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Vol.16 No.3
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Contents
Theme Standardisation and Intellectual Property

Features 13 Malaysian Standards On Noodles

2 Intellectual Property Management and Human

Resource Capacity Building
News
4 What Is In A Name?

14 Speed Hump - Specification for Materials,

Design and Installation

5 Copyright Issues in Standards and Standards

Documents
18 A New Method of Making Skin Regenerating
Template

7 What Can Be And What Cannot Be Patented in

Malaysia
18 Simplified process for Certificate of Conformity
(COC) for the Saudi Arabian Market

9 Record Management and Quality Certification

Announcement
Updates 19
Certification, Malaysian Standards and
International Standards Updates

An overview of Malaysian Standard (MS

11 2072:2008) Guidelines for Developing and

Implementing Early Action for Site Remediation 20 Risk Management Standards: Should
Malaysia Adopt ISO 31000?

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Highlight STANDARDS
& QUALITY NEWS
Vol.16 No.2/2009

Standards and intellectual property (IP) are fuels to sanction industry and business circles to PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
produce and to market more novel products and services of uncompromising quality for
Chairman
consumers.
Tn. Hj. Ab. Razak Salim

Both entities are vital to industrialization processes and businesses, in fact they complement Members

each other effectively but in more subtle way than many skilled person in either art would ever Dato' Mariani Mohammad
Pn. Khalidah Mustafa
expected and realized. So much so, that it is not uncommon to hear an IP practitioner telling
En. Parama Iswara Subramaniam
his audience that IP has nothing much to do with standards and quality. He is certainly right Pn. Nur Fadhilah Muhammad
where IP rights granting requirements are concerned, but when industrialization and En. Abdul Rashid Hj. Zainal Abidin
businesses come to fore, both entities do intertwine albeit each is governed by various Tn. Hj. Mohamad Nawawi Hussin
Dr. Mohd Azman Idris
respective laws, acts and regulations, management systems, codes of practice, the dos and
Tn. Hj. Abdul Aziz Long
the donts. Tn. Hj. Azman Hassan
Pn. Zurina Mohd. Bistari
To put it simply and broadly in respect of products and technology, IP rights act as incentive Pn. Haliza Ibrahim

for people to create more novel, improved and innovative products that in turn fuel technology EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
diffusion and increase knowledge pool among populace. But what great novel products devoid Pn. Khalidah Mustafa
of quality by not adhering and certified to available standards would be to most people? Not En. Parama Iswara Subramaniam
much actually. Novel products sans quality would rapidly lose the luster as great innovations En. Abdul Rashid Hj. Zainal Abidin
and may attract consumers only by sheer reason of their uniqueness, thus the craze, if any, will Pn. Zurina Mohd. Bistari
Pn. Saleha A.Jalil
eventually short-lived.
Pn. Saadiah Enok
En. Ong Chui Koon
Interestingly enough, direct linkages between the two entities are profoundly more obvious, as Cik Patricia Limbang
readily observed in copyright issues according to the Copyrights Act as rightfully enforced in Cik Salmah Mohd. Nordin
Cik Lili Masni Ab. Jalil
standards; IP rights in Certification Marks in accordance with the Trade Marks Act and
Regulation with regards to standardization and certification exercises on products and PUBLICATION COORDINATOR
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Intellectual Property
Management and Human
Resource Capacity Building
by Mohamad Nawawi Hussin
Senior General Manager (Registered Patent, Trade Mark and industrial Design Agent)
Department of Intellectual Property Services and Knowledge Management
SIRIM Berhad
Universities and public research institutions
(PRIs) are an integral part of a countrys
National Innovation System. However, the
greatest challenge faced by them is the
successful commercialisation of inventions
and innovations. More often than not,
intriguing questions that would come to
mind on the subject of commercialisation of
inventions & innovations are ones regarding
intellectual property (IP). These include
matters that relate to the early stages of IP
development in a commercial sense and
how further development of IP would be
managed, with the knowledge that about
80% of the market value of modern
businesses is attributed to IP.
With the recent advent of National IP
Commercialisation Policy for R&D projects
funded by the government of Malaysia
(NIPCP), all the confusion arising from the
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lack of an IP policy in Universities and PRIs,
all of whom are recipients of government
R&D funds, is now just water under the
bridge. What is of concern now is the
efficient implemention of the policy.
Presently most PRIs, while trying to cope
with mammoth task of churning out
commercially viable new findings and
inventions, are also clamouring to equip
themselves with IP knowledge acquisition
and to set up in-house IP departments to
manage internal IP issues as well as to to
efficiently implement the policy. It is
heartening to see all these good efforts, but
it must be noted that ad-hoc actions and
jump starts will not do any good in the long
run. With regard to IP management, short
and long term measures are essential.
Establishing a full-fledged in-house IP
department for a PRI is an enormous task,
especially the recruitment of qualified people
to carry out the job. Thus, for the short-
term, it would be sufficient for a PRI to
establish a small IP unit which would act
more as an IP coordinating unit. No matter
how small the unit is, its function is crucial,
and, as such, it must be manned by at least
one or two core personnel with support
staff. The core personnel shall at least be
reasonably skillful and knowledgeable in IP
management, NIPCP and IP laws. He is to
be the IP referral person for his institution.
His responsibilities should include, among
other things, the following:
To make sensible recommendations
on matters relating to pertinent
provisions in the NIPCP;
To provide reliable recommendations
for initial IP work and its further
developmental progress;
To enhance IP awareness and
understanding among his peers and
others in his institution and;
To seek and recommend reliable
external IP counselors or attorneys for
more specialised and complicated IP
tasks such as patent drafting, IP
prosecution, litigation and licensing.
Then again, the big question is where can
the PRIs get such personnel, competent in
IP related matters, from? As a short term
measure, the organizations should rope in
interested personnel and send them for
training in a specialised short course in IP
management in one of the renowned IP
institutions overseas. Taking this option will
indeed be worth every single cent of
investment.
Whatever it may take, establishing a full-
fledged IP department is the objective of
many, if not all PRIs. What is a full-fledged IP
department?
A full-fledged in-house IP department,
among others, shall carry out these tasks:
To function as a nerve center for full
implementation of the NIPCP;
To function as a one-stop resource
center for all matters relating to the
implementation of IP management
regime, the NIPCP and IP laws, where
people would go to for appropriate
advice and opinion;
To ensure smooth and effective
implementation of NIPCPs manuals
and to carry out all its related IP
management activities;
To provide all IP consultancy and IP
agency services, meaning the
department will provide all patent,
industrial design, trademark and all
other relevant IP search, registration,
prosecution services besides keeping
up with all IP portfolios;
organisations and IP fraternity including
their overseas counterparts; and
between the PRI and local as well as
overseas IP authorities, IP offices and
other IP organizations.
Again, qualified and trained IP personnel
would be greatly sought after to man the
department, unless the PRIs are willing to
hire experienced external IP counselors. The
way to make this long term measure a
success is to involve all relevant parties in
this country and to make it into a national
agenda. Human resource capacity building
in the field of IP should be one of the
foremost items in the agenda.
The potential for rapid acceleration of local
patenting activities is foreseeable, taking into
account all the positive steps already
initiated by the Malaysian government in
enhancing the national science and
technological R&D programmes and IP
commercialization. Wouldnt it be great if
most, if not all, of our PRIs IP managers,
counselors and practitioners are made up of
technical professionals such as geneticists,
engineers and chemists and the like,
perhaps with Masters degrees, if not PhDs in
the IP field? The trend of having professional
technical personnel as IP practitioners has
been in existence almost from the very
beginning in developed countries such as
the U.S, the European countries, Australia and
Japan. It is not unusual to find professionals
like computer scientists, physicists,
geologists, pharmacists or even medical
doctors working as qualified IP attorneys or
as in-house IP counselors for companies or
PRIs, especially in the field of patent.
To jump start the process, with the intention
of being at par with developed countries, by
implementing all sorts of short term
measures, would be unpalatable to say the
least. The appropriate thing to do now is for
local institutions of higher learning, both
public and private, to take the initiative to
develop and establish practical and
comprehensive IP management curriculums
in their respective institutions. This will
provide opportunities to interested parties,
especially technical graduates who are
interested in IP management to pursue their
studies at post graduate-level and to obtain
certificates, diplomas, degrees, masters or
even doctorates in IP management. It is best
to start off on the right footing at the outset
or else, when the need arises, there will be
flood of more jump-starts, more cut and
paste solutions and measures that
eventually will lead us to nowhere.

To provide patent drafting services;

To disseminate IP knowledge and

awareness and to initiate and create an
IP savvy community within the
institution.

To communicate and provide support

to the in-house legal department and
to private/external IP counselors on
matters pertaining to IP disputes,
litigation and licensing;

To act as a communication and

management bridge between the
research group and the institutions
higher management, financial, legal
and commercialization groups within
the PRI regarding IP matters; between
the PRI and external IP practitioners, IP

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Feature
What Is In A Name?
by Norhayati Hassan
Consultant ( Registered Patent, Trade Mark & Industrial Design Agent )
Department of Intellectual Property Services and Knowledge Management
SIRIM Berhad
What do MAS, KODAK, Microsoft,
Teflon, HP, SONY, Coca Cola and
ROLEX have in common? These names
are actually trademarks created or invented
by organizations to inform the public of
the existence or availability of certain
products or services as belonging to a
certain organization and usually
associated with quality.
What actually is a trademark? It is simply a
distinctive sign used by individuals,
businesses or non-business organizations
to indicate that the origin of the products or
services is from them and is capable of
distinguishing their products or services
from other (competing) individuals or
organizations so as not to confuse
consumers. In other words, consumers
would not be confused as to the origin of
the products or services in relation to the
attached trademark.
Trademark right is a form of intellectual
property rights that is governed by
Trademark Law and Regulations. The
primary objective of having a Trademark
Law is to protect consumers against
misleading origin of a product or service.
Apart from that, it serves as an incentive to
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manufacturers of products or providers of (covering the people authorized to use the
services to consistently provide quality Certification trademarks, the characteristics
products or services in order to maintain
their business reputation. If a trademark
owner does not maintain quality control and
adequate supervision during manufacturing
of products or provision of services, the
are owners reputation will be adversely affected
and consumers may be deterred from
purchasing products or needing their
services in the future.
A special type of trademark which is related
to the provision of quality products or
services is the Certification trademark.
Generally, certification is provided to
manufacturers of products or providers of
services who comply with the requirements
set by the certification bodies. The
manufacturers or the providers are then
eligible to use the certification trademarks,
belonging to the respective certification
bodies, onto their (certified) products or with
their (certified) services. These are seen as
an assurance of quality attached to the
products or services and sales of products
or services may increase indefinitely.
Normally the certification bodies will charge
the manufacturers or the providers for the
use of the certification trademarks.
The certification bodies may require users of
the Certification trademark to sign an
agreement to ensure the proper use of the
mark. The main element of the agreement is
that certified companies/ entities need to
comply with the sets of rules and
requirements set by the Certification
Bodies when using the Certification
trademarks in their business transactions.
This is in resonance with the requirements
or submission during the application for
registration of Certification trademarks
which includes, among others, regulations
to be certified and how are they being
tested, supervision of use, and auditing),
name and address of the certified companies
and samples of the Certification trademark.
In todays commercial scenario, trademarking
is indeed a very important tool to inform the
consumer of the existence of a certain
product or service. The goodwill of a certain
trademark lies in the reputation of the
product or service and the associated
owner of the trademark. If the owner
chooses quality as that added niche to the
product or service, incorporating a
Certification trademark with his/her existing
trademark would create excitement to
would-be purchasers in purchasing the
product or service. At the same time, it is
expected that the Certification Bodies
continuously maintain their credibility which
will then convince the consumers that
products and services that carry their
Certification trademarks have attained a
certain level of quality. This partnership
between the manufacturers of products or
providers of services and the Certification
Bodies will benefit the consumers for a
very long time.
 Feature
Copyright Issues in
Standards and
Standard Documents
by A. Rahman Zuhri
Principal Consultant (Registered Patent and Trademark Agent)
Department of Intellectual Property Services and Knowledge Management
SIRIM Berhad

Do you know that standards by which we

mean documented standards, provide the
basis for controlling quality, protecting
consumer and public welfare as well as
ensuring industrial efficiency and
developments are subject to copyright
protection? The work to develop standards
requires standards development agencies
to allocate resources in terms of financial
allocation, expertise, and efforts that would
still need some form of intellectual property
(IP) protection.

Why So?
Under Section 7(1) of the Malaysian
Copyright Act 1987, works that are eligible
for copyrights protection are: literary works;
musical works; artistic works; films; sound
recordings and broadcasts. A hard copy of
a typical standard could very well fall within
the definition of literary work or derivative
work (as in the case where the standard is a
translation of a standard from another
language) even if it only contains technical
subject matter. Under the Act, owner of a
copyrighted work would have the following
exclusive rights: reproduction in any material
forms; communication to the public;
performance, showing or playing to the
public; distribution of copies to the public by
sale or other transfer of ownership; and
commercial rental to the public.
Undertaking any of these activities or any
related actions related to such activities
without prior consent from the owner would
be considered as infringement to the owner in the standard is quoted. Mindful about
rights. moral rights associated with the
author/authors, and generally the user
Owner of a standard could be one or the should be knowledgeable enough about IP
combination of the following: standards issues in dealing with the copyrighted
development agencies,, author of the material.
standard, or any other legal entity having
acquired the rights through any operation of In adopting standards developed by the
the law. A third party (or user) having International Organization for
access to the standard would have limited Standardization (ISO) as national standards,
usage over the document because he/she STANDARDS MALAYSIA as member of ISO
does not own the document but merely acknowledges ISO as the origin of the
acquired a license to use it in accordance to standards and exert copyright ownership
the agreed terms and conditions. The terms over the national standards. In the case of
are fairly universal, for example, the user indigenous Halal Malaysian Standards, the
cannot make copy except for backup, and ownership belongs to STANDARDS
to acknowledge the source when a caption MALAYSIA. As such, a third party cannot

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simply copy portion of the standard or make
a copy of the standard for distribution within
the organisation without permission from
STANDARDS MALAYSIA even if, he/she
legitimately obtained the full copy of the
standard., Failure in obtaining the
permission, copyright infringement action
could be taken against the third party by
STANDARDS MALAYSIA should they wish to
do so.
The electronic form of a standard is also
subject to copyright protection. With the
prevalence of ICT and the availability of
various on-line services offering various
forms of document delivery, standards are
not exempted from intellectual property
abuses. Built-in security system such as
Digital Rights Management (DRM) could be
incorporated with the on-line services to
mitigate possible copyright infringement
either intentionally or by accident, but at the
end of the day, respecting the copyright on
the part of the user is more crucial since
controlling them totally is next to impossible.
There are numerous ways the integrity of
copyright of standards in the electronic form
can be compromised and these include
sharing of password that has been issued to
a single user for use on a specific site,
illegally distributing copies of standards by
email or photocopying, or uploading a
purchased standard onto publically
accessible online facility. It should be noted
that in Malaysia and in many parts of the
world, even circumventing or causing any
other person to circumvent any effective
technological measures that are used by the
author or owner to control their copyright is
also considered as an infringement.
One may argue that as standards are usually
developed by government organisations and
used for the benefit of consumers, the
exclusive rights should be made available for
free to all. However, under Section 11 of the
Malaysian Copyright Act 1987, even works
of the government, government
organisations and international bodies are
eligible for copyright protection. There are
however, statutory exceptions to the
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exclusive rights of the copyright owner under
Section 13(2) where, user might be tempted
to apply. As for example, under the provision
of fair dealing where, the exploitation of the
copyrighted work is for the purpose of non-
profit research, private study, criticism,
review or the reporting of current event.
These activities are exempted from copyright
infringement generally because they are for
the so-called non-commercial reason. The
Berne Convention that deals with copyright
issues also has clauses dealing with
dissemination of information under fair
dealing.
It is believed that raising awareness on IP
issues especially the Dos and Donts in
copyright is crucial since enforcing the rights
over alleged infringement would be time
consuming as well as prohibitively
expensive. Examples of some of the Dos
and Donts are as follows:
The Dos:
Do believe that using copyrighted
material without permission does hurt
the creator/owner as well as the
industry.
Do establish an organisation-wide
policy for managing the conduct of
employees with regard to intellectual
property (your own as well of the
others) and do enforce them.
Do use common sense when applying
the concept of fair dealing in
copyrighted material. When in doubt,
contact your lawyer or an IP consultant
or the owner of the copyrighted
material.
Do know the facts about copyright
such as the nature, scope of protection
and others.
Do make backup of your standards
especially if they are in softcopies, but
refrain from distributing them if you do
not have the permission to do so.
Do believe that standards, like any
other qualified works, are protected
under copyright law and you may
never know if the owner want to
exercise his rights over you if you are
infringing their rights.
The Donts:
Dont infringe copyrighted material.
Getting caught will be expensive and
embarrassing.
Dont use justification of for public
good argument for infringement as it is
unreasonable.
Dont think that copyright law is
unenforceable. You may be caught off-
guard should the owner of the
copyrighted material one day exercises
his IP rights over you.
Conclusion
As a responsible user of standards, we
should be mindful of the efforts by various
parties involved to develop standards that
are useful for the industry and consumers.
We should acknowledge and value their
intellectual property and put our conscience
in the clear by not taking any action that
could be considered as infringement of their
intellectual property rights either directly or
indirectly. Various remedies are available to
the owner/creator if his/her IP rights are
infringed should he/her wish to exercise
them. They include civil and/or criminal actions.
It is wise not to be caught off-guard and not
choose to ignore it. If in doubt, contact your
lawyer or IP Consultant for advice.
References
1. Malaysian Copyright Act 1987 (Act 332)
2. ISO/IEC (2007) Copyright, standards
and the internet.
3. ISO (1997) Guidelines and Policies for
the Protection of ISOs Intellectual Property.
4. ISO POCOSA (2005) ISO Policies and
Procedures for Copyright, Copyright
Exploitation Rights and Sales of ISO
Publications ISO POCOSA 2005.

WhatCan Be and
WhatCannot Be
Patented in Malaysia
by Ong Chui Koon
Senior Principal Consultant and Head (Registered Patent, Trade Mark and industrial Design Agent)
Department of Intellectual Property Services and Knowledge Management
SIRIM Berhad
Introduction
A patent is a document issued by the
Government of a State for the protection of
an invention. Whether an invention can be
patented or cannot be patented depends
on the national law of the State. This is
because the rights accorded by a patent is
territorial in nature.
The relevant law which protects inventions
in Malaysia is the Patents Act, 1983 (Act
291). What is an invention is given in Section
12 of the Act. According to Section 12 of
the Act, an invention means an idea of an
inventor which permits in practice the
solution to a specific problem in the field of
technology and an invention may be or may
relate to a product or process. An example
of a product invention is a telephone and an
example of a process invention is a process
or method for the manufacture of vitamin C
synthetically in a factory.
Conditions of Patentability
It is generally recognised that a patent for
invention should be granted only when the
invention is new, involves an inventive step
and is industrially applicable. Where the
invention for which a patent for invention is
applied for fulfils these three conditions, the
invention is called patentable. The said three
conditions are usually referred to as the
conditions of patentability. More precisely,
these three conditions should be called the
substantive conditions of patentability.
They are substantive because they concern
the essence, the technical content of the
technical solution claimed to be an invention
in the patent application. These three
conditions of patentability are spelled out in
Section 11 of the Malaysian Patents Act.
Hence in order for an invention to be
patentable in Malaysia, all these three
conditions must be fulfilled. These three
conditions of patentability are used worldwide.
Other than protecting inventions by a full
patent system, Malaysia has a two-tier
system in that there is also a petty patent or
utility model system of protection. This
alternative system is called a utility
innovation system, which differs from a full
patent system in the sense that a lower level
of inventive step is required. The utility
innovation system is to enable those
inventions which would otherwise fail to
qualify for a full patent to obtain some lesser
degree of protection.
New
What is new or novel is defined by
Section 14 of the Patents Act, 1983. An
invention is new if it is not anticipated by
prior art. Basically, prior art consists of
everything disclosed to the public throughout
the world by written publication, or, in
Malaysia, by oral disclosure, by use or in any
other way, prior to the filing date of a patent
application claiming the invention and
including the contents of a domestic patent
application having an earlier priority date
Feature
than the patent application claiming the
invention. Thus, if there is an earlier prior
publication containing a clear description of
or clear instructions to do or make something
which would infringe the patentees claim if
carried out after the grant of the patentees
patent, then the patentees claim has no
novelty. The new requirement under the
Patents Act, 1983 is a worldwide requirement.
As such, one cannot simply apply for a
patent for an invention which has been
disclosed elsewhere or has been patented
outside Malaysia. The invention must be new
both inside Malaysia and outside Malaysia in
order to be a patentable invention.
However, Section 14(3), Patents Act, 1983
expressly provides that certain disclosures
are to be disregarded and thus do not
constitute prior art, and they are:
a) disclosure within one year preceding
the date of the patent application and
if such disclosure was by reason or in
consequence of acts committed by the
applicant or his predecessor in title;
b) disclosure within one year preceding
the date of the patent application and
if such disclosure was by reason or in
consequence of any abuse of the
rights of the applicant or his
predecessor in title; and
c) disclosure by way of a pending patent
application to register the patent in the
United Kingdom Patent office as at the
date of coming into force of the 1983 Act.
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The grace period provided for under
Section 14(3) of the 1983 Act is only
applicable for applying for a patent in
Malaysia only. Where an inventor desires to
file for a patent application outside Malaysia,
he must not disclose his invention at all
because certain countries or regional patent
office such as the European Patent Office
requires absolute novelty.
Inventive Step
Practice has shown that applicants are
constantly seeking patents for inventions
which vary from what is known only in some
more or less minor details. The requirement
of an inventive step is intended to avoid
pedestrian improvements or obvious
extensions to known products or processes.
Therefore in order for an invention to meet
the criterion of inventive step, the invention
must not be mere workshop modification or
minor improvement, but the invention must
show clear technical advantage which is
not easily seen or recognized by a person
working in that area of technology. This is
important because a good patent shows
and gives to the world something it did not
truly have before. A bad patent on the
other hand, would create a monopoly and
take away something which the world
already effectively had and enjoys.
Industrially Applicable
Section 16 of the 1983 Act provides that an
invention shall be considered industrially
applicable if it can be made or used in any
kind of industry. This excludes from
patentability very few inventions which are
not already excluded by the aforementioned
requirements. Among the very
inventions that are not susceptible to
industrial application, yet are not expressly
excluded from patentability would appear
to be articles or processes alleged to
operate in a manner clearly contrary to
well-established physical laws. An example
of this type of invention would be the
perpetual motion machine. It is uncertain
whether industry would include agriculture,
for example, whether new methods of treating
crops would be patentable. Perhaps such
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invention would be allowed under the 1983
Act on the basis that any doubt should be
resolved in favour of the applicant.
Non-Patentable
Inventions
The Patents Act, 1983 also provides for
a list of non-patentable invention. Any
invention which meets the conditions of
patentability mentioned above but which
falls under the ambit of the list of non-
patentable invention shall not be patentable
notwithstanding the fact that they may
be inventions within the meaning of
Section 12 of the Patents Act, 1983. The
list of non-patentable inventions includes
the following:
a) discoveries, scientific theories and
mathematical methods;
b) plant or animal varieties or essentially
biological processes for the production
of plants or animals, other than man-
made living micro-organisms, micro-
biological processes and the products
of such micro-organism processes;
c) schemes, rules or methods for doing
business, performing purely mental
acts or playing games; and
d) methods for the treatment of human or
animal body by surgery or therapy, and
diagnostic methods practised on the
human or animal body.
An example to illustrate this would be the
case where a mouse has been transformed
genetically to be highly susceptible to human
cancers. The new mouse called
Oncomouse would come within the Section
few
13 prohibition as an animal variety other than
man-made living microorganisms and would
therefore be an unpatentable invention.
Inventions which are
Against the Morality or
Ordre Public (Public Order)
of the Country or Security
of the Nation
The Patents Act, 1983 also excludes from
patentability any invention which is against
the morality or ordre public of the country
and inventions which are harmful to the
human, animal, plant and the environment.
An example of such inventions would be
where the cell lines of humans, animals and
plants are altered through human
intervention. Such inventions would be
considered as against the morality or ordre
public (public order) of the country and would
therefore be an unpatentable invention.
Furthermore, Section 85 of the 1983 Act
provides for the Registrar of Patent the
right to refuse the grant of a patent for
products or processes which would be
prejudicial to the interest or security of the
nation. An example of such inventions
would be weapons or instrument for use in
the military or defence purposes where
the Government would prefer to keep
the inventions secret rather than granting
a patent.
Conditions on Patent
Applicants
Upon fulfilling the above mentioned
requirements, a patent application may
be filed with the Patent Office. When filing a
patent application, the applicant is required
to describe the invention in a manner
sufficiently clear and complete for the
invention to be carried out by a person
skilled in the art. The law also requires the
applicant to indicate the best mode for
carrying out the invention known to the
inventor at the filing date or, where priority is
claimed, at the priority date of the
application. This is to ensure that the
disclosure of the invention to the public
an
merits the grant of a patent.
Term of Protection
Where the relevant regulations and
requirements of the Patents Act, 1983
have been complied with, the applicant
will be issued with a certificate of grant of
the patent. The term of protection
a vai l ab le is for a period of twenty
y e a r s counted from the filing date of
the application subject to the payment
of annuities.

Record Management
and Quality Certification
by Prof. Madya Dr. Zawiyah Mohammad Yusof and Umi Asma Mokhtar (Member of the TC on Record Management)
Department of Information Science
Faculty of Information Science and Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
The Relation between
Record Management and
Quality Certification
In a current trend of todays market, ISO
9001 certification becomes a ticket or
platform for organizations to sell their
products. ISO certification requires a
company or organization to have a detailed
and proper documentation in order to
achieve consistent outputs. The investment
for a quality system certification is rather
costly, but it is worthwhile to embark on it as
it will give untold advantages to the
company or organization. But, there is an
aspect (i.e. record management), that needs
to be revised or looked into prior to
introducing the quality system.
ISO 9001:2000 puts record management
at a high profile while the new record
management standard namely ISO 15489
provides systematic guidelines in managing
records. Studies in several countries
proved that the main problem to gain
certification and comply with it, is related to
record management in quality management
programme (Gunnlaughsdottir, 2002).
Quality system could not work effectively
without a good quality management
programme. Though the implementation of
quality system is tedious and complex,
but the idea is simple, that is to document
what to ought be done and do what has
been documented. The documentation
enables the purpose, intention and
consistency in the actions taken to be
communicated.
Organizations need efficient techniques,
principles, and methods to meet the
purpose of ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q9000
Feature
standards series compliant. It is an unwise
decision for organizations not to adopt
methods practised in record management
or believe that quality is not related to record
management at all. Apparently, once an
organization develops an integrated record
plan with the intention to obtain the quality
certification, it shows that the organization
has adopted the same step as the record
manager in administering and managing
records/documents.
The Needs of Record
Management Conventional
Component in ISO 9001
ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q 9000 series indicates
clearly the elements which relate to
records. Any organizations adopting
record management programme or just
about to start embarking on it, is likely
Standards and Quality News 9
to meet the quality certification requirement or procedure which does not exist due to 2. Choksy, C. E. B. 2006. Domesticating
much easier. improper documentation control. Though many information: managing documents
organizations put the blame on the activities, inside the organization. Lanham,
Record management, through its method but it is significant that the ground root Maryland: The Screcrow Press, Inc.
and approaches serve as a guide to what- problem lies in not having records to justify
3. Gunnlaugsdottir, J. 2002. The Quality
to-do, how-to-do and where-to-begin. the transactions that have taken place. Thus,
must be on record: a survey of
Section 4.16 in Q9001 clearly shows, by organization ought to take proper and
organizations having an ISO 9000
implementing record management integrated steps prior to implementing effective
certification in Iceland. Records
components such as record creation and efficient quality record management by
Management Journal 12(2):40-47.
management, the development of retention adopting records management. Quality
schedule, safeguarding the vital record, filing system begins with records management. 4. Langemo, M. 2002. Winning strategies
system management, the management of Records need special management which for successful records management
record centre, the development of scheme
organization, indexing and the knowledge of
how and when to dispose off quality record.
Record management also depends on the Record Management Record Requirement
Conventional Component in ISO 9001
types of media and technology to organize,
store and retrieve quality records. It also
Record Creation Management Identify Record Creation Management
involves knowledge in micrographic easily
management, optical disk technology and
Form Management Record Creation Management
the application of information technology tools.
Management and retention Management and Retention
Differences Between Schedule Development Schedule Development
Conventional Record Record Disposal Record Disposal
Management Component
and Record Requirement Vital Record Security Vital Record Security
in ISO 9001
Filing Management Filing Management
The component of records management in
Indexing
conventional setting differs from that of Micrographic Management Maintenance Storage Indexing
records requirement in ISO 9001. That is Retrieval Facility
Optical Disk Management Maintenance
represented in Figure 1.
Information Technology Storage
Retrieval
It is apparent from Figure 1 that quality
records is strongly related to record
Figure 1: Differences Between Conventional Records Management and Records
management. Sources for quality records Requirement in ISO 9001.
are all information created, documentations Source: Brumm, 1999.
implemented and transactions performed in
organization. Hence, these sources of
requires proper and systematic planning. It programs. Denver: Information
information will determine the effectiveness
should not be treated the same way as other Requirements Clearinghouse.
of quality system. How are these sources of
information. Records differ from information
information helping in the effectiveness of 5. OBrien J. A. 2002. Management
as they comprise many categories and
quality system? It is the auditing process information system. 5th Edition. US:
types. Records are internally generated and
that helps to validate the claim. Irwin McGraw Hill.
unpublished information that should not be
revealed, disseminated and disclosed to any
Auditors may ask activities related to product 6. Torres, T. 2006. Successful records
other unauthorized party.
and service quality by referring to recorded management. Tips for devising
information. Brumm (1999) reports that it is records management strategy your
References organization will use. A Microsoft
evident statistically that 60% of companies
failed to obtain immediate proposal for 1. Brumm, E. K. 1999. Managing records White Paper.
certification that involve document control for ISO 9000 compliance. Kuala Lumpur:
particularly records of purchasing activities Golden Books Centre Sdn. Bhd.

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An Overview of Malaysian Standard (MS 2072:2008) -
Guidelines for Developing and
Implementing Early Action for
Site Remediation
by Engr. Choo Chee Ming, MIEM, P.Eng, Engr. Assoc
Prof.Dr Zainab Mohamed, FIEM, P.Eng. Co-Author
Engr. Dr. Yin Chun Yang, Grad. IEM
(Environmental Engineering Technical Division, IEM)
This guideline is the first Malaysian Standard
(MS2072:2008) that aims to provide
guidance to assist the planning, site
selection, design and implementation of
partial, short-term, or early action remedies
undertaken at contaminated sites. This
guideline was developed by the Working
Group on Site Remediation under the
authority of the Environmental Management
Industry Standards Committee. The
purpose of this guideline is to manage,
control, or reduce the risks posed by
contaminated sites. The early action
remedies and strategies are applicable to
the management of other regulatory
processes such as Solid Waste and Public
Updates
Cleansing Management Act 2007,
Environmental Quality Act 1974 and Local
Government Act 1976. This standard
identifies and describes a standard process,
technical requirements, information needs,
benefits and strategy for early action
remedies undertaken at contaminated sites.
It is applicable to contaminated sites as
defined by the Department of Environment
and Department of National Solid Waste
Management.
The guideline highlights the basic activities
associated with implementing an early
action such as construction of a Conceptual
Site Model (CSM), estimation of risk(s),
identification of exposure control,
development of interim, selection of the
desired solution(s), attainment of legal
authority, design and execution of selected
solution(s) and post-implementation
monitoring of the CSM.
The common objectives for an early action
are to minimise human or environmental risk
exposure (or both) and the time required to
implement a final remedy. These early
actions are aimed to safeguard the general
public and natural ecological as well as to
minimize the actual time required to
remediate a contaminated site. It is
important to note that the guideline is not
intended to replace legal requirements for
remediating sites of environmental
contamination. It is highly recommended
Standards and Quality News 11
that the guideline be used to supplement
existing regulatory stipulation so that a
more effectual remedial effort can be
implemented.
Salient procedures of early action for site
remediation presented in the guideline are
listed and described as follows:
Gathering required information such as
historical records, interviews, previous
studies, environmental analytical data
and other relevant data.
Development of the Conceptual Site
Model (CSM). The following information
is presented in CSM:
- Environmental contaminants for all
pathways of a CSM
- Natural and secondary background
concentration of contaminants in all
CSM pathways
- Contaminant source characterisation
such as source location, boundaries,
volume and concentration
- Potential contaminant migration
pathways through soil, surface water,
air, and groundwater media
- Contaminant mass estimate
- Estimation of concentration and
duration of both human
ecological contaminant exposure
- Estimation of human
environmental risk
Identification of early action strategy
as follows:
- Proactive development of early
action remedies - all affected parties
to provide input to identify their
concerns, risks, resources, and
objectives for an early action.
- Identification of early action
potentially contaminated sites - sites
that are dynamic and contain
complex migration pathways
commonly require sophisticated and
detailed site characterisation
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- Identification of manageable CSM Post remedy monitoring plan
components and early action
Early action performance assessment -
solution alternatives
the success of an early action should
Funding of early actions - it is advisable be assessed by comparing its actual
to identify and allocate (budget) only a result to the predicted goal or desired
reasonable portion of the available objective
funding for early action, which is
Other considerations - funding limitations,
balanced between cost and risk
time constraints and other relevant
management benefits
information
Prioritisation of early action solutions -
the alternative elements, including The approval of this guideline is definitely a
desired results and technical step forward in the management of derelict
components, of a proposed early and contaminated land since there was no
action should be prioritised by the such guideline previously. It will undoubtedly,
affected parties provide a useful tool to different stakeholders
such as site remediation specialists and
Selection and integration of early
environmental consultants so that they can
actions - selection of the most
expedite clean up effort of a contaminated
beneficial solution should be
site. As such, it is deemed that Malaysia is
conducted before formulating a
moving in the right direction in terms of
remedial implementation plan
governance of contaminated land.
Preparation and finalisation of
remedial plan Note: The authors are members of the
Working Group on Site Remediation for which
Implementation and documentation of
SIRIM Berhad is the secretariat. For more
early action activities - during
information, please contact the secretariat,
implementation of the plan, the results
Puan Noraslina Mat Zain at 03- 5544 6339
must be documented and compared
to the original objectives frequently
Bibliography
Identification of requirements for early
1. ASTM D 5745-95 (Reapproved 2005),
actions. The general requirement of
Standard guide for developing and
and early actions as shown as follows:
implementing short term measures or
- Health and safety plan early actions for site remediation.
and
- Sampling and analysis plan 2. Engineering Services Division, Ministry
of Health - Management of Clinical
- Early action plan including of
Waste in Hospitals and Health Care
security, mobilisation/demobilisation,
Establishment, July 1993.
unit/system operation, unit/system
test/performance monitoring, 3. Ministry of Housing and Local
community relations and site analysis Government - Technical Guideline for
Sanitary Landfill, Design and
- Execution and implementation of
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early action plan Operations should
conform to the plan unless
4. Ministry of Housing and Local
circumstances require change and
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written authorisation for plan
Closure and Rehabilitation of MSW
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Landfill Sites, August 2006 .
Documentation retention - responsibility
for record keeping rests with the
property owner

Malaysian Standards
on Noodles
by Zainorni Mohd Janis
Secretary of TC on Cereals, Pulses and Related Products
SIRIM Berhad
Noodles are one of the staple foods for
many Asian countries since ancient times.
There are many types of noodles, varying
according to their regions of production,
ingredients, shapes and manner of
preparation. They can be made, among
others, from wheat, rice, buckwheat, and
starches derived from potatoes, sweet
potatoes, and pulses. In general, noodles
are made from unleavened dough and the
basic process in producing noodles are
dough mixing, sheet forming, reduction in
sheet forming, cutting, and cooking. In
Malaysia, noodles have been accepted too
as one of the staple foods, cutting across
the multiracial population in the country.
Two types of noodles which are more
commonly consumed in Malaysia are those
made from wheat and rice.
In line with this situation, a few Malaysian
Standards (MS) have been developed to
support the industry and for the benefit
of consumers. The first MS on noodle
was published in 1977, i.e. MS 526:1977,
Specification for instant noodles. This
was followed by MS 955:1985,
Specification for beehoon (Rice vermicelli),
MS 1112:1988, Specification for instant
beehoon (Rice vermicelli) and MS 526:1988,
Specification for instant noodles (first
revision). A major change in the revision of
MS 526 is the inclusion of the test method
to determine acid value which was based on
the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) test
method.
The latest progress in the development of
MS in this field is the development of two
new MS, i.e. Wet and raw wheat noodles -
Specification and Dried wheat noodles
Specification, and the second revision of
MS 526:1988, Specification for instant
noodles. For these noodles, wheat flour is
the main ingredient. Wet noodle is
characterised by the use of partial or full
cooking process and coated with vegetable
oil to prevent sticking. Some examples of
wet noodles are yellow alkaline, hokkien
and udon noodles. Raw noodle is similar to
wet noodles but with the inclusion of eggs
and coated with starches to prevent
sticking. Raw noodles include wantan and
pan noodles.
There are two types of dried wheat noodles
i.e. fried and non-fried. Fried dried noodles
are claypot yee mee, braised yee mee manufacturers, but also flour manufacturers
and fried mee suah whereas, non-fried
dried noodles include mee siput, longevity the flour suitable to produce noodles
noodle, taucham mee, mee poh and meeting the requirements of these MS.
other steamed and dried noodle variations.
Updates
Instant wheat noodles are characterised by
the use of pregelatinisation process and
dehydration either by frying or by other
methods and to qualify for the concept of
instant, they should be cooked or soaked
in not more than four minutes in boiling
water. The major modifications in this
second revision of MS 526, Instant noodles
- Specification include amendment and
elaboration of the scope, amendment and
addition of a new definition on alkaline salt
and further elaboration on the minimum
requirements of the noodles. In addition,
the labelling and hygiene requirements have
also been revised and amended according
to the current relevant regulations and all
test methods have been updated and
amended accordingly.
Projects which are in the pipeline are
the first revision of MS 955:1985,
Specification for Beehoon (Rice Vermicelli)
and MS 1112:1988, Specification for
instant beehoon (rice vermicelli). Beehoon
(rice vermicelli) is characterised by the use
of pregelatinisation and drying processes
whereas, instant beehoon (rice vermicelli) is
characterised by the use of pregelatinisation
and drying processes, and it should also
be cooked or soaked in not more than 4
minutes in boiling water.
As flour is the main ingredient in producing
various types of noodles, these MS are
applicable to not only noodle
to ensure that the latter are able to supply
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News
Speed Hump -
Specification for Materials,
Design and Installation
by Assoc. Prof. Ir. Adnan Zulkiple
Chairman of the Working Group on Speed Hump
Abstract
Speed hump and speed bump have been
used by relevant authorities and to some
extent private entities as means to control
traffic flow at roads or area under their
jurisdiction. However, the practice is not
uniform in particular in term of the materials,
design and installation of the speed
reducing measures. Often speed bump (the
high impact but the worst of the two
measures) is installed on roads when its
application is meant for use at private roads
and parking lots. The specification that we
have developed is for the materials, design
and installation of speed hump which is
recommended for nationwide practice by all
relevant parties (authorities, developers and
contractors to name a few).
Introduction
This Malaysian Standard was developed by
the Working Group on Speed Hump under
the authority of the Industry Standards
Committee on Building, Construction and
Civil Engineering. The Technical Committee
on Roads and Highways which supervised
the development of this Malaysian Standard
consists of representatives from Association
of Consulting Engineers Malaysia,
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers, Fire
and Rescue Department Malaysia, IKRAM
QA Services Sdn Bhd, Malaysian Highway
Authority, OPUS International (M) Berhad,
OPUS International Group PLC, Pertubuhan
Akitek Malaysia Projek Lebuhraya Utara-
Selatan Berhad, Public Works Department
Malaysia, SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat), UEM
14 Standards and Quality News
Builders Berhad and Universiti Malaysia This standard however does not cover the
Pahang. The Working Group on Speed specification and installation of speed
Hump which developed this Malaysian bump.
Standard consists of representatives from
Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Malaysian Institute Terms and Definitions
of Transport, Universiti Teknologi MARA,
Speed hump
Perunding Atur Sdn Bhd, RW Consultancy
A raised pavement area across a roadway
Sdn Bhd, SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat), the
with a rounded top of 3.70 m to 4.25 m
Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Universiti
width and vertical rise of 75 mm to 100 mm
Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti
which can generally slow down vehicles
Malaysia Pahang.
gently to speeds of 15km/h to 30km/h as
shown in Figure 1.
This paper will highlight the scope of the
standard, terms and definitions with
regard to speed hump and speed bump,
purposes of speed hump installation,
benefits and drawbacks of speed
hump, public participation and profile,
physical characteristic, materials, design,
installation, signage and road marking of the
speed hump.
Figure 1: Speed Hump
Scope
Speed hump
This standard specifies the requirements for
A significantly smaller size than speed hump
speed humps which includes speed hump
with a rounded top of less than 1 m width
characteristics, materials used, design
and vertical rise of 75 mm to 150 mm which
specifications, signages and locations to be
can slow down vehicles abruptly to speeds
installed and public participation.
of 8 km/h to 15 km/h as shown in Figure 2.
This Malaysian Standard serves as the
guideline for speed humps as one of the
traffic calming measures on roads with legal
speed limits of 30 km/hr to 60 km/hr (with
upper limit of 80 km/hr for roads under the
jurisdiction of the Public Works
Department), for the purpose of slowing
traffic to approximately 50 % at the road
sections before and after the speed humps. Figure 2: Speed Hump
Purposes of Speed Hump
Installation
Speed hump is a common traffic calming
measures that when combined with other
physical measures will help to reduce the
negative effects of traffic flow, alter driver
behavior, and improve safety for non-
motorized street users.
However, traffic reduction is not necessarily
a goal of traffic calming. Traffic volumes
can be reduced through the use of route
modification techniques such as road
closures and turn restrictions, but these
can cause inconvenience to
residents and are often opposed on such
grounds. Traffic calming is concerned only
with speed reduction and does not
attempt to restrict vehicular access. It
can, though, help to discourage through
traffic on certain streets and encourage
other means of travel.
Benefits and Drawbacks
of Speed Hump
Benefits of Speed humps
Speed humps can help control speeding
on local neighborhood streets and
places of public interest such as hotels
and resorts, schools, universities, parks,
sporting venues, shopping centres and
car parks. Unlike traditional
enforcement, speed humps
continuous service. They may also help
discourage cut-through traffic
diverting it elsewhere. Worldwide studies
also show an average of 18 % reduction in
traffic volumes and an average of 13 %
reduction in collisions along the stretch of
the road where speed humps
installed appropriately.
Drawbacks of Speed humps
Some drawbacks of speed humps are as
follows:
a) residents living near speed humps
have to tolerate increased noise
levels as vehicles traverse speed
humps day and night;
b) vehicles may drive on sidewalks or Speed Hump Profile,
through front yards to avoid speed humps; Physical Characteristics
c) traffic may be diverted to previously quiet and Materials
parallel streets in the neighborhood;
Shapes of speed humps
d) emergency service response time suffers; Common shapes of speed hump are
parabolic, circular and sinusoidal as shown
e) motorized street sweeping equipment
in Figure 3.
cannot be used at speed hump locations;
f) speed humps may interfere with street
repaving, decreasing the effectiveness
of both the speed hump and the new
Parabolic 75 mm - 100 mm
pavement surface;
Minimum length 3.70 m
g) speed humps block the flow of
Maximum length 4.25 m
drainage water on some streets and
local can cause flooding problems;
h) speed humps require signages and
markings, which some residents may
consider unattractive; and Circular 75 mm - 100 mm
Minimum length 3.70 m
i) poor maintenance of road markings Maximum length 4.25 m
and signages at speed reduction
humps and similar structures can lead
to accidents as drivers and
motorcyclists will not be fore warned of
the impending road obstruction
Sinusoidal 75 mm - 100 mm
especially during inclement weather.
Minimum length 3.70 m
Maximum length 4.25 m
Public Participation
Figure 3: Common shapes of speed humps
Speed humps are constructed by the
authorities as part of traffic calming
Speed hump physical characteristics
measures or upon request by the local
The length and height of the speed humps
police residents.
determine the speed at which traffic will
provide
travel over the devices. Shorter lengths and
Before any road hump is constructed,
greater heights slow cars most drastically.
by views of public representatives such as
When placed in a series of 90 m to 180 m
councilors and resident association, the
apart, humps will reduce 85 percentile
local road safety research institution
speeds by 12 km/h to 15 km/h. Average
(Malaysia Institution of Road Safety), the
speeds resulting from installing speed
Road Engineering Association of Malaysia
humps are 15 km/h to 30 km/h (40 km/h for
are and the Institution of Engineers Malaysia
roads with 80 km/h speed limit).
should be considered. Proposed locations
and details of road humps, road markings
The physical characteristics of a speed
and road signs should be clearly
hump are as follows:
shown in drawings and then distributed
to these parties and the affected a) rounded raised areas of pavement;
proprietors and residents. Briefings to these b) typically 3.70 to 4.25 m in length and
parties and discussions should be span across the width of the road;
conducted and the conclusion to be
c) hump heights range between 75 mm
evaluated technically and then incorporated
to 100 mm with a construction
in the construction drawings.
tolerance of 3 mm;
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d) common speed hump shapes are
Types Dimension Material
parabolic, circular and sinusoidal;
Parabolic, Circular and Length : 3.70 m to 4.25 m Asphaltic premix
f) typically has pavement markings to Sinusoidal Height : 75 mm to 100 mm wearing course,
concrete or rubber
enhance visibility (suggested to be of
yellow zebra); Table 1: Specification of speed hump

g) tapered to the edge near curbs to allow 7500mm

a gap for drainage; and Varies according to site condition
7500mm
7500mm A
Varies according to site condition
Varies according to site condition
h) some have speed advisories for A A

bicyclists and motorcyclists (prefer that

600mm width
it does not cover or cross the bicycle or yellow bar
motorcycle lane). 600mm600mm
widthwidth
yellow yellow
600mm width bar
bar
gap
600mm width
600mmgap
width
Speed hump materials gap

Speed humps are constructed of asphalt,

concrete, or rubber. While traditionally most A
A
humps were constructed of asphalt or concrete, A
rubber is becoming increasingly common in
Normal road line paint on hump surface
some countries for several reasons. Asphalt
and concrete can be difficult to construct
3700mm to 4250mm Hump premix
precisely while rubber products are pre- 3700mm to 4250mm Hump premix
keyed
keyedtotoexisting
existing
shaped to standardized sizes and thus wearing
wearingcourse
course
3700mm to 4250mm Hump premix
consistently meet industry standards. Minimum 25 25
Minimum Minimum 25 25
Minimum keyed to existing
Meanwhile rubber speed humps are one of450mm450mm wearing course
450mm
450mm

the traffic management devices which are Minimum 25 Minimum 25

Section A-A
450mm 450mm
used for permanent or temporary motor vehicle
speed reduction. It should be considered for Width of road varies to site condition
Width of road varies to site condition
the installation when temporary and test
300mm
300mm tapertaper 300mmtaper
300mm taper
installation is required before construction of
Width of road varies to site condition
the permanent asphalt speed humps. Rubber
speed humps also can be used whenever 300mm taper 300mm taper
75mm to 100mm 75mm to 100mm
75mm to 100mm 75mm to 100mm
temporary installation is required due to
certain changes in the traffic management Elevation
system. In addition (as claimed by the 75mm to 100mm 75mm to 100mm
manufacturers), unlike concrete and asphalt, areas where the speed limit is usually treated on a case to case basis. It is not

which necessitate frequent and high cost less than 40 km/h. Where the spacing of a recommended to be installed on road

replacements, rubber products are longer series of humps is allowable, speed humps sections with grades greater than 8%.

lasting and thus more cost-efficient. can also be installed on local roads with
speed limit not exceeding 60 km/h. Prohibited road sections

Design, Installation, Speed humps are usually installed at the Speed humps are not permitted at the

Signage and Road Marking following areas: following areas:

a) residential streets; a) on streets where drainage water flows

Design specification of speed humps
The installation of speed humps should
be in accordance with the specification
as in Table 1 and Figure 4.
Installation of speed humps
Permissible road sections
The installation of speed humps is mainly
on local streets or roads within residential
b) midblock placement and not within the
area of an intersection; and
c) roadsides that work well with curb
extensions.
Installation on major roads, bus routes, or
primary emergency response routes should
be exercised with special cautions and
down the center of the street;
b) on streets regularly used by buses,
trucks and emergency vehicles;
c) within 60 m of a STOP or YIELD sign;
d) on streets dust proofed with Bituminous
Surface Treatment (BST) or on alleys;
e) on or near steep grades or sharp curves;

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f) closer than 150 m apart if not designed
1890mm
in a series of humps; and

g) on collector streets. AWAS 200mm

975mm
1890mm
Bonggol White font
colour
Warning signage and road marking 1890mm
Di hadapan 150mm
AWAS 200mm

975mm
Speed hump must come with appropriate White font
Red
Bonggol 200mm
AWAS colour

975mm
warning signage (advance warning sign at

450mm
Di hadapan
Bonggol 150mm White font
Kurangkan Laju 150mm colour
appropriate distance before first hump in
Di hadapan Red 150mm
series and warning sign or object marker at White font

450mm
75mm diameter
Red

2100mm
hump). See Figure 5 and Figure 6; colour
Kurangkan Laju 150mm
Class A G.I pipe

450mm
Kurangkan Laju 150mm
White font 75mm diameter

2100mm
colour Class A G.I pipe
White font 75mm diameter

525mm
2100mm
Concrete 1:2:4 colour Class A G.I pipe
footing 300mm x
300mm x 525mm

525mm
Concrete 1:2:4 150mm x 150mm x
footing 300mm x 300mm
Type A Sign 300mm x 525mm 13mm M.S plate

525mm
Concrete 1:2:4 welded to post
footing 300mm x
300mm
300mm x 525mm 150mm x 150mm x
13mm M.S plate
Figure 6 (a): Speed hump signage design standard forpost
welded150mm
to type A
x 150mm x
300mm
13mm M.S plate
900mm 900mm welded to post

Figure 5: Proper placement of warning sign 900mm 900mm

for a speed hump
900mm 900mm 900mm 900mm
Yellow
900mm 900mm
900mm Yellow
Road markings and delineations are used to 900mm 900mm
450mm

900mm30 Km/j Yellow

regulate traffic or to warn or guide road
450mm

users. They may be used either alone or to 900mm

30 Km/j White
2700mm

450mm

supplement other traffic control devices. All White

Black
30 Km/j
2100mm

2100mm
2700mm

road markings and delineations should be Blackdiameter

75mm White
2100mm

2100mm
Class A G.I pipe
2700mm

uniform in design, position and application, 75mm diameterBlack

2100mm

2100mm
Class A G.I pipe
so that they may be recognized and Concrete75mm
1:2:4 diameter
footing
300mm xClass
300mmA G.Ixpipe
understood immediately by all road users. Concrete 1:2:4 footing
525mm

525mm
525mm
300mm x 300mm x
The location of the markings should be
525mm

525mm

525mm
150mm Concrete
x 150mm 1:2:4
x footing
precise to avoid confusion as shown in 13mm300mm x 300mm
thick M.S plate x
525mm

525mm
150mm x 150mm
525mm
welded to post x
Type B Sign 300mm 13mm thick M.S plate 300mm Type C Sign
Figure 7. welded to150mm
post x 150mm x 300mm
300mm
13mm thick M.S plate
300mm welded to post 300mm
A typical Type A Sign depicted in Figure 6(a) Figure 6 (b): Speed hump signage design standard for type B and C
shall be positioned at 110m (measured from 60m
B 60m C
the crown) before the location of a speed B s 10m C
s 60m10m
hump. This signage shall be followed by the B C
s 10m
placement of a Type B Sign and a Type C
Sign (typically depicted in Figure 6(b)) at
600mm
distances as shown in Figure 7. 600mm

600mm
600mm
Conclusion and Futher 600mm

Works 600mm

The specification of the materials, design and

installation of speed hump are ready for s s
C C 10m10m B B
V (km/j) S (m)
practice by all relevant stakeholders. We are
Legend s
B Sign Type B 40 7
10m
looking forward to receive feedbacks on the C 60m60m B

60 9
C Sign Type C
usefulness or constructive comments on any
80 11
60m
of the items in the specification. In the near
future we hope to complete similar
specification for speed bump. Figure 7: Speed hump road markings (2-way traffic flow)

Standards and Quality News 17

News
A New Method of Making
Skin Regenerating Template
Skin regenerating template is useful for advantage in that the thickness, pore size
wound healing, particularly for third degree and the porosity of the bilayer can be
burns and hard-to-heal wounds. The controlled simply by modifying the
researchers from SIRIM Berhad, Universiti molecular weight of chitosan powder using
Sains Malaysia and the Malaysian Nuclear gamma radiation.
Agency have developed a method of The new method of making skin
producing a bilayer skin regenerating regenerating template from chitosan
template useful for wound dressing from has been patented (Patent Application
chitosan. The bilayer skin regenerating No. PI 2007 2205) and is now available
template consists of an inner porous for commercialization. Companies or
sponge layer and an outer film layer is non- entrepreneurs interested in taking up this
toxic and is use to protect the skin defects new method of producing bilayer skin
from infections and dehydration. Skin regenerating template can contact the
regenerating template made from chitosan Marketing and Sales Department of
using the present method has the SIRIM Berhad.

Simplified process for

Certificate of Conformity (COC)
for the Saudi Arabian Market

Certificates of Conformity (COC) issued by Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality

SIRIM QAS International which facilitate the Organization (SASO), formerly known as
entry of Malaysian products into the Saudi Arabian Standards Organisation is the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia no longer require organisation responsible for the issuance
endorsements from Notaries Public, the and implementation of standards, technical
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia and the regulations and quality programs including
Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Conformity Assessment Systems in the
This will benefit Malaysian industry as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Certificate of Conformity Program is now
more business friendly. The announcement Contact:
was made by H.E. Mr. Nabil Amen Molla, Mr. Harman Alang Kasim
Governor of Saudi Standards, Metrology Tel: 03- 55446683
and Quality Organization during his visit to Fax: 03-55446652
SIRIM QAS International on 12 June 2009. Email: harman@sirim.my

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 Announcement
Certification, Malaysian
Standards and International
Standards Updates
Updates on SQAS International Certification
Please refer to the following websites for current information on Product and Management System Certifications:
Contact person: Pn.Azlina Dzulkafli / Pn. Shuana Mohd Aris www.malaysiancertified.com.my
Telephone: 603- 5544 6809 / 6822
www.sirim-qas.com.my
E mail: azlinad@sirim.my or shuana@sirim.my

Please refer to the following websites for updates on Malaysian Standards

MS Development Structure: Recently Approved MS:

http://smsonline.sirim.my/FPublic.jsp http://www.sirim.my/std_dev/
http://www.sirim.my/std_dev/ ms_approved/latest_approved.htm
msstructure_files/msstructure.htm http://www.sirim.my/services.asp

MS Development Process: MS Online:

http://www.sirim.my/std_dev/ http://www.msonline.gov.my
ms_flow/processflow.htm

All of the above Information is also Available

Drafts MS for Public Comment:
at the following URL Address:
http://www.sirim.my/std_dev/h4_01.htm
http://www.sirim.my/std_dev/
stdpage.htm
Industry Standards Committee (ISC) Websites:

http://smsonline.sirim.my/FPublic.jsp

Hardcopies of MS are also available at:

Department of Standards Malaysia (STANDARDS MALAYSIA) Tel: 603-8318 0002
SIRIM Berhad Tel: 603-5544 6102

Updates on International Standards

Please refer to the following website for updates on International Standards

www.iso.org & www.iec.ch

Standards and Quality News 19

Announcement
Risk Management
Standards:
Should Malaysia Adopt ISO 31000?
The challenges and the uncertainties of the
current economic climate make risk
management a top priority for boards and
senior management. Organisations of all
sizes are setting up their risk management
programme or working on improving the
existing programme. As risk becomes
everyones concern, the need for a guideline
to assist in the implementation of an
effective risk management programme is
thus highly desired.
There are various risk management models
in the market for reference. Among them are
the Australian/New Zealand Standard,
AS/NZS 4360 Risk Management, the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
Enterprise Risk Management - Integrated
Framework, the AIRMIC/ALARM/IRM Risk
Management Standard and the British
Standard, BS 31100 Risk Management
Code of Practice.
As risk management hits the boardroom
agenda and is discussed across borders,
there is a need for a common terminology to
facilitate communication on risk information.
Thus, the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) has taken the initiative
to develop an International Standard,
namely ISO 31000, Risk management -
Principles and guidelines, which provides
principles and generic guidelines on risk
management. ISO 31000 which is now at
its final draft stage is expected to be
published soon.
MALAYSIA establishes its own Technical
Committee on Risk Management which is
20 Standards and Quality News
actively involved in the development of ISO ISO/TMB/WG on Risk Management on the
31000. This committee was formed in 2006 following documents:
as the National Mirror Committee (NMC) to
the ISO/TMB/WG on Risk Management.
1. ISO/FDIS-31000 (Risk Management -
The Malaysian Standards development
Principles and Guidelines on
system and participation in International
Implementation)
Standardisation (ISO and IEC) are under
the responsibility of the Department of 2. ISO/Draft Guide-73 (Risk Management
Standards Malaysia, a government agency - Vocabulary)
under the Ministry of Science, Technology
and Innovation (MOSTI). Announcement on Upcoming Forum on
Risk Management Standard
The primary objective of forming such a As part of ongoing activities, the NMC on
committee was to look into the Risk Management in collaboration with the
development of Malaysian Standards in Department of Standards Malaysia and
relation to Risk Management. The scope SIRIM Berhad, is planning to organise a
of the committee is standardisation of FORUM ON RISK MANAGEMENT
the Risk Management approach and STANDARD (ISO 31000) on 21 October
the development of guidelines for the 2009 at SIRIM Berhad, Shah Alam,
establishment and implementation of the Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Risk Management framework.
The forum is open to both the public and
The NMC is currently chaired by Associate private sectors of Malaysia. The underlying
Professor Dr Hj Mohd Rasid Hussin of rationale of organising such a forum is to
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Members disseminate relevant information pertaining
of the NMC are experts from various to ISO 31000 and elicit useful feedback
organisations including representatives from all relevant stakeholders concerned in
from SIRIM Berhad, Malaysian Association terms of potential adoption and/or
of Risk and Insurance Management (MARIM), adaptation of ISO 31000 for Malaysia. Upon
Telekom Malaysia Berhad, PETRONAS, adoption/adaptation, there will be
Universiti Darul Iman Malaysia (UDM), standardisation among both the public and
Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Tenaga private sectors in Malaysia on a single
Nasional Berhad (TNB), Malaysia Airport standard as the primary guideline on risk
Holdings Berhad (MAHB), CyberSecurity management.
Malaysia, Securities Commission, the Institution
of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and Malaysian Contact:
Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG). Ms. Azlina Abd. Latif
Tel: 03-5544 6310
Malaysia has contributed technical Fax: 03-5510 8830
expertise and participated in the work of Email: azlina_abd.latif@sirim.my