TUESDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER – A talk jointly organised by the EcoCampus Management Centre and Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture (FPL) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) was jointly organised at UMS Sandakan branch Campus recently.

With the theme Waste and Landscape Management, the talk which was attended by more than 120 participants from among lecturers, staff including Third and Forth Year students was officiated by its Dean, Prof. Dr. Wan Mohamad Wan Othman.

In his speech, he touched on the potential of UMS Sandakan campus in exploiting renewable energy such as solar energy.

Hence, he said FPL was ready to cooperate and be involved with activities based on sustainability organised by EcoCampus Management Centre.

The knowledge-sharing programme was presented by Dr. Nobuyuki Tsuji, a well-known researcher in the field of Sustainable Science and Waste Management from Fukuoka, Japan; as well as FPL, Shahida Mohd Sharif. – MA (fl)


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TUESDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER – Students of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Labuan International Campus (UMSKAL) topped three sports in a competition organised by the Labuan Matriculation College (KML) recently.

The competition held at KML saw UMSKAL emerged champion in men’s and women’s volleyball as well as basketball, and runner-up for football.

UMSKAL Youth and Sports Officer, Gabriel Moinjil who represented the campus Director, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murnizam Haji Halik congratulated all students who won in the three events.

He hoped that the victory would boost their morale to continue to achieve success in other competitions either at university, Federal Territory of Labuan, national or international levels.

The tournament was held for three days and was officiated by KML Director, Sawang @ Rizal Amit. – SS (fl)


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TUESDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER – A total of 274 students from 21 secondary schools around Kota Kinabalu will be camping for three days at the Faculty of Science and Natural Resources (FSSA) premises in conjunction with the UMS Prime Math Camp 2014 recently.

The programme organised by FSSA also received support from the Ministry of Youth and Sports Sabah (KBSS), Kota Kinabalu District Education Office, and the Youth and Sports Department of Sabah besides support from the Sabah Youth Council and Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) Sabah.

The closing ceremony of the camp was officiated by FSSA Dean, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Baba Musta who represented the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah.

In his speech, he explained that the math camp held on UMS campus ground was to provide opportunities to students to enjoy campus atmosphere thus giving encouragement and motivation for them to set foot into the ivory tower one day.

“Hopefully, the participants would be able to obtain beneficial experience and be able to instill interest in mathematics and to shape their minds to think critically,” he said.

He also gave away prizes to the best male participant, Mohammad Hibri Syakiran from Sekolah Menengah (SM) Sains Sabah and Mary Valentina Christopher from SM St. Francis Convent for best female participant.

Also present was Deputy Permanent Secretary of KBSS Haji Awang Damit Haji Ag Anak and Chairman of the Prime Mathematics Camp UMS 2014, Dr. Abdullah Bade. – SS (fl)


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MONDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER – The ‘Walk-A-Payung’ campaign which was participated by more than 4,000 people at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) recently was able to raise awareness to the society about Lupus.

Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah said the Systemic Lupus Eritmatosus (SLE) or Lupus was not a disease which was often heard but was now estimated to affect more than 5 million people worldwide.

“The study by the Malaysian SLE Association found that more than 10,000 people is diagnosed with this disease. We believe there are still many others who suffer from this disease but has not been confirmed because each patient has different symptoms whether mild, moderate or severe, and this symptoms can come and go,” he said.

He was speaking during the official opening ceremony of the Lupus Awareness Day and the ‘Walk-A-Payung’ Campaign at Dewan Canselor (Chancellor Hall) UMS.

According to Datuk Harun scientists and doctors around the world still do not know the exact cause of the disease until now.

However, he said that the study showed that it was hereditary, genetic and other factors such as environmental such as exposure to sunlight, hormone, stress and germ infection was the risk cause of this disease.

Also present were the Medical Advisor SLE Sabah Chapter, Dr. Eleen Chong; Chairman of the programme, No’man Haji Ahmad and a lecturer with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences UMS, Dr. Malehah Mohd. Noh. – MA (fl)


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