Located at the Main Lecture Hall 2, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), the annual programme organised by the 1Malaysia Training Scheme (SL1M), Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Department in collaboration with the State Government and UMS provide a chance for participants to experience and also seize career opportunities through open interview session with several government and private agencies as well as leading national companies.

Among the agencies that would be participating are Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Maybank, Lembaga Tabung Haji, Celcom Axiata, Telekom Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, Sime Darby and many more.

Initiated in 2011, SL1M programme was initiated by the Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and is one of the effort in addressing the issue of unemployment amongst graduates, especially those coming from lower-income families and found in the rural areas.

The programme aimed at increasing the level of graduates in the job market and to also increase their standard of living.

Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman is expected to officiate SL1M Sabah state on 15 February, and is expected to be attended by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Senator Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar. - (fl)

Located at IPB Building, the programme was participated by 40 Upper Form 6 students accompanied by their teachers from four schools namely La Salle Secondary School, KK High School, SMK Tambunan and Kinabalu International School.

The one-day programme was officiated by the director of IPB, Prof. Dr. Clemente Michael Wong Vui Ling, followed by a briefing on Genetic and Immunology Engineering and Vaccinology by the academic staff of IPB.

The students were also taken to laboratories in IPB, in addition to several activities related to the handling of high technology tools.

The programme, held bi-annually amongst others aimed to expose and nurture students’ interest in science especially in biotechnology, whilst introducing Biotechnology Research Institute to outsiders. – (fl)

Source: Biotechnology Research Institute

The 82 staff included 23 who were promoted to the post of senior lecturer, a language teacher to grade DG44, 14 management and professional staff category, and 44 support staff.

The staff were feted at a presentation of promotion letter ceremony No.1/2016 at the Gallery, yesterday, which was presented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Prof. Dr. Shahril Yusof.

Earlier in his speech, he said that ‘simplifying’ could be a good keyword for university staff in carrying their services.

He said that if each task was performed on the basis of simplifying things, it would ease students and public as this translated to better service delivery.

“Thus, this is a challenge to the administrative staff who are promoted to think or do anything that facilitates the process of their services,” he said.

Present at the ceremony were the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Associate Professor Dr. Ismail Ali and UMS Registrar, No’man Hj. Ahmad. – MA (fl)

Photo: Musaab Umair

UMS sixth gold haul was contributed by UMS Karate-Do athlete, Christina Ederis in the Women 68kg Kumite category by beating the participant from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Siti Hajar Mohd Azhar with 2-1 points.

The medal was the second personal gold medal for Christina, after contributing a gold medal in the
Pencak Silat.

This success increases UMS medal tally to six gold, four silver and ten bronze and finishing sixth among the contingents participating.

UMS contingent still has the chance to add more medals through athletics that would see its men and women athletes compete in the 200m final, in addition to the women’s 3,000m steeplechase final. – MA (fl)

Photo Credit: Eddy Jamilih