The objective of SURE is to integrate professional staff, faculty, students, and other University
resources to focus on issues and problems of urban and regional development through an ongoing program of basic and applied
research and technical assistance, and providing training for government and government agencies, social service organizations
and businesses.
Key activities of Centre
Encourage and initiate research among members Promote research on the area of housing, urban regeneration, economic
development, property valuation and taxation, real estate investment, property
management and the governance of land policy. Provide professional advice and consultancy work to the government, government
agencies and private sectors local and international, on the research area. Develop networking with the industry and research community. Provide training and courses to professional, students and public on the awareness
related to the area of planning and land development, urban redevelopment,
property consultancy, real estate investment, housing and urban studies. Conduct national or international seminars, conferences and symposiums on related
issues to the research area. To be a Members or associate members to any national or international association
related to the research area. To produce periodical reports and journal for publications. To produce a refereed journal. To offer subjects and examination questions related to research area for the
professional/examination bodies local or international. (The centre has provided
examination questions to the Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia since 2005).
Collaborations & Linkages
National
International
Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia.
School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster, United Kingdom.
Board of Valuers, appraisers and Estate Agents, Malaysia.
JCSHR & SCORE, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Institute Penilaian Negara (INSPEN), Ministry of Finance Malaysia
University of Western Sydney (UWS), Australia
The National Real Estate Research Coordinator (NAPREC), Ministry of Finance
Institut Tanah dan Ukur Negara (INSTUN), Malaysia
Secretary of State of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Achievements (Past 3 years)
(a) Research
No.
Title
Funding Sources
Funding Amount
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Investigating the characteristics of properties unsold at public auction sales
using multiple regression analysis (MRA)
Classification of purpose built office building
A study on affordable housing within the middle income households in the major cities and towns in Malaysia
Identification of property specific attributes in assessing Central Business District (CBD) office Building
Occupation in Kuala Lumpur
Re-engineering of the Malay Reserve Land : Unearthing its potentials
Conservation management of historic cities in Malaysia: Case studies of historic city of Georgetown
Towards innovative private housing: a study of mass customization in Malaysia
Evaluating office workplace environment using user organization perception
A study of gender issues in the real estate professions in Malaysia
NAPREC, Institute Penilaian Negara (INSPEN), Ministry of Finance Malaysia
(January 2008 – March 2009)
NAPREC, Institute Penilaian Negara (INSPEN), Ministry of Finance Malaysia
(April 2007 – 30 September 2008)
NAPREC, Institute Penilaian Negara (INSPEN), Ministry of Finance Malaysia
(April 2007 – 30 September 2008)
UM Research Fund
FRGS
(September 2007 – 30 September 2008)
UM Research Fund
FRGS
(September 2007 – 30 September 2009)
UM Research Fund
FRGS
(September 2007 – March 2009)
UM Research Fund
(September 2007 – 31 Dicember 2007)
Fundamental (Vot F)
(June 2006 – July 2007)
Fundamental (Vot F)
((Fenruary 2007 – 31 Jan 2008)
RM 140,000
RM 360,300
RM 269,800
RM 50,000
RM 25,000
RM 50,000
RM 60,0 00
RM 50,000
RM 40,000
RM 50,000
RM 20,000
RM 10,000
(b) Human Capital Development
No.
Level
No. graduated
On-going supervision
1
PhD (*)
6
1) Widiyanti ( Indonesia), Important Factors in Housing Schemes for
New Town Development in Metropolitan Jakarta ,2006
2) Zahiriah Yahya ( Malaysia): Malay Reserve Land Development Concept in Malaysia : A Case Study of Sungei
Penchala. (new candidate for 2008)
3) Abdul Mutalib Mohammad Beksin ( Singapore) Effects of Flood on Property Prices, 2008
4) Ahmad Faisal Ahmad Shayuti ( Malaysia) Land Development Issues,2008
5) Roya Shokoohi Adolghasem ( Iran) ,Towards Sustainable Urban Spaces for Children: Growing up in the safety
and creative spaces ,2008
6) Razmkhah Roshanak ( Iran), Gathering Places in residential neighbourhoods: How to make them usuable,
maintainable and safe, 2008
(c) Publications
No.
Title
Author(s)
Journal
1
“ Real Estate Education in Malaysia: Students Perceptions and
Industry Requirements”
Hasniyati Hamzah
Ainoriza Mohd Aini
Abdul Ghani Sarip
Zahiriah Yahya
INSPEN, Journal of Property Valuation.
2
“Knowledge Management In Real Estate Consultancy Firms; Breaking Through The
Barriers”
Yasmin Mohd Adnan
Anuar Alias
Nor Azlina Sulaiman
Journal of Built Environment
3
“REITs in Asian Countries - A study of its legal framework and market performance”
Nor Azlina Sulaiman
Journal of Built Environment
4
Mutiple criteria decision model: opening the black box
Dominique Fischer
Proceedings of The PRRES conference – January 2008
5
Evolution with a teleology: the Genetic Programming heuristic approach to
modeling.
Dominique Fischer
Proceedings of The PRRES conference – January 2008
6
Risk adjusted performance: from Dust to Paper
Dominique Fischer , Md Nasir Bin Daud, Mani Usilappan
Proceedings of The PRRES conference – January 2008
Refereed paper
7
Land price modeling with genetic algorithms and artificial neural network
procedures
Dominique Fischer Peddy Pi-Ying Lai
Proceedings of The PRRES conference – January 2008
Refereed paper
8
Changing the landscape of the city from mass to modern: Lessons learned from
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Noor Rosly Hanif & Dr Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz.
To be presented in the International Conference on China’s Urban Land and
Housing in the Twenty-First Century, 13-15 December 2007, Hong Kong Baptist University
9
Internationalizing Education Standards: Evolution of the real estate educators’
role
Nor Azlina Sulaiman
Proceedings of The 3 rd European Real Estate Society Education Seminar Dec
7-8 2007
10
Institutional support to finance affordable housing
Hasniyati Hamzah
Nor Azlina Sulaiman
To be presented in IRERS (International Real Estate Research Symposium) April
28-30 2008
11
Identifying criteria and sub criteria in grading of office buildings in Malaysia
Md Nasir daud
Zairul Nisham Musa
Yasmin Mohd Adnan
To be presented in IRERS April 2008
12
Classification of purpose built office buildings in Malaysia - A review of
methodologies
Ainoriza Mohd Aini
Yasmin Mohd Adnan
Ibrahim Mohd
To be presented in IRERS April 2008
13
Comparative study of office building classifications from international practices
Aniza Abdul Aziz
Muhamad Rizal Baharom
Nor Haniza Ishak
To be presented in IRERS April 2008
14
Institutional barriers in affordable housing
Nor Azlina Sulaiman
Hasniyati Hamzah
To be presented in Michigan conference in sustainable housing April 28-30,
2008 Lansing, Michigan
15
Developing an interactive real estate curriculum in Malaysia
Yasmin Mohd Adnan
Proceedings of The 13 th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate
Society, 21-24 January 2007, The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia
16
Challenges in the Valuation of Compensation for Orang Asli Native Land in
Malaysia
Md Nasir Daud and Anuar Alias
Proceedings of The 13 th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference at Fremantle,
Australia on 20 – 24 January 2007
17
Payment of Adequate Compensation for Land Acquisition in Malaysia
Anuar Alias and Md Nasir Daud
Proceedings of The International Real Estate Research Symposium 2006 at Kuala
Lumpur on 11 – 13 April 2006
18
Introduction to Public Auction
Dr Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz
Published in the Certificate course for Licensing Auctioneers Seminar, 8 Sept
2007, Admiral Marina Resort, Port Dickson, Malaysia
19
Public Auction: Procedure, guideline, ethics and regulations
Dr Noor Rosly Hanif
Published in the Certificate course for Licensing Auctioneers Seminar, 8 Sept
2007, Admiral Marina Resort, Port Dickson, Malaysia
20
Is It Fair to be Unfair? An Insight into Current Rating Practice in Malaysia
Wan Nor Azriyati , Noor Rosly Hanif & Heng Chin Ing
The Malaysian Surveyor Journal, 41.4, 2007
21
Method of Valuation to Determine Property Tax in Malaysia: Is Justice Made
to Multi-storey Property Owners?
Dr Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz, Dr Noor Rosly Hanif & Zuraidar Husin
Proceedings of the 2 nd World Association of Valuation Organisation Congress,
17-19 October 2007, Beijing China
22
In The Quest of Quality Urban Living: A Case Study of Rehabilitation of Squatters’
Colony in Kuala Lumpur
Dr Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz, Dr Noor Rosly Hanif & Zahiriah Yahya
Poceedings of the XXXV IAMS World Housing Congress on Housing Science, 4 –
7 September 2007, Melbourne Australia
23
Engineering the Housing Policy for Political and Economic Sustainability:
A Case Study of Low Cost Housing Policy in Malaysia
Dr Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz & Dr Noor Rosly Hanif
Proceedings of the ERES Conference 2007, 27 – 30 June 2007, London UK
24
A Challenge to Reach the Sky: Collaborative Effort in the Development of Petronas
Twin Tower of Kuala Lumpur,
Dr Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz & Dr Noor Rosly Hanif
Proceedings of the ERES Conference 2007, 27 – 30 June 2007, London UK
25
Sustainable Home Ownership for the Urban Poor in Malaysia: The Challenge to
the State
Dr Wan Nor Azriyati and Dr Noor Rosly Hanif,
Proceedings of the World Housing Congress 2007, May 2007, Terengganu, Malaysia
26
Public-private Partnership Approach: A Success Story in Achieving Democracy
in the Home Ownership for Urban Inhabitants in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Dr Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz, Dr Noor Rosly Hanif & Zairul Nisham
Musa
Proceedings of the REAL CORP 007, 20 – 23 May 2007, Vienna Austria.
27
From Blight to Bright: A Case of Regeneration of Kepong Area Kuala Lumpur
in the Quest of Quality Urban Living
Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz, Noor Rosly Hanif & Hasniyati Hamzah
Proceedings of the Planning Research Conference 2007, Edinburgh UK.
28
Trends in the local housing market: the effects of urban and population growth
Abdul Ghani Sarip and Nor Azlina Sulaiman
Proceedings of the Asia Pacific National Housing Real Estate 2007 Conference
30 August – 1 September 2007, National University Seoul Korea
29
Trends in the local housing market: the effects of urban and population growth
Abdul Ghani Sarip
Proceedings of the 14th European Real Estate Society Conference (ERES), London
on 27-30 June 2007
30
Feminist Approach to Research Into Perceived Gender Issues in Valuation and
Property Management in Malaysia: A Preliminary Study
Hasniyati Hamzah & Ainoriza Mohd Aini
Proceedings of the MICRA 2007 28 th-29 th August 2007, UiTM Shah Alam.
31.
Rating Law in Malaysia: Are they paying fair rates?
Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz, Noor Rosly Hanif & Heng Chin Ing,
Contemporary Legal and Economics Issues,Faculty of Law, Josip Juraj Strossmayer
University in Osijek, Croatia, 2007
32
Abusing or abiding building bye-laws: A case Study of Private Housing Renovation
in Malaysia.
Hasniyati Hamzah, Ainoriza Mohd Aini, Noor Rosly Hanif & Wan Nor Azriyati
Wan Abd Aziz,
Contemporary Legal and Economics Issues,Faculty of Law, Josip Juraj Strossmayer
University in Osijek, Croatia, 2007
33
.Payment of Adequate Compensation for Land Acquisition in Malaysia.
P
Anuar Alias , Md. Nasir Daud,
2006acific Rim Property Research, Real Estate Journal, September 2006
34
Business Partnership in Meeting Housing Needs of the Urban Poor
Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz, Noor Rosly Hanif
Global Built Environment Review, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2005, pp 39 - 48. ISSN
1474-6832, United Kingdom
(d) Recognition and Awards
Type of Recognition and Awards
Level (National/International)
Investigating the characteristics of properties unsold at public auction
sales using multiple regression analysis (MRA) - Research Grant : RM 140,000
Classification of purpose built office building – Research Grant : RM360,300
A study on affordable housing within the middle income households in the major cities and towns in Malaysia – Research
Grant : RM269,800
National Level Research Award
By The National Real Estate Research Coordinator (NAPREC), Ministry of Finance Malaysia , (2008)
National Level Research Award
By The National Real Estate Research Coordinator (NAPREC), Ministry of Finance Malaysia (2006)
National Level Research Award
By The National Real Estate Research Coordinator (NAPREC), Ministry of Finance Malaysia (2006)
Contact
person
Associate Professor Dr. Sr Noor Rosly Hanif
Faculty of the Built Environment
University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai,
50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel : (6) 03 7967 5372/ (6) 03 7967 5320
Fax: (6) 03 7967 5713
e-mail : nroslyhanif@gmail.com
Objectives 
Encourage and initiate research among members 
