THURSDAY, 16 APRIL – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah urged all staff of UMS to increase their competency and focus on their responsibilities in line with the current development of the university.
He stressed, each task must be fully implemented with integrity, be innovative, creative and efficient with great impact and in line with the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of the respective departments.
“The Malaysian Education Development Plan (Higher Education) launched recently emphasised on autonomy of the university and the needs for the university to generate its own financial resources.
“For this, UMS has outlined several new policies and initiatives that required the staff to adapt themselves swiftly to changes,” he said.
He said this in his speech at the University’s Excellence Award Presentation Ceremony (AKU) 2014 at the Main Lecture Hall 2, UMS.
He said, the creativity and innovative culture in administration should be emphasised not only to ensure the delivery of quality services be implemented, but also helped to optimise the use of university’s existing resources.
During the ceremony, Datuk Harun presented awards to 215 recipients of the Excellent Service Award, 3 pensioners who received the Pensioners Award, besides 15 other awards given to academicians, researchers and JFPIU who achieved excellence in their research and innovation.
Also presented were the Leadership Award for three categories namely, Instructor Figure to Professor Dr. Syed Azizi Wafa, Management Figure (Academic) to Professor Dr. Felix Tongkul, and the Support Staff Category to Amat Jutrah Hj Musnih. – MA (fl)
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THURSDAY, 16 APRIL – Small and Medium Enterprises Entrepreneurs (SMEs) were urged to take advantage of the Private-Public Research Network (PPRN) Seminar to increase their productivity and income.According to the Deputy Secretary (Higher Education Development) Ministry of Education (MoE), Dato’ Haji Nasir Mat Dam, the seminar provided an avenue for SMEs to express their needs and problems faced to be studied by researchers at higher education institutions.
“Based on input obtained, the researchers will undertake research and innovation aimed at addressing the constraints thus increasing the efficacy of their products and to generate higher revenues,” he said when opening the PPRN seminar Sabah level which took place at the Main Auditorium, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences building, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).
He said, PPRN also allowed all researches at university level, which was previously not been commercialised to be made applicable to local companies to help them develop their businesses.
He said such approach was the government’s measures to ensure that the people of this nation continue to move forward in line with the country’s vision to become a developed nation with high income by 2020.
“In a nutshell, PPRN is an initiative of MoE to encourage innovation programmes based on demands to increase productivity and strengthen economic development in Malaysia.
“This initiative was announced by the Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib Razak when tabling Budget 2015 in October last year and later launched it at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) on 24 February 2015,” he explained.
Earlier, UMS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah in his speech read by the Director of Labuan International Campus (KAL), Associate Professor Dr. Murnizam Haji Halik said, MoE had given the mandate to the Entrepreneurship Research and Development Centre (ERDEC) UMS as a mover of PPRN in Sabah.
“Our main focus will be to include problem solve SMEs productivity. Those involved in this programme are very lucky as PPRN will provide funding of up to RM50,000 for each problem that would be solved with the cooperation from entrepreneurs and academics,” he added.
The seminar was attended by the Chairman of Entrepreneurship Unit MoE, Datin Dr. Syahira Hamidon and UMS ERDEC Director, Dr. Ramraini Ali Hassan and was participated by more than 300 SME entrepreneurs from around Sabah. – SS (fl)
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THURSDAY, 16 APRIL – A total of 32 art works by 30 local artists including nine from the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage (FKSW) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) was displayed at Ocean7 Art Gallery, Oceanus Waterfront Mall Kota Kinabalu in conjunction with Art Inspiration Exhibition 2015.
The exhibition, which was also supported by the Sabah Visual Arts Association (PSVS) aimed at creating art awareness among the local community and promoting Tourism Art by introducing local talents internationally.
According to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) UMS, Professor Dr. Shahril Yusof, UMS students involvement in showcasing their art work would open up better career opportunities.
“Graduates today must be more willing to become job creators and not just waiting to fill up vacancies in any organisation. Through this exposure, I believe our art students would have a brighter career opportunities,” he said when officiating at the exhibition.
He added that the organisation of the exhibition was also a good example for the Malaysian Education Development Plan (Higher Education) First Shift, which is Holistic, Entrepreneurial and Balanced Graduates.
“The exhibition also provides an opportunity for UMS students to gain exposure on the challenges in the entrepreneurial world who are skillful such as the art enthusiasts today,” he said.
Prof. Shahril also welcomed the involvement of the industry and the community who were experts in their respective fields to serve with UMS thus helping to increase in the production of excellent graduates.
Present at the opening were Chairman of Ocean7 Art Gallery, Datin Sharifah Habsah Habib Alawi and Deputy Dean (Student Affairs and Alumni) FKSW, Associate Professor Dr. Baharudin Mohd Arus. – ZMD (fl)
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WEDNESDAY, 15 APRIL – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) today launched the rebranding of the students residential colleges in a symbolic launch that took place this morning.
Datuk Amir Kahar, who is the son of former Chief Minister of Sabah, Tun Datu Mustapha Harun officiated at the event that marked the official change of name from Residential College AB to Residential College Tun Mustapha.
It was followed by the symbolic launch of Residential College CD rebranded to be now known as Residential College Tun Fuad.
The symbolic launch for this was done by the wife of the late Tun Fuad Stephens, Toh Puan Rahimah Stephens.
Present at the ceremony were UMS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah; Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs, Associate Professor Dr. Ismail Ali, as well as the principal officers including staff and students of the university.
The rebranding exercise of the student residential colleges is a continuation of the university’s branding transformation plan in conjunction with its 20th anniversary as announced at the Vice-Chancellor’s Message last year. – MA (fl)
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WEDNESDAY, 15 APRIL – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Mosque and Islamic Affairs Division (BHEIM) Labuan International Campus (KAL) organised a zakat briefing at the Executive Meeting Room, Level 11, University Tower Building, today.The briefing that was attended by UMSKAL staff, was delivered by an Executive of the Labuan Zakat Collection Centre (PPZ), Abdullah Mohammad Tajuddin.
He explained the importance of zakat, its advantage and zakat properties including its method of calculation.
“Civil servants are encouraged to pay zakat through payroll deductions online,” he said.
The briefing was also attended by Islamic Affairs Officer, Junaidi Kepli and almost 50 staff including lecturers. – SS (fl)
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