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Battling Zoonotic Threats in Sabah: Why One Health Matters Now More Than Ever

06 June 2025

Article by: Prof. Dr. Vijay Kumar & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zarina Amin Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled...

Tough Decisions That Upset People – The HR Challenges

28 April 2025

By Associate Professor Dr. Jakaria Dasan, Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah In every organization, tough decisions must be made at some point. These decisions are usually...

Is U.S. Tariffs for Malaysia, A Threat or a Wake-Up Call?

16 April 2025

By: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Caroline Geetha A/P B. Arokiadasan, Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Development and Planning, Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah When the United States...

Reassessing the Sultanate of Sulu’s Renewed Claim to Sabah: A Preliminary Rebuttal

08 April 2025

By: Marja Azlima Omar, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah In April 2025, the Sultanate of Sulu announced its intention to invoke a series of historic treaties,...

Exploring Japanese Early Childhood Education: Lessons from an Educational Visit

03 February 2025

Author: Dr Connie Shin @ Connie Cassy Ompok Faculty of Education and Sports Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah INTRODUCTION This article begins with an account of how I discovered my academic...

Sabah Day, a Meaningful Day to Remember

19 August 2024

By: Dr. Eko Prayitno Joko, Head of the History Programme, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah From colonised to independent. From the Federation of Malaya to the...

UMS Clock Tower: A Great Opportunity for Young Engineers

02 April 2024

Author: Dr. Connie Cassy Ompok Faculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak4f55ee98f33cd64798786547feb5fd3e').innerHTML =...

Marketing for Positive Social Change

06 February 2024

Embarking on a mission for a greener tomorrow, Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy (FBEA), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) students initiated the "Strawvolution: Metal Straws for Sustainable Future" and “Do...

Crisis Traits And Competencies

02 January 2024

By Dr. Jakaria Dasan, Director, Corporate Communication Centre A crisis is a significant calamity that can arise from a natural disaster, illness, human error, intentional purpose, or any combination of...

Road To A Jumbo Disaster

23 October 2023

[The Star, 23 October 2023] I HAVE dedicated almost 17 years to the conservation of biodiversity in Sabah. During this time, I’ve been privileged to contribute to safeguarding the wild...

The Armoured Volkswagen of Gaya Island

05 September 2023

Gaya Island, situated very close to Kota Kinabalu city, is renowned for its marine wildlife attractions, captivating both international and local tourists. However, beyond its aquatic wonders, the island holds...

Malaysian scientist braves Antarctica winter for research

28 April 2023

Cold. Inhospitable. Lonely. The frozen land of Antarctica is a place few people can boast of ever seeing with their own eyes, let alone of visiting it. For Malaysians, the...

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Atmospheric scientist Prof. Dr. Justin Sentian, from the Environmental Science Programme, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will be the first Malaysian scientist to carry out climate and atmospheric science research in Antarctica during the long winter season.

This is his second Antarctica research grant award from Sultan Mizan Antartic Research Foundation (YPASM) in collaboration with Santiago University, Chile.

This winter research grant award for three years (March 2023-February 2026) is for research entitled ‘Tropospheric Ozone and Halocarbons Variations in the Antarctic Peninsula Under Extreme Weather Conditions’.

According to Justin, he will be departing from Malaysia to Punta Arena on 19 March 2023 and will be at Professor Julio Escudero Base Station for six months before returning to Malaysia on 15 September 2023.

“The main objectives of the collaborative winter research expedition are to characterise surface ozone and halocarbon concentrations variability under extreme winter weather conditions over the Antarctic Peninsula.

“In addition, the roles of bromocarbons (bromine compounds) and extreme winter weather conditions in surface ozone chemistry will also be investigated. In this study, the source of halocarbon (bromine compounds) in snow, sea ice, and air during the Antarctic winter will be investigated.

“To further investigate the role of biogeochemical cycles of bromocarbons and to understand the burden of atmospheric bromine and its roles on surface ozone

variability and ozone chemistry during polar winter, a climate-chemistry model will be employed,“ he said.

Justin added, the research output will certainly enhance understanding of surface ozone variability under extreme weather condition as well as identification of possible sources of bromocarbons, which is thought to be affecting the polar surface ozone chemistry and variability.

“Tropospheric ozone, a secondary pollutant as well as an important greenhouse gas, is generally understood to be generated largely from photochemistry reactions. However, surface ozone concentrations over Antarctica display an obvious seasonal variation with high concentrations in winter and low in summer and was thought that halogens (bromocarbons) were involved,” he said.

Recently, the unexpected new source of bromocarbons in sea ice, snow, and air during the Antarctic winter have revealed, and if they are found to be significant sources, it has crucial implications for atmospheric chemistry and climate at a hemispheric scale.

The future tropospheric ozone in the polar region is therefore relevant and very crucial to the global climate, as tropospheric ozone is considered an important greenhouse gas.

“This research will significantly contribute to the global community’s ongoing efforts towards understanding the potential sources and chemistry of tropospheric ozone under future climate scenarios, and the influence of halocarbons emissions on tropospheric ozone chemistry and variability.

“Under changing climate scenarios and its effect on ozone chemistry can be further evaluated for future ozone budgets and global climate projections,” Justin said

 

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is allocating RM350,000 to overcome the serious water supply problem on the university campus.

Its vice-chancellor, Prof Datuk Dr Kasim Mansor, said it would involve the implementation of internal water resource supply innovation projects such as gravity water, underground water and rainwater.

He said the project would be carried out by a team led by deputy vice-chancellor (Research and Innovation) Professor Dr Rosalam Sarbatly, together with the UMS Development and Maintenance Department (JPP), as well as experts and academicians from the UMS Faculty of Engineering.

“Efforts to carry out this clean water filtration process will also be assisted by UMS researchers who are skilled and specialised in the field,” he said in a statement here today.

 Kassim said that UMS viewed seriously the water supply issue at its campus.

“It affects not only the students but also the staff who are in the office premises,” he said.

According to the statement, the main campus of UMS Kota Kinabalu uses a piping system to obtain supply of up to 80,000 litres a day of hill water, as well as provides the tanker service to supply 300,000 litres of water from the Penampang water treatment plant (LRA) to the campus.

The Sabah Water Department (JANS) is forced to implement temporary rationing due to the inability of the Telibong LRA to meet the needs of residents of Tuaran, Sepanggar and the surrounding districts, which is 190 million litres per day (MLD) compared to its production of treated water of only 164 MLD.

 

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will implement the Student Empowerment Agenda starting 2023 involving four activities.

Vice-Chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Kasim Mansur said the activities are autonomy in activity management, autonomy in financial management, political autonomy of students and also full involvement in the Student Representative Council.

"Students will be involved in determining the decision and implementation of their program and also the distribution of subsidies or financial allocations.

"Students will also be given an autonomy to involve in politics on and off campus based on established guidelines.

"Meanwhile, campus elections will be fully implemented by students without the existence of a committee involving university officials," he said when delivering his address at the 'Amanat Naib Canselor 2023' event.

He also announced that the university management has approved an allocation of RM350,000 to ensure that students' accommodations are neat, comfortable and organised, for their mental and physical health to improve.

In order to accommodate the needs of students with disabilities, Kasim revealed that an additional fund of RM500,000 has been approved to improve infrastructure in the university.

To ensure the quality of internet coverage at the university is improved, he said a network system improvement project including an increase in the number of wifi is in the implementation process.

"This project covers the increase and replacement of the Wifi Access Points in dormitory by 1,327 units.

"To ensure cyber security, UMS has allocated RM400,000 for annual software and licensing.

"In order to improve the efficiency of network service monitoring and cyber security, we will establish an intelligent monitoring center known as the ICT Intelligent Command Center (ITeC) which is currently under construction and is expected to be fully operational at the beginning of April, 2023," he said.

According to Kasim, UMS is also in the process of producing the Enterprise Architecture (EA) document which is expected to be completed in May 2023.

"The production of this EA is very important to ensure that the information technology infrastructure and information systems used to support operations and decision making in the university can be developed, adapted and more efficient in the long term.

"In this 2023 we will also expand the use of Future Technology (Convergence Technology) covering the use of Blockchain, IoT, 600 Digital CCTV and upgrading teaching aids in lecture rooms and tutorials.

"Among other future technology initiatives, we will create a virtual world for UMS called Metaversity of UMS.

"Metaversity refers to a virtual world or virtual environment created to enable interaction and collaboration between users through avatars.

This will be a precursor to more widespread use in the future," he further elaborated.

In conclusion, Kasim expressed his appreciation towards stakeholders, strategic partners and all staff, including cleaning service staff, landscaping, maintenance and all entities involved in developing the excellence of the university.

The event was held at the Chancellor Hall and broadcast virtually. 

 

The Confucius Institute at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will organize its 24th Land Below the Wind Talk on 8 March 2023 at Theatrette Ahmad Nisfu, Academy of Arts and Creative Technology, UMS.

The organizer has invited Madam Angelina Zhang, the founder of ‘Miao in Sabah’, a professional media influencer to deliver her talk entitled “The Evolution of Sabah Chinese Food from China”.

Angelina Zhang is the founder of Miao in Sabah, who is also a professional media influencer production agency, and to date, she has six media platforms both in Malaysia and China with at least more than 60,000 followers.

Portraying the daily life of a China girl in Sabah, Miao in Sabah shows the Sabah's unique culture, delicacies and various tourist attractions.

Besides promoting high quality local business brands to the public and highlighting China-Malaysia business opportunity, Miao in Sabah also showcase Sabah to the world.

The talk will cover the introduction of "eight Chinese cuisines " from China, besides the changes and integration of them in Malaysian Chinese dietary life.

In addition, Chinese dishes that found in Sabah such as stuffed tofu and lei cha rice from Hakka ethnic, chicken rice from Hainanese, Hong Kong-style dim sum, and Hokkien fried noodles will also be discussed.

The talk will also promote some dishes from other races in Sabah which may receive influence from the Chinese cuisines, such as Nyonya dishes, Chinese cakes and many more.

This Land Below the Wind Talk which include food testing is opened to the public with free of charge. The talk will be conducted in Mandarin.

All are welcome to participate.

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