UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND SURVEYING COURSEWORK 2 COURSE/COURSE CODE SEMESTER SESION LECTURERS : : : : CONSTRUCTION

ECONOMICS 1 / QSM 506 03 MARCH-JUNE 2012 PM. AHMAD FARIS OMAR DR. NORIZAN AHMAD PN NATSHA KHALIL PN NOOR AISHAH MOHAMAD HAMDAN

OBJECTIVES 1. Appreciate the importance of construction industries 2. Understand the implication of construction industry to national economics TASKS 1 The government through its policies and programmes play their role by providing holistic initiatives towards sustaining the growth of Malaysian economy. In the construction sector the initiatives are to stimulate high impact economic projects and economic activities in ensuring stable growth of the construction GDP contribution to the economy. The students are required to investigate and prepare a report on the policies and initiatives of the government on infrastructure development projects and its implications to the construction sector, other sectors and the national economy. The time frame of your investigation is from 8th until 9th Malaysian Plan (2000 to 2010) Main sections of the report should include: 1. Introduction on the overall 8th and 9th Malaysian plan on construction industry 2. Explain the government policies; initiatives; strategies in 8 th and 9th Malaysian plan for the provision of Infrastructure (identify project planned and implemented in 2000-2010) explain how economic situation influence the implementation 3. Identify which sectors focus by the government provision of infrastructure 4. Identify the growth trend of the focus sectors by the government

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Requirements and Format of Report: 1. Times New Roman, font 12, 1.5 spacing Your report must include supplementary sections: a. Contents b. Conclusion/ summary c. List of references (Proper citation and referencing is compulsory using Harvard style of references) 2. Your report must at least based on five references BRIEF 1. Students should group themselves into a maximum of four (4) members per group. Within the group, each student should prepare an individual report based on one of the listed main sections. Therefore, you should discuss with each other the information to be included in each of your report to ensure continuity of information. Please note that each report must include its own supplementary sections. 2. Only 2 persons will present the report on behalf of the group 3. Presentation time is 15 minutes using not more than 10 slides (main slide) 4. The presentation is scheduled at week 14. 5. Submission date is at week 14 before presentation starts. Thank you.

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