MSc to PhD Conversion Briefing
Congratulations to Dr. Norsiah bt Abdul Aziz and Dr. Gurupiah bt Mursib
Congratulations to Dr. Norsiah bt Abdul Aziz and Dr. Gurupiah bt Mursib on your promotion to Associate Professor.
Best wishes for continued success in your career.
Sistem penilaian prestasi E-LPPT/E-LNPT360º/E-LNPT 2014
Visit by Representatives from Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) to Faculty Of Built Environment
Three representatives from Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) visited the Faculty of Built Environment on the 30th of November 2014. The representatives were Professor SHIMIZU, Tetsuo, Assistant Professor FURUKAWA, Naoaki and Assistant Registrar Mr. SHIBATA, Kenzaburo. The purpose of the visit was to assess and gauge the progress of five (5) TMU students who are studying at the faculty beginning Semester 1 2014/2015, for a period of 1 semester under the ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Program.
During the visit, the representatives had observed the TMU students in the “Tourism Planning” and “Planning Practice” lectures and had the opportunity to meet with the lecturers concerned. They also took photographs and did a video recording of the lectures and listened to a presentation of a project on “Tourism Planning” by one of the student from TMU.
The three representatives also had discussions with the Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs), the Head of Department (Urban and Regional Planning) and the Course Coordinator (Urban and Regional Planning) on the planning of the AIMS program for 2015. Opportunities for the involvement of even more students from the Faculty of Built Environment and the involvement of students from other faculties in UTM were also discussed. The Faculty gave feedbacks on the performance of the TMU students, their experiences studying at the Faculty and living at the respective residential colleges in UTM. The representatives from TMU also reported on the progress made by Ainee Khatijah Zainuddin, a Fourth Year Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning student from the Faculty who is at TMU under the same program and 2 (two) academic staff of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning pursuing their PhD at TMU.
Talk by Dr. Goh Hong Ching
Governance involving the public and private sectors, meaningful participation of stakeholders and conservation management are essential for sustainable tourism development in Protected Area (PA). Kinabalu Park a Type II Protected Area and a World Heritage site for the natural category gazetted in year 2000 had undergone several changes in its management and governance since its establishment in 1964. The recognition that tourism is private driven, business oriented and capacity building with sustainable tourism as the guiding principle has made Kinabalu Park what it is today, a main tourist destination in Malaysia Borneo. These are the main points emphasised by Dr. Goh Hong Ching at her talk entitled “Influence of Park Governance on Tourism Development in Kinabalu Park Malaysia Borneo”, on 20th November 2014. The talk held at the Faculty of Built Environment Seminar Room, Level 3, B03 was attended by students and academic staff of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM Johor Bahru. Dr. Goh is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She is an alumni of the Department and a Visiting Scholar with the MIT-UTM Sustainable City Program.
