FRIDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was today signed between Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and the Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy, at the Chancellery Building, UMS.

The MoU was signed by the Vice-Chancellor of UMS, Prof. Datuk Dr Mohd Harun Abdullah on behalf of UMS, witnessed by the Registrar of UMS, No’man Hj. Ahmad and the Counselor of Public Affairs Section, US Embassy, Frank J. Whitaker, witnessed by the Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer, US Embassy, Michael Cavey.

The MoU’s main objective is to establish a corner which will house materials about the United States, and organise activities that will benefit the campus community as well as the general public.

“The concept of the corner named ‘American Corner’will have Smithsonian design and will be launched in early December,” said the Counselor, adding that the corner will have a collection about the U.S. policies, education, geography, history, society, culture among others.

UMS is the first Academic Library in Malaysia to sign this memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Embassy to establish an American Corner at its university.  - FL

FRIDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER – The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FPSK), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) organised a workshop on ‘4^th Ultrasound in Obstetric and Gynaecology’ for three days, held at the Main Auditorium of the faculty.

The workshop was jointly organised by the Women and Children’s Hospital Sabah and IDS Medical Systems Group (IDSMED).

The opening ceremony was officiated by the Deputy Dean (Clinical Research) FPSK, Associate Professor Dr. Helen Benedict Lasimbang representing the Dean of FPSK, Prof. Dr. Zainal Arifin Mustapha.

In her speech, Dr. Helen said, the understanding and use of ultrasound was important in the care and management of obstetric patients nowadays.

“Ultrasound is routinely used to protect pregnancies as part of antenatal care in order to ensure that the foetus is developing normally besides able to detect any problems that might occur during the gestation period,” she said.

In this connection, as doctors and medical practitioners, it is important to understand the principles of ultrasound, which includes awareness on the handling and application.

The workshop was participated by 50 participants comprising students and medical practitioners around Sabah, and would end this Sunday. – (fl)

THURSDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER – A total of 100 participants from across the country participated in the Malaysian Private Entities Reporting Standard (MPERS) organised by the Bursar Department, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), starting today.

Themed “Are You Ready to be Audited?”, the course was held in one of the hotels in Kota Kinabalu and was facilitated by two speakers who had vast experience in the field of auditing.

They were Thong Foo Vung, a partner with audit firm KPMG and also a Board Member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB), and the Manager of KPMG, Oh Sye Yie who had served KPMG audit firm in Taiwan.

Earlier, Acting Treasurer, Zallifah Shadan in her speech said, the MPERS course was in line with the new accounting standards issued by the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) on 14 February 2014, where MPERS replaces the existing standards.

“This standard applies to financial statements, beginning on or after 1 January 2016,” she said.

She also expressed hope that the knowledge shared would not be restricted within the seminar only but would continue to work closely with each other.

MPERS is held for two days. – (fl)

THURSDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) finished third at the Creative Dance Open Category at the recent Borneo Arts Festival 2016 organised by the Federal Territory of Labuan.

UMS, represented by Cul’Art Dance Group under the auspices of the Culture and Arts Department of the Student Affairs Department received cash prize of RM3,000 and a trophy.

Cul’Art comprising 12 UMS students took to a dance named “Godu” that tells the story of a mysterious grasshopper that becomes a belief by the Kadazans and Dusuns of this state.

The group trained by coach Suhairin Abd Kadir competed with 17 other dance groups, which was also participated by Brunei and Indonesia.

The champion for the Creative Dance was won by Putera Puteri Group, Kota Kinabalu while first runner-up was Sanggar Budaya Sri Pengkalan, Kuala Lumpur. - (fl)

Source: Norhana Nordin
Photo: Culture and Arts Division, Student Affairs Dept.