RABU, 12 MAC - Pentas Dewan Canselor Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) sekali lagi bakal mengukir sejarah apabila menjadi  medan utama berlangsungnya Majlis Konvokesyen Komemoratif pada 18 Mac 2014.

 

Acara berprestij tersebut diadakan sempena Majlis Penganugerahan Ijazah Kehormat Doktor Undang-undang University of Wolverhampton (UoW) United Kingdom kepada Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Sabah merangkap Canselor UMS, Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Haji Juhar Datuk Haji Mahiruddin.

 

Majlis penganugerahan dijangka akan disempurnakan oleh Naib Canselor universiti itu, Prof. Geoff Layer.

 

Dijadual hadir sama, Ketua Menteri Sabah merangkap Pro Canselor UMS; Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Hj Aman; Pro Canselor UMS, Yeoh Tiong Lay dan Toh Puan Hajah Norlidah RM Jasni.

 

Dilahirkan pada 5 November 1953 di Kampung Tambisan, Sandakan; Tun Haji Juhar telah mendapat pendidikan awal di Government Primary School Tambisan (1965) sebelum melanjutkan pelajaran hingga tingkatan tiga di Government Secondary School Sandakan (1970).  

 

Beliau kemudiannya menuntut di Sabah College dalam tingkatan empat dan lima pada tahun 1971 hingga 1972 sebelum melanjutkan pengajian ke luar negara.

 

Pada tahun 1975, Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Sabah telah menyambung pengajian ke peringkat ‘A Level’ di Technical College Birmingham England. Atas usaha dan semangat yang tidak pernah kenal erti jemu dalam pencarian ilmu, beliau meneruskan lagi pengajiannya sehingga berjaya memperoleh Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sastera (Undang-Undang) dari The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton (1980) dan Barrister-At-Law, Lincoln’s In London (1981).

 

Kariernya dalam Perkhidmatan Awam bermula pada tahun 1982 apabila dilantik menjadi Majistret Kelas Pertama. Beliau kemudiannya dilantik menjadi Setiausaha Politik pada tahun 1986 hingga 1989 sebelum diberi kepercayaan untuk bertanding dan menang di kawasan Parlimen Kinabatangan pada tahun 1990. Tun Haji Juhar kekal sebagai Ahli Parlimen kawasan tersebut sehingga 1999; dan dalam masa sama, beliau juga telah dilantik memegang jawatan Timbalan Yang Di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat.

 

Selaku Ahli Parlimen dan Timbalan Yang Di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat, pelbagai persidangan antarabangsa telah disertai di samping lawatan Ahli Parlimen di dalam dan luar negara. Beliau kemudiannya dilantik sebagai Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah mulai tahun 2002 hingga 2010.

 

Tun Haji Juhar telah mendirikan rumah tangga dengan Toh Puan Hajah Norlidah dan dikurniakan dua anak lelaki dan dua perempuan. -SS

 

 

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FRIDAY, 07 MARCH – A total of 61 undergraduates from the Sports Science Course, School of Education and Social Development (SPPS), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) were involved in a UMS-International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Kids’ Athletics at Sekolah Kebangsaan Likas, Kota Kinabalu recently.

The programme was held in collaboration with the Malaysian Athletics Union with the aim to help primary school identify and train more athletes in the track and field events.

According to the Chairman of the programme, Dr Mohamad Nizam Nazarudin; activities carried out were based on the element of fun, filled with various track and field events.

“All basic movements such as running, jumping and throwing were done in a laid-back atmosphere based on light physical exercises to ensure that it is easy for the primary school children,” he said.

A lecturer of Sports Science at SPPS, Dr Mohamad said that the programmes received encouraging response and would continue to be held at other schools in the hope of uncovering more athletes in track and field events.

“Among the events held were Sprint/Hurdles, Shuttle Relay, Forward Squat Jumps, Speed Ladder, Long Jump with a Pole, Cross Hop and Knee Throw & Overhead Backward Throw,” he added.

40 students took part in the programme who were between the ages of 7-12 and was supervised by experts in the field of athletics. Among them were the Vice-President of the Malaysian Athletics Union, K. Yogasveran; IAAF Academy Diploma Coach, S. Anbarassuu; Penang Sports Council (MSN) Coach, Simon Lau Chin Meng; National Athletics Coach, Raymie A. Bakar and former Young Athletes Development Programme Coordinator (MSN), Pathmanathan K. Suppiah. – SS (fl)

 
Source: SPPS

 
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FRIDAY, 07 MARCH – The agarwood industry in recent years has received overwhelming response from local entrepreneurs to develop the field.

Thus, as a continuation to the Sabah Agarwood Seminar in 2011, the School of International Tropical Forestry (SPTA) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in collaboration with G&G Management Consultant Sdn Bhd will be organising a National Agarwood Innoculation Workshop 2014 this coming April.

The two-day seminar was aimed at providing the latest information on agarwood innoculation techniques in order to increase the revenue of operators who have seen high demand over the last five years.

Through this workshop, entrepreneurs would be able to find out the existing technology on the processing of agarwood innoculation from other experts besides networking to market the product.

In addition, workshops would be held on 16^th and 17^th April which would see paper presentations from a lecturer attached to Mulawarman Universiti Indonesia, Prof. Ir. Dr. Abu Bakar and a representative from the Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Dr. Muhamad Lebai Juri.

A special briefing on the direction of the Agarwood industry in Sabah will be held and presented by Datuk George A. Ginibun from the G&G Management Consultant Sdn Bhd.

As such, registrations are open to those interested to join the workshop with a fee of RM400 per participant. However, early birds have until 31 March to register and enjoy a discounted fee of RM350. Please contact Awang Ahmad Mohd Yunus at 016 8124883 for further information. – ZMD (fl)

 

Source : School of International Tropical Forestry (SPTA)

THURSDAY, 06 MARCH – Non-performing of daily tasks entrusted to us not only brings harm to the organisation but is also doing injustice to our colleagues and ourself.

Taking the head of department as an example, he or she should be monitor staff who are not committed, like to hang around not doing any work or prefer to direct others in doing work because failure to do so would make the said staff to be negative and have an adverse impact on other employees.

Head of Mosque and Islamic Affairs Unit (UHEIM) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Dr. Muhamad Suhaimi Taat said, every task given no matter your ranks, were tasks given by Allah s.w.t and all efforts and ways of finding them were the beginning of a good sustenance.

“We must adopt the act of working in sincerity which is to realise that every task is monitored by Allah s.w.t. and if we are honest and accept all what we have gained willingly, Insya-Allah we will be rewarded in this world and the hereafter,” he said when presenting a talk in the UMS Mosque Weekly Talk Programme.

Talking about the concept of integrity, Dr. Suhaimi said it was our responsibility to speak up or make a report if there was any wrong committed relating to integrity such as corruption, laziness and so on.

“The practice of accepting bribes would hinder us from getting any blessings as the consequences would be detrimental to us including our family and children as they are haram,” he said.

He added that integrity would be present if there was cooperation within the group, jealousies and questioning each other’s work would only separate us thus making the whole system defective.

“We must remember that all the work we do will be questioned again in the afterlife. It is uncertain if all our work and prayers were sufficient to repay the blessings that Allah s.w.t bestows on us,” he stressed.

The talk organised by UHEIM touched on trust and integrity in our work and daily life in conjunction with UMS level Integrity Month celebrated in March. More than 30 participants comprising staff and students of UMS attended the talk. – SM & MA (fl)

 
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