KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Exhibition: Southeast Asia's Leading Event For Sustainable Design, Construction And Built Environment.
Show date: 17 - 19 September 2013
Venue: Putra World Trade Centre ( PWTC)

Ecobuild Southeast Asia can look forward towards establishing long-term best practices and promoting high value opportunities for sustainable Building, Construction and Infrastructure business within the Southeast Asia (SEA) region with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and United Business Media (M) Sdn Bhd.   

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The MOA signing between the industry ombudsman and event organiser took place at the CIDB board room on 29 August 2013, sealing a 5 year stronghold partnership to co-host Ecobuild SEA with International Construction Week per 2014.

"The construction industry had been identified as the main culprit for causing environmental degradation. The essence of sustainable development is that in improving the built environment, we must not diminish the ability of the natural environment to recover and maintain its function as a life supporting system of the Earth. We believe, with Ecobuild 2013, our aspiration to spread the knowledge, skills and technology for sustainable construction will be realized," said Y.Bhg. Dato' Sri Ir. Dr. Judin Abdul Karim, Chief Executive, CIDB.  

"The main objective of Ecobuild is to create awareness and encourage stake holders the importance of sustainability in the built environment towards better quality of life," said Mr M. Gandhi, Managing Director, UBM Asean.

"We are pleased to enter into this MOA with CIDB in co-locating Ecobuild SEA along with ICW. We believe this agreement will make the event the most definitive event in South East Asia."

With three weeks away, the first ever Ecobuild Southeast Asia will open its door at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur from 17 - 19 September 2013.

For more information, please visit www.ecobuildsea.com

Notes to Editors:

1. About UBM Asia (www.ubmasia.com)

UBM Asia is part of UBM plc which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. UBM Asia operates in 19 market sectors with headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiary companies across Asia, including UBM China in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Beijing. We have over 240 products including trade fairs, conferences, trade publications, B2B/B2C portals and virtual event services. As Asia's leading exhibition organiser and the biggest commercial organiser in China, India and Malaysia, we stage the leading events of their kind across Asia. Our 200 events, 24 publications and 16 vertical portals serve a 1,000,000 plus quality exhibitors, visitors, conference delegates, advertisers and subscribers from all over the world with high value face-to-face business-matching events, quality and instant news on market and industry trends and round-the-clock online trading networks and sourcing platforms. We have 1,100 staff in 21 major cities across Asia, stretching from Japan to Turkey.

2. About UBM plc (www.ubm.com)

UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online and in print, and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,500 staff in more than 40 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently

UBM ASEAN
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For more information, please contact
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SOURCE UBM Malaysia