Vice President CheeHai Teo - 2009-2010 and Incoming President  2011-2014

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)

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
  • Handouts of the PowerPoint presentation
• 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
  • Handouts of the PowerPoint presentation
• Building the Capacity – Professionalism and Ethics. Plenary presentation at the 7th FIG Regional Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 19-22 October 2009
  • Handouts of the PowerPoint presentation
• “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)
  • Handouts of the PowerPoint presentation
• “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”.
  • Handouts of the PowerPoint presentation
• “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).
  • Handouts of the PowerPoint presentation
• “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)
  • Handouts of the PowerPoint presentation
• “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)
  • Handouts of the PowerPoint presentation
• “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”.
  • Handouts of the PowerPoint presentation
• “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:

• Land Surveyors Board 50th Anniversary Publication “Points”;
• International Federation of Surveyors Publication No. 36 “Administering Marine Spaces: International Issues”; and
• International Federation of Surveyors Publication No. 27 “Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications”.

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