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Tokoh-6601MONDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER – Sabah and Sarawak will not find it easy to be separated from Malaysia after undergoing various progress and development under the present government.

This was stated by the Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan at the Bicara Tokoh Programme held at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) recently.

He said Sabah had now grown into a developed state where its people can enjoy a wide range of development and progress brought about by the federal government.

“Therefore, Republic of Sabah or People’s Republic of Sabah is a romantic dream and sounds good but in my opinion it is not just emotional talk and facts alone.

“It is not easy for Sabah to rescind from Malaysia because they only know to say leave, after that who will care for us; the army, our economy, international relations, inflation and our standing in the world,” he said.

About 400 UMS community attended the talk which was presented by Datuk Abdul Rahman who was also the Member of Parliament of Kota Belud. Also present was the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah. – SS (fl)


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vcMONDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) never prohibit or prevent its students from expressing their views and intentions.

Hence, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah vehemently denied when a university official in a local newspaper recently alledged that 100 students have been dismissed for being vocal in speaking their views and struggles.

“The university has always been open to hear any complaints or concerns raised by students. We also encourage students to debate through public lecture that is beneficial, to improve their soft-skills,” he further added.

Describing the allegations as baseless and more of a sabotage, Datuk Harun said any issues and problems involving students will be tried by the Law and Discipline Division of UMS and the university will not dismiss its students indiscriminately.

“I regret the statement by the officer and I believe he or she has his or her own agenda. This statement is not relevant and I am extremely embarrassed if the said officer who declined to be named is a staff of UMS who proudly utter such seditious and anti-unity statement,” he stressed.

Datuk Harun however did not rule out the possibility that there were students who had committed offence and referred through AUKU and had since received their sentence after hearing.

“The sentence is in the form of semester suspension or suspension in staying in the residential college, and not dismissed from the university. We convict them according to AUKU, its rules and regulations stated in UMS after they were proven to be guilty. But it is not the final decision because we will give them chance to appeal,” he said, describing the sentence as UMS’ effort to raise awareness and consciousness.

He also said that the perpetrator would be investigated as it was seen to be an attempt to discredit the university. – SS (fl)



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ShireenFRIDAY, 19 SEPT – More than 200 Visual Arts students from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage (FKSW) presents to listen to an art historian, Shireen Naziree’s lecture.

The programme, held at FKSW Ahmad Nisfu Theatrette, is in conjunction with Galeri Petronas Kuala Lumpur’s ‘Pertumpuan: Senusa Sejiwa’ exhibition held at Sabah Art Gallery, and co-organised by UMS. The visual arts exhibitions start today.

According to Shireen, it is not an easy task to find a gifted artist, with a high quality artwork, even though there are a lot of people becoming artists.

“An artist must have their own signature idea. The idea must keep on expanding, in every piece of work,” she added.  

An artist must have the ability to accept critiques and see the benefits form others point of views on your personal artwork. Having the ability to criticize your own self is a plus.

“Either as a writer or an artist, you must always communicate and ask yourself. And then the answers will be translated to a piece of art,” she said.

Also present, FKSW Deputy Dean, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hj. Baharudin Arus, Prof. Dr. Siti Zainon Ismail and Datin Maimun Pg. Bagul. –ZMD

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ums gtg rygFRIDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Student Affairs Department (HEP) organised a ‘Gotong Royong Perdana’ programme in all UMS college residence recently.

According to the UMS Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ismail Ali, the programme is one of the efforts to instil the students’ sense of belonging and love to UMS Campus.

“In line with the Vice-Chancellor Message, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah wants every student to have a sense of belonging. He also urges the students to create a conducive and harmony campus,” he said after the programme.

According to Ismail, what they have done in the programme is to clean out the college surrounding area including the drainage and water reservoir.

He also said that they are also concentrating on the cleanliness in every level and block of the college residential especially the toilet.

This programme involved 4,000 students as part as an awareness on the dengue situation and as a support to the campaign against dengue,” he added.


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konvensyen rasuah1FRIDAY, 19 SEPT – It become complex issues which hit our country when almost every day corruptions are involved in every stratum of society, either the blue-collar or the white-collar workers. Hence, efforts to prevent corruption must begin from an early stage.

According to Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni (DVC HEPA), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ismail Ali, the efforts in preventing corruption is one of important agendas in the national agenda towards Vision 2020.

“IPTA graduates are the accurate agents in reducing corruption and changing the mind-sets. Early exposure on the dangers of corruption must begin even when they are on their studies.”

“This is because the students are the one who are going to enter the job market and holding the professional job later on. They are the persons exposed to the activities which involved corruption,” he said after the launching ceremony of the convention ‘Malaysia Bebas Rasuah bersama Badan-Badan Pelajar IPTA Seluruh Malaysia’ held at UMS Gallery.

“The convention, organised by UMS Anti-Corruption Secretariat, is perfect in giving awareness to the students on the corruption adverse impact on the community and nation’s administration.”

The three day convention gathers student’s leadership line from other IPTAs including Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Universiti Teknologi Mara Sabah Campus, Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic and UMS, as the host. -MA-


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