July 23, 2010
KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) director-general Prof Dr Ahmad Farhan Sadullah has been appointed as one of seven members of the Land Public Transport Commission (Spad), effective Friday.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Friday announced the names of commission members who will be serving for a three-year period.
According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office, also appointed were Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) chief executive Datuk Dr Mahani Zainal Abidin and Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) council member Datuk Khalid Ahmad.
Also included were WZ Steel Berhad (formerly known Weng Zheng Resources Berhad) director Datuk Siow Kim Lun, the Finance Ministry's Economic Analysis and International Division secretary Datuk Dr Irwan Siregar Abdullah, Economic Planning Unit deputy director-general II Himmat Singh Ralla Singh and Special Officer to the Prime Minister, Wan Ahmad Shihab Ismail.
"All of those appointed represent the public and private sectors. They were chosen based on their knowledge and experience in various fields, as well as their ability to play an effective role in carrying out functions under Spad to realise the objective of its establishment," it added.
This follows the announcement on Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar's appointment as chairman and Mohd Nur Ismal Mohamed Kamal as the commission's chief executive officer, effective since June 3, the statement said.
The commission, under the supervision of the Prime Minister, will be responsible for almost all aspects of land transport in Malaysia under the management of one main body.
The statement said that with the appointment, it believed that Spad will be able to improve the quality of public transport, which is one of the focus under the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) as announced by the Prime Minister last year.
Dr Ahmad Farhan was Dean of University Sains Malaysia's (USM) School of Civil Engineering prior to his appointment in Miros.
The PhD holder in Transport Studies from University of London, also acted as the Programme Chairman of Geotechnical, Highway and Transportation Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia and Coordinator of Engineering Innovation and Technology Development Unit (EITD) during his tenure as an Associate Professor at USM.
He has conducted numerous research specialising in transport such as Intelligent Transport Systems, travel behavior and traffic engineering, in addition to publishing numerous books and journals relating to transport in Malaysia.
Dr Mahani was the Director-General of ISIS from 2007 and 2009, after she left her position as the Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Higher Education.
In terms of academic qualification, Dr Mahani holds a PhD in Development Economics from the University of London and her research interests are industrialism and economic transformation, international trade and regional integration.
Former Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Malaysia Advisory Committee president, Khalid was previously Executive Chairman of the Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) and has also served as Managing Director of Syarikat Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV3).
A lawyer by training, Wan Ahmad's responsibilities include research and monitoring of transport policy and issues relating to public transport. He is also a Director of the Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (MDec).
Backed by vast experience in economics and finance, Siow is also Director of XingQuan International Sports Holdings Limited and Citibank Berhad, as well as an Independent Non-Executive Director of UMW Holdings Berhad, while Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar has experience in the Ministry of Finance and the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department.
-- BERNAMA
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