MONDAY, 07 APRIL – About 40 undergraduates from four universities attended the ‘Pre-conference Colloquium On Campus Sustainability For Students’ workshop held at the Galeri, Chancellery Building, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) to gain knowledge concerning environment.

According to UMS Student Ambassador, Jong E. Cheng, participants in this workshop comprised undergraduates from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Palawan State University and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

“This workshop is organised to provide awareness among students on campus sustainability associated to the care, conservation and the love for our environment in the campus,” he said when met at the tree planting session at the Chancellery Building this afternoon.

He added that the tree-planting session was the conclusion to the one-day workshop held today.

“Apart from lectures and theories which is held in the morning, the outdoor activities included visit to the orchid garden, tree performance evaluation as well as tree-planting in the afternoon,” he added, joining other undergraduates in planting 20 sandalwood trees.

This one-day workshop was jointly organised by the Office For International Affairs and EcoCampus Management Centre of UMS. – CD (fl)

 
Photo: Saleh Ramdan Nain

 
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Chancellery Department

FRIDAY, 04 APRIL – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Prof. Dr. Shahril Yusof advised UMS community to always think positively of others without any feeling of animosity.

“Be friends with everyone so that we can enjoy life in a more serene and beautiful way although life poses many challenges,” he said.

He was making a sharing at the ‘Life Is Beautiful’ talk organised by the Chancellery Department in collaboration with UMS Non-academic Management and Professional  Officers Association (PPUMS).

He also said that challenges would make one become more mature, and successfully overcoming the tests was the beauty of it.

The Talk was organised with a different approach and more relaxed, and were clearly seen to be very effective and successfully attracted a packed audience.

The talk was presented by the nation’s premier artist,  who was the sole winner of the Best Actor award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival after the late Tan Sri P. Ramlee. – ZMD & SS (fl)


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Chancellery Department

MONDAY, 7 APRIL – Datuk Haji Mahiruddin, the father of His Excellency the Head of State, Tun Datuk Seri Panglima (Dr.) Haji Juhar Datuk Haji Mahiruddin had passed away last night.

He breathed his last at the Queen Elizabeth 2 Hospital at about 6.45 pm. His body was taken to the State Mosque this morning for final preparations before being buried at the Kg. Ulu Putatan Cemetery.

Staff and students of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) extended their condolences to the family of His Excellency on the passing of his beloved father. May Allah bless his soul and may he be placed among the believers and righteous.

 
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FRIDAY, 04 APRIL – The Galeri at Chancellery Building is usually a quiet place but was rocked by about 300 audience who were mesmerised by the knowledge sharing presented in a relaxed manner by Khalid Salleh in a talk organised by the Chancellery Department.

Fondly known as ‘Wak Khalid’, he enlivened the Friday morning with his talk called ‘Hidup Ini Indah’ or ‘Life Is Beautiful’. With his energetic style, he explained that the purpose of beauty was very subjective to be formulated, leaving Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) students and staff with countless questions.

“I see beauty starts from within ourselves, from our heart and how we perceive and generate it in our thoughts and in our heart,” he said in this programme collaborated with UMS Non-academic Management and Professional Officers Association (PPUMS).

He added that each individual needs to know themselves before knowing the meaning of life while touching on religion as the core of life.

“For me, regardless of religion, we are all heading towards eternal life, to our Creator,” he said.

For Muslims he said, by uttering the Syahadah would not be enough but more importantly to understand and recognise the purpose behind it by placing confidence to our belief.

Also present at the programme was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation), Prof. Dr. Shahril Yusof. – ZMD & SS (fl)

 
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