3.3. Structured Interview
An individual interview was carried out on 17 May 2013 with David Lim Kit Siong, who is an expert in the area of environmental issues.
He is the managing director of Hijau Sekitar Limited Corporation.
The company provides leadership in the scope of works and coordination of four other competent consultancy firms who are proficient in areas of shipping logistics, transhipment, environmental impact and port engineering.
The interview took place in the meeting room of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya. The 60-min interview was recorded to prevent any mistakes in note taking.
The structured interview was conducted in order to collect qualitative data to complete or integrate the quantitative results from the survey.
The purpose of this interview was to understand investors’ opinions and suggestions on the feasibility of marine renewable energy implementation.
Before the interview started, a documentary on implementation was played to give the interviewee a rough idea of marine renewable energy.marine renewable energy
Several predetermined open-ended questions were then asked and the interviewee was free to answer without any constraint of scope and format.