group 1 (comprising Editorial Board members, invited members and the representative from the publisher Dimension) on the review of editorial policy, quality and content improvement; and (2) Group 2 (comprising IEM Secretariat staff from InfoPub and all Technical Divisions) on review of workflow process and improvement of work coordination.   

Summary and action plan arising from the discussions was then presented by a representative from each group to the floor for deliberation and adoption.

After the workshop ended at 12.00pm, we adjourned to the Coffee House at the Ground Floor for buffet lunch till 1.00pm. 

In conclusion, it was a successful brainstorming session and the dynamic leadership of the Bulletin Editor  Ir. Mohd Khir must be commended!

The participants of the workshop were as follows:

From the Editorial Board & InfoPub Standing Committee: 

1. Ir. Mohd Khir Muhammad
2. Ir. Lau Tai Onn
3. Ir. CMM Aboobucker
4. Engr. Dr. Wang Hong Kok
5. Ir. Tejinder Singh
6. Engr. Abdul Fattah Mohd.Yatim

Invited Member:

1. Engr. Michelle Lau
2. Engr. Izni Zahidi

From IEM Secretariat: 

1. Ms. Janet Lim
2. Pn. Nurul Aida
3. Pn. Shafiqah
4. Ms. Roseline
5. Pn. Zainun
6. Others

 From Dimension Publishing Sdn Bhd

1. Ms. Shirley Tham

 The following are some snapshots taken during the Workshop

Pic taken at 8.30am as nobody was present yet and I was the earliest bird.

Participants on my right hand side

Participants on my left hand side

Pic from right: Ir, Mohd Khir (chairman of the Workshop), Ir. Aboobucker (veteran IEM member), Engr. Dr. Wang Hong Kok (senior member but newcomer to this board), Engr. Fattah and Engr. Michelle Lau

Ir. Aboobucker presenting the summary of Group 1 discussion

Another glimpse of the proceeding of the Workshop 
(Courtesy of Dr. Wang)

A group photo of the Workshop participants.  Pic. front row from left: Engr. Fattah, Engr. Dr. Wang, the blogger, Ir. Mohd. Khir, Ir. Aboobucker, Ms. Shirley Tham, Ir. Tejinder 
(Courtesy of Ms. Janet Lim) 

80年代青团运八打灵支会老朋友聚餐纪事

出席者大合照

3月5日周六晚上，青团运八打灵支会(Gerakan Belia Bersatu Malaysia - GBBM Cawangan Petaling Jaya)上世纪80年代中期约42位会员(包括几位来自当年14区支会者)在Restoran Unique Seafood, Section 13, PJ聚餐敘旧。据知，为数不少出席者(包括我夫妇)乃阔別近30年才首次碰面，意义不凡！

出席者包括: 温文才(召集人), 大李(李瑞云), 杨有衡, 郑国理, 林国狮, 黄喜祥, 喜祥夫人思思,石天保, 潘美伶, 吴啟民, 申锦蓉, 符玉萍, 谢得胜, 林瑞洲. 苏凊義, 曾广志, 麦宝丽, 丽娟, 石秋霞, Doris Tan, 庄赐昭, 小李(李瑞星), 玉燕, 何来福, 来福夫人秀玉, 李鸿发, 何秀珍, 何秀珠, 潘玉兰, 张美娣, 陈心花, 丘官妹，叶美玲, Uncle Chua YT, Janet Lee, Aron Teoh, Pamela Ang, Tan Ka Lu, Danny Wong, 刘泰安, 黄素爱等。

回顾过去，我在1984/1985年度加入青团运支会为委员，翌年出任副主席至1987/1988年度，在1988年3月因应聘赴台北工作而离开了该支会。那四年在工馀之时参与青团运活动的青春日子，甜苦皆有，刻骨铭心，终身难忘啊！

这晚确实是我自1988年初至今28年来，首次再见许多当年一齐活动的老朋友。岁月不饶人，真的要珍惜故友情啊！

感激温文才的召集，让我们得以久别重逢，欢聚一堂。希望明年可召集更多老友出席，共襄盛举。大家珍重再见！

餐厅入口大门

昔日支会主席林国狮逐一介绍所有出席者，妙语如珠，领袖风范依然如故！

前排右起: 石秋霞，林国狮，庄赐昭，杨有衡，曾广志，笔者。
后排左起: 黄喜祥，吴启民，大李。

为永恆不变的友谊干杯！

用餐前全体出席者齐拍大合照

洋酒及红酒皆为几位朋友报效

美味菜肴一览

图右起: 黄喜祥与太太思思，石秋霞，陈心花。
奇怪，他们4人有何冻龄祕诀，30年来青春不老？

图右起: 谢得胜, 林国狮, 符玉萍等

与两位当年前后任支会祕书合照留念。
图右起: 潘玉兰 (1985/86年度秘书)，张美娣(1983/84和1984/855年度秘书)

与昔日支会委员(1985至88)石秋霞合照留念。

石秋霞和郑国理合唱卡拉OK

卡拉OK大合唱助庆

(Photos by courtesy of Onn Boon Chai, Pearly Mielim, KL Tay, Polly Mark, Annie Sin, Anson Ooi and others) 

附录:

1985/86年度青团运八打灵支会理事录:

青团运八打灵支会历屆(第一届至第十八届)理事名表: