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strengthened by his training in the real estate
industri hartanah (harta tanah). Tan Sri telah
industry in London. Tan Sri then served for
berkhidmat sebagai Pegawai Penilai di London
two years as a aluation Officer at the ondon
Borough of Hounslow selama dua tahun pada
tahun 1967-1968 dan ini melayakkan beliau Borough of Hounslow during the period 1967-
untuk diterima sebagai ahli Associate Royal 1968 which further enabled him to be admitted
as Associate Member of the Royal Institution of
Institution of Charted Surveyors.
Setelah enam tahun berada di United Charted Surveyors, United Kingdom (RICS).
Kingdom, beliau kembali ke pangkuan keluarga After six years in the United Kingdom, he
dan terus berkhidmat sebagai Pegawai Penilai returned to his family and continued to serve as
di Jabatan Penilaian dan Perkhidmatan Harta, a aluation Officer at the aluation and Property
Kementerian Kewangan Malaysia dari tahun Services Department, Ministry of Finance
1968 -1970. Atas kepakaran, pengalaman serta Malaysia from 1968-1970. With his expertise,
kecemerlangan yang dimiliki, beliau kemudian experience and excellence, he was then offered
ditawarkan jawatan Pengurus Hartanah (Harta the post of Malayan Railways Property Manager
Tanah) Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) dan (KTM) as well as Secretary of the Malayan
sekaligus juga sebagai Setiausaha Lembaga Railways Board from 1970 to 1973, and as
Keretapi Tanah Melayu dari tahun 1970-1973, Manager of Real Estate, Bank Bumiputera (M)
dan kemudiannya sebagai Pengurus Hartanah Berhad in 1973 -1976.
(Harta Tanah) Bank Bumiputera (M) Berhad
pada tahun 1973-1976. As a Kelantan-born, his inclination and
interest in entrepreneurship have been in
existence since adolescence, and this spirit of
Sebagai anak kelahiran Kelantan,
entrepreneurship was further sparked due
kecenderungan dan minat beliau dalam
to encouragement of his beloved mother. He
bidang keusahawanan memang wujud sejak
ventured to leave a lucrative post to establish
dari zaman remaja lagi, apatah lagi ditunjangi
his own property consulting firm in 19 6
dengan semangat keusahawanan yang sangat
known as Rahim & Co. After more than 40 years
mendalam serta dorongan ibu tercinta. Beliau
of operation, the firm has grown into one of
memberanikan diri meninggalkan jawatan bergaji
Malaysia’s largest Bumiputera (indigenous)
lu ayan untuk enubuhkan sebuah fir a
property firms. Currently known as Rahim Co
perundingan hartanah sendiri pada tahun 1976
International Sdn hd, this consulting firm has
yang dikenali sebagai Rahim & Co. Setelah lebih
over 500 employees in 21 branches and associate
tahun beroperasi fir a ini telah berke bang
firms in the USA, U , China, Indonesia and
a u dan en adi antara fir a hartanah
Thailand.
bumiputera yang terbesar di Malaysia. Firma
perunding hartanah terkemuka yang dikenali
In the context of real estate education in
sebagai Rahim & Co International Sdn Bhd ini
Malaysia, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim’s expertise and
kini mempunyai lebih 500 orang pekerja di 21
experience have been well acknowledged and
buah a angan dan fir a bersekutu di erika
highly regarded. To date, he has continuously
Syarikat (USA), United Kingdom (UK), China,
shared his expertise and experience with four (4)
Indonesia dan Thailand.
public universities in Malaysia. He was appointed
Dalam konteks pendidikan bidang hartanah by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia as an Adjunct
di Malaysia, kepakaran serta pengalaman Tan Professor for the period 1976-1977. Later, Tan
Sri Abdul Rahim amatlah dihargai dan disanjung Sri Rahim became an Adjunct Professor at the
tinggi. Sehingga kini, beliau telah berkongsi Universiti Utara Malaysia for the period 2013-
dan mencurahkan kepakaran dan pengalaman 2015 and at Universiti Teknologi Mara for the
beliau dengan empat (4) buah universiti awam period 2014-2016. The University of Malaya
di Malaysia. Beliau dilantik sebagai Profesor
Adjung di Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1976-
1977), Universiti Utara Malaysia (2013-2015),
Universiti Teknologi Mara (2014-2016) dan
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