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	Vol. 4, No. 3, Sept 2008 Contents 1.IStructE Singapore Division Centennial Celebration - A Memorable Year 2.Evening Talks - Risk Considertions in Highway Bridge Assessment 3.Chairman’s Report on IStructE Annual Conference & Dinner 4.1st Singapore IStructE Honorary Fellow (Er. Lee Bee Wah) 5.IStructE Centenary Service Award - (Dr. Francis Lok) 6.IStructE Elected President 2009 7. Technician Memberships 8. What’s Your Favourite Structure? 9.Technical Requirements for Household Shelters 10.Task Forces for Review of EC3 and EC4 11. Update on Registration of Structural Engineers in Australia 12.Update on Registration of Licensing in British Columbia
	Vol. 4, No. 2, May 2008 Contents 1.IES/IStructE Joint Committee and Division Members Bag the IES Outstanding Committee and Other Awards 2006/2007 (KM Ho) 2.Announcement on Conference on Iconic Structures (Conference Secretariat) 3. IStructE Centennial Conference-Turning Ideas Into Reality (JW Boh) 4.S.WISE Gathering with the Theme “How to Prepare for IStructE & Singapore PE Exams” (ZX Cong) 5.New Committee Members (JW Boh) 6.IES-IStructE Student Prize (JW Boh) 7.New Design Guides (SP Chiew) 8.Joint Workshop on IStructE CME by IEM, IStructE Malaysia Division & IStructE Singapore Division (SP Chiew) 9.IStructE Awards for Ngee Ann Polytechnic (JW Boh) 10.Mandatory Reporting Scheme for IStructE Continuing Professional Development (TS Lok) 11.IStructE Subscription for Joint IES/IStructE Membership 2008 (TS Lok) 12.Evening Talk - Lessons From Failure: Obtaining Benefits from Setbacks (L Heng) 13. Evening Talk - Design & Application of Steel & Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Concrete(TS Lok)
	Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan 2008 Contents 1.Chairman’s Message: The Centenary Year (CM Wang) 2.Announcement on Conference on Iconic Structures 25-26 Jul 08 (Conference Secretariat) 3.Asia Pacific Forum 2007 - Innovations in Structural Engineering (JW Boh) 4.Abstracts of Papers Presented at Asia Pacific Forum (Various) 5.CEng and Chartered Structural Engineers-Clarification (TS Lok) 6.IES-IStructE Student Prize (JW Boh) 7.Prof Wang Appointed as Chief Editor to New IES Publication Series (JW Boh) 8.Research Updates: Very Large Floating Structures (CM Wang) 9.New Fellows of IStructE (JW Boh) 10.Qualification and Registration/Licensing of Structural Engineers in Japan (MLenczner)
	Vol. 3, No. 3, Sept 2007 Contents 1.Summary Notes from the International Agreements Panel, Membership Committee Meetings and the Annual Conference held in London, 10-11 May 2007 2.Announcement on IStructE Asia Pacific Forum 2-3 Nov 07 3.Call for Papers - The Structural Engineers 4.Chairman Down Under 5.Hong Kong IStructE Joint Structural Division Annual Seminar-Conservation of Heritage Buildings 6.IES-IStructE Gold Medal cum Book Prize-Academic Year 2006-2007 7.S.WISE Gathering-Site Visit to Jurong Point Extension 8.Student Membership 9.Technician Members of Institution of Structural Engineers 10.Employment opportunities with SCE Consultants Pte Ltd 11.Registration of Engineers in Australia 12.Technical Talk by Dr Alfred A Yee 13.Results of April 2007 Examination
	Vol. 3, No. 2, May 2007 Contents 1. IStructE President’s Visit to Singapore 9th-15th Jan 07 2. Announcement: IStructE Asia Pacific Forum on Structural Engineering 3. Elected IES-IStructE Joint Committee Members 4. S.WISE End-of-Year Gathering (06) cum Briefing on How to Prepare for CM & PE (Fundamental) Exams 5. IStructE Grand Prize for Structural Competition at Singapore Polytechnic 6. Conference on Iconic Structures in Singapore & Asia 2008 – Preliminary Announcement 7. IStructE Centenary Conference 8. Launching of the new Technician Membership Grade 9. IStructE CME Preparatory Course 2007 10. How to achieve Success in the CME- A Chief Examiner’s Perspective 11. Congratulations to our new Fellows 12. Lecture by Dr Alfred A. Yee on “Design & Construction of Composite Precast & Prestressed Concrete Structures” 13. Registration & Licensing of Professional Engineers in Malaysia ” 14. Structural Fire Engineering in Hong Kong ” 15. Products & Services - FYFE Asia Pte Ltd
	Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan 2007 Contents 1. Message from Chairman of IES-IStructE Joint Committee 2. Getting High on Tea 3. IStructE Asia Pacific Forum on Advances in Structural Engineering 4. Half-day Seminar on "Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP) Cutting Edge Technology and its Application 5. Continuing Professional Development 6. Online Payments to IStructE 7. Successful Candidates in the CME (April 2006) 8. How to Achieve Success in IStructE CME – An Examiner’s Perspective 9. Centenary IStructE Logo 10. Technical Talks 11. Professional Engineering Practice in Singapore
	Vol. 2, No. 3, Sept 2006 Contents 1. President’s Visit to Singapore (TS Lok) 2. Notice Board (JW Boh) 3. IStructE’s Annual Conference 2006 (CM Wang) 4. IStructE Subscription-2007 (TS Lok) 5. Thank You Note to Er Cheah Kee Han (JW Boh) 6. Annual Division Report to IStructE HQ (TS Lok) 7. Welcome Er Ang Chee Keong to IES-IStructE Joint Committee (CM Wang) 8. Reminder: Candidates Intending to Sit for Chartered Membership Examination 2007 (TS Lok) 9. Gallery(JW Boh) 10. Licensing and Registration of Structural Engineers in Taiwan (YB Yang)11. Structural Competition-An Approach to Understanding Structural Concepts (Singapore Poly) 12. Book Review-Analysis and Design of Plated Structures (CM Wang)
	Vol. 2, No. 2, May 2006 Contents 1. Interaction of S.WISE and Young Members of the Singapore Division (TS Lok) 2. Notice Board (Various) 3. Update on Continuing Professional Development (TS Lok) 4. Notice to Applicants for the Institution's Professional Review Interview 2006 (TS Lok) 5. Chartered Membership Preparatory Course (JW Boh/ZX Cong) 6. Annual Division Report to IStructE HQ (TS Lok) 7. Welcome Ms Jeslin Quek to IES-IStructE Joint Committee (JW Boh) 8. Additional information to article in The Structuralist Vol 2 No 1 (D Harvey) 9. Farewell to Dr Murugappan (CM Wang) 10. Gallery (JW Boh) 11. Summary and Impact of Workplace Safety and Health Bill 2006 (JW Boh) 12. Registration of Structural Engineers in People's Republic of China (Z Zhou)
	Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2006 Contents 1. IStructE Singapore Division Members' Nite(TS Lok) 2. Seminar on Special Structures in Kuala Lumpur (TS Lok) 3. IStructE Centenary Celebration! (TS Lok) 4. IStructE Health & Safety Panel:Updates (JW Boh) 5. Preparatory Course for CM 2006 (SP Chiew) 6. Registration & Licensing in British Columbia (D Harvey) 7. IStructE Singapore Division Annual Report 2004-05(TS Lok) 8. Evening Talks/Seminars in 2006 (JW Boh) 9. Professional Engineers (Amendentment) Bill 2005 (CM Wang) 10. Formation of S.WISE Sub-Committee & Chinese New Year Party (ZX Cong) 11. Site Visit to Central at Clark Quay (J Ang)
	Vol. 1, No. 3, August 2005 Contents 1. Road to Chartered Membership(SP Chiew) 2. Quotes for Thought (JW Boh) 3. IStructE Service Award (TS Lok) 4. IStructE Annual Conference 2005 (TS Lok) 5. IStructE CPD Returns (TS Lok) 6. Change in the way IStructE subscription is computed (TS Lok) 7. IES-IStructE Gold Medal cum Book Prize 2005 (CM Wang) 8. One Day Course on Concrete Bridges-Design & Rehabilitation (JW Boh) 9. Subscription Rates for 2006 (CM Wang) 10. IES Council Election 2005 (JW Boh) 11. S.WISE (ZX Cong) 12. Welcome Jonathan Ang to IES-IStructE Joint Committee (CM Wang) 13. Farewell to Dr Yeoh Kiang Meng (CM Wang) 14. Book Corner (HS Lai) 15. Usefulness & Limitations in Testing Concretes (CT Tam) 16. Woh Hup Pte Ltd (Woh Hup Pte Ltd) 17. Announcement for Bridge Course (K Muru) 18. Notice Board (Various)
	Vol. 1, No. 2, May 2005 Contents 1. Drawing Inspiration from Nature 2. Quotes for Thought 3. Joint Membership Subscriptions 4. IStructE Continuing Professional Development Returns 5. Our New Committee Member 6. Chartered Membership Examination 2005 7. Singapore Women in Structural Engineering 8. News Flash 9. A Diary of Mike Fordyce in Singapore 10. Book Corner 11. Shear Wall Analysis - New Modelling, Same Answers 12. New Technology Gains Momentum 13. Notice Board 14.Structural Retrofitting Solution Provider
	Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan 2005 Contents 1. Chairman's Challenge 2. Quotes for Thought 3. IES / IStructE Joint Committee 4. Structural Design Code Can't Be Simpler 5. Short Exchange Program 6. IStructE Centenary Celebration 7. Chartered Membership Examination 2005 8. IES / IStructE Past Technical Seminars 9. News Flash 10. Design Codes for Engineers or Computers? 11. Book Corner 12. Notice Board 13. The Raised Floor Specialist