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SCHOOL OF HOUSING BUILDING AND PLANNING

RHS 505 HOUSING LAW

LAW AND SUCCESS

NAME:

ADELINE CHAN CHIENN HWEI SB636/11

LECTURER:

MR ZULKIFLI OSMAN

SUBMISSION DATE

23RD

MAY 2012


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ADELINE CHAN CHIENN HWEI SB636/11 RHS505 HOUSING LAW

How can the law assist in my quest of success?

What is success? It is quite subjective but can be tabulated qualitatively and quantitatively. Arthur

Robert Ashe quoted Success is a journey not a destination. The doings are usually more important

than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1. From this quote, we can conclude that, the road to

success is one winding road with many bumpy rides, obstacles and challenges ahead us. We are

bound to face these sets of probabilities and difficulties which make success a fruitful and valuable

asset to each and every one of us. There is no end to success it has multiple peaks and not just one

ultimate pinnacle. One success builds another, we will always strive to achieve better. In the journey

towards success, there will be setbacks and mistakes done. These are all part and parcel of success;

through these mistakes we learn to make wiser decisions and shape a better you.

How do we attain success? What are the essences to achieve success? The first baby step to success is

VISION. Success always starts with vision. John F. Kennedy famously dreamed of putting a man on

the moon. Eleanor Roosevelt envisioned a world of equal opportunity for women and minorities.

Compelling visions can truly change the world. But staying invested in them can be extremely

difficult when hard times arrive. A vision can be used in two different ways: inspiration and

prediction. It is first used to inspire you in reaching something that you are wanting. It is also used in

prediction for changes in the future and interests you have. A vision might be the most powerful way

to keep your focused on what you want in life while keeping you motivated in achieving it. A vision

will open up your mind to many possibilities and a brighter and bigger future. When you can envision

a future that is better, happier, more productive, you are more likely to make the changes that are

necessary for you to reach that type of life.

When I was younger, I had a dream a dream of wanting to be a successful pianist and flautist. I

wanted to be play in recitals not just locally but abroad. But I was told to be realistic in this world. I

had no grudges as all my parents hoped for were a better future for me. Therefore during my younger

days, the ultimate goal of that time was to do well in examinations as it would open up doors of

opportunities. In my pre-university education, I took up Biology to make it for Medicine in University.

But I didnt like it as I was more prone to arts. After graduation, I looked deep into my future plans.

All I wanted to for myself was something which is realistic and related to my interest something of

which I will enjoy doing for a very long time. The ultimate goal was to be someone successful and

knowna brand to my name. I wanted to be influential, connected, strong and standing tall among

the rest; the most importantly I would want to contribute to the society. Just like how Steve Jobs had

changed the world in his way and definitely inspired so many. So, I wanted to be a designerrealistic


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and dreamlike. I was at the crossroad of making choices; between fine arts and architecture. Alas the

choice made with envisioning the futurearchitecture.

As quoted by Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, founder of Genting Group "Once the goals have been clearly

defined, with the greatest amount of determination and hard work, one can conclusively realise

one's goals." Pure determination and hard work help us comprehend and bring us nearer to success.

Despite being clueless about the role of an architect and how can the profession change lives, the field

itself spells great and yet massive responsibility. I have always been amazed by the amount of

determination and patience both of my parents had. Mother was a school teacher turned

businesswoman; throughout the years, there had been ups and downs in the business. I had been with

her through thick and thin of her business venture, she is emotionally strong and had a clear mind with

what her doing. Even when she was almost defeated, she embraced herself and get back on her feet

and try again. I remember the years watching her working as mother-teacher-businesswoman-wife all

year round. Now looking back, at the age of 53, she is still strong willed and striving for herself as

well as the family. She always tell me that education is important as with knowledge you may explore

any horizons without fear. At the tender age of fifteen, I experienced firsthand of what she had been

through all her life. No doubt it was tedious, tiring and requires lots of effort, the sense of

achievement is there when we persevere. And for that I vowed to be strong willed and determined in

order to achieve success. Father is a great man with a substantial amount of patience. When he is

engrossed with something he enjoys doing, he is determine and patiently working with it until work is

completed. One of his teachings was be patient with what you do, and you would be amazed with the

end results. And most importantly, love what you do

The system in architecture is similar to what I had experienced, everything started from scratch on

paper and built up with determination, patience along with creativity to produce a final product that is

aesthetically presentable, functional with minimal impact on the environment. Being in the fourth year

of my tertiary studies, I am no more than only halfway into my quest of success to be the respected

architect in years to come. I am my brand. Undoubtedly, it was a winding road, but with never ending

trial and error with added perseverance had pulled me through. There were times when I feel like

giving up and was afraid of failure. And each time I was afraid, I would think of my purpose, my

vision and life lessons I gained and that gave me hope. I read upon this quote by Barack Obama which

inspired me in my quest: "Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would

do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along

the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let

it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to

persevere."


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Each and every failure that I went through made me stronger and ready for a bigger challenge. There

is a saying such as "Anything that doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." Thus I believe that failing

does not make me a failure, in fact it teaches me, it gives me the strength to face tougher challenges

and prepares me for the tougher parts of life that lie ahead. I had my fair share of low lying and

broken self esteem but I always believe that things happened for a reason. This made me realized

regardless to the scale of temporary failure, it is part of my life. These failures are just hitches that

gave me an opportunity to slow down, think, focus, plan and make sure that I am in the right course.

There are always times when we are doing well, sometimes too well to be true and we think that there

is no stopping us and we start to take things for granted. Then suddenly there is this shake up that

makes us realize that we are human beings and we are prone to failure and that success is never final.

This makes sure that we keep our feet firmly grounded and stay down to earth and humble in our

dealings. Therefore, keeping that in mind and embracing ourselves with renewed aspiration and

determination. Failure is one of the most important ways that can teach us how to face difficulty and

help us succeed in each and every walk of life. It should be seen as an opportunity to learn, to improve

and to better ourselves. At the same time we should make sure that none of our failures go to waste

and that we put the experience gained from it to good use for future circumstances and situations.

Failure should always be used as a stepping stone to success. I strongly believe that no one is a failure

until he or she had stopped trying. As a design undergraduate, we are trained to accept comments

harsh, subtle, constructive and destructive one. We are to persevere when a change is required but it

does not mean to totally bow down without standing firm with our design. Unless it is a weak design,

we will have to redo and yes it is frustrating but worthwhile. We learn from trial and error and make

us achieve better. Greatness is not achieved by never falling but by rising each time we fall.

Confucius.

What is my failure story? Scoring a 2.00 pointer for the heaviest credited course during my second

semester. Deduct another 0.03 and I will end up repeating second semester all again. It was then and

time to strive on-goingly for now.

Another trait to success in my choice of field is never to procrastinate. It is said that procrastination

is the thief of time. We will end up losing precious time if we succumbed to procrastinating. Like

most of the successful individuals, they work ahead of time, or the least work within a specific time

frame. The key to stay away from procrastination is to be a disciplined and strong-willed. A

disciplined person is one who knows how to manage time and make sure things are in order. Certainly

it does not spell a robotic-programmed life, but progressively keep things in order or in other words

working with a schedule. I encountered such form of disciplined life when beginning with my upper

secondary education years. I had my darkest moment of when my results plunged valley deep due to

improper teaching resources and being too accustomed to be spoon fed everything. Therefore, a dive


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for change occurred, I disciplined myself to abide by time and not to procrastinate anymore. When we

do not procrastinate, there is no excuse for being unable to get a task completed on time. In my quest

of completing the second stage of the architectural degree, time management is utterly important. I

had several encounters when I regret not being control of time. It all started with thisHBP. During

my freshman years, particularly during orientation week, the student escorts told me that there is jinx

behind the abbreviation of HBPHANTU BALIK PAGI (the all nighters ghost). I am certainly living

up to the title as we work around the clock. Struggling at times to cramp and complete many task

within 24 hours. Then came the launch of Facebook back in year of 2008 which is now the most

popular social network to date as well as one of the core reasons to procrastination. The addiction was

intense but then reality slapped me in the face hard and educated me that procrastination only spells

death. I certainly do not want to ruin my success plan, which therefore led me to a cleansing ritual

and get my feet back on track. I can assure that 24 hours is definitely insufficient as we had to juggle

between assignments, class, leisure and a pitch of time for freelance work (for the extra cash).

Therefore, heeding the advice by my ex-supervisor who told me that every second lost is every

penny lost. That made me saw the value of time. Thus, working progressively with time is utterly

important. In sum, I am keeping myself closely to being discipline and not to deviate from the

permitted setback line for one core reason success. The significance of being discipline is very

important in the built environment as we are ot the sole entity. Architectural works run concurrently

with other consultants works in a project. Once a delay occurs, it is like a domino effect which end

up losing substantial funding and causes dissatisfaction from one to another. For that, Live a

disciplined, simple life. Get up early from bed to start your day. You will see prosperity coming your

way Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong.

It is too early to timeline my success when I am not there yet, but I do believe another important rule

to inculcate or instil along the journey is to never stop learning. There is no horizon or end towards

education and learning. Learningnot in the sense of being a book worm, but also includes exploring

every possibilities as much as possible. When we explore beyond our circle, we see the conjecturing

part of life; broadens our mind and thus disregarding our difference, sceptics and prejudices. The

learning process does not confine only to classroom learning but from individuals, reference materials

as well as instant happenings around the globe. This is vastly important for an architect or architect in

the making, as there are so many types of architectural style which include other peripheral nodes to

learn: structural and services, town and urban planning,, design theories and principles, materials and

spaces and more. Besides that, it also involve indirect learning processes such as the architecture of

establishing a good circle of social network, resolving language barrier and superlatively enhance

communication skills, and topping with work ethics for reputation wise. Another mode of learning is

through reference materials. My lecturers often urge us to be a proactive reader, make as muchreferences as possible as this would help us greatly throughout the design process and resolving


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problems with feasible solutions. Many other senior lecturers exposed us to outdoor learning site

visit and field trips. They believed that seeing is believing. Thus, throughout the years, I cherished

every field trip be it locally or abroad as it is my opportunity to explore architectural styles from many

centuries old architecture to architecture we see now; social and cultural aspect, city planning and so

on. At the end of every trip, I yearn for more and make myself a promise that I will be back for more

not just for the fun but to learn progressively as well. In a nutshell everyday is the opportunity to learn

and gain something new.

In addition to all that the above, in my quest of success, I believe in these principles:

Be a risk taker, never turn down a great opportunitydoes not mean you have got to takerisk blindly but it is about treasuring the golden opportunity and not just let it slipped away. It

allow one to explore the hidden talent in us. Instead of losing the sole opportunity to learn,

take a bold step and risk it. Even if the outcome turned out disastrously, there is always room

for improvement.

Do what you love. We tend to excel better when we do what we love and love what we do. Itis critically important as every line and stroke expressed reflects our personality. When we do

what we love, it serves a greater chance of exploring and further developing our product. It is

call psychological motivation.

Create insanely different experiences innovation and creative ideas in the play. Its is likehow Steve Jobs sought innovation in the customer-service experience. When he first came up

with the concept for the Apple Stores, he said they would be different because instead of just

moving boxes, the stores would enrich lives. Everything about the experience you have when

you walk into an Apple store is intended to enrich your life and to create an emotional

connection between you and the Apple brand. What are you doing to enrich the lives of your

customers?

As mentioned previously, it is too early to tell of my success I may not be there yet but I am

definitely closer to achieving the ultimate success than yesterday. I will definitely work hard, row

diligently down the selected course of flow. Apart from the rule trial and error and other sets of rules

in the lifes long learning process, as a postgraduate student, I am aware that the role of architect does

not only lie on building design, but also shoulders a substantial amount of responsibilities. Aside from

building design, an architect has to uphold their social and environmental responsibilities. The social

responsibility of an architect includes social welfare, creating a better place that shapes a society. We

are taught by practising architect that for every design, it should be reasoned and a good design takes

into account current issues - demographic trend, social welfare, human rights, as well as

environmental issues. I am aware that once a building is constructed, the decision is firm and


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irreversible and holds a great impact onto society. On the social and safety aspect, we have to make

sure when we deliver building, the particular building has to be safe for occupation. We definitely do

not want history to repeat itself, which by all means referring to the Highland Tower tragedy back in

1993. In order to uphold these responsibilities, we require a guidelinethe law.

The meaning of law is subjective and varies from one person to another. Law is an instrument of

social change, or a means to achieve justice in the society. Law in the built environment serves as

compulsory guideline for us to adhere. The law protects and shapes the built environment as well as

the entities of it. Below are the several laws which have a direct impact on the roles and

responsibilities of an architect:

Architect Act 1967 An act to provide for the registration of architects, sole proprietorship,partnerships and bodies corporate providing architectural consultancy services, interior

designers and build draughtsmen. It is the most important document in law governing all

architects.

Uniform Building By Law 1984 (UBBL) This set of by-laws outlined the minimumrequirement for the designers and developers to create a safe occupiable building. It defines

the categories of which should be complied in order to obtain approval from the authoritie.

No person shall occupy of permit to be occupied any building or any part thereof unless a

certificate of fitness for occupation has been issued under these By-laws for such building and

any failure to comply with this by-law shall render such person liable to prosecution under

the Act)

Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974An act to amend and consolidate the laws relatingto street, drainage and building in local authority areas in Peninsular Malaysia, and for

purposes connected therewith. In simple words, this act spelt out severe penalties for

defaulting consultants for design failure. Clause 71: where any building or part of a building

fails in the course of construction or after completion etc. and such failure is due to

misconstruction or lack of proper supervision during construction; misdesign or

miscalculation or misuse the person shall be liable on convictionto fine not exceeding

RM500000 or to imprisonment for the term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

CIDB Act 1994 {Act 520}known as ACT 520 in short, this act came in force on 24 th July1994 to establish the Construction Industry Development Board as the governing boady

entrusted with the responsibility to provide effective leadership and coordination among

Construction Industry players in Malaysia.


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Health and Safety Act Housing and other Planning Lawsinvolved in getting approval for project development for

people and housing.

Rule of Law or Legislation are guides for us to follow and should not be seen as limitations to the

creativity of an architect, but to make the design on paper feasible in reality. The legislative laws

mentioned clearly depict great responsibility as a consultant in the building industry. In order to bring

myself nearer to my desired success, I vow to keep on doing what I am at progressively, passionately,

diligently, boldly, responsibly and creatively. I hope in near future, I will be featured in the press

media for emerging as the brand ME.

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