FIG Council
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Facing the Challenges - Building the Capasity
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Vice President CheeHai Teo - 2009-2010 and Incoming
President 2011-2014
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Curriculum Vitae
CheeHai TEO
Date of birth 23rd December 1959
Nationality Malaysian
Status Married with three children
Current Position Advisor, Geometra Surveys Sdn Bhd & Jurukur
Perunding Services Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
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Professional Career
Mr. CheeHai TEO is Licensed and Chartered Surveyor in the
private practice. His key experience is in the area of planning,
implementation, supervision and management of surveying projects that
encompass a variety of inter-related activities and tasks as well as
interaction with allied professionals, primarily in coastal zone
management, real estate development and the provision of project and
technical consultancy in land and hydrographic surveying. He has worked at
various localities and sites all over Malaysia and overseas.
The General Assembly, in Sydney, Australia (April 2010) selected Teo
CheeHai as the FIG President for the period 1.1.2011-31.12.2014.
Born in a Batu Pahat, Johor in southern peninsular Malaysia, he had
his primary and secondary education there before completing his basic
degree in surveying (Bachelor of Applied Science (Surveying)) with
distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in
Australia in 1980. He completed his Masters of Science (Land
Administration and Development) with University Technology Malaysia in
2004.
Shortly after completing his tertiary education, he accepted a job
offer from a surveying organization with regional affiliations and has
been with the organization since.
He is a Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (ISM) and the
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), a member of the
Association of Authorised Land Surveyors Malaysia (AALSM) and the
Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute, Australia (SSSI).
Currently, he is a Council Member of AALSM and the ASEAN Federation
of Land Surveying and Geomatics (ASEAN FLAG); a member of the RICS
Malaysia; RICS Asia Education and Standards Board and a member of RICS
Malaysia Working Group.
He is a Past Honorary Secretary General of ASEAN FLAG; a Past
President, a Past Secretary General and a Past Council Member of ISM; a
past Chair of RICS Malaysia; a past member of RICS Asia Board; a past
Vice President, a past Secretary General and a past Treasurer of AALSM,
the sole FIG member association from Malaysia.
He was appointed by the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1999
to the Second National Economic Consultative Council (NECC II)
(1999/2000), the output of the Council helped shaped Malaysia’s ten-year
development programme. In 2002, he was appointed by the Hon. Minister of
Finance Malaysia to the inaugural Board of Directors of Professional
Services Development Corporation Pte. Ltd. (PSDC) for a term of two
years and in 2006 was appointed by the Hon. Minister of Works Malaysia
to the PSDC Consultative Panel. In 2003, he was appointed by the Hon.
Minister of Land and Cooperative Development Malaysia to the Land
Surveyors Board and this appointment extended for a further two years by
the Hon. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia in June
2005 and again in June 2007. In 2000, he was asked by the Ministry of
International Trade and Industry Malaysia to join Malaysia’s Delegation
to the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Services (CCS) and subsequently
to other trade negotiating forums representing the Surveying Profession.
He played a key role in realizing the ASEAN Framework Arrangement on the
Mutual Recognition of Surveying Qualifications that was concluded in
2007.
His past involvement in FIG included being a Member of the Task Force
on Governance (2005 – 2006), Nomination Review Group (2003 – 2006) and
Task Force on Mutual Recognition of Qualification (1999 - 2002). He has
been the national delegate from Malaysia to the FIG 1999-2008.
Presentations and Publications
Presentations at conferences include:
- Address
of the Incoming President at the FIG Handover Ceremony.
Copenhagen, Denmark, 26 November 2010.
- Opportunities to Enhance Land Governance in South and South East
Asia. Presentation at the UN-HABITAT Expert Group Meeting "Transparency
in Land Administration (TLA) - A Capacity Building Agenda for South
and South East Asia". Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 20-21 July 2010
- Accelerating the Development of Cadastral Spatial Data
Infrastructures Towards Sustainable Good Land Governance. Keynote
presentation at the 2009 South Luzon Area Assembly of the Geodetic
Engineers of The Philippines, Inc., Quezon City, Philippines, 6-7
November 2009
- Building the Capacity – Professionalism and Ethics. Plenary
presentation at the 7th FIG Regional Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam,
19-22 October 2009
- “Changing Climate” at the
"Joint 8th International Symposium and Exhibition on Geoinformation"
& "ISPRS Symposium on Spatial Decision Support System and LBS" with
the theme “Geoinformation For All”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2009).
- “Professional Responsibilities: Code of Professional Conduct” at
FIG’s Working Week with the theme “Integrating Generations”,
Stockholm, Sweden (2008)
- “Changing
the Game: Sustaining the Profession” at FIG’s 6th Regional
Conference with the theme “Coastal Areas and Land Administration –
Building the Capacity”, San Jose, Costa Rica (2007). The paper was
subsequently published by FIG as “Article
of the Month”.
- “Surveys
for Shoreline Monitoring Programme” at FIG’s 6th Regional
Conference with the theme “Coastal Areas and Land Administration –
Building the Capacity”, San Jose, Costa Rica (2007).
- “A
National Geocentric Datum and the Administration of Marine Spaces in
Malaysia” jointly authored with En. Ahmad Fauzi Nordin of
Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia at FIG’s 5th Regional Conference
for Africa with the theme “Promoting Land Administration and Good
Governance”, Accra, Ghana (2006)
- “Implementing
Mutual Recognition of Surveying Qualification in ASEAN” at FIG’s
5th Regional Conference for Africa with the theme “Promoting Land
Administration and Good Governance”, Accra, Ghana (2006)
- “Keeping Pace With The Times” at one of the Plenary Session of
the 8th South East Asian Survey Congress the theme “Geomatics and
the Community: Spatial Way to Sustainable Development”, Bandar Seri
Begawan, Brunei Darussalam (2005)
- “Amongst the Earliest: Can Malaysian Surveyors Rentiss the Path
and Forge the way ahead into new frontiers! The Sequel” at the 7th
Malaysian Surveyors Congress with the theme “Innovative Surveying in
a Changing World”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2005)
- “Mutual
Recognition of Surveying Qualifications within the ASEAN Framework
Agreement on Services” jointly authored with Mr. M. Nagarajan
from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry Malaysia at
one of the Plenary Session of FIG’s 3rd Regional Conference for Asia
and the Pacific with the theme “Surveying the Future Contributions
to Economic, Environmental and Social Development”, Jakarta,
Indonesia (2004). The paper was subsequently published as “Article
of the Month”.
- “Amongst the Earliest” at the 6th Malaysian Surveyors Congress
with the theme “Integrated Approach Toward Effectiveness”, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia (2004)
- “The Real Business” at the 2000 Commonwealth Association of
Surveying and Land Economy Conference incorporating 2000 Malaysian
Survey Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2000)
In addition he has made many other presentations at Malaysian Survey
Congresses and National Real Estate Conventions; Continuing Professional
Development Programs and Talks to the institution of Surveyors Malaysia,
Board of Valuers Appraisers and Estate Agents Malaysia, Joint Malaysian
Land Surveyors Board Meetings, Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents and
Association of Valuers & Property Consultants in Private Practice
Malaysia.
He has also contributed towards the publication of:
Contacts
Teo CheeHai
Association of Authorised
Land Surveyors Malaysia
c/o Geometra Surveys Sdn Bhd
7 (Ground Floor) Jalan Industri PBP 3
Taman Industri Pusat Bandar Puchong
47100 Puchong, Selangor Darul Ehsan
MALAYSIA
Tel: + 60-3-8068 6188
Fax: + 60-3-8068 6199
email: chteo.surveyor@gmail.com
15 December
2010
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