1. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

i) New Applications

Corporate 3
Graduate 18

ii) Termination of Corporate Membership

i) Ar. Maznah bt Mohd Salleh (M 1401) would like to discontinue her membership
w.e.f. 31 December 2002.
ii) Ar. Ch'ng Kong Chan (M 381) wishes to terminate his membership w.e.f.
31 December 2003 due to unavoidable circumstances.
iii) Ar. Daniel Teo Tong How (M 292) wishes to terminate his membership with immediate effect.

iii) Termination of Graduate Membership

i) Chiang Fook Hoong (G 1814) has written to PAM to discontinue his membership
w.e.f. January 2004 as he is currently located in Australia.
ii) Eow Shee Huei (G 1153) wishes to resign as a member with immediate effect.

iv) Student Membership of PAM

The committee discussed with concern on the large number of Architecture Students
who have yet to register as students members with PAM.

The committee proposes to promote the PAM Student membership to the students pacticipating at the next Architectural Students Workshop which will he held at Universiti Putra Malaysia.

2. ACTIVITIES 2003 - 2004

i) PAM Charity Golf 2004

The format for this year's PAM Charity Golf will be similar to the previous years, where the proceeds were donated to needy causes.
For this year, the committee has proposed that the proceeds be donated to 3 needy organisations related to health.

The proposed organisations are as follows:

i) Majlis Kanser National (MAKNA)
ii) National Kidney Foundation
iii) Yayasan Kebajikan SSL Haemodialysis
iv) The Heart Foundation of Malaysia
The date for this year's PAM Charity Golf has been rescheduled to Thursday 22 July 2004. The proposed venues are as follows:

- Kelab Golf Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah
- Glenmarie Golf & Country Club
- IOI Palm Garden Golf Club

YB Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting, Minister of Housing and Local Government has been invited as the Guest-of-Honour for this year's PAM Golf.

ii) PAM Family Weekend

The PAM Southern Chapter has informed that they do not have the budget to organise
the entertainment and has requested the Membership Committee to look into this matter.

An IT exhibition/Workshop will be held during the weekend.

iii) Building Industry Dinner 2004

The Building Industry Dinner 2004 will be held on Friday 25 June 2004 at the
Berjaya Times Square Hotel & Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur.

The Guest-of-Honour for this year's Dinner were proposed in the following order:

i) Minister of International Trade and Industry
ii) Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government
iii) Deputy Minister of Works

iv) PAM Annual Dinner 2004

The PAM Annual Dinner 2004 will be held on Saturday 11 September 2004 at the Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur.

The committee proposes to invite YAB Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the
Prime Minister as the Guest-of-Honour for this year's Dinner.

v) Triangular Golf Tournament 2004

IEM and ISM have yet to respond on the proposed objectives of this tournament.

3. COMPETITION & AWARDS

i) PAM Architecture Award 2004

This Award will be presented during PAM Annual Dinner 2004 on 11 September 2004.

To-date only 20 nominations have been received. An email reminder has been sent to members, reminding them to nominate buildings for this year's Award.

The closing date for nominations is 30 April 2004.

ii) PAM Award for Colour on Buildings

This Award will be presented during the Building Industry Dinner on 25 June 2004.

The following companies have agreed to co-sponsor this year's Awards. The amount
of sponsorship is RM4,000 per sponsor:

i) Boustead Sissons Paints Sdn Bhd
ii) Globe Leigh's Paints (M) Sdn Bhd
iii) ICI Paints (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
iv) Jotun (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
v) Sime Coatings Sdn Bhd

The Award flyers will be sent to members by end April 2004 and the closing date
for submissions is 25 May 2004.

4. YOUTH & SPORT MATTERS

i) Field Visit

The visit to Hospital Sg. Buloh has been confirmed for Saturday 24 April 2004.

To-date more than 100 members have registered for the visit. The committee proposed that in future, the members be asked to pay-up when registering so that there will not be many absentees on the day of the visit.

The next proposed visit will be to Gita Bayu. The date for the visit will be confirmed
In due course.

ii) Overseas Visit

The committee has proposed Shanghai or Singapore for the overseas visit.
PAM will contact the Sabah Chapter, who have organised a delegation to China in
April 2004 for more details on this proposed visit.

iii) Discourse Workshop

The Chairman has been informed that this event can be arranged with the Education Committee on the Student Workshop.

iv) Inter Firm Friendly Games

The committee have decided that Bowling will be the choice for the Inter Firm
Friendly Games Day.

The proposed date is Sunday, 30 May 2004, in the afternoon.