Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera, YBhg. Tuan / Puan yang dihormati sekalian, Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan Ke-7 PSAM 2020 akan diadakan seperti berikut :- Tarikh : 29hb Disember 2020 (Selasa) Masa : 09:00 pagi – 12:30 tengahari Lokasi : Zoom Meeting (Pautan link akan di-emailkan pada 27hb Disember 2020) Di antara pengisian mesyuarat adalah […]
PENANGGUHAN KURSUS DAN PEPERIKSAAN CPSI 18-22 April 2020
Dengan segala hormatnya pihak kami PSAM merujuk kepada perkara di atas. Dukacita dimaklumkan bahawa kursus dan peperiksaan tersebut terpaksa ditangguhkan ke satu tarikh baru setelah mengambil kira ancaman COVID-19 yang kini sedang melanda dunia termasuk di negara kita. Keputusan ini telah dibuat selepas perbincangan yang panjang lebar dengan wakil daripada IPSI (International Playground Safety Institute) […]
Playground: How Safe is It for Your Kids?
Landscape Asia 2018 Exhibition
Playground Safety Association of Malaysia (PSAM) will be at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 27-29 August 2018 for LAX’18. Visit our booth for more information and latest news on playground safety. See you there! From Facebook
Welcoming Address by PSAM President ( 2018/2020 )
The newly elected PSAM President, YBhg Dato’ Shahoran thanks the previous Committee Members for their contributions and good work done and continuous efforts by all to bring PSAM to a new level and to where it is today. With the formation of the new government in-tow with its new caption “Malaysia Baru”, it is the […]
Kick Off Pilot Project: MS 966 – Playground Equipment – Safety Performance For Public Use & MS 2665 – Playground Surfacing
Collaborative Partners for Pilot Project for MS 966:17 and MS2665:17 with JSM are as follows: Standards Malaysia Jabatan Landskap Negara PSAM MP Sepang MD Kuala Selangor Perbadanan Putrajaya Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd KLCC Urusharta DBKL Congratulations to Jabatan Standards Malaysia(JSM), Jabatan Landskap Negara (JLN) and Playground Safety Association of Malaysia (PSAM) on the launching of […]
FT Authorities Adopt New Guidelines to Improve Playground Safety Standards
The Federal Territories Ministry has adopted 12 new guidelines to improve safety in playgrounds, including encouraging greater parental supervision and installing guard rails. These guidelines require playground equipment manufacturers, playground owners or operators, parents and children to play their part to make playgrounds safer. Certified playground-safety inspector Noriah Mat said a budget of RM50,000 had […]
More Should Be Done To Make Our Playgrounds Safer
The safety of our playgrounds is questionable. On April 10, an eight-year-old boy was killed when he was crushed by a falling goalpost at a playground in Taman Sri Wangsa, Batu Pahat. Ahmad Ilham Fikri Ahmad Zaki, a Year Two pupil at SK Bukit Soga, died from injuries to the head. Three years earlier, Muhammad […]
Safety, Variety For Playgrounds, Not Mere Profit
Fatimah (centre) and Wahap (left) inspecting the playground at the Buntal Waterfront during their visit. KUCHING: Local councils and developers have been reminded to put safety as the utmost priority when developing children’s playgrounds. According to Welfare, Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah, this is to ensure that children who frequent playgrounds will […]
Policy to Ensure Playground Safety
Children’s playgrounds can be found in almost every neighborhood across Malaysia, but parents often lament their lack of appropriate safety measures. No official records are kept on injuries that occur on playgrounds, but data from an orthopedic health blog indicates that 17 percent of broken spines cases among children were the result of playground accidents. Undersecretary for […]