Vice President CheeHai Teo - 2009-2012
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Curriculum Vitae
CheeHai TEO
Date of birth 23rd December 1959
Nationality Malaysian
Status Married to Juliana with three children, Shiao-Ern Amanda,
Wei-Xin Natanael and Wei-Tsern Zayne
Current Position Project Director/Licensed Surveyor, Geometra
Surveys Sdn Bhd/Jurukur Perunding Services Sdn Bhd |
Professional Career
TEO CheeHai 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 and interaction with other
professionals, primarily in the coastal zones and 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.
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 his graduation in December 1980, 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 and the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a member of the Association of
Authorised Land Surveyors Malaysia and the Institution of Surveyors,
Australia.
He is a Past President and Secretary General of the Institution of
Surveyors Malaysia, a past Honorary Secretary General and current
Council Member of the ASEAN Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics.
He is also a past Vice President, Secretary General and current
Executive Council Member of the Association of Authorised Land Surveyors
Malaysia, the sole FIG member association from Malaysia.
TEO CheeHai 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 ongoing
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 Co-ordinating Committee on Services (CCS) and subsequently
to other trade negotiation forums representing the Surveying Profession.
He is still a member of the Delegation and actively involved in issues
relating to services liberalisation including mutual recognition
arrangement. He played a key role in realizing the ASEAN Framework
Arrangement on the Mutual Recognition of Surveying Qualifications that
was concluded in 2007.
His 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 since 1999.
Presentations and Publications
Presentations at conferences included:
- 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
- Building the Capacity – Professionalism and Ethics. Keynote
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 by the
International Federation of Surveyors 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)
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
17 April 2009
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