WEDNESDAY, 24^th DECEMBER – A student of Faculty of Computing and Informatics (FKI), Ang Ling Jun has won the grand prize in the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) 1 Malaysia book voucher lucky draw event which held at Anjung Siswa Building, Student Affairs and Alumni Department recently. The student brought home a Honda motorcycle worth RM 5,000.

According to UMS Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ismail Ali, the book voucher can be said as pennies from heaven, given from the government through the Department of Higher Education to UMS students.

 “All university students are very fortunate to have been chosen to enjoy the facilities provided by the government. The students need to choose the books wisely and buy the relevant books needed in their current teaching and learning process,” he said during the officiating ceremony.

Apart from the Honda motorcycle as the grand prize, other prizes won during the event are 4 Samsung S3 smartphone, 3 Samsung Mega smartphone, 4 ASUS laptop and 30 consolation hampers.

The event which was organized by UMS Cooperative (Koperasi UMS) was also attended by the Honorary Board Chairman of UMS Cooperative, other board members and also UMS officers.-HH (JA)

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Source: Student Affairs Office

WEDNESDAY, 24^th DECEMBER – Living in harmony, even between multiracial and believes, among the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) managements and students will be able to develop and strengthened further through their involvement in the diverse celebration celebrated in the country.

This was mentioned by Sabah Minister with Special Tasks, Datuk Teo Chee Kang, while opening the 2014 Christmas Festival held at UMS Chancellor Hall recently.

According to the Minister, this practise should continue to be practised to ensure the people’ unity can be maintained.

“We are fortunate to be able to experience the ethnic diversities in Malaysia. This opportunity should be taken advantages of because through celebrations, we will be able to open up our mind set on how the other races or religions celebrate their celebrations,” he said.

He also added that the success of organizing this festival have shown the cooperation of an organisation in realising the harmonious environment. This also proved UMS students capabilities in organizing this celebrated-by-many celebration.

Around 3,000 peoples, from the university staffs and students and also the local communities, attended the 2014 Christmas Festival celebration.

Also present was the Tuaran Member of Parliament cum the Acting President of United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO), Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau.-ZMD (JA)

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TUESDAY, 23 DECEMBER– Continuing Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Sustainability Week which was from 8 – 12 December 2014, EcoCampus Management Centre had organised a second series of talks at UMS Sandakan Campus last Friday.

The talks were presented by the Director of UMS EcoCampus Management Centre, Dr. Awangku Hassanal Bahar Pg. Bagul; Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) –Sustainable Development for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Conservation (SDBEC) Sabah’s Chief Advisor, Kazunobu Suzuki; a prominent scientist from Hokkaido University, Prof. Mitsuru Osaki and Research Fellow for EcoCampus Management Centre, Dr. Nobuyuki Tsuji who was also from the Hokkaido University.

Suzuki , in his speech, expressed the possibilities of finding mutual interests in research ground to strengthen the existing bond between UMS and JICA-SBEDC Sabah.

Earlier, the Dean of the Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, Prof. Wan Mohamad Wan Othman in his speech further elaborated the many expertise at the faculty that promised tremendous potential in different kinds of research topics and development.

Prominent scientist, Prof. Osaki’s talk triggered a lot of attention especially during the Question and Answer session when he spoke on having a technology that can go as far as detecting diseases on crops.  He also touched on the availability of precision technology such as the satellite to collect real time accurate date to help researchers in making decision and conclusion.

The Japanese delegation was impressed with the massive campus area and the amount of on-going development taking place at the faculty.  They had also suggested many ways to improve the on-going developments there. –FL


Source: Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, UMS Sandakan Campus


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