NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Harbans Singh
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1949
NAME OF INSTITUTION: Demography Division, Department of Statistics
TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Head of Division
ADDRESS: Wisma Statistik, Jalan Cenderasari, 50514 Kuala Lumpur
COUNTRY: Malaysia
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 03-2922133
CABLE ADDRESS: FACT KL
FAX NUMBER: 03-2937018
NAME OF PARENT ORGANIZATION: Department of Statistics
LANGUAGES: Malay, English
OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION: a) To provide information on vital statistics and to produce estimation/projection of population. b) To provide population and housing information based on census
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Censuses, Demography
TRAINING REQUIREMENT: Statistical data analysis, Database creation and management, Microcomputer application for demographic data analysis
TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Governmental
FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: Collecting information through administrative records and census
NUMBER OF STAFF: Professional : 10
CURRENT PROJECTS: Population and housing census 1991; Current population estimates
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: General report of the population census; General report of the housing census; Quarterly review of population statistics; Vital statistics; Current population estimates; Abridged life tables.
COMPUTER FACILITIES: mainframe computer, micro computer, printer, scanner, mouse
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: word processing, demographic data processing and analyses
MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: No
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246
NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Dato Ali Abul Hassan Bin Sulaiman
NAME OF INSTITUTION: Economic Planning Unit
TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Director General
ADDRESS: Jalan Dato' Onn, 50502 Kuala Lumpur
COUNTRY: Malaysia
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 03-2933333
TELEX NUMBER: EPU PM MA 30098
FAX NUMBER: 603-291 4268
NAME OF PARENT ORGANIZATION: Prime Minister's Department
LANGUAGES: English, Malay
OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION: Formulate government broad objectives, policies
and startegies in development planning; Evaluate the achievement of development programmes
and projects; Advise government on economic issues; Initiate necessary economic research;
Coordinate assistance from foreign countries and international organisations; Manage the
"Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme".
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Economic development planning, Human resource
development, Regional development planning, Growth and distribution
TRAINING REQUIREMENT: Population data analysis, Population development
linkages, Human resource planning, Spatial planning, Demographic model building
AREAS OF TRAINING AVAILABLE: Basic knowledge on demography, Statistical data
analysis, Micro COMPUTER APPLICATIONS for demographic data analysis
TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Governmental
FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: Central agency for economic development planning
NUMBER OF STAFF: Professional: 161 Non-Professional: 167
CURRENT PROJECTS: Human resource development project; National spatial
planning; National urban policy
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: Five year development plans; Mid-term review of five
year development plan; Outline perspective plans
COMPUTER FACILITIES: mainframe computer, micro computer, printer, scanner,
plotter, mouse
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: mailing lists, bibliographic information, library
automation, budgeting and planning, word processing, demographic data processing and analyses
SIZE OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION: 43,000 books and monographs, 150 journal titles
INDEXING TOOLS USED: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Classification system used: Dewey Decimal Classification
CATALOGING RULES USED: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: No
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247
NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Mahpor bin Baba
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1963
NAME OF INSTITUTION: Educational Planning and Research Division, Ministry of
Education Malaysia
TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Director
ADDRESS: Level 2, 3 and 5 Block J, Pusat Bandar Damansara, 50604 Kuala
Lumpur
COUNTRY: Malaysia
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 03-2556900
TELEX NUMBER: MA 21153
CABLE ADDRESS: Pendidikan
FAX NUMBER: 03-2554960
NAME OF PARENT ORGANIZATION: Ministry of Education Malaysia
LANGUAGES: Bahasa Malaysia, English
OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION: As the main planning agency of the Ministry of
Education, this division is responsible for educational planning, research evaluation policy
analysis and coordination in matters relating to education policy and its implementation. This
includes comprehensive and strategic planning, functional and action oriented research to
identify issues and for problem solving.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Education, Government policy, Manpower, Projections,
Research, Surveys
TRAINING REQUIREMENT: Human Resource Management and Planning,
Organization administration and management, Oral communication, Proficient writing in
English, Report writing, Scenario Planning, Strategic planning, Computer literacy : SPSS, SAS,
Oracles, Database
TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Governmental
FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: Planning research and evaluation
NUMBER OF STAFF: Professional: 79 Non-Professional: 81
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: Educational Statistics (Yearly); Education on Malaysia
COMPUTER FACILITIES: micro computer, printer, scanner, plotter, mouse
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: mailing lists, bibliographic information, word
processing, demographic data processing and analyses
SIZE OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION: 25,210 books and monographs, 125 journal titles,
Video-tapes: 14
INDEXING TOOLS USED: Library of Congress; IBE Thesaurus
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USED: Dewey Decimal
CATALOGING RULES USED: Anglo American Cataloguing Rules II
MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: No
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248
NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Ho Keong Bin
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1957
NAME OF INSTITUTION: Family Health Section, Health Services Division,
Ministry of Health
TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Deputy Director of Health (2)
ADDRESS: 4th Floor, Block E, Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights, Kuala
Lumpur
COUNTRY: Malaysia
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 03-2540088
FAX NUMBER: 03-2561566
NAME OF PARENT ORGANIZATION: Health Services Division, Ministry of Health
LANGUAGES: Malay, English
OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION: a) To promote the development of a healthy
family; b) To promote and maintain the health and development of women in the reproductive
age group; c) To promote and maintain optimum health and development of children from
infancy through childhood to school leaving age.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Contraception, Demography, Documentation, Family,
Family planning, Government policy, Health services, Morbidity, Mortality, Population
TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Governmental
FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: information centre
NUMBER OF STAFF: Professional: 8
CURRENT PROJECTS: Rehabilitation programme for very poor citizens; QA
programme; Maternal health investigation; Universal child immunisation programme.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: Immunisation guideline book; Garis panduan untuk
perkhidmatan pap smear (Guidelines for pap smear services); Home injuries in elderly; QA
manual for implementation of national indicator approach for health programmes; Protocol
investigation QA manual for MCH; Protocol investigation QA manual for epidemiology;
Protocol investigation QA manual for FQC; Panduan pengendalian kes-kes berisiko tinggi bagi
ibu-ibu mengandung (Guidelines for investigation of high risk ante natal mothers); Code of
ethics for infant formula products.
CONFERENCE & SEMINAR ORGANIZED: Seminar UCI 1992; National QA meeting,
Genting Highlands 1991; Training Course QA meeting, Kuala Lumpur 13th-25th Mei 1991;
National QA meeting state facilitators 1990.
COMPUTER FACILITIES: micro computer, printer, mouse
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: budgeting and planning, desk-top publishing, word
processing
SIZE OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION: 50 books and monographs, slides: 50
MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: No
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249
NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Cheng Yin Mooi
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1958
NAME OF INSTITUTION: Federation of Family Planning Associations Malaysia
(FFPAM)
TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Executive Director
ADDRESS: 81-B, Jalan SS 15/5A, Subang Jaya, 47500 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Darul Ehsan
COUNTRY: Malaysia
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 03-7337514 through 7516, 7528
FAX NUMBER: 03-7346638
NAME OF PARENT ORGANIZATION: International Planned Parenthood Federation
LANGUAGES: English, Malay
OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION: a) To promote the education of Malaysians in
family planning and responsible parenthood; b) To prepare and protect the good health both
mental and physical of parent, children and young people through promoting and supporting
effective family planning services; c) To educate the public of the relationship between family
planning, population, development and environment; d) To stimulate appropriate research in all
aspects of human fertility and its regulation.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Contraception, Family, Family planning, Fertility, Health,
Health services, Population, Sex, Sexuality
TRAINING REQUIREMENT: Social marketing
AREAS OF TRAINING AVAILABLE: AV production, Communication, Basic family
planning, Family life education, Adolescent sexuality
TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Non-governmental
FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: library, information centre
professional association, liaison centre between international and grassroot agencies
CURRENT PROJECTS: Service Delivery; Family Life Education; Community
Clinic Extension in Family Planning; Resource Centre; Women's Development
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: Family Life Education Manual for Youth Organisation
Trainers; The Best Years of Your Life [Family Life Education (FLE) ]; Proceedings on the
Workshop on Recent Advances in Contraception; Technology and Practice; Trainning
Curriculum on HIV/AIDS; Guidelines for Community Clinic Extension in Family Planning.
CONFERENCE & SEMINAR ORGANIZED: IEC Workshop on the Production of Printed
Educational Materials for Pre-Adolescent Women's Health, 6-11 February, 1993 (in
Collaboration with JOICFP); National Family Planning Convention - Vision 2020 : challenges of
FPAS, 23-25 November 1992; Adolescent Fertility/Sexuality Counselling Course, May 1991;
Senior Volunteers/Staff Consultation, 2-3 September 1988; Recent Advances in Contraceptive
Technology and Practice, 19-22 August, 1988.
COMPUTER FACILITIES: micro computer, printer, scanner, mouse
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: mailing lists, bibliographic information, library
automation, budgeting and planning, desk-top publishing, word processing
SIZE OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION: 9,000 books and monographs, 160 journal titles,
Video-tapes: 218
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USED: IPPF Population and Family Planning Classification
MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: No
COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION(S): John Hopkin's University and
National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia.
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250
NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Haryono Suyono
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1973
NAME OF INSTITUTION: International Council on Management of Population
Programmes
TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Chairman
ADDRESS: 141, Jalan Dahlia, Taman Uda Jaya, Ampang Jaya, 68000 Kuala
Lumpur
COUNTRY: Malaysia
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 03-4573234
TELEX NUMBER: MA 33685
CABLE ADDRESS: ICOMP Kuala Lumpur
FAX NUMBER: (603) 4560029
LANGUAGES: English
OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION: ICOMP aims to contribute to the solution of
population problems by improving primary health care and family planning programmes
management. Among its activities are training and consultancy services to developing countries
and assistance through the Institutional Development Assitance Projects (IDAP)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Management in Family Planning Programmes and
Population Programmes, Decreasing Population Education, Health services, Information,
International Organizations, Working Life (Woman).
TRAINING REQUIREMENT: Skills in management of population programmes and
family planning programmes.
AREAS OF TRAINING AVAILABLE: Basic knowledge on demography, Management
skills in family planning programmes and population programmes, Database creation and
management, Information network, Office automation, Management skills in woman's
programmes.
TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Non-governmental
FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: library, information centre
professional association
NUMBER OF STAFF: Professional: 7 Non-Professional: 5
CURRENT PROJECTS: ICOMP International Seminar, Nanjing, China; ICOMP
International Workshops and Seminars; ICOMP South Asian Management Programme (SAMP);
ICOMP Institutional Development Assistance Programmes (IDAP); ICOMP Women's
Programme.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: Strategy of quality service delivery in population
programmes Vol XI; Strategy of quality service delivery in population programmes Vol X;
Management perspective on population programmes; country studies on startegic management in
population programmes; Population manager Vol 4 No.1,ICOMP Review; Population manager
Vol 3 No.2, ICOMP Review; Inventory of experts and institutes in population programmes
management; Infertility management manual; Population communication: the African and Latin
American experience; Population communication in Asia.
CONFERENCE & SEMINAR ORGANIZED: South Asian Seminar on NGO Management,
1991; Nanjing Strategic Management Seminar, 1991; Fifth Annual GIMPA MCH/FP Workshop,
1991; ESAMI MCH/FP regional training workshop, 1991; Improving population programmes
effectiveness, 1992.
COMPUTER FACILITIES: micro computer, printer, mouse, lap tops, laser printer
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: mailing lists, bibliographic information, budgeting and
planning, desk-top publishing, word processing, demographic data processing and analyses
SIZE OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION: 1000 books and monographs, 25 journal titles, 25
AV materials, Periodicals, newsletter, research articles, management periodicals.
MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: No
COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION(S): National Family Planning
Coordinating Board, Indonesia; Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI)
Tanzania; United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Swedish International Development
Agency (SIDA); Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIMA).
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251
NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Dr. Raj binti Abdul Karim
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1966
NAME OF INSTITUTION: National Population and Family Development Board
TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Director General
ADDRESS: No. 12-B, P.O. Box 10416, Jalan Raja Laut, 50712 Kuala Lumpur
COUNTRY: Malaysia
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 2937555
TELEX NUMBER: POP MAL MA 31911
CABLE ADDRESS: FAMILI K.LUMPUR
FAX NUMBER: 03-2921357
NAME OF PARENT ORGANIZATION: Ministry of National Unity and Social
Development
LANGUAGES: English, Malay
OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION: To plan and coordinate the population and family
development programs with the view of monitoring the population changes and trends, and to
encourage the strengthening of the family institution.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Communication, Contraception, Demography,
Documentation, Family, Family planning, Fertility, Information, Population, Research
TRAINING REQUIREMENT: AV production, Communication, Demographic model
building, Information network, Research methodology, Statistical data analysis and technical
writing/repackaging
TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Governmental
FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: library, information centre
research institute, Policy and program coordination
NUMBER OF STAFF: Professional: 138 Non-Professional: 898
CURRENT PROJECTS: Happy family campaign; Strategic plan for national
population policy; Population district survey and Malaysian family survey II; Specialist centre
on reproductive health and infertility; Trainning modules on population, family and
communication.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: Malaysian Journal of Reproductive Health; Malaysian
Journal of Family Studies; Buletin Keluarga; Timang; Marriage and Family Formation in
Peninsular Malaysia; Seminar on findings of population surveys and their policy implications;
Report of the Malaysian Family Life Survey; Update; Pofam; Meningkatkan kualiti keluarga dan
penduduk
CONFERENCE & SEMINAR ORGANIZED: Seminar Kebangsaan Pembangunan
Keluarga: kearah peningkatan kualiti penduduk, 11-13 Sept. 1990 (National Seminar on Family
Development); Asia-Pacific Seminar on Population Ageing, 1990; Seminar on Population,
Human Resources and Development Planning, 30th April, 1990; Seminar on Malaysia Family
Life Survey 4th October, 1991
COMPUTER FACILITIES: mainframe computer, mini computer, micro computer,
printer, scanner, plotter, mouse
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: mailing lists, bibliographic information, library
automation, budgeting and planning, desk-top publishing, word processing, demographic data
processing and analyses
SIZE OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION: 18,000 books and monographs, 27 journal titles,
Films: 60, Slides: 40 titles, Video: 167 tapes, Newspaper articles
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USED: DDC, IPPF, NLM
CATALOGING RULES USED: AACR Rules II (Modified to suit own needs)
MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: Yes
COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION(S): All government departments and
university libraries.
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252
NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Ariff Othman
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1973
NAME OF INSTITUTION: State Economic Planning Unit
TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Director
ADDRESS: Block 6, State Secretariat, Kota Darulnaim, 15503 Kota Bharu,
Kelantan Darulnaim
COUNTRY: Malaysia
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 09-784259
FAX NUMBER: 09-743411
NAME OF PARENT ORGANIZATION: State Secretariat
LANGUAGES: Malay, English
OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION: Planning, monitoring and evaluation of the state
socio-economic programmes.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Economics, Economy, Production, Urban areas, Working
conditions
TRAINING REQUIREMENT: Database creation, Management, Information network,
Micro computer applications for demographic data analysis
TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Governmental
FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: macro planning
NUMBER OF STAFF: Professional: 11 Non-Professional: 16
CURRENT PROJECTS: Pergau Dam; Golok River Basin Study; Kemas/Semerak
Projects; North-Kelantan Water Supply.
CONFERENCE & SEMINAR ORGANIZED: Conference on investment opportunities in
Kelantan, 21-22 July 1988; Seminar on industrial project and opportunities in technology
manufacturing, 8-9 February 1992; Workshop on the implementation of the Malaysian
Incorporated in Kelantan, 8 th November 1992.
COMPUTER FACILITIES: micro computer, printer, plotter
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: word processing, demographic data processing and
analyses
SIZE OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION: 2,500 books and monographs, 100 journal titles,
slides: 1000 Video Tapes: 60, newspaper cuttings, working papers and departmental reports
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USED: Dewey Decimal Classification
MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: No
COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION(S): Economic Planning Unit and
other State Economic Planning Unit
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253
NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Musa Mohamad
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1969
NAME OF INSTITUTION: University Sains Malaysia
TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Vice-Chancellor
ADDRESS: School of Social Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, 11800
Penang
COUNTRY: Malaysia
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 04-877888 through 3369
FAX NUMBER: 04-870918
LANGUAGES: Malay, English
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Fertility, Ethnic groups, Mortality, Population
TRAINING REQUIREMENT: Microcomputer application for demographic data
analysis, Demographic model building, Database creation and management
AREAS OF TRAINING AVAILABLE: Basic knowledge on demography, Research
methadology, Statistical data analysis
TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Governmental
FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: university
CURRENT PROJECTS: Kajian Sosio Ekonomi Masyarakat (Socio-Ekonomic Study
of the Community); Perkampungan Dalam Bandar di Jelutong (Villages in Urban Areas of
Jelutong).
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: Socio-Economic Development and Infant Mortality;
Primary Health Care and Infant Mortality.
CONFERENCE & SEMINAR ORGANIZED: The Environment and the regeneration of
culture: perspective of gender, family, ethnicity and state.
COMPUTER FACILITIES: mainframe computer, micro computer, printer, scanner
SIZE OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION: 652,900 books and monographs, 7,300 journal
titles, 232,696 AV materials
INDEXING TOOLS USED: Library of Congress Subject Headings
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USED: Library of Congress; National Library of Medicine
Classification
CATALOGING RULES USED: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2
MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: No
COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION(S): All Academic and National
Library (local and overseas).
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