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1.4 Professional Body Governing Quantity Surveying

Profession in Malaysia

1.4.1 The Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM)

❑ The Registration of Quantity Surveyors Act 1967 (also known

as the Quantity Surveyors Act 1967) established the Board of
Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM), which is responsible

for: -:

i. the registration of Quantity Surveyors and firms and

bodies corporate practicing as Consulting Quantity
Surveyors

ii. provide rules of the Quantity Surveying profession in
Malaysia,

iii. safeguarding the interests of the public and the rights
of registered Quantity Surveyors and Quantity

Surveying practices.

❑ BQSM was formerly known as the Board of Surveyors, which

was established in 1967 under the Registration of Surveyors
Act. The stated Board of Surveyors was in charge of

overseeing the country's Quantity Surveying and Valuation

professions. The Registration of Surveyors Act of 1967 was
amended in 1981, and the Board of Surveyors was called the

"Registration of Quantity Surveyors Act of 1967," as well as
the "Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia," also known as

Lembaga Juruukur Bahan Malaysia in the national language.

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