WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY – The responsibility to protect the border and maintain border security including the well-being of the people does not only lie with the government but the role of the local community is also important.

Universiti Malaysia Sabah Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah said, in the context of living and community-life, both elements had a very symbiotic relationship especially in the context of the development of the state.

“Border Safety and Security have an enormous impact on the economic development of the state, especially in the tourism sector.

“Without these guarantee, tourists will not come to Sabah, and if this continues, income generation and economic earnings in the tourism sector in Sabah would surely decline,” he said.

He said this when officiating the Sabah Border Safety and Security Seminar at the Banquet Hall, UMS.

He said there was a need for close cooperation between the public, local authorities and higher education institutions, especially UMS to collaborate in terms of energy and ideas to add a strong presence at the East Coast of Sabah to guarantee that the border safety and security there were guaranteed empirically and intellectually.

More than 200 participants attended the seminar organised jointly by the Centre for Strategic and Security Studies, Remote Sensing and GIS Centre and the Small Islands Research Centre in collaboration with the Royal Malaysian Police. – MA (fl)


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TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY – More than 30 students from three schools; SMK Bundu Tuhan Ranau, SMK Sungai Damit, Tamparuli and SM St. Michael Penampang were honoured at a Form Three Assessment (PT3) Excellent Award Presentation Ceremony for the Council of Academic Publishers Malaysia (MAPIM ) Adopted Schools for the year 2014 for their outstanding achievements in the PT3 Assessment last year.

The annual event organised by  MAPIM in collaboration with UMS Publisher and the Association of Science and Mathematics Malaysia (PERSAMA) was held at the Mini Hall, Kg. Bundu Tuhan, Ranau.

UMS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah at the ceremony said, UMS was passionate with community programmes like this.

In addition to reaching out to the community, UMS strives to establish engagements between community and industry, which is one of the items under the Key Result Areas covered by the University’s Strategic Plan for 2013-2017.

“These programmes clearly contribute to the achievement of the objectives of this university,” he said.

The programme was organised for the third time, a continuation of the effort and commitment of MAPIM that began in 2012 after selecting the three schools in Sabah as their adopted schools.

Present at the ceremony was the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia cum Member of Parliament P179 Ranau, Datuk Ewon Ebin who also officiated at the event. – NB (fl)


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WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY – About 100 staff and students of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Labuan International Campus (KAL) attended the Vice-Chancellor of UMS, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah’s Message, yesterday.

They comprised officers, lecturers, staff and students who listened to the message through video conference which was held at the Lecture Hall, Tower Building, UMS Labuan direct from UMS main campus in Kota Kinabalu.

The event which began at 8.30 am was attended by UMSKAL Director, Associate Professor Dr. Murnizam Haji Halik and Senior Deputy Registrar, Zamri Mohamad Tuah as well as President of the Student Representatives Council (MPP), Peter Amos.

In his message, Datuk Dr. Harun hoped that all staff and students of UMS will work hard to put UMS to international arena, and not only at national level.

He said, all staff and students of UMS were responsible to realise the vision and mission of making UMS an innovative university of international standing.

At the same time, Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun also reminded students not to tarnish the name of UMS by organising demonstrations and activities that violate the laws and regulations set.

“I want to see UMS become an agent of knowledge sharing and agent of change to the community and a sense of dedication to religion, race and our beloved nation,” he said. – SS (fl)


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TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah sets the target for foreign students enrolment to UMS at 700 for 2015.

At present, international students studying in UMS for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses stood at 617 recorded in 2014, an increase by 101 from the 516 registered in 2013. These foreign students are from 28 countries.

“We have 15 students from Timor-Leste who registered into the Diploma of Oil and Gas programme at the Faculty of Engineering, UMS.

“We also need to improve on the accommodation for international students as well as transportation, thus the need to purchase new busses ” he said today at the Vice-Chancellor’s Message or ‘Amanat’ for the year 2015.

Datuk Harun also mentioned that UMS currently had 125 international lecturers from 21 different countries. This was an indicative of the university’s resolve to create an academic body from diverse background, and would enhance UMS’ acceptability at international level.

Of late, UMS has become a destination of choice for international students seeking tertiary education. – FL


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