Sandakan lass accepts man-sized job at shipyard
Published on: Friday, October 02, 1981
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She is supervising civil engineer at the Sabah Shipyard.
Miss Siew Kam Lian (picture) who qualified as a civil engineer from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, last year and began work in January this year with the shipyard.
She is a site supervisor for the shipyard’s huge building hall which has mostly a steel structure.
Miss Siew said she was one of the only two girls who was studying civil engineering at the university and her classmate gave up after two years.
“However, I loved engineering and qualified as an engineer.
“I have full confidence and my colleagues have accepted me without any reservations,” she said.
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