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BEM Open Day 2018 Opening Ceremony T he Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) held its first “BEM Open Day” for all BEM registered persons, university and school students, parents and general public at Dewan Tan Sri Mahfoz Khalid, JKR Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, Kuala Lumpur on December 4-5, 2018. Co- organised with Ministry of Works and Public Works Department Malaysia in conjunction with National Profession Technical Day 2018 (Hari Profesion Teknikal Negara 2018), the event was officiated by Yang Berhormat Tuan Baru Bian, Minister of Works. The two-day event was well attended, by BEM registered persons i.e. Professional Engineers with Practicing Certificate, Professional Engineers, Graduate Engineers, Engineering Technologists and Inspectors of Works as well as the general public. The objective of the BEM Open Day was to highlight the effort, initiatives and achievements by BEM in its role as a regulatory body and as a custodian of the Registration of the Engineers Act 1967. It also provided opportunity for registered BEM President delivering his speech Press Conference 5