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The Young Engineers Section (YES) of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) organised a tree-planting project at Taman Botani Negara, Shah Alam on 23.06.2012 and 24.06.2012. The project was carried out in 2 stages: firstly by loosening the soil for planting and secondly by planting the trees. The event began at around 9.00a.m. on the 23.06.2012 and finished around 12.00p.m. on the same day. The second stage was completed the next day at around the same time. The event was launched and officiated by IEM Deputy President Choo Kok Beng, Shuhairy bin Norhisham -  Chairman of the Young Engineers Section and ENSEARCH Vice-President Ellias Saidin by planting the first out of the 190 trees sponsored by various individuals and organisations around the Klang Valley. KL Bar with some corporate/personal friends had sponsored 90 out of those 190 trees. The 190 trees were planted with the assistance of 60 students from UNITEN (Universiti Tenaga Nasional) and UTM (Universiti Teknolog...

Jointly organized by Kuala Lumpur Bar’s Environmental Law Committee and the Water Resources Technical Division, Institution of Engineers (“IEM”), Malaysia The technical visit was conducted by En. Nor Hisham Mohd Ghazali, Head of Planning, Coastal Protection, Jabatan Parit dan Saliran and was well attended by 7 members of Kuala Lumpur Bar and 2 registered non-members, together with 8 members of IEM. We departed by coach from IEM building in Petaling Jaya at 8.30 a.m. and completed the visit by 4 p.m. A.Bagan Pinang Beach We had an introduction and briefing session by En. Nor Hisham upon arrival at Bagan Pinang beach at 10.00 a.m. This is a beach fronting a food court and a dive shop with Avilion Hotel and Resort to the south (opposite Straits Malacca Hotel). Bagan Pinang suffered from erosion as a result of wave attack, i.e. the movement of material seawards, beginning from the dive shop and the food court to the chalets at Avilion Hotel & Resort. Measures to solve the problem of e...

By Wong Ee Lynn Committee Member, Kuala Lumpur Bar Environmental Law Committee The desire to conserve a species or an important habitat seldom comes from the perusal of academic literature alone. For a person to feel strongly enough to want to protect a specie, direct contact is often necessary. It was with these goals in mind, namely, to foster an awareness of Malaysia’s natural heritage in members of the KL Bar; to encourage KL Bar members to take an interest in conservation issues; and to instill a spirit of voluntarism in members of the KL Bar, that a seahorse data collection volunteering trip was organized to the Pulai River Estuary in Johor on 2nd – 3rd August 2008. The seahorse and pipefish data collection and monitoring project is initiated, coordinated and run by Save Our Seahorses (SOS) Malaysia, a non-profit research and conservation organization, and the Malaysian Nature Society Marine Special Interest Group. The two organizations have committed themselves to long-term co...

Dear Members of the KL Bar, Technical Visit to Coastal Protection Sites, Port Dickson on 18.10.2008. Jointly organised by the KL Bar Environmental Law Committee and Institution of Engineers Malaysia In 2005, the Government had successfully completed a handful of beach protection projects in Port Dickson. These efforts were commendable and were prompted by the need to bring back some of the lustre that the beaches from Batu 1 to Batu 5 once had. The visit will take participants on a tour of selected areas of the Port Dickson shoreline to spend some time by the sea while being briefed on coastal development issues and shore protection techniques by Engr Nor Hisham Mohd Ghazali, Head of Erosion Control, Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran Malaysia. You will be joined by engineers and the experience will provide some insight into coastal engineering and shore protection techniques. Works include beach nourishment and re-nourishment, the installation of a beach drainage system known as Beach Mana...