A Journey of Confidence and Compassion :

from Technician to Technologist/Engineer

[ 信心和同情 ; 感恩之旅 ]

Dr Sam Man Keong (岑文强 )

Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists (SIET)

Website: www.siet.org.sg Email: sammk1951@gmail.com

Highlights About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong My Early Days in Malaysia (1958 – 1970) My Venture to Singapore (1971 – 1974) My Journey to become a “Qualified

Engineer” by Self-Study (1969….)

Highlights Back to Universities (1982 – 1995) My Journey with SIET (1980…) Ventures outside Singapore (2002 –

2008) Concluding Remarks.

About the Speaker - Dr Sam Man Keong (岑文强 )

Singapore : SP/NUS/NTU. Australia :

MelbU/RMIT/CQU. Chartered Engineer

(UK/Ireland/Australia) Chartered Builder (UK) Chartered Mathematician

(UK) Chartered Scientist (UK) Chartered

Environmentalist (UK). A life-long learner.

My Early Days in Malaysia (1958 – 1970) 1958 – 1963 : Pei Hwa

Primary School (Chinese), Kota Tinggi, Johor.

1964 – 1969 : Laksamana Secondary School (English), Kota Tinggi, Johor.

Laksamana Secondary School[English 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

Laksamana Secondary School, Kota Tinggi, Johore, Malaysia

1970…The Year of Uncertainty 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 Preparing for Cambridge HSC in 1971 by Self-Study.

Johore River @ Kota Tinggi (1970)

My Venture to Singapore (1971 – 1974) 1971 – 1974 : Singapore

Polytechnic Campuses : Prince

Edward Ayer Rajah/Dover Road.

Full-time student but ‘part-time studies’???

1974 : Technician Diploma in Civil Engineering

My Journey to become a “Qualified Engineer” by Self-Study (1969…) GCE(O)[1969]

TechDip(Civil)[1974] SOE Part 2 (Design)[1975] SOE Part 3 (Management)[1977] PEng(UK)[1978)

CEI Part 2 [1982] CEng(UK)[1991]

SOE - Examinations

CEI Exams, UK

Towards my first CEng(UK) - 1991

SPE-PEng(UK); EC – CEng(UK)

Back to Universities (1982 – 1995) 1982 :

University of Melbourne - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) with Honours

RMIT – Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics (with OR)

1984 : National University of Singapore- MSc(Civil Engineering)

1992 : Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.-

MSc(Geotechnical Engineering)

Australia – University of Melbourne/RMIT (1982 – 1983)

1986 – MSc(Civil Engineering), NUS

1995 – MSc (Geotechnical Engineering), NTU

1993 – NTU – Group Photo

My Journey with SIET (1980…) 1980 : Initiated the Formation of SIET. 1981 – 1999 : served in various positions –

Honorary Secretary, Vice President & President; Chief Editor (Yearbook/Quarterly Journals)

2005 : Rebirth of SIET. 2005 – Now : served in various positions –

Honorary Secretary & President.

Before SIET : SPCES -1972/1973

Formation of SIET in 1980

SIET – Constitution & Byelaws

SIET – Publications (Quarterly Journals – 1981)

First Issue of SIET Journal : January 1981

SIET – Publications (Quarterly Journals - 1999

Last Issue of SIET Journal: December 1999

SIET – Publications (Yearbook – 1981)

SIET – Publications (Yearbooks (1991; 2000)

SIET – Special Meeting – 23 Oct 2005

SIET – Group Photo of Past Presidents @ SIET’s 25th Anniversary (23 August 2005)

L – R : Sam MK/Osman/Allan Ang/TRC Raja

SIET – Publications after 2005 : Yearbook (2006/2007)

SIET – Publications after 2005 : Yearbook (2007/2008)

Official Opening of SIET – Professional Activities Centre @ Aljunied on 9 January 2010

Front View of SIET@Aljunied in 2010

SIET@SCWO - 2011

Ventures outside Singapore (2002 – 2008)

2002 : Papua New Guinea - Lae 2005 : Philippines -Zamboaga 2006 : PR China - Suzhou

Papua New Guinea (2002 - 2003)

Main Entrance to Unitech (2002)

Materials Testing @ Unitech (2002)

Materials Testing @ Unitech

2005 – WMSU – Philippines –Prof (Civil)

2006 - 2008

2008 (January) – Snow in Suzhou, China

Suzhou – Badminton - 2008

Concluding Remarks

Life is a journey. It is not important to hold all the good

cards in life, but it is important how well you play with the cards which you hold.

Take time to enjoy all the little pleasures that life has provided you....

把握當下，莫等待。 

A Journey of Thousand Miles

begins with a single step.…..a Chinese Saying

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