Recently we have conducted another intake interview session, this time for the degree course. Initially we had 3 centers, but at the last minute several parents from Sabah demanded us to conduct an interview center in Kota Kinabalu. Although the School do not entertain such matters as we always believe if YOU want to join our school, you'd do anything for it. But some people in the admin caved in, and this became one of the most expensive interviews ever.

i know a few places that's popular amongst malaysians, but cant really say if they're good or not...

Those with LAM Part 3 are automatically registrable with IPDM.
Anyway, you do not need to register with IPDM to practice ID in Malaysia. Anyone can call himself/herself an interior designer. There is no law to prevent one from doing so, unlike for Architects (Architect's Act).

This is something new to me. I don't think LAM has informed its members about the revision.
Does the revision define how one becomes an Interior Designer?
I can imagine they would need to have a list of recognized degrees and exam similar to the architect's Part 3.
If the law is strictly enforced, I'm sure most of the practitioners would be in breach.  I don't think most of the ID's in practice have degree qualifications.
Still, it doesn't really matter in practice as the interior designer does not have to deal with the authorities.  The architect has to interact with various government  authorities for approvals but the interior designer does not. The ID's responsibilities are confined to within four wall, literally.

What government related jobs?  As far as I know, the public sector does not employ dedicated interior designers. The interior design work is either done in-house by their architectural department (as in JKR) or  farmed out to private consultants.  Architects usually undertake the whole job (public sector) including the ID part. You need to be a registered Architect, not a registered ID.  You can say that 99.9i% of  the interior work there is is done by the private sector. And in the private sector, the registration is irrelevant since you'd have no dealing with the authorities.

BTW, I undertake a fair bit of ID work myself in the private sector and have recently completed a government project inclusive of ID.

Where did you get that 'revision of Architect's Act'? Is there a list of recognized ID qualifications?
Like LAM, they would need to have all the rest - an accreditation board. examination board, etc to be in a position to regulate the ID profession. It is not clear what the recognized ID qualifications is...

If you want to be strict about it, graduate architects (those with Part II) cannot also call themselves as architects. But, in practice, who really cares.

Bishop, why would you be interested to register with IDPM and not LAM Part III direct (assuming you got your Part II).