Annual General Meeting

The 3rd Annual general meeting of the Association of Practicing Quantity Surveyors & Estimators – Sri Lanka was held on 22nd September 2006 at the Auditorium of the Centre for Housing, Planning and Buildings (CHPB), No. 33, Sunil Mawatha, Pelawatta, Battaramulla followed by a Continuing Professional Development activity.

The President, APQSE-SL addressing the AGM announced the formation of the UAE Group of the Association in April 2006. A sub committee has been formed to scrutinise the UAE applications and Mr. D A H Gunarathne has been appointed as the Chairman of the Committee. He further stated that the oversees membership has been increased 110 with about 75 from UAE, 30 from Qatar and others from Oman and Kuwait and the formation of the Qatar Group is under review.

The President announced the lounging of the web site of the Association recently and the appointment of a clerk to the Association. The cost of maintaining the web site and the salaries the clerk will be borne by the UAE Group.

Dr. M. Haris Z. Deen, Ph.D., MBA, B.Sc., FRICS, ACI Arb. (Retd.) conducted the seminar on Professional Awareness for Constructional professionals. At the end of the programme Dr. Haris Deen was awarded a Fellowship of the Association on appreciation of the serviced rendered by him to the Quantity Surveying profession. The Senior Vice President thanked Dr. Haris Deen on behalf of the Association for the presentation and taking trouble to come all the way from Qatar. Dr. Haris Deen addressing the audience appreciated the services rendering by the Association to his members as well as the community and agreed to give his fullest support to the Association.