KUCHING: Batu Kitang Assemblyman, Lo Khere Chiang said IEM Sarawak Branch has made a commendable effort in incorporating technical talks on different areas of engineering.
Lo said this when officiating at IEM Engineerig Expo and Career Fair 2017 at CityONE Megamall here, yesterday.
“The purpose of this exhibition, as mentioned by the organising chairman is to promote IEM to the public and to raise public awareness on the importance of engineering as well as to encourage students and members of the public to consider engineering as a career.
“I understand that the theme for the event this year is, “Engineers, empowering our nation.” Yes, we are seriously in need of more engineers to develop our nation. We need young engineers to take the lead and to drive the process.
“Each year during this expo, I try to bring new inspiring messages to those who are present, and today, I would like to emphasis the importance of innovation in engineering.
“As mentioned before, I’m very pleased that we have a record number of engineering related companies participating in this expo this year.
President Bush once said: ‘You can’t do today’s jobs with yesterday’s methods and be in business tomorrow,’ Lo said, adding that there is a Chinese proverb which goes: “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.” Now, I’m not going to touch on building walls, that’s another topic for another politician.
“What I encourage each and every one of you present here, especially representatives of companies participating in this expo, is to embrace change.
For the students and working adults, if you embrace change and improve yourself on a personal level, you are giving yourself a second chance. If you are reluctant to change, you are doomed for failure.
“Companies that survive embrace change and improve their companies by creating new products or by venturing into new markets. By so doing you are giving your company a new lease.
If you refuse to do so, another company will replace you, and you will be left in the office asking the question why.
“For many people, innovation is a very vague concept, but in my opinion, innovation is transforming new ideas into products and services. It’s about converting ideas into reality for common use.
“As chairman of Padawan Municipal Council and an engineer myself, I am always very supportive of any event which aims to promote engineering. In fact, the Padawan Municipal Council is currently in the process of signing a Memorandum of Understanding with IEM (Sarawak Branch).
“This will mark the first collaborative effort between a city council and IEM in Sarawak, further cementing the strong collaboration between the two parties,” he said.
