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The ICT Division utilised a total amount of RM 518,853.45 for its overall operation in year 2013. The breakdown of

major expenses is listed in Table 11.1.

Table 11.1: Annual Budget.

Description Amount (RM)

Maintenance and repair of ICT equipment 366,063.00

Salary for two contract staff 81,768.00

Transport and Travelling 38,060.45

Office furniture, machine & equipment 32,962.00

Total : RM 518,853.45

As shown in Chart 11.1, 71% of the total annual budget was spent for the maintenance and upgrading of ICT equipment whereas 16% of the budget was for the salary of two contract staff, and the rest of 7% and 6% of the budget was for the transportation and travelling expenses, and office running expenditure respectively.

Chart 11.1: Graph of 2013 Annual Expenditure.

Procurement of ICT EquipmentIn year 2013, the ICT Division managed to secure a very limited allocation from the State budget and Heart of Borneo (HoB) project (Federal Fund) for hardware and software maintenance, procurement of ICT stationeries and equipment. The GIS and remote sensing workstations, microcomputers and peripherals acquired under the State and Federal (HoB) funds, are listed in Tables 11.2 and 11.3 respectively.

Table 11.2: New ICT equipment acquired under State funds in 2013.

Table 11.3: New ICT equipment acquired under Federal (HoB project) funds in 2013.

Location No. of PCNo. of Colour Laser

PrinterNo. of UPS (Uninterruptible

Power Supply)

Deputy Director’s Office (Development ) 1 – 1

ICT Division 1 1 1

District Forestry Office, Tibow 1 – 1

District Forestry Office, Kota Marudu 1 – 1

District Forestry Office, Kalabakan 1 – 1

EIS office at Sepangar, Sub-division District Forestry Office, Kota Kinabalu 1 – 1

Location No. of PCNo. of GIS and

Remote Sensing Workstation

No. of Colour Laser Printer

No. of UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)

No. of Trimble GPS software

Deputy Director’s Office (Forest Sector Planning ) 4 – 2 4 –

ICT Division 1 – – 1 –

Forest Resource Management Division, FRM – 6 – 6 2

District Forestry Office, Ulu Segama-Malua – – 1 – –

(L–R) Pictures of new ICT equipment acquired under the State and Federal (HoB) funds.

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Maintenance of ICT Equipment The ICT Division continued to carry out preventive maintenance for ICT equipment at the headquarters and all the twenty seven DFOs throughout the year. The repaired and upgraded ICT equipment are listed in the following Table 11.4.

Table 11.4: List of upgraded and repaired ICT equipment in 2013.

Description LocationRepair HP LaserJet 5550 (faults: DC formatter, main PSU unit, fuser regulator unit) Director’s Office

Replace Hard Disks (500GB) for 2 units of Dell PC Director’s Office

Replace 2GB DDR2 RAM (memory) for 2 units of Dell PC Director’s Office

Upgrade laser printer (HP LaserJet PRO P1025) Director’s Office

Upgrade laser printer (HP LaserJet PRO P1102) Director’s Office

Replace power supply for PC Deputy Director’s Office (FSP)

Upgrade Dell Notebook computer Deputy Director’s Office (R&D)

Replace motherboard for Dell D630 Notebook Computer Economy, Industry & Statistics Division

Upgrade CPU (Intel G860 processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM & 500GB Hard Disk) Economy, Industry & Statistics Division

Upgrade CPU (Intel G2020 processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM & 500GB Hard Disk) Economy, Industry & Statistics Division

Upgrade CPU (Intel G2130 processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM & 500GB Hard Disk) Economy, Industry & Statistics Division

Replace LCD monitor for PC Economy, Industry & Statistics Division

Replace PC motherboard and hard disk Economy, Industry & Statistics Division

Replace cover casing for Dell D630 Notebook Computer Economy, Industry & Statistics Division

Upgrade CPU (Intel G2020 processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM & DVD drive) Personnel Services Division

Install external 500GB hard disk for PC Personnel Services Division

Install USB portable diskette drive for PC Finance & Expenditure Division

Replace Hard Disk (500GB) for PC Finance & Expenditure Division

Replace Diskette drive for Dell Optiplex380 PC Finance & Expenditure Division

Replace motherboard, memory (2GB DDR3 RAM) and power supply (600VA) for PC Finance & Expenditure Division

Replace keyboard, hinge and cover casing for Dell D630 Notebook Computer Forest Resource Management Division

Repair HP DesignJet Plotter 5500ps (faults: decoder carriage unit, ink tube assembly unit & ink cartridge sensor circuit board)

Forest Resource Management Division

Repair HP Colour CP1515n LaserJet Forest Resource Management Division

Repair 3 units of APC Smart UPS 1000 (faults: regulator circuit & batteries) Forest Resource Management Division

Repair HP Q6651A Plotter (faults: station spit spoon, print heads, heads cleaner assembly & encoder strip) Forest Resource Management Division

Replace Hard Disk (1TB) for PC Forest Resource Management Division

Repair HP Colour CP1515n LaserJet ICT Division

Replace front cover, hinge and LCD casing for Dell D630 Notebook Computer ICT Division

Repair HP 5550 PCL 5C Colour LaserJet ICT Division

Upgrade laser printer (HP Laserjet PRO CP1025) Sustainable Forest Management Division

Replace wifi adapter for Dell D630 Notebook Computer Sustainable Forest Management Division

Repair Acer LCD monitor Sustainable Forest Management Division

Upgrade laser printer (Canon LBP6000) Sustainable Forest Management Division

Replace Hard Disk (500GB) for PC Finance & Expenditure Division

Upgrade 2 units of UPS(Uninterruptible Power Supply) Public Relation & Innovation Division

Upgrade CPU (Intel I3 processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM & 1TB Hard Disk) Public Relation & Innovation Division

Upgrade CPU (Intel Pentium G860 processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM & 500GB Hard Disk) Public Relation & Innovation Division

Upgrade colour laser printer (HP LaserJet PRO CP1025) Enforcement, Investigation & Prosecution Division

Replace keyboard and battery for Dell D630 Notebook Computer DFO Kota Marudu

Replace Hard Disk (500GB) for PC DFO Kota Marudu

Upgrade CPU (Intel G2120 processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM & DVDRW Drive) DFO Nabawan

Replace power supply for 2 units of PC DFO Nabawan

Replace monitor DFO Ranau

Upgrade CPU (motherboard and 2GB DDR3 RAM) DFO Kinabatangan

Replace power supply for PC DFO Kinabatangan

Upgrade CPU (Intel Pentium I3 processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM & 500GB Hard Disk) DFO Serudung

Replace Hard Disk (500GB) for 2 units of Dell PC DFO Tambunan

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Outstation trips to District Forestry Offices (DFOs)The ICT Division managed to organise outstation trips to carry out preventive maintenance for ICT equipment at eight DFOs and two sub-division district forestry offices (Mukim) in 2013 as shown in Table 11.5.

Table 11.5: Outstation trips to District Forestry Office.

Table 11.6: List of upgraded equipment and locations.

Location Date

DFO Tibow 16.5.2013

DFO Kota Marudu 19.8.2013

DFO Kota Belud 19.8.2013

DFO Beaufort 20.8.2013

DFO Sipitang 20.8.2013

Kilas Office, Kuala Penyu 20.8.2013

DFO Tenom 21.8.2013

DFO Kenginau 21.8.2013

Sub-division district forestry office (Mukim), Kota Kinabalu

22.8.2013

EIS office at Sepangar, Kota Kinabalu 22.8.2013

The outstation trips to the District Forestry Offices

(L–R) District Forestry Office Tibow; EIS Office at Sepangar, District Forestry Office Kota Kinabalu; District Forestry Office Kota Marudu and District Forestry Office Kota Belud.

(L–R) District Forestry Office Beaufort; District Forestry Office Kota Kinabalu; Klias Office, Kuala Penyu and Sub-division District Forestry Office (Mukim), District Forestry Office Kota Kinabalu.

(L–R) Some of the upgraded and repaired ICT equipment in 2013.

Maintenance and Installation of LANs (Local Area Networks)Regular maintenance of LANs was carried at the headquarters and District Forestry Offices (DFOs) throughout Sabah. Many problematic and obsolete LAN accessories were replaced and upgraded. A number of new LANs were also installed at various Divisions and DFOs. All the upgraded equipment and new installations are shown in Tables 11.6 and 11.7.

Description Location

TP-LINK TL-WR841ND wireless N router

DFO Tongod , Forest Training Institute, Telupid

D-LINK WIFI repeater Auditorium, Jati meeting room, Director’s Office

PROLINK wireless receiver Enforcement, Investigation & Prosecution Division

PROLINK network card Finance & Expenditure Division, DFO Sandakan

Network point ( CAT6 cable, PVC casing, RJ45 jack & plug

Economy, Industry & Statistics Division

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Table 11.7: List of new installation and locations.

Description Location

Network rack, D-Link 24 ports network switch and 13 units of network cable FSP-UNDP office

Prolink 5 ports network switch and 2 units of network cable Public Relation & Innovation Division

TP-Link wireless adapter Forest Resource Management Division

Cat6 network cable DFO Beautfort and MCEE Kota Kinabalu

(L–R) Some of the new LAN equipment installed at various sites in 2013.

Sabah Forestry Department websiteIn year 2013, the Sabah Forestry website was awarded the following prizes for the Sabah Government Web Competition (SGWC) 2013 among all the Sabah State government agencies; • Overall Runner up 2013• Best Design Website• Most Popular Website

(Left) Mr. Chak Chee Ving, Head of ICT Division, representing SFD to receive the 3 prizes (right) awarded from the Resource Development & Information Technology Minister Datuk Siringan Gubat during the ICT Gala Nite 2013 on 6 Dec 2013, Kota Kinabalu.

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k@Borneo PortalThe ICT Division continued to arrange assistance from the Tun Haji Mohd. Fuad Stephens Borneo Research Library of Sabah Foundation (Yayasan Sabah), for scanning books published by SFD. In 2013, twenty three copies of digital books were uploaded to the K@Borneo portal as listed in Table 11.8.

Table 11.8: List of books uploaded to K@Borneo Portal by SFD in 2013.

Item Book Titles

1 The Theory and Application of A Systems Approach to Silvicultural Decision-Making

2 Biodiversity and Conservation of The Meliau Range

3 DIPSIM A Dipterocarp Forest Growth Simulation Model for Sabah

4 The Rattans of Sabah

5 Introduction to Forest Pathology Science (Sains Patologi Hutan – Pengenalan)

6 The Biology and Ecology of the Borer Cyriopalus wallacei Pasc. (Lobang Pusing)

7 SFD Annual Report 2012

8 Brief Notes on the History of The Forest Department and Forest Industry in Sabah

9 Log Grading Rules (Metric)

10 Log Grading Rules 2002 Edition

11 Proceedings of Seminar on Forest Plantation Development in Malaysia (July 9-14), K.K., 1984

12 General Botanical Terms for Assisting Research (Panduan Am Istilah Botani untuk Pembantu Penyelidik)

13 Common Lowland Rainforest Ants of Sabah

14 Forest Pest Insects in Sabah

15 Conservation & Management of Peat Swamp Forests and other Wetlands in Sabah: Issues and Challenges

16 Production and Export Statistics of Forest Products 1997

17 Production and Export Statistics of Forest Products 1998

18 Fact Sheets of Forest Reserves in Sabah

19 Compilation of Presentations - Heart of Borneo +5 and Beyond: Sharping & Nurturing Sabah's Future Together

20 S.I.T.E - Sabah Inter-Agency Tropical Ecosystem Research Seminar Committee. Tropical Ecosystem Research In Sabah

21 Sepilok Forest. Preserving Sabah's Natural Heritage

22 Proceedings of The Seminar on High Value Timber Species for Plantation Establishment - Teak and Mahoganies

23 Directory of Timber Manufacturers, Processed Timber and Log Exporters in Sabah, 2012

ICT security course for SFD staffThe ICT Division organised two ICT security courses with the assistance of trainers from the State Computer Services Department, Sandakan Branch, for all levels of SFD staff. This training is organised for two to four sessions annually so that all staff are aware of issues concerning ICT security.

Group 1 photo for ICT Security Training.

Group 2 photo for ICT Security Training.

ICT Security Training held at HQ on 25 February 2013.

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Some other activity involvements in snap shots

SFD ICT committee meeting chaired by Dr. Lee Ying Fah, CIO of SFD, 5 June 2013.

Mr. Muhammad Nasrul Omar carried out hardware maintenance at HQ.

Provide hands-on staff training on e-leave & other electronic applications at DFO Tibow, 16 May 2013.

Staff reading one the many posters prepared by JPKNS for ICT security awareness, 3 May 2013.

Field work with SGS surveillance audit team at Deramakot Forest Reserve, 19 June 2013.

Mdm Masniah Othman, (Head of Publicity & Innovation Division) & Mr.Chak Chee Ving attending one of the K@Borneo Portal committee meetings in Kota Kinabalu, 7 September 2013.

College Student Training AttachmentA student from the Sandakan Industry Training Institute was attached to the ICT Division for on-the-job training from July to September, 2013. Many students from the same Institute have been sent to the ICT Division for pracitcal training. She was assigned to carry out basic regular maintenance of computer hardware, computer viruses screening, managing the stocks of computer stationery, etc.

(L–R) Activities carried out by the attached student.