The Objectives of PRESTIGE Are
The Objectives of PRESTIGE Are
The Objectives of PRESTIGE Are
It is an educational community project for student engineers to be aware and appreciate HSE issues and challenges faced by modern engineer and to help them build a firm foundation for their future as engineers. The objectives of PRESTIGE are: i. ii. iii. iv. v. To create awareness and expose students to the whole value chain of gas industry. To create Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) awareness of the proper usage, delivery and application of gas products. To raise understanding of the HSE & Sustainable Development issues faced by the industry today. To enhance the students understanding in HSE by sharing tools and practices and its application. To provide an overview of the career opportunities available in the gas industry.
The Malaysian Gas Association (MGA) has been organising PRESTIGE since 2008 as an annual programme. Past PRESTIGE Programmes were as per Table below: Past PRESTIGE Programmes
Region Central Dates/Venue 23-24 February 2008, Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam 28-29 March 2009 Hydro Majestic Hotel, Penang 27-28 March 2010 Equatorial Hotel, Melaka 18-19 December 2010 Primula Beach Resort, K.Terengganu 17-18 December 2011 Prince Hotel, Kuala Lumpur PRESTIGE 2013. 16 17 November 2013, Ramada Plaza Hotel, Melaka. Universities UM, UTM, UPM, UKM, UiTM Participants 67
Northern
USM, UTP, UiTM, MIMET (Univ KL Malaysia Institute of Marine Engineering Technology) UTM, UTeM. UMP (Pahang), INSTEP, TATI University College (Terengganu). UKM, USM, UTeM, INSTEP
66
Southern Eastern
50 60
70
Note: PRESTIGE was not held in 2012 as MGA was hosting and organizing the World Gas Conference 2012 in Kuala Lumpur.