{"id":17098,"date":"2015-11-04T10:27:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T02:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/builtsurvey.utm.my\/facelift\/?p=17098"},"modified":"2015-11-04T10:27:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T02:27:48","slug":"department-of-urban-and-regional-planning-emeritus-professor-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/builtsurvey.utm.my\/facelift\/2015\/11\/04\/department-of-urban-and-regional-planning-emeritus-professor-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Urban and Regional Planning Emeritus Professor Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>UTM Johor Bahru \u2013<\/strong> UTM\u2019s Department of Urban and Regional Planning hosted Y.Bhg Emeritus Professor Dr. Azman Hj. Awang, property developer and Director of UTM Holdings Sdn Bhd, at the Department\u2019s inaugural Emeritus Professor Program on 29 October 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Emeritus Prof. Azman gave a thought provoking lecture entitled \u201cPolitics, Planning and Profit \u2013 an unholy alliance\u201d to a packed audience of about 150 planning students and academics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">In a forthright, engaging and humorous manner, Emeritus Prof. Azman enlightened the audience with a formula for transforming the \u201cunholy alliance\u201d of politicians, planners and developers into a \u201choly alliance\u201d of newly reformed politicians, professional planners and responsible developers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Such a holy alliance, which is built on professionalism, honesty, integrity, sincerity and ethics of all parties will give rise to more sustainable and high quality living environments for all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">A lively exchange ensued between Emeritus Prof. Azman and the audience after the intellectual sharing of his beliefs and philosophy in development, a culmination of his wide ranging experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Emeritus Prof. Azman was Faculty Dean at UTM\u2019s Faculty of Built Environment and UTM Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic). \u00a0Apart from being a property developer and Director for UTM Holdings Sdn Bhd, he also serves as Non-Executive Director of FSBM Holdings Bhd as well as Advisor to the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) on the Corridor Development between Kunming in Southern China and Northern Thailand which include Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The organisation of the Emeritus Professor Program as part of the JPBW Monthly Seminar Series is the Department of Urban and Regional Planning\u2019s continuous efforts to enrich students\u2019 learning through engaging prominent corporate figures, professional practitioners and internationally renowned academics in related fields to share their valuable knowledge and experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTM Johor Bahru \u2013 UTM\u2019s Department of Urban and Regional Planning hosted Y.Bhg Emeritus Professor Dr. Azman Hj. Awang, property developer and Director of UTM Holdings Sdn Bhd, at the Department\u2019s inaugural Emeritus Professor Program on 29 October 2015. 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