Research & Development
Annual Report 2018

KLESF 2018

Kuala Lumpur Engineering and Science Fair (KLESF): The Fair 2018 set another comeback at the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC) from 2 to 4 November 2018 with the aim to encourage school students, particularly the primary and secondary school students’ interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects through various programmes and activities.

Present at the opening ceremony of KLESF: The Fair 2018 were Higher Education Department Director-general Datin Paduka Ir Dr Siti Hamisah binti Tapsir; Malaysia Mental Literacy Movement (MMLM) Chairman and UTAR Chancellor Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik; KLESF Steering Committee Ir Academician Datuk Hong Lee Pee, Datuk Dr Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman, Prof Ir Dr Lee Sze Wei, Dr Raslan Ahmad, Academician Prof Dr Ho Chee Cheong and Prof Ts Dr Faidz bin Abdul Rahman; Chairman of MIGHT Academician Tan Sri Dr Ir Ahmad Tajuddin Ali, UTAR President and President of AAET Ir Prof Academician Dato’ Dr Chuah Hean Teik; Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Chief Officer of Communications And Digital Ecosystem Sector Dato’ Mohd Ali Hanafiah Mohd Yunus; Malaysia Nuclear Agency Director-general Dr Mohd Abdul Wahab; IEM Vice President Ir Ellias Saidin and Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation Acting CEO Azlina Mohammad Jais.

The fair saw the participation of more than 60,000 visitors this year. In addition to participants from local schools, universities and organisations, the fair also welcomed international participants from ASEAN and other Asian economies including China, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand.

From left: Datuk Mohd Yusoff, Prof Chuah, Datin Paduka Ir Dr Siti Hamisah, Tan Sri Ir Ahmad Tajuddin, Prof Lee and Ir Ellias Saidin at the opening ceremony of the KLESF: The Fair 2018

Datin Paduka Siti Hamisah (second from right) taking a tour to ArtLink Integrated Network booth