{"id":101400,"date":"2026-01-27T11:07:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.tdmtc.tokyo\/?page_id=101400"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:34:52","slug":"hizam-bin-zulkifli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tdmtc.tokyo\/en\/hizam-bin-zulkifli\/","title":{"rendered":"HIZAM BIN ZULKIFLI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My name is Lieutenant Commander Maritime Hizam bin Zulkifli, and I serve with the Malaysia Coast Guard under the Ministry of Home Affairs. I have been in service for 15 years, currently holding the position of Senior Assistant Director and Head of the Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre (MRSC) in Kota Kinabalu. In my role, I am responsible for coordinating search and rescue operations in a region characterized by critical offshore infrastructure and heavy passenger vessel traffic.<\/p>\n

\u200bMy Journey in Japan<\/b><\/p>\n

\u200bOver the past five months, I have had the privilege of immersing myself in Japan’s world-class disaster management ecosystem through the PRESTIJ program together with Disaster Management Training Center (DMTC), University of Tokyo.<\/p>\n

\u200bThis journey has taken me from the operational centers of Tokyo to the historic sites of Kobe and Fukushima. I have engaged in hands-on learning ranging from the NTT East Operation Centre and JAXA Space Centre to observing community-level drills at Maiko High School and the tsunami simulation in Shirahama. These visits were not just observations; they were a deep dive into how a nation builds resilience through infrastructure, technology, and\u2014most importantly\u2014culture.<\/p>\n

\u200bKey Learnings<\/b><\/p>\n

\u200bThe most profound lesson I have learned here is the Japanese philosophy of disaster risk reduction, specifically the concepts of ‘Self-Help’ and ‘Mutual-Help’. I witnessed how Japan integrates local communities into the disaster response framework, ensuring that when formal agencies are stretched, the community is empowered to act. I also studied the implementation of the Sendai Framework, particularly Priority 4, which emphasizes enhancing preparedness for effective response.<\/p>\n

\u200bCapstone Project: Enhancing Offshore MRO Response<\/b><\/p>\n

\u200bThese insights directly inspired my capstone project: Enhancing Offshore Maritime MRO Response: A Policy & Governance Framework<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u200bMalaysia faces a critical challenge: our response times for large-scale offshore disasters often exceed the ‘Golden Hour’ due to fragmented coordination and legislative gaps in NADMA Directive No. 1.<\/p>\n

\u200bMy project proposes a solution based on three pillars, heavily influenced by my time in Japan:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u200bPolicy Reform<\/b> to reclassify maritime disasters.<\/li>\n
  2. \u200bUnified Command<\/b> through a dedicated Maritime Disaster Command Centre (MDCC).<\/li>\n
  3. \u200bCommunity Integration<\/b>, adapting Japan\u2019s ‘Self-Help’ model to train local maritime communities as Auxiliary First Responders.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u200bMy goal is to reduce our offshore response time to under 60 minutes, ensuring we can effectively ‘Guard, Protect, and Save’ lives in Malaysian waters.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200b My name is Lieutenant Commander Maritime Hizam bin Zu […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101400","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmtc.tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmtc.tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmtc.tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmtc.tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmtc.tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmtc.tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101404,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmtc.tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101400\/revisions\/101404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmtc.tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}