The Director General of the Federal Department of Town and Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia, YBhg. Dato’ Dr. Dolbani bin Mijan made an official visit to the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), Faculty of Built Environment (FAB), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru at 3.00 pm on the 26th of April 2016. The Dean of FAB, Associate Professor Dr. Roslan Amirudin, Head of Department, DURP, Associate Professor Datin Dr. Norsiah Abd Aziz and all academic staff of DURP were on hand to receive the guest of honour. Dato’ Dr. Dolbani was briefed on the department’s research and consultancy activities by Professor Dr. Amran Hamzah, Director, Centre for Innovative Planning and Development (CiPD), FAB. During the visit, YBhg. Dato’ officially invited DURP, FAB, UTM to be the educational partner in the forthcoming 9th. World Urban Forum (WUF) scheduled to be held in February 2018 in Kuala Lumpur. YBhg. Dato’ also made a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor of UTM, Professor Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid bin Omar.
Dato’ Dr. Dolbani obtained his Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning from UTM in 1980 and holds a Ph.D in Urban Design from Oxford Brookes University, UK. YBhg. Dato’ was appointed as Director General, Federal Department of Town and Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia on 18th January 2016. Prior to his appointment as DG, YBhg. Dato’ was a Deputy Director General, Federal Department of Town and Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia and a former Director, Department of Town and Country Planning, Perak Darul Ridzuan.