provide necessary flexibility for SIRIM to respond to these changes. The Amendments to the SIRIM (Incorporation) Act, approved by Parliament, came into effect on 24 July 1993. The Amendments allow SIRIM to undertake commercial operations through the formation of joint-venture or wholly owned subsidiaries. Under this Amendment, the 24-member SIRIM Council was replaced by a 13-member SIRIM of which six were from the public sector and seven from the private sector. The new SIRIM Board structure enables greater accountability and efficiency, and further strengthen the linkages between SIRIM and the industry. On 1 September 1996, SIRIM was corporatised to be known as SIRIM Berhad. SIRIM Berhad was incorporated under the Companies Act, vested with all the rights, privileges and obligations of SIRIM. See also Science and technology in Malaysia External links Official SIRIM Berhad website Official SIRIM Standards Technology website - SST (Calibration & Measurement) Official SIRIM QAS International website (Testing & Certification) Official SIRIM STS website (Training & Standards Development) Government-owned companies of Malaysia Research institutes in Malaysia 1996 establishments in Malaysia Research institutes established in 1996 Companies established in 1996 Science and technology in Malaysia Ministry of Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment (Malaysia) Malaysian brands Minister of Finance (Incorporated) (Malaysia) Privately held companies of Malaysia