Pengurusan logistik persenjataan Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) kesan kepada keselamatan negara

ATM development had begun before 1957 when Malaya under British rule. In 1979, the government introduced the Special Armed Forces Program (PERISTA) which led to the modernization of ATMs by making various purchases of ATM weapons logistics for TDM, TLDM and RMAF to form a barrier and ensure national security. This rapid development was continued after the end of the Cold War with the purchase of various weapons logistics and the country's resistance prevention system was strong. However, by the year 2000, ATM's capability was questioned with various issues and cases involving ATM armament logistics assets. Even the security of a small group of Al Maunah militants who managed to invade, capture and seize weapons from two ATM camps has raised questions about the ability of the ATM and prevent national obstacles in ensuring national security. In 2013, the success of 200 terrorists in invading and carrying out attacks in Lahad Datu Sabah showed the weakness of the national defense system and the ability of the ATM to be questioned. The issue of ATM capability is also questioned about the logistics problems of the weapons that have arisen and the actions of the government that still uses armament logistics from the 1960s and 1980s era using Cold War technology while the military RMA has already switched to high technology. Thus the study was conducted in studying the logical problems of ATM weapons and the impact on national security. This study aims to identify the process of development of ATM logistics equipment since 1957, identify weaknesses and problems faced in ATM logistics, analyze problems in ATM logistics and the impact on preventing obstacles to national security and propose recommendations in improving ATM logistics development in ensuring National security. This study uses qualitative methods in conducting research involving data analysis from primary sources obtained from interview sessions, official government reports and participation in the field. This study also involves sources from secondary that is from the materials published in strengthening the study. This study found that there are various weaknesses in ATM armament logistics that do not meet the RMA specifications of the world which ultimately leads to weak resistance prevention. The retention of ATM armament logistics owned since the 1960s and 1980s to be adopted in the 2020 era shows that the government does not prioritize the RMA in developing ATMs which has the effect of preventing obstacles and failing to ensure national security

Malaysian armed forces logistic management problem: the effect to the country’s defence

The country’s military development is a need to the country to ensure its viability. With the development of threat that not only traditional threat but it changes to the non-traditional threats. The security threat has influence the country’s military development and Defence Policy. It also implicates Malaysia which actively developing the military after the Cold War in 1991. Between 1957 to 1991, Malaysia has been focusing to the threat in the country specifically the communist threat that affects the country’s safety and sovereignty. After the peace treaty between PKM and Malaysian government in 1989, Malaysia begins to actively developing the military. It is seen as a need for Malaysia to ensure the safety and defence of the country is in red alert to face any threat. However, in the rapid development of the military, there are some who see Malaysia is having problem to ensure the country’s readiness in facing the threat. With various negative issues being reported, it has raised question on the current status and the problem that Malaysia is facing in ensuring Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) readiness. Therefore, this study touches the problem faced by the government and specifically MAF in logistics aspect that gives impact towards National Defence Policy (NDP)

Increment of material usage in construction of four storey reinforced concrete building due to seismic design

Malaysia is fortunate because it is located outside the Pacific Ring-Fire region which is seismically active. However, it still exposes to earthquake hazard from Far-Field earthquake from neighbouring countries. In Peninsular, it is exposes to Sumatra-Andaman earthquake from Indonesia. In East Malaysia, to states namely as Sabah and Sarawak are expose to Philippines earthquake. Besides, Malaysia also experienced earthquakes from local faults such as Bukit Tinggi in 2007. On 5th June 2015, a moderate earthquake with Mw6.1 occurred in Ranau, Sabah which caused 18 fatalities. The same event also caused damage to 61 buildings around Ranau and Kundasang. For the sake of safety, construction of new buildings in Malaysia has to consider seismic design. This paper presents a study to evaluate the increment of construction materials used due to consideration of seismic design. A typical four-storey generic reinforced concrete school building had been used as model. This study adjusted the value of reference peak ground acceleration, αgR in modelling, analysis, and design process. The concrete grade was fixed as C30. Four soil types had been considered for all models with seismic design consideration. Findings from this study demonstrate that the consideration of seismic design caused the increment of steel reinforcement around 16% to 32% for beam and 1% to 14% for column. In term of cost of structural work, consideration of seismic design increases the cost in range of 2% to 5% compared to the nonseismic design. Therefore, it is worth for Malaysia to fully implement the seismic design in new development

Facility Management Challenges and Opportunities in the Malaysian Property Sector

Facilities Management (FM) is becoming an increasingly important factor in the built environment. In Malaysia, the field is still in its infancy. This paperwork aims to determine the extent of FM in Malaysia and reviews the changes in the property sector that may positively contribute to opportunities in FM and the challenges that need to be taken into account. In particular, this paper focuses on the changes that are taking place, both at the corporate and at government level. The paper considers issues arising in the local market based on personal observation and discussions with professionals in the property management sector in Malaysia. This review focuses on areas where FM is being actively implemented. This includes discussion on the types of property FM, the management method used and the extent of FM being adopted. The challenges and the opportunities in the local property and construction market are also discussed, specifically to understand the limits of growth for FM. FM is relatively new in Malaysia and much it’s the wider concept of FM of building management is still in the process of improving its maintenance management structure. Generally, Integrated Building Management Systems which require an integrated IT advancement and strategic management approach is widely being seen as the improvement of FM in Malaysia. This in fact is the closest definition for FM that is being understood in Malaysia. It may be concluded that until the property management industry fully matures it is unlikely that facility management will be widely practiced for some time in the Malaysian property sector

Comparison on total weight of steel reinforcement for 5 story reinforced concrete building with and without seismic design

On June 5th 2015, Malaysia was shocked by an earthquake with Mw6.1 which had struck Ranau, one of the districts in Sabah. The moderate earthquake was the strongest recorded since the Mw5.8 earthquake which occurred in Lahad Datu in 1976. The Ranau earthquake had caused minor to severe damages to local buildings. Although Sabah is located outside the Pacific Ring of Fire, there are some regions which set at risk of earthquake namely as Kundasang, Ranau, Pitas, Lahad Datu and Tawau. After experiencing the tremors from both local and regional earthquakes, Malaysian now aware on the importance of seismic design on buildings and structures. However, the effect of seismic design application on cost of materials need to be studied beforehand. In relation to that, this study presents the seismic design of reinforced concrete hotel or dormitory building with consideration of different magnitude of reference peak ground acceleration, agR and different soil type. Result shows that both parameters strongly influencing the cost of steelreinforcement. The latter is estimated to be increase around 14–247% higher compared to similar building without seismic design

Increment of material usage in construction of four storey reinforced concrete building due to seismic design

Malaysia is fortunate because it is located outside the Pacific Ring-Fire region which is seismically active. However, it still exposes to earthquake hazard from Far-Field earthquake from neighbouring countries. In Peninsular, it is exposes to Sumatra-Andaman earthquake from Indonesia. In East Malaysia, to states namely as Sabah and Sarawak are expose to Philippines earthquake. Besides, Malaysia also experienced earthquakes from local faults such as Bukit Tinggi in 2007. On 5th June 2015, a moderate earthquake with Mw6.1 occurred in Ranau, Sabah which caused 18 fatalities. The same event also caused damage to 61 buildings around Ranau and Kundasang. For the sake of safety, construction of new buildings in Malaysia has to consider seismic design. This paper presents a study to evaluate the increment of construction materials used due to consideration of seismic design. A typical four-storey generic reinforced concrete school building had been used as model. This study adjusted the value of reference peak ground acceleration, α gR in modelling, analysis, and design process. The concrete grade was fixed as C30. Four soil types had been considered for all models with seismic design consideration. Findings from this study demonstrate that the consideration of seismic design caused the increment of steel reinforcement around 16% to 32% for beam and 1% to 14% for column. In term of cost of structural work, consideration of seismic design increases the cost in range of 2% to 5% compared to the nonseismic design. Therefore, it is worth for Malaysia to fully implement the seismic design in new development