The Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today witnessed the handing over of the key to the student Residential College Sri Angkasa, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in conjunction with the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister with students of UMS and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) at the Chancellor Hall of this EcoCampus university.

The handing over of keys from the developer Bina Puri Holdings Sdn Bhd represented by its Chairman, Tan Sri Dato’ Ir. Wong Foon Meng to the Vice-Chancellor of UMS, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah was witnessed by the Chief Minister of Sabah cum Pro-Chancellor of UMS, Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Hj. Aman.

Located about two kilometres from UMS main campus, the residential college is made up of three blocks of apartments consisting 384 units with an area of 840 square feet per unit.

Today, a total of 2,688 students consisting of 1,792 female students and 896 male students are taking residence there which is equipped with a management office, student association office, meeting room and 24 hour security control including CCTV.

The residential college also offers first class facilities such as health clinic, cafeteria, laundry, bookstore, recreation centre, swimming pool and jogging track.

Also present at the ceremony were the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment cum Education Exco Sabah, Datuk Masidi Manjun; Sabah State Secretary, Tan Sri Sukarti Wakiman; Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education Malaysia, Datuk Dr. Madinah Mohamad; Deputy Vice-Chancellor Student Affairs and Alumni UiTM, Prof. Dato’ Abdullah Mohamad Said and members of the Board of Directors UMS. – FL

 

By Salbinous Saribun

Photo: Ernest Berinus

 

MONDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in collaboration with the state of Sabah had organised the ‘Third Country Training Programme (TCTP)’, a knowledge sharing programme on tropical forest conservation with third world countries.

The training programme entitled ‘Integrated Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management’ involved 13 participants from five nations namely the Philippines, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Botswana and Tanzania. This year, TCTP entered the second phase while the first phase was completed in 2009 and 2010.

The Vice-Chancellor of UMS, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah at the opening ceremony of TCTP said, the programme received financing from the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) aimed at sharing of knowledge relating to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation in an integrated and centralised method.

He added that the TCTP programme in Sabah had given a positive impact to the participants during the first phase. A total of 54 government staff from 16 nations were involved in the first phase of the programme.

Also present at the opening ceremony were the Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia (MFA), Sabah Regional Office, Tuan Haji Mahrulzahrin bin Miskan; Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) representative, Shinobu Yoshizawa; Chief Advisor of Sustainable Development on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation (SDBEC), Suzuki Kazunobu and Acting Director of the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation cum Organising Chairman of the programme, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Charles S. Vairappan. – FL

 

By Mohd. Affzanizam Mohd. Amin
Photo: Ernest Berinus

 
                                                                                                                                                                   Chancellery Department

MONDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER – The public are advised to go for regular health checks to detect chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes and to detect kidney problems at an early stage.

Dean of the School of Medicine (SPU), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Prof. Dr. D. Kamarudin D. Mudin said the public should not take this lightly which he described as a silent killer.

“Kidney disease does not have symptoms that are obvious. Without health checks, most patients would only realise it when it reaches critical stage,” he stressed.

He said this when contacted by Chancellery Media to comment on an article in a local newspaper which reported that kidney patients are on the increase every year.

Dr. Kamarudin said chronic disease patients such as diabetes and high blood pressure are at risk in contracting this illness.

He added that urinary tract infection and kidney stone patients have the same risks.

“In this matter, they should control their eating habits and always adhere to doctors’ advise especially when taking medication,” said Dr. Kamarudin.

According to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 2012 report in the newspaper today, 4,000 patients have kidney failure every year and the number is expected to grow if effective preventive measures are not given priority. - FL
 

By Salbinous Saribun


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