LATEST NEWS The APSDA General Assembly & Congress 2006 22-25 November 2006 The most important event for the ASIA-Pacific Space Designers is coming to Kuala Lumpur. A not to be missed event, great speakers and activities await you! A gathering for Interior Designers/Architects from all over Asia Pacific region. Its main objectives are networking, exchange of information and knowledge between its members and to create a better understanding between the many varied and diverse cultures. Find out more from www.apsda2006.com Download Brochure (pdf 152 kb) Download Registration Form (pdf 616 kb) President's Message As the new President of MSID (2005 to 2007) I would like to wish you a warm welcome to the MSID website. I hope that you will find the information contained in this web pages informative and helpful. To the members of MSID, I hope that you will be able to make full use of the MSID website to further develop your career/business and use it as a medium to keep in contact with other members and the society itself. May 2005, saw the election of new Office Bearers and Council Members for MSID at our Annual General Meeting held at Sheraton Subang. We had a large turn-out of members at this AGM, in fact the largest to date. This participation by members is very encouraging as it shows their interest in MSID and the industry as a whole. This AGM also saw the election of a number of new faces into the Council; in fact about 40% of the new Council consists of new faces. This is very good, as MSID has always wanted to have new blood in its ranks so that there will be continuity as well as the contribution of fresh ideas. With this balance of new faces and veteran council members, I am confident that MSID and the Interior Design industry as a whole would be able to achieved greater heights of success. I wish to thank the Office Bearers and Council members of the 2003 to 2005 term for contributing to the progress of MSID and special thanks also goes to Associate Professor Jazman Shah Amir, ( President MSID 2003-2005) for his capable leadership. I would also like to express many thanks to the members for their confidence, support and trust by choosing the new members of the council and the office bearers as well as electing me as the new president of MSID. I am sure that the new Council of MSID will work hard to ensure the continued progress of MSID. This term will see the implementation of our Saujana Declaration , a set of resolutions laid down by the outgoing 2003-2005 Council, which reviewed MSID's progress since its formation, its strengths and weaknesses and a set of recommendations on ways to improve MSID as a whole. As part of the implementation of the Saujana Declaration , the Portfolios within MSID has been expanded, the portfolios are as follows: Membership Professional Practice International Affairs & Relation Business Development Education Editorial Resource Centre Special Projects The council of MSID will have a very busy schedule this year which consist of the organizing/participation of the following: Interior Designer's Awards 2005 ( IDA 2005 ) : 19 th August 2005 The 10 th Interior Design Students Saturday ( Sepuluh ) 2005 : 27 th August 2005 The 16 th MSID Annual Dinner at Sheraton Subang : 9 th September 2005 ERA05-World Design Congress & IFI General Assembly at Copenhagen, Denmark : 26 th September to 1 st October 2005 Also MSID is having ongoing dialogues with IPDM regarding legislation of the profession as well as looking into ways to work together for the benefit of the industry. I sincerely hope that our members will be able to play a more active role in the society's activities this year and if the response from our recent AGM is used as an indicator, then I am confident that this will happen. Thank you Ronnie Choong Swee Beng President (2005-2007) e-mail : Ronnie@sidesign.com.my July 2005