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PPIB NUmbakTUESDAY, 08 OCTOBER – Centre For the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning (PPIB), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Welfare and Recreation Club (KARIB) Committee Members took the initiative to collect contributions throughout October to be channelled to the fire victims of Kg. Numbak.

The Chairman of KARIB, Budi Anto Mohd Tamring said, contributions received were foodstuff and clothing which were sent through Media Division, Chancellery Department UMS to the Kg. Numbak fire victims who are now taking shelter at the Menggatal Community Hall.

“We hope to continue with the efforts of collecting contributions especially from staff of PPIB,” he said when handing over the contributions to the Dean of PPIB, Prof. Dr. Vincent Pang.

The contributions also involved PPIB staff of Labuan International Campus and Sandakan branch. – FL

 
By PPIB and Salbinous Saribun
Photo: Rudie Adie Razak, PPIB

 
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SPKSMONDAY, 07 OCTOBER – About 25 students from The School of Psychology and Social Work (SPKS) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) exercised their duty in social work with the Kg. Numbak fire victims.

Moral support and psychological help from the students and staff of SPKS helped eased the victims’ burden who are now placed at the Menggatal Community Hall as a temporary shelter.

A student who only wanted to be known as Nur said, even though the contributions might not be enough but she and her course mates wanted to share the burden suffered by the fire victims.

“We hope that all staff and students of SPKS could be with us today and empathise with the victims who clearly need our assistance besides receiving help in the form of goods,” she said.

When asked on the aid given, Nur said that in doing social work we should not expect anything in return or being appreciated, but that would be the measure of sincerity.

The fire which occurred last Tuesday had left 74 families homeless and now placed at the Menggatal Community Hall. - FL
 

By Faezah Mohamad Dun
 
  Chancellery Department
 
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spu tobaccoMONDAY, 07 OCTOBER - Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Universiti Malaya Centre on Addiction Sciences (UMCAS), and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kota Kinabalu (QEH) had jointly organised The Sabah Tobacco Control Symposium at the School of Medicine (SPU), UMS today.

The symposium, which featured more than 100 people had been officiated by the Dean of SPU, Prof. Dr. D. Kamarudin D. Mudin.

In his speech he said, the aim of this symposium was to introduce tobacco control activities to as many health care providers in Sabah and also to those interested in tobacco control.

The scientific content was aimed to provide an introduction to the science of tobacco control and also recent local and international updates. This symposium had been equally divided in content between tobacco prevention which included policy development, and tobacco cessation.

“The latter is least often emphasised due to the lack of local experts within Malaysia. The recent Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2011 found that only 52.6% of patients who visited a health care provider were advised to quit. This figure needs to be improved and done quickly,” he added.

Dr. Kamarudin said, Malaysia through the Ministry of Health had provided nearly 300 quit clinics throughout the country.

He also informed that treatment were subsidised to those who attended these clinics which were conducted by medical doctors.

GATS identified current rates of smoking among Malaysians to be 23.1% with 43.9% being male from an overall 4.3 million Malaysians who smoked tobacco daily.
 

By Salbinous Saribun
Photo by Zulfadlee Nasyir, SPU

 


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PPIBSATURDAY, 05 OCTOBER - The Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning (CPKLL) in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is extending the last call for participation in the inaugural International Conference on Languages, Linguistics and Society which is to be held from 22 to 24 October 2013.
 
The Convenor of the international conference, Associate Professor Dr. Jason Lim Miin Hwa said this is a huge international conference that will involve more than 200 participants from different parts of the world. More than 155 papers will be presented in the 3-day conference to be held at the Promenade Hotel in Kota Kinabalu.
 
“Although the deadline for the submission of papers is over and there are limited places left, the organiser is encouraging more residents, particularly those in Sabah, to take part in this international conference as non-presenting participants,” he said.
 
Dr. Jason Lim mention that this is also a very special occasion on which individuals, who are interested in getting postgraduate degrees, can obtain new ideas and fresh insights about conducting studies at the Master’s or PhD levels. Given that a broad range of papers related to languages and linguistics will be presented, potential postgraduate candidates in language studies can also develop interests in various fields and subfields pertaining to language studies.  
 
“The main objectives of the ICLALIS are to encourage participants to discuss and exchange ideas related to the learning and/or use of language in institutional, social and cultural settings, to explore the benefits of cross-disciplinary studies involving linguistics, and to examine the theoretical and practical implications of new ideas, perspectives and recommendations concerning different approaches to language teaching and language analysis,” he added.
 
Individuals who are interested in participating in this conference need to email a completed registration form and a scanned proof of payment to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 11th October 2013. Detailed information on payment is provided at www.iclalis2013.blogspot.com.
 
 
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SATURDAY, 05 OCTOBER – The Media Division, Chancellery Department Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) would like to thank all staff and students of UMS for their contributions in the form of cash and kind to the fire victims of Kg. Numbak. The contributions were handed over by the Vice-Chancellor of UMS yesterday.

According to a statement from the division, the contributions had helped ease the burden of the victims.

About two tons of daily needs were received including prayer mats, prayer garments, clothing, pillows, mineral water and baby diapers which were then distributed to the fire victims.

Initiator of the mission, UMS Media Division said that the fire victims needed baby milk as well as cooking utensils for them to be able to prepare food whenever needed.

Contributions can be sent to this department located at the main lobby of the Chancellery Building. Further enquiries can be obtained by calling extension 1026/1483/1315 during office hours. - FL
 
By Faezah Mohamad Dun
Photo: Ernest Berinus
 
Chancellery Department
 
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