TUESDAY, 29 APRIL – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah yesterday announced the establishment of an Integrity Unit in UMS.

He clarified that this was to ensure all government servants practice an ultimate work culture with distinctive moral characteristics and ethics in the implementation of the six main thrusts on governance namely strengthening integrity, detection and confirmation, complaints management, compliance and discipline.

“Over the past year, two cases of disciplinary offenses were recorded and until April this year, one case was recorded. Thus, the establishment of this unit is to curb criminal misconduct and violation of code of conduct and organisational ethics among public servants.

“Hopefully, this Integrity Unit will contribute towards zero disciplinary cases in the future,” he said. He was speaking at the closing of the 4^th Integrity Month celebration at the Dewan Resital (Resital Hall), UMS.

He also called on UMS community to embody the nature of these four characters as the backbone of integrity; honesty, trustworthy, wisdom and delivery.

“I believe the two main adversaries of integrity namely money (the cause of corruption) and power (the cause of power abuse) can be solved by practicing these four habits in our daily routine,” he stressed.

Various activities have been organised to celebrate UMS Integrity Month which started last March. Among them were promotion competition at JSPIU level, speech competition, a lecture by Chairman of UMS Board of Directors, Tun Dato’ Seri Zaki Tun Azmi; debates and workshop in enhancing integrity among UMS staff. – MA (fl)

 

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MONDAY, 28 APRIL – A total of 182 groups of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) undergrads under the Humanity cluster participated in the 10^th Basic Entrepreneurship Acculturation Expo (APK) starting today.

Themed ‘Live Simply, Dream Big’, APK expo is a platform for all undergrads to think creatively in planning business proposals to penetrate a wider market.

Dean of the Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning (PPIB), Prof. Dr. Vincent Pang in his speech said that undergrads nowadays need to equip themselves with soft skills to face the world of business challenges and job opportunities in future.

“Thus, the organisation of this expo is not limited to students majoring in economics only thus proving that UMS undergrads are versatile and ready to take on any challenges,” he said when opening the programme.

He added that the APK also provided opportunity for undergrads to express their creativity in producing innovative products and services.

In addition to the sale of goods, he said that a blood donation campaign, recycling campaign, health campaign, Western Chess competition and Mud Ball preparation for cleaning of seawater would be conducted.

The Expo is held until 6 May and participated by undergrads from the Basic Entrepreneurship Acculturation Expo which is a compulsory course for all undergrads in UMS. – ZMD (fl)

 

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MONDAY, 28 APRIL – All parties need to cultivate awareness and enhance safety in their organisations.

According to the Minister of Resource Development and  Information Technology Sabah, Datuk Siringan Gubat; every worker should play their role in reducing accidents involving consumers and employees.

“Every worker must provide a Standard Procedure in Safety and Health in their own premises as well as enhancing security, training employees to always be on the alert and to provide adequate training and courses,” he said when launching the State Level World Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Day at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

He added that the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) also played an important role in advising, consulting and conducting research in the field of OSH since 2007 in addition to organising various seminars and conferences.

“Among those which had been organised were conferences relating to public awareness such as the introduction to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA 1994), the understanding on the rules and regulations in OSH, practices and safe work procedures in the field of oil and gas, tourism, logging, agriculture and many more,” said Datuk Siringan.

Earlier, UMS Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah in his speech said the occurrence of accidents in the workplace left an adverse effect on the country in general and in particular the organisation involved.

The accidents may result to many losses, including damage to properties or equipment, loss of lives or loss of limbs as well as payments of damages, medical bills, compensations to families of victims and so on.

“Thus, the theme ‘Safety and Health in the Use of Chemicals at Work’ this time is appropriate in line with the risks of using chemicals that are often used in UMS research laboratories.

“I am convinced that the implementation of the theme this year will give a positive impact, such as increased awareness of safety and health in the use of chemicals in the workplace, particularly among UMS staff itself,” Datuk Harun added.

OSH Day is celebrated on 28 April every year around the world and UMS created history when it became the first public institution of higher learning to host the celebration at state level. – SS (fl)

 

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MONDAY, 28 APRIL – The Open Day for Residential College Cemerlang Dinamik (Kolej CD) was successfully held recently. One of the highlights was the Wellness Community Run which was participated by almost 100 participants.

Starting as early as 8.15 am, the participants consisting of communities around Kota Kinabalu City was required to run a distance of five kilometres around the campus area starting and ending at Kolej CD.

In the Men’s Category, the first place winner was won by an athlete who was no stranger to Sabah sporting fraternity, Guainus Salagan who edged his closest competitor, Karim Soriew who finished at second place. Third place went to a participant from UMS, Louis Muslin.

In the Women’s Category, Kona Liau was crowned champion followed by the competition favourite, Esther Perng who had to settle at second place while third place was won by Nurulnida Hamdan. Winners for both categories received medals and certificate of participation.

The opening ceremony and prize-giving presentation was performed by the Haj Fund Board Director, Datin Nurlaila Said and a representative from the sponsor, Muhammad Zuhri Alimin of Atiqah Enterprise. – SS (fl)



Source : Kolej CD

 
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