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Former PKR lawmaker Nor Azrina joins SPAN

Ex-PJ councillor Derek Fernandez also among nine named to commission’s line-up

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 07 Apr 2023 11:59AM

Former PKR lawmaker Nor Azrina joins SPAN
Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (second right) presents former Merbok MP Nor Azrina Surip with her appointment letter as a member of the National Water Services Commission. – Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara Facebook pic, April 7, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – Nine individuals, including PKR’s former Merbok MP Nor Azrina Surip and ex-Petaling Jaya councillor Derek Fernandez, have been appointed members of the National Water Services Commission (SPAN).

The appointments were announced in a statement today, completing the commission’s line-up for the 2023-2025 term, after former chairman Charles Santiago was reappointed last month.

Other individuals appointed to the commission are former deputy secretary-general (water and sewerage service sector) Ching Thoo; former Maybank Investment Banking Group chief executive Datuk Hamidah Moris; former energy, green technology, and water secretary-general Datuk Loo Took Gee; and UTM Azman Hashim International Business School’s Assoc Prof Ahmad Jusoh.

Charles Santiago (second from right, front) is now chairman again of the National Water Services Commission, joined most recently by Nor Azrina Surip (third from left, rear) and Derek Fernandez (fourth from left, rear). – Pic courtesy of SPAN, April 7, 2023
Charles Santiago (second from right, front) is now chairman again of the National Water Services Commission, joined most recently by Nor Azrina Surip (third from left, rear) and Derek Fernandez (fourth from left, rear). – Pic courtesy of SPAN, April 7, 2023

They are also joined by Suhakam commissioner Muhammad Sha’ani Abdullah, HSS Engineers Bhd director and engineer Syed Mohamed Adnan Mansor Alhabshi, and engineer and former deputy director-general I of the Irrigation and Drainage Department Datuk Mohd Azmi Ismail.

Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said the commission has a big responsibility in restructuring the water sector to realise its Water Sector Transformation initiative.

“I believe that this leadership will be able to drive SPAN to continue to be a progressive, proactive and respected organisation in regulating water services.” – The Vibes, April 7, 2023

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