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News & Events PAM-Tan Sri Chan Sau Lai Architecture Award 2015 Award to promote and recognise design excellence by budding Malaysian architects. ON THE PREMISE that ‘good design adds value to investment and economy’, the PAMTan Sri Chan Sau Lai Architecture Award (TSCSL AA) seeks to promote and recognise creativity at its best from the ranks of budding Malaysian architects. As an “aspirational platform that recognises outstanding achievements in design”, it aims to showcase fledging new talent, introduce/expose them to their profession, and industry, of choice and, hopefully, launch careers. Instituted in 2011 by its benefactor/co-founder architect and PAM, the competition is unique insofar as it is an open to PAM-registered Malaysian final-year students or fresh graduates at or from institutions at home and abroad. There was more than just cause for celebration at the 2015 edition of PAM – TSCSL AA (the 4th in the series of 5); firstly, as event organisers announced a three-fold increase in entries, i.e., 92 submissions compared to 32 in 2014, that were subsequently shortlisted (Competition Stage One) to 10 finalists. These finalists then proceeded to make presentations of their design in person or by tele-conferencing (Stage Two) to a panel of judges consisting of industry professionals, namely; s Tan Sri Chan Sau Lai s Ar Chan Seong Aun s Ar Boon Chee Wee s Ar Mohd Zulheime An s Ar Lim Pay Chye s Prof Lar Dr Osman Mohd Tahir s Ar Saifuddin Ahmad Secondly, glad tidings from PAM President 2015/2016, Ar Mohd Zulheime An, at the Award Presentation ceremony, that many past winners of TSCSL AA are now “contributing to national development as well as the architecture profession in the country.” The Honour Roll Cash awards, and certificates, were presented to the Winner (RM25,000), four entries in the Commendation category (RM5,000 each) and 4 finalists (RM1,000 each). 54 Building & Investment | www.b-i.biz FRONT ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): Tan Sri Ahmad Phesal Hj Talib (Former Mayor KL); Ar Mohd Zulhemlee An (PAM President, Past PAM Education Committee Chairman); Mr Juminan Samad, Executive Director Project Implementation & Building Maintenance (representing Mayor of KL as Guest of Honour) and Tan Sr Ar Chan Sau Lai (Founder of TSCSL Architecture Awards, PAM Education Fund Board of Management and Board of Trustee and Executive Chairman of Beneton Properties Group). BACK ROW: Ar Boon Chee Wee, Co-founder of TSCSL Architecture Award and Past PAM President 2009-2011(far right); with award winners and finalists. *(;,.69@ 5(4, 05:;0;<;065 ,5;9@ >PUULY >VUN.\HU?PVUN (YJOP[LJ[\YHS(ZZVJPH[PVU ¸;OL3P]PUN;OHTLZ )HYYPLY¹ *VTTLUKH[PVU :HT\LS3LL*OLLAPU H[LYMYVU[9L KL]LSVWTLU[¹ >VUN@V^/HU