A Journey of Discipline

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A Journey of Discipline Determination(50?????)

• Dr Sam Man Keong (???)
• HP (65) 9674 0515
• Email sammk1951_at_gmail.com

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Highlights

• Introduction Kota Tinggi my hometown.
• 1958 1963 Pei Hwa (Chinese) Primary School
• 1963 1969 Laksamana Secondary School
• 1971 To College or Poly ?
• 1971 1974 My 3 years in SP

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Highlights

• 1974 1981 Preparing for University Studies
• 1982 1983 Back to Universities (MelbU/RMIT)
• 1984 1986 NUS
• 1992 1995 NTU
• 2002 Venture overseas
• Summary
• Concluding Remarks

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Introduction

• An old town in Johore, West Malaysia.
• The last Sultan of Malacca was buried here.
  Sultan of Malacca ... Sultan Mahmud Shah (died
  1528) ruled Malacca from 1488 to 1511
• River Mountain Waterfall.
• Floods almost year during the Monsoon Period.

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Kota Tinggi Waterfall
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Floods in Kota Tinggi (December 2006 - January
2007)
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Kota Tinggi, Johore, Malaysia Old Timber Bridge
(built during WW2)
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Kota Tinggi New Concrete Bridge (built early
1960s)
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Pei Hwa (Chinese) Primary School

• 1958 Primary 1
• 1963 PSLE
• What is next after PSLE?
• No Chinese Secondary School in Kota Tinggi,
  Johore, Malaysia.
• Nearest Chinese Secondary School Johor Bahru
• 1964 To English or Malay Secondary School in
  Kota Tinggi ??

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1963 - PSLE
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Laksamana Secondary SchoolEnglish School

• 1964 Remove Class
• Form 1D ? Form 2C ? Form 3B ? Form 4A ? Form 5A
• 1967 Lower Certificate of Education (LCE) Exam
• 1969 Cambridge School Certificate
  (CSC)/GCE(O)/Malaysia Certificate of Education
  (MCE) Exam

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Laksamana Secondary School, Kota Tinggi, Johore,
Malaysia
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Laksamana Secondary SchoolEnglish School

• What is next after CSC/MCE?
• No Junior College in Kota Tinggi, Johore,
  Malaysia.
• Nearest Junior College (English College now
  Maktab Abu Bakar) Johor Bahru
• 1970 Choices ?? Can you afford the tuition fee
  living cost to study in JB ??
• Working.temporary teacher (Primary
  School).jungle construction site

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Johore River _at_ Kota Tinggi (1970)
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To College or Poly ?(1971)

• KL
• Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TAR College)
• Technical College (now Universiti Teknologi
  Malaysia)
• Federal Institute of Technology (FIT)
• Singapore
• Singapore Polytechnic
• Ngee Ann Technical College
• 1971 Singapore Polytechnic

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Before SIET SPCES -1972/1973
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1974 Tech Dip (Civil)
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Preparing for University Studies1974 1981

• UK Professional Examinations in Engineering
• The Society of Engineers (SOE)
• Part1 (General)
• Part 2 (Design)
• Part 3 (Management)
• Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI)
• Part 1
• Part 2

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Statistics LCCI (1974) IOS (1977)
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The Society of Engineers, UK
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RSA - CEI
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Back to Universities(1982 1983)

• 1981 SP Fellowship to study overseas
• University of Melbourne
• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) Full-time
• RMIT
• Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics (with OR)
  Part-time

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Australia University of Melbourne/RMIT (1982
1983)
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Geology Field Study - 1982
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RMIT(1983)/MelbU(1984)
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NUS.NTU

• 1984 1985
• NUS MSc(Civil Engineering)
• 1992 1995
• NTU MSc(Geotechnical Engineering)

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1986 MSc(Civil Engineering), NUS
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1995 MSc (Geotechnical Engineering), NTU
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1993 NTU Group Photo
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Venture overseas2002 .

• Papua New Guinea
• PNG University of Technology (Unitech) at Lae
• Philippines
• Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) in
  Zamboanga
• PR China
• HKUSPACE Global College in Suzhou.

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Papua New Guinea (2002 - 2003)
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Main Entrance to Unitech (2002)
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Materials Testing _at_ Unitech (2002)
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Materials Testing _at_ Unitech
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Graduation Unitech - 2003
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2005 WMSU Philippines Prof (Civil)
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2007 Doctor of Education (EdD) - WMSU
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China (2006 2008)
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Suzhou, China (2006 2008)
A canal in downtown Suzhou
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2006 - 2008
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2008 (January) Snow in Suzhou, China
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Winter in Suzhou 2008 (January)
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Suzhou Badminton - 2008
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In Summary

• "The secret of success is constancy of purpose
  (??)." So Be focused (??) on what you are doing.
• "Discipline is the bridge between goals and
  accomplishments." So Your Goals/Outcomes must be
  SMART. T the importance of Time - Good Time
  Management Good Attitude or Mindset!

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A Journey of 50 Years 1963 - 2013
1963
1970
1974
1980
2013
2006
1990
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My Learning Journeys.
Johore, Malaysia 1958 1969
Cambridge HSC 1971
Singapore Polytechnic 1971 1974
SOE Parts 2 (Design) 3 (Management) CEI Part 2
(Structural)
Melbourne University 1982 83
NUS MSc(Civil)1984 86 NTU MSc
(Geotechnical) 1992 1995
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My Journeys to become a qualified Engineer
Year Registration
1976 TEng(CEI), United Kingdom
1978 PEng(UK)
1987 CPEng, Australia.
1988 CEng, India.
1991 CEng Production, UK.
1993 CEng Materials, UK
1993 CEng Structural, UK
1995 CEng Civil, UK
1996 CEng, Ireland.
2002 Registered Engineer, Papua New Guinea
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Other Registrations ..
Year Registration
1988 Chartered Member, CIT-UK.
1994 Chartered Builder, UK.
1998 Chartered Mathematician, UK.
2005 Chartered Scientist, UK.
2008 Chartered Quality Professional, UK.
2009 Chartered Environmentalist, UK.
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Concluding Remarks

• Believe in yourself (????) and all that you are,
  i.e. Know yourself (?????) your strengths
  weaknesses your talents constraints. Know that
  there is something inside you that is greater
  than any obstacle.
• Never Give Up (????) Never Say Die (????)

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A Journey of Thousand Miles begins with a single
step. ..a Chinese Saying