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Issue October/ November - 1/2014

Presidents Message
- Ar. Chris Yap Seng Chye Dear
MIID
Members,
greetings
from
MIID.
I am proud
to present you with the inaugural
edition of our E-newsletter. I hope
this newsletter will keep you informed
on past events, ongoing and future
initiatives, and upcoming events of
MIID.
In my manifesto as the incoming
President of MIID in July 2014, I had
stressed on the need to focus on a
few issues, chief among them are
Membership affairs, which include
professional practice matters and
interior design education.
I am pleased to inform members that
MIID had commenced discussions
with the Board of Architects Malaysia
or LAM on areas whereby MIIDs
involvement can be enhanced.
Foremost matter on this agenda
would be the criteria for registration
as an Interior Designer and the
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enforcement will take effect from
January 2015 onwards. On this
note, MIID would like to convey its
appreciation to LAM for working
together towards streamlining the
Interior Design Practice in Malaysia.
On the MIID-Nippon Paint Reka
Awards 2014, we celebrate our
Members achievements for Interior
Design Excellence once again and
we are very pleased to have Nippon
Paint (M) Sdn Bhds involvement
with us as a Corporate Sponsor. The
standards of the submissions this
year were astounding and show the
spectrum of abilities of MIID members.
I wish to thank all participants
professionals and students for their
participation and to the judges, Ar.
Chan Seong Aun (PAM President)
and Prof Tajuddin (Artist/Academic
Advisor) for their invaluable time

taken to go through the submissions

in detail to arrive at the deserving
Winners.
As a joint effort towards a sustainable
future for Earth, MIID had also
collaborated with the Malaysian
Green
Building
Confederation
(MGBC) in the formation of a
technical committee to jointly
develop a Green Interiors Rating
Tool for the Green Building Index
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selected Pilot Projects, following the
launch of the GBI Green Interiors
Tool on 12th September 2014 in
Penang. On this note, I would like to
thank MGBC for this joint effort and
encourage MIID Members to take
part in the GBI Facilitators Course
and to play an active role in the
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On the creative profession scene,
MIID had been involved as a
partner institution under the Majlis
Rekabentuk
Malaysia
(MRM)
umbrella in their effort to jointly
promote the awareness and value of
the creative professions in Malaysia.
MIID had participated in their MADE
Festival by exhibiting Reka Awards
together with Pertubuhan Akitek
Malaysia, Institute of Landscape
Architects Malaysia, wREGA Malaysia
and Persatuan Pereka Perindustrian
Malaysia. It is MIIDs hope that the
combined creative industry move
forward as one to create a greater
sense of appreciation in society and
subsequently gain more respect
for the creative discipline and the
professionals involved.
In the promotion of Interior Design
education, MIID will be conducting
talk programmes for schools of
Interior Design in our effort to bring
a touch of professional experience
to increase students knowledge on
the professional aspect of being an
Interior Designer.

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IDA

International Federation
of Interior Architects/Designers
A Partner of the International
Design Alliance

MIID is actively involved in

Interior Related international/
regional organizations. MIID
was handed the important
task of hosting IFI XXVI General
Assembely and Congress 2014.
Find out more on this biennial
event...
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IFI XXVI General Assembly

and Congress 2014
Kuala Lumpur

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to boost the ID industry. They
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For our Student Dulux Members, I am pleased to inform that

our 8Belas 3rd MIID Interior Design Students Saturday event
will be held on the 8th of November 2014. We encourage
Professional MIID Members get involved and impart your
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students who will form the future backbone of the industry.
This event is Co-sponsored by M/S Akzonobel Paints
(Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and MIID wishes to thank Akzonobel
Paints (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd for their unwavering support.
Also, listed on my manifesto is the agenda to promote
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is important as it helps to create a sense of bonding with
institutes and regional bodies of common interest and raise
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level amongst peer nations.
MIID is a member of the International Federation of Interior
Architects / Designers (IFI) and had successfully hosted the
XXVI IFI General Assembly and Congress in Kuala Lumpur
held from the 1st 4th of May 2014. It was then that the Mayor
of Kuala Lumpur, Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Haji Ahmad
Phesal bin Haji Talib signed the IFI Interior Declaration on
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South-East Asia to sign the declaration, amongst other well
reputed cities of the world. To this, MIID would like to express
its utmost appreciation to the Mayor and Dewan Bandaraya
Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) for their kind and invaluable assistance
and co-operation rendered throughout the entire event
duration.
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Space Designers Alliance (APSDA) and had recently
attended its 25th Anniversary at the General Assembly in
Solo, Indonesia. It is MIIDs intention to continue to support
APSDA in its role to become the main representative of
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impending APEC free trade and economic co-operation in
positions throughout the region.
In regional educational matters, MIID is also a member
of the Asia Interior Design Institute Association or AIDIA
and had attended the 8th AIDIA General Assembly and
Symposium in Bangkok recently. At the General Assembly,
MIID was asked as to why Malaysias involvement had been
missing for the past few years by outgoing AIDIA President,
Mr. Hong-Ki Kum of Korea. To that, MIID had responded
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taken its toll on our regional involvement and we assured
AIDIA that we are now ready to be fully involved once
again in their activities for the advancement of education
in the Asian Region. Presidency of AIDIA is now held by the
Thailand Institute of Interior Design (TIDA) and MIID had
already been requested to participate in the forthcoming
Regional Student Workshop in Bangkok in 2015.

I am also pleased to announce that MIID had been invited

to participate in a few regional Design Excellence awards,
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participation. These are the opportunities for MIID Members
to be recognised internationally and are direct results of
MIIDs attendance and whole hearted involvement in
regional events.
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efforts with stakeholders, in particular the industry players,
for the advancement of the Interior Designer industry as
a whole. Towards this end, MIID had been supported by
its corporate partners like Homedec (an entity under CIS
Network Sdn Bhd) who exhibits our Reka Awards Winners
at all of their trade show locations across Malaysia and of
which their banners proudly carry MIIDs logo. My thanks also
goes to United Carpets for being our Silver Sponsor and not
forgetting Nippon and Akzo Nobel Paints (Malaysia) Sdn.
Bhd. for both being our invaluable platinum sponsors. I would
like to see more industry players commit with MIID in order to
move forward to achieve our common goals together.
I am also pleased to announce that MIID would be embarking
on a Resource Programme, set to be launched early 2015
to list and later accreditate Interior Builders and Product
Suppliers as a guide for MIID Members and the public at
large to be used when selecting Interior Builders and suitable
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Our revamped MIID website is also set to take off by 2015
and I urge MIID Members to participate and play active
roles in keeping each other informed of the on-goings of the
profession and MIID via this medium.
Thank y
you.

Ar. Chris Yap Seng Chye

President of MIID (2014-2016)

About MIID
The Malaysian Institute of Interior Designers (MIID) or
Pertubuhan Perekabentuk Dalaman Malaysia (PPDM) is the
national institute representing the interior design profession
in Malaysia. It is an amalgamation of two previous bodies
namely, Interior Designers Institute of Malaysia (Institut
Perekabentuk Dalaman Malaysia or IPDM) and the
Malaysian Society of Interior Designers (MSID).

The vision of the institute is to develop a sophisticated

society of Malaysians who are conversant and
appreciative of the creative world of interior design.
To this end, the institute conducts various programmes
throughout the year to educate, promote and foster
better ties between the public and professional
members alike.

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2016
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Professional Practice
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MIID Council Members paid a visit to Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia to have a discussion on the professional practice of Interior Design.

Practice Committee Report

Over the last 3 months, the MIID Professional Practice Committee has had to address a few issues pertaining to misrepresentation
of the profession and queries on Professional Scale of Fees.
On the matter of misrepresentation, there were 2 clear cases of individuals who were not MIID Corporate Members and also not
registered with Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia (LAM) as Interior Designers. However, they used the title of Interior Designer in their
advertorials that were published in local dailies. Both cases were referred to LAM by MIID and action had been taken by LAM to
inform these individuals of their wrongful act.
There were also a lot of queries from Members on the Professional Scale of Fees. MIID had submitted the Professional Scope
of Works and Scale of Fees to LAM on 2013 for their further action and had been informed that it is being reviewed by the AG
Chamber. In the meantime, MIID Registered Interior Designers were advised to adopt the percentage of fees practised by
Architects, i.e. 10% of total cost of works for Interior Design projects.
In line with the Presidents agenda to focus on Interior Design Practice Matters during Council Term 2014 2016, the Professional
Practice Committee will be addressing more issues related to professional practice that are being brought up by our Members.
All Members are encouraged to join in the support work to assist the Practice Committee, to broaden and share the Members
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Professional Practice Committee

*The Professional Practice Committee is headed

by Ar. Lim Pay Chye and assisted by Ar. Chris yap.

MIID Membership Registration

The Malaysian Institute of Interior Design (MIID) Membership provides Members with great opportunities to network with
fellow designers and suppliers. MIID offers several types of membership to interior designers, aspiring interior designers,
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Membership, Graduate Membership, Associate Membership, Academic Membership and Student Membership.
The Fellow Membership is the highest membership category in MIID and is only awarded to outstanding individuals who
have contributed immensely to the profession as well as to MIID and who have also been a member of MIID for more
than 15 years, subject tp approval by Council.
The MIID Membership Committee is headed by Ku Saodah Ku Shaari and assisted by En. Idzam Othman and Mr. Ronnie
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MIID ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2014

MIID held its Annual General Meeting 2014
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election year.
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Seng Chye was elected as the incoming
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members were appointed for term 2014 2016.
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Mr. Ronnie Choong, the MIID Council took
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1.

Council had unanimously, decided that the Reka Session

focus be shifted towards practice oriented matters in
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Ta Peng as guest speaker. The talk gave further information
about the Goods and Services Tax (GST), mainly focusing
on the Interior Design industry and how should the industry
prepare for its implementation.
Mr. Leong Ta Peng had attended the Royal Malaysian
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the talk with compact and valuable information.
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participants.
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participants.
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APSDA GENERAL ASSEMBLY & CONGRESS 2014

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Designers Alliance (APSDA)
General Assembly & Congress
2014 was held in Solo and
Yogyakarta from 15th
19th of September, and
APSDA celebrated its 25th
Anniversary at the apportune.
The theme for this years
APSDA
biennial
event
was MYSTIQUE and the
organizing team prepared a
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during the dinner at Mangku Negara
gara Palace.
series of unique and exciting Local and foreign delegates having a group
receive the APSDA lifetime
cultural programmes for all
achievement award on behalf
of Puan Siti Majidah A.Majid.
APSDA
2014
saw
the
acceptance of Sri Lanka as
the latest member of APSDA.
Some of the matters discussed
during the event were the
development of green building
standards e.g Thailand to assist
in the development of Green
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APSDA Delegates.
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General Assembly.
organisation gathering design
associations from all over the East Asia, Southeast Asia,
delegates, designers and students. MIID was represented
and Oceania regions.
by President, Ar. Chris Yap Seng Chye and Vice President,
Puan Ku Saodah Ku Shaari. MIID was also honoured to

GREEN BUILDING INDEX INTERIORS TOOL

MIID and the Malaysian Green Building
Confederation (MGBC) have been
working closely towards achieving
sustainable interior management in
Malaysia. This effort had also been
boosted by the formation of MIID
Committee of Green Building Index
(GBI) for Interiors, which was entrusted
to take up the Green & Sustainability
agenda.
MIID
and
MGBC
collaborated
together in the development of GBI
Interiors Tool. The Tool was launched at
Penang Town Hall on 12th September

2014. Penang Green Council

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under GBI Interiors Tool.
MIID President Ar. Chris Yap
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Mr Leong Ta Wah and Puan
Sharifah Suzana Simmonds were
present to witness the launch.
A series of workshop on the GBI
Interiors Tool will be conducted
for the MIID Members.
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Baylon Tham Wai Leong, (Last row): Ms Thing Siew Shuen, Mr Leong
Ta Wah and Mr Tony Tan in a group photo after the launch.

MALAYSIA DESIGN (MADE) FESTIVAL 2014

Malaysia Design (MADE) Festival 2014 is a
national design celebration that encompasses
all design professions in Malaysia, created with
the objective to incite and educate the public
on the importance of Design in everyday life.
It also aims to strengthen the relationship
between designers, manufacturers, institutions
and the government. Exhibitions and Design
Talks were held during the event which took
place on the 27th and 28th September.
Malaysian Design Council/Majlis Rekabentuk
Malaysia (MRM) was the main organizer of
the Festival, and MIID was one of the CoHost Organizations, showcasing its MIID Reka
Awards Winners Display Panels.

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Festival
2014 was
organized
by MRM at KL
Library, whereby
MIID participated.

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bt. Shikh Jaafar having a light chat
with MIID President, Ar. Chris Yap
Seng Chye.

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IFI XXVI GENERAL ASSEMBLY & CONGRESS 2014

The IFI General Assembly and Congress is the
largest congregation of Interior Designers
biennially, with foreign delegates attending from
all over the globe each time. This prestigious
international event was held in May and MIID
was selected and given the task of organising
the IFI XXVI General Assembly and Congress for
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Conference 2014, The IFI Fellowship Honors Gala,
The MIID Reka Awards for Industry Excellence,
The IFI Board Meeting, The IFI General Assembly,
The IFI 50th Anniversary Celebration, The Farewell
Cocktail and Architectural Tours to Kuala Lumpur
City and Malacca.

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biggest and most prestigious interior design
conference of the year was selected as the
curtain raiser of the IFI XXVI General Assembly &
Congress 2014 in Kuala Lumpur. MIID has seen it
as an opportunity to further strengthen the REKA
Brand and to provide an opportunity for MIID to
bring the REKA Conference to an international
audience.

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accompanied by MIID President 2012/2014, Mr Ronnie
Choong (left) and IFI President 2011/2014 Ms Shashi Caan

Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Seri Hj. Ahmad

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for the 2-day Conference which was held in the
plenary theatre at the Kuala Lumpur Convention
Centre. The Conference was a success with more
than 500 designers, architects, stakeholders,
international and local speakers, students and
academicians sharing knowledge, experience
and the latest developments of the industry.
The speakers of the conference include, Tun Dr.
Mahathir bin Mohamed (former Prime Minister
of Malaysia), Shashi Caan (IFI President)--USA,
Professor Desmond Freeman--Australia, Dr.
Raymund Konigk--South Africa, Dato Dr. Kenneth
Yeang--Malaysia, Callum Fraser--Australia, Sam
Rice--Australia, Professor Dr. JooYun Kim--South
Korea, Twitee Vajrabhaya Teparkum--Thailand
and Kevin Mark Low--Malaysia.

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for RAFIE during the IFI Gala Dinner.

Gala Night and REKA Awards for

Industry Excellence
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concluded with The IFI Fellowship Honors Gala
and REKA Awards for Industry Excellence (RAFIE)
presentation ceremony.
RAFIE is a platform for builders and manufacturers
of the Interior Design industry to showcase their
ability in terms of the execution of projects
to realise the visions of the designers; or the
development of new innovative and welldesigned products that will serve as an important
resource for designers when specifying interior
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RAFIE saw high standard of submissions for all
categories, especially for the Interior Builders
Category. This indicates that Malaysian
contractors in the Interior Design industry have
reached the very top in terms of design execution
on site and project management.

Participants at the Reka:

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IFI XXVI General Assembly

The International Federation of
Interior Architects/Designers (IFI)
XXVI General Assembly was held
at the Hotel Istana. Delegates from
respective member organisations
around the world gathered at the
meeting to conduct the business
of the federation as well as vote
on key issues and elect the new
executive board. Ms Iris Dunbar
from United Kingdom was elected
as IFI President 2014-2015 to lead
the Federation.

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After the conclusion of IFI XXVI

General Asembly, MIID as host
for the event threw a farewell
party and celebrated the IFI 50th
Anniversary with newly elected IFI
Board of Directors and IFI delegates.

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from left) cutting the
cake with IFI Members
to celebrate IFI 50th
Anniversary.

About IFI:

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of
Interior
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Designers (IFI) is the sole
international
federating
body, the global voice and
authority for professional
Interior
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Designers.
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in
Copenhagen,
Denmark
in 1963, the federation
represents educators and
industry
stakeholders
in
the international design
community in 110 countries.
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ADOPTION OF IFI INTERIORS DECLARATION

The signing ceremony for the declaration between Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri
Hj Ahmad Phesal and IFI President, Ms. Shashi Caan also took stage in the Plenary
Theatre. To celebrate this event, MIID had the IFI Interiors Declaration translated into
Bahasa Malaysia. The Declaration has thus far been translated into 10 languages
around the globe. Kuala Lumpur now joins global cities such as Nagoya, Montreal
and New York in the adoption of the IFI Interiors Declaration.
With the adoption, the City of Kuala Lumpur proclaims the recognition of
interior architecture/design as a fundamental value and a driving force for the
advancement of humanity. Kuala Lumpur and MIID aspires to maintain progress,
prosperity and well-being for the city through physical and socio-economic
development programmes; as well as planning and control of municipal services
in well-coordinated governance.

IFI president Shashi Caan (seated from left)

and KL Mayor Datuk Seri Hj. Ahmad Phesal
signing the IFI Interior Declaration; witnessed
by then MIID President, Mr Ronnie Choong
(standing far left), Ms Iris Dunbar and IFI Board
of Directors.

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MIID APPRECIATION &

HARI RAYA OPEN HOUSE
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After a month-long of fasting, Muslims in Malaysia celebrate Hari
Raya with non-Muslims of all races, rejoicing the spirit of unity, love
and peace as a multi-cultural country.
In conjunction with Hari Raya celebrations, Malaysian Institute of
Interior Designers (MIID) hosted the MIID Appreciation & Hari Raya
Open House at Sime Darby Convention Centre on August 11th.

Ar. Chris Yap (President, Malaysian Institute of Interior Designers MIID)

delivering the Welcoming Speech.

MIID Members and Council Members, invited guests consisting

of VIPs, corporate partners, sponsors and media got together to
celebrate the auspicious month of Syawal.
The Open House was also held to acknowledge and express MIIDs
appreciation to individuals and organizations that had contributed
and assisted in ensuring the success of recent programs and events
organized by MIID, namely the MIID Annual Ball 2013, XXVI IFI General
Assembly & Congress Kuala Lumpur 2014.
This year, MIID is also launching a new initiative on Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR), as a contribution back to the society and Ar. Datuk Prof. Dr. Amer Hamzah Mohd Yunus (President,
the less fortunate, in its role as a responsible non-governmental Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia - LAM), Ar. Chris Yap and Mr. Ronnie
professional organization.

Choong exchanging greetings with guests.

MIID decided to kick start the CSR Programme by supporting

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as a food bank with primary objective of providing basic
food to charitable homes, rehabilitation centres, feeding
centres, poor families and destitute.

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International Federation of Interior Designers (IFI) XXVI General

Assembly and Congress 2014 Organising Committee Members
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Foundation, En Shamsul Razi, by Ar. Chris Yap and Dato Vincent
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