SELASA, 18 MAC - Sebagai salah sebuah negara yang kaya dengan sumber marin dan akuakultur di rantau ini, adalah penting bagi Malaysia untuk mengekalkan sumber-sumber tersebut bagi memenuhi permintaan hasil laut yang semakin meningkat.

Justeru, bagi memastikan sumber-sumber laut itu dapat dikekalkan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) melalui Institut Penyelidikan Marin Borneo (IPMB) tampil menganjurkan Seminar Sains Marin dan Akuakultur Antarabangsa 2014.

Siri persidangan selama tiga hari tersebut merupakan sebuah platform pertukaran ilmu dalam bidang ekosistem marin dan perkembangan sumber makanan laut melalui perikanan lestari dan akuakultur.

Menurut Menteri Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi (MOSTI), Datuk Dr. Ewon Ebin; keupayaan produktiviti laut akan terganggu sekiranya perlindungan biodiversiti marin dan sistem sokongan kepada hidupan laut itu tidak dipertingkatkan.

“Cabaran hebat dalam pembangunan mampan sektor ini adalah disebabkan oleh perubahan iklim, yang menyebabkan terjadinya pengasidan laut dan perkara ini memerlukan usaha global untuk menyelesaikannya,” katanya ketika merasmikan persidangan tersebut di Grand Ballroom 1Borneo, Kota Kinabalu.

Menerusi persidangan itu juga, Datuk Dr. Ewon Ebin berharap agar para saintis negara dapat menjalinkan hubungan kerjasama dengan institusi-institusi antarabangsa dalam menangani masalah global tersebut.

Terdahulu, Naib Canselor UMS, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah berkata, meskipun eksploitasi berlebihan kepada sumber biologi marin adalah bersifat global, namun setiap negara harus saling bekerjasama ke arah mengawal struktur dan fungsi-fungsi komuniti biologi dalam bidang kuasa masing-masing.

“Ia merupakan satu cabaran yang besar bagi mengurangkan kesan tindakan manusia dan perubahan iklim ke atas sumber marin sambil membangunkan sistem akuakultur mampan menggunakan teknologi yang serasi dengan piawaian alam sekitar,” ujarnya. Teks ucapan beliau dibacakan oleh Timbalan Naib Canselor (Akademik dan Antarabangsa), Prof. Shariff Abd. Kadir Omang Al-Haj.

Persidangan yang dihadiri lebih 100 peserta dari dalam dan luar negara itu merupakan anjuran UMS dengan kerjasama Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia, Lembaga Pelabuhan-pelabuhan Sabah, Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Taman-taman Sabah, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) serta Direktorat Oseanografi Kebangsaan Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi dan. -ZMD


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FRIDAY, 14 MARCH – Chairman of the Board of Directors (LPU) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Tun Zaki Tun Azmi urged all UMS community to practice integrity at all times.

He said that academic and administrative staff including UMS students should strive to reach a higher level of integrity in themselves.

“A university that does not practice integrity will not be respected in terms of its degree and publications, and its graduates will have a hard time finding employment.

“For UMS to be a respected university, it should practice good corporate governance, quality management, good planning and monitoring, ensuring accountability for all financial management, implementation of university’s policies according to regulations and to practice transparency in all matters,” he emphasised.

He said this in his inaugural talk ‘Warga Berintegriti, Universiti Berkualiti’ at the Dewan Resital, UMS.

The programmes which would be held during the month of integrity would be extended until the next year as a way to remind and cultivate the culture of integrity among UMS community over time.

More than 500 staff and students of UMS attended the inaugural lecture of Tun Zaki’s. Also present were the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah, UMS Registrar, Datuk Abdullah Hj. Mohd. Said and Principal Officers of the university. – MA (fl)

 
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THURSDAY, 13 MARCH – The Debug group which comprised of staff from the Registrar Department had been selected to represent Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) at the 10^th Creative and Innovative Convention (KIK) Institutions of Higher Learning (IPTA) level which will be held on 8-10 April at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).

The group was selected after netting the highest score in the KIK project at UMS level recently. Debug presented their project entitle ‘Employee Data Sent to MyMOHES Does Not Reach 100% of Management Data’.

UMS Registrar, Datuk Abdullah Hj. Mohd. Said said that the KIK UMS level was organised in line with the 4^th University Key Result Areas which was Governance, Leadership and Delivery System.

It was obvious that not only KIK was able to solve various work problems and daily work routine but also helped increase human capital development.

“KIK is able to promote creative and innovative work culture and build a solid teamwork. This will increase motivation as well as appreciation and satisfaction to all individuals involved,” he said.

Also present as the evaluation panel for the KIK project presentation was the Sabah SIRIM Director, Haji Khairan Utoh; Sabah MARDI Director, Hj Sadi Sujang and Malaysia Productivity Corporation Executive Consultant Sabah Branch, Edward Binty. – MA (fl)

 
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THURSDAY, 13 MARCH – The grief and anxiety that surrounds the families of the passengers and crew of flight MH370 which is still missing since last Saturday cannot be imagined.

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) lends sympathy to the plight that befalls the 239 passengers and crew of the missing flight MH370 which is still a mystery when search and rescue teams have still not found any indication as to the whereabouts of the plane.

Hence, some UMS staff took the initiative to organise a cycling mission ‘Pray For MH370’ in support of the efforts in locating the missing aircraft conducted by the government with the help of other countries such as USA, China, Vietnam and Japan.

The ride around UMS campus for 8 kilometres was well received especially from students when they had their pit stops at some locations.

Bringing the message ‘Pray For MH370’, one of the participants, Azmi Haris said that the cycling programme was done on a voluntary basis as a sign of support by UMS to the families of the passengers and crew of MH370 to continue praying and hope for the best for those in the aircraft.

The cycling programme also received the support from the Centre for Co-curriculum and Student Development by providing the bikes and cycling helmets. – ZMD & SS (fl)

 

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