integritiFRIDAY, 05 APRIL – Integrity plays a pivotal role in our day-to-day business and should be our way of life.  We must inculcate in us that intention and be determined to practice integrity at all times and to curb corruption, malpractices and power abuse.

Prof. Datuk Mohd. Harun Abdullah, the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Sabah said this during the closing ceremony of UMS 3rd Integrity Month 2013 held at the Galeri today.

He also reminded staff to be doing the right thing all the time and make it as a basis and guideline in executing their duties entrusted to them.   A wise decision and one with integrity he said would offer enormous benefit not only to the organisation but also society as a whole.

At the function, the Vice-Chancellor also presented prizes to winners of each category of activities that was organised during the Integrity Month. Among them were, Quiz contest which saw Dico Pamin from Canselori Department emerged as the winner for the staff category whilst Jumadil Hadji from the School of Social Sciences emerged as the winner for student category.  In the Elocution contest, Nurul Izza Md Nordin, a technologist from the School of Medicine was declared the winner whilst for the student category, Azieyana Aziz was named the winner. 

In the Debating Category which was only open to students, Muhamad Faizs Omar, Marianne Anak Miga and Decker Donny emerged as champions.  As for the Activities category, the School of Engineering and Information Technology captured the top spot.  The winner of the Elocution contest for student category, Azieyana Aziz presented her winning speech.


Also present at the event were the Registrar, Lt. Col. (H) Abdullah Hj Mohd Said who was also the Chairman of the Organising Committee and the principal officers of the university.


By: Feria Lee


                                                                                              Information and Media Section, Corporate Relations Division
 
 
 

Palapes-8307THURSDAY, 04 APRIL – A commissioning of rank ceremony was held today at the Executive Board Meeting Room Chancellery Building Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). Lance Corporal Aricco Jumitih, 23, was promoted to the rank of Corporal witnessed by UMS Vice-Chancellor, Captain (H) Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah.

The commissioning of rank was done by the Army Training and Doctrine Management Director, Brig. Gen. Datuk Abdul Halim Jalal. Also present was UMS Registrar Lt. Col. (H) Datuk Abdullah Hj. Mohd Said.

When met by reporters, Aricco said that he was touched by the gesture. He said he did not expect to be given such an honour which he deemed as a blessing and part of his achievement as a national weightlifter.

“I am grateful of this acknowledgement and promised to continue to give my utmost service to the nation,” he said.

This Kadazan lad who hails from Kampung Mensiang Menggatal is the youngest of six siblings. His involvement in the sports arena is a boost to the weightlifting sports through his many wins. The proudest achievement was when he contributed gold to the medal tally for the Malaysian contingent at the Commonwealth Games 2010 when he erased the old record for a new one in the clean and jerk 62 kilogramme category.

He then went into hiatus due to a mysterious illness befalling him in the mid of 2011 till 2012. Even though he is still in the process of recovery, Aricco promised that he will return to the weightlifting sport scene when he has fully recovered. - FL

By Salbinous Saribun
Photo: Ernest Berinus
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penjara sktm1KHAMIS, 4 APRIL - Sempena sambutan Bulan Integriti peringkat Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), pihak Sekolah Kejuruteraan dan Teknologi Maklumat (SKTM) telah menganjurkan satu sesi lawatan Integriti ke Penjara Pusat Kota Kinabalu Sabah baru-baru ini. Lawatan itu yang diketuai oleh  wakil Dekan SKTM, Prof. Dr. Ali Chekima turut disertai oleh beberapa kakitangan UMS yang lain termasuk kakitangan Jabatan Pendaftar, Unit Hal Ehwal Masjid, Pusat Penataran Ilmu dan Bahasa, Sekolah Perhutanan Tropika Antarabangsa, Sekolah Psikologi dan Kerja Sosial , Sekolah Sains dan Teknologi.
 
Penolong Pendaftar Kanan SKTM merangkap penyelaras lawatan, Hasmi Hashim berkata; pelbagai aktiviti dijalankan sepanjang sesi lawatan tersebut. Antaranya termasuklah taklimat umum Penjara yang disampaikan Inspektor Awang Roni Awang Abdullah selain demonstrasi sebatan dan kunjungan ke Galeri Penjara serta Unit Lawatan Penjara dan kawasan sekitarnya.

Menurut Hasmi, ahli rombongan juga bertuah kerana berpeluang mendengar taklimat tentang banduan akhir iaitu banduan yang telah dijatuhi hukuman mati oleh mahkamah. Ini termasuk  pengalaman sebenar hari terakhir banduan akhir daripada Pegawai Gantung Penjara sendiri iaitu Penolong Penguasa Penjara Eddie Oskos,  yang mana jumlah Pegawai Gantung Penjara diseluruh Malaysia adalah terhad tidak melebihi 20 Pegawai sahaja.

Tambahnya lagi, lawatan Integriti ke penjara pusat ini secara umumnya berjaya mencapai objektif dalam mendapatkan info umum penjara dan menimbulkan perasaan keinsafan betapa pentingnya integriti dalam kehidupan seharian. Semua ahli rombongan berharap agar lawatan integriti ini diteruskan pada masa hadapan demi menyemai semangat integriti yang kukuh dalam diri dan seterusnya dalam pekerjaan masing-masing untuk kebaikan keluarga, majikan dan negara. –SS
 
Sumber: Hasmi Hashim, SKTM
 


Seksyen Penerangan dan Media, Bahagian Perhubungan Korporat
 

SPRM-8140RABU, 3 APRIL - Sekretariat Pencegahan Rasuah Universiti Malaysia Sabah muncul sebagai Sekretariat Pencegahan Rasuah Insitut Pengajian Tinggi (SPR IPT) terbaik setelah berjaya melaksanakan 23 program yang melibatkan penyertaan seramai  5,000 siswa-siswi, pelajar sekolah menengah, kakitangan UMS dan masyarakat sekitar pada tahun 2012.

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) berada di tempat kedua dengan jumlah sebanyak lapan program yang dianjurkan melibatkan 2,280 siswa-siswi IPT di Sarawak. Manakala Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) berada di tempat ketiga dengan pelaksanaan enam program melibatkan 2,000 siswa-siswi UIAM dan juga pelajar-pelajar sekolah.

Pemilihan dipilih berdasarkan prestasi yang telah ditunjukkan pada tahun 2012 dalam melaksanakan program-program penceghan rasuah dan menyebarluas maklumat mengenai rasuah. Selain itu, pemilihan juga dibuat berdasarkan kepada kreativiti SPR IPT melaksanakan program serta impaknya dengan mengambilkira jumlah dan sasaran peserta dalam keseluruhan program.

Sementara itu, bagi pertandingan pengikut yang teramai dalam  Facebook pula telah dimenangi oleh Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) dengan pengikut seramai 1,498. Manakala Facebook teraktif pula dimenangi oleh Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) berdasarkan pengisian yang dibuat dengan mengambil kira maklumat-maklumat yang dipaparkan yang mempunyai mesej anti rasuah.

Majlis penyampaian hadiah disampaikan oleh Naib Canselor UMS, Prof. Dr. Harun Abdullah pada majlis Penutupan Konvensyen SPR IPT di Bankuasi Dewan Canselor UMS. Hadir sama, Pengarah Bahagian Pendidikan Masyarakat, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), Dato’ Shamshun Baharin Mohd Jamil dan Pendaftar UMS, Datuk Abdullah Hj. Mohd. Said.
 
Oleh Salbinous Saribun
Foto: Ernest Berinus
 
Seksyen Penerangan Media, Bahagian Perhubungan Korporat 

pameran bofotTuesday, 2 April – In efforts to disseminate information to all especially to students and parents, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) organised a programme called A Step Closer To the Ivory Tower at various locations in this district.

Today, the programme which was held in Beaufort saw more than 350 students and parents attending the briefing and educational talk held at the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Beaufort 2 hall.

Exhbition kiosks were set up by the Academic Services Division, Student Affairs and Alumni Department (HEP) and UMS Link Holdings Sdn. Bhd. besides blood donation counter by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The ceremony was officiated by State Assemblyman for N.25 Klias, Dato’ Hajjah Azizah Hj. Mohd. Dun.  In her speech she said that students should use the knowledge to its fullest to improve their living standard, including their families and society.  She urged them to build their own strength with the knowledge which they have gained and to be a first class human capital who will contribute towards nation building.  Also present, the Director of UMS Alumni Centre, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahmud Sudin.


By: Salbinous Saribun/Feria Lee

 

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