Archive for December, 2010
The Chapter was represented by Ar.Ho Jia Lit & Ar.Yong Ming Cheong in the morning of 18 December 2010 at Zone Kota Kinabalu office Sembulan.
A total of five (5) numbers of 10 tons fire engines were handed by the Ministry of Housing & Local Government from Kuala Lumpur to the State Government of Sabah, together with seven (7) numbers of utility trucks for multi-purpose tasks. The handing over ceremony was attended by fire officers & departments from all zones & districts throughout Sabah.
The representative of the Director General of Fire Services in delivering his address believed that the fire fighting capability of Sabah based operations will be greatly enhanced. Couple with additional training & resources made available, all sectors of the fire department have been upgraded.
Besides, with the launching of PGO (Pusat Gerakan Operasi), CLC (Community Learning Centre), MESS (Bilik Mesyuarat Khas untuk Pegawai Kanan) & GYM centres, the facilities & set-up has been modernized. In particular, the fire department is now able to monitor the whole Kota Kinabalu district via satellite images and communications network on any urgent notice for fire operations.
Encik Khiruddin Bin Drahman, the Director of Fire Services in Sabah, nevertheless conceded that fire fighting is always a losing battle with losses of lives and properties whenever fire officers are engaged in fighting fire. He informed that they practiced the three (3) Hs at the fire department. Head, Hand & Heart. Head stands for knowledge to prevent fire, Hand stands for action to prevent fire while Heart stands for compassion for aftermath of any fire out break.
Lastly, the Director thanked all parties involved in this ceremony. He believed that fire fighting is always a partnership that requires co-operation from the public.
The ceremony ended with a tour of the facilities incorporated into zone Kota Kinabalu office at Sembulan & refreshment served.
Reported by Ar. Yong Ming Cheong
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In view of growing concern on environment, many green rating tools has been developed for development in Malaysia. L E Delight Sdn. Bhd, has organised an interesting product talk on Friday, 26th November 2010 held at PAM Auditorium. The topic for the talk was "OPTILED Lighting: Integration of LED Lighting". The talk started at 9.30am and was attended by 38 participants including Architects and Engineers.
With a surge in demand for energy efficiency, majority of the companies are looking at opportunities to covert conventional lightings to Light Emitting Diode (LED) lightings products. In this talk, the speaker from OPTILED Singapore, Ms. Ada Lee and Mr. Joseph Ng brief everyone about the unique technology in lighting and the way how the LED lighting can help in energy saving. OPTILED LED lighting technology provides one of the best lighting solutions on the market across every specification, from lighting quality and energy efficiency, to life span and environmental friendliness. OPTILED LED lighting solutions consistently provide immediate and ongoing operating cost savings, and improved efficiency and lighting performance.
Many products of LED lighting was introduced during the talk such as Razor 1000, Aquatic 5000 and Flexi-Pro 8000 series. Razor 1000 series is useful for indoor lighting while Aquatic 5000 series is for outdoor underwater lighting. Meanwhile, the Flexi-Pro 8000 series is useful for the easiest and most versatile indoor and outdoor water resistant lighting solution the products has been designed to make the perfect lighting for any applications in buildings.
After the Q & A session and products presentation ended at 11.30am, Ar. Dr. Tan Jun Kwang thanked everyone and L E Delights Sdn. Bhd. for the interesting and wonderful talk on behalf of the Chapter.
Reported by Ar. Dr. Tan Jun Kwang