KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 -- Acting Chief Executive Officer Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK), Ir Mohamed Hanifa Abdul Hamid (right) shows sewage treatment plant system in Malaysia to President Tokyo Metropolitan Sewerage Service Corporation (TGS), Kenichi Ogawa (left) after signing a memorandum of understanding between TGS and IWK at Indah Water Training Centre at Bukit Jalil, today. --fotoBERNAMA (2017) COPYRIGHT RESERVED
KUALA LUMPUR: Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) on Monday inked a collaboration agreement with Tokyo Metropolitan Sewerage Service Corp (TGS) to train 30 workers from both IWK and the National Water Services Commission Malaysia (SPAN) in Tokyo, Japan starting this year till 2018.
IWK acting chief executive officer Mohamed Haniffa Abdul Hamid said the training in the areas of operations and maintenance of sewerage system would also be supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) and the Bureau of Sewerage Services of Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
“IWK is always looking to broaden its horizon in knowledge, new areas and ideas in wastewater management especially from developed countries like Japan,” he said in his speech at the agreement signing ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
“We hope TGS with its vast and long established experience in wastewater treatment in Japan will be able to share and impart its knowledge and valuable experience to our people to further advance our wastewater management,” he said.
Mohamed Haniffa said IWK had previously sent more than 100 of its staff to undergo training programmes organised and supported by Jica.
Meanwhile, TGS president Kenichi Ogawa said the corporation had been working to improve sewerage services for more than 30 years since its establisment and it would continue to provide full support for sewerage improvement in Malaysia.
IWK, established in 1994, operates and maintain more than 6,500 sewage treatment plants, 1,000 network pumping stations and more than 18,000km of sewer network.
Jica is an agency that promotes collaboration and industry training between Japan and other countries. - Bernama
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