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KOTA KINABALU: Earthquake building designs have to be implemented in earthquake red zone areas in Sabah.

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Natural Disaster Research Centre (NDRC) main researcher fellow, Ts. Dr Noor Sheena Herayani Harith stressed that districts in Sabah that are earthquake prone such as Ranau, Lahad Datu and Kunak, need such building designs.

“The exposure in suitable building designs at these earthquake hot spots to avoid loss of lives, in addition to inculcating training to prepare the public for the disaster.

“Earthquakes by itself is not dangerous, but the rubbles from building structures will impact and threaten people’s safety and lives,” said Dr Noor Sheena when delivering a talk at the Sabah State Disaster Committee Secretariat Strengthening Programme (JPBN) 2022 recently. She is also the head of the NDRC Earthquake group.

The talk entitled “The Science of Earthquake in Malaysia: Status and Challenges” is organised by the Sabah Malaysian Civil Defense Force (APM).

A total of 40 officers from APM, which is the secretariat for JPBN and committee of the district disaster management in Sabah, attended the event.

Dr Noor Sheena, who is also UMS Engineering Faculty’s senior lecturer also shared the Malaysia Seismic Danger Map.

The map is based on the Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) value in the Malaysian Standard MS En 1998-1: 2015 National Annex 2017 by Malaysia’s Standard Department.

“The Seismic Danger Map is a product of joint research of specialists from several departments, private agencies, nongovernment organisations and universities in Malaysia whereby one of them is a specialist researcher in the field of earthquakes from NDRC, UMS,” she said.

Meanwhile, UMS NDRC director Professor Madya Ts. Gs. Dr Carolyn Melissa Payus informed that researches linked to the behavior and mitigation of earthquakes are one of the research focuses at NDRC, in addition to tsunami, landslides, floods, climate change, drought, beach and river erosion.

“Established since 2006, this centre acts as a focal point for all research in UMS linked to natural disasters.

“NDRC’s involvement in the talk such as this is hoped to be able to give beneficial input in terms of early preparations to the JPBN Secretariat and JPBD, APM Sabah, and also provide opportunities to research specialists to share their research to stakeholders in the management of natural disaster in Malaysia.

“This is in line with the NDRC establishment which is to generate new knowledge connected to the behavior, mechanism, impact and mitigation of natural disaster toward the management of natural disaster that is more effective and holistic in the country,” she said.

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah-born Professor Datuk Dr Kasim Md Mansur is the new Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) vice-chancellor.

The 61-year-old will assume his new appointment from next Monday.

A Business Administration degree graduate, he also has a master's degree in Economics from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, the United States and a Doctoral degree in the same field from the University of Wisconsin.

Kasim served as the deputy vice-chancellor (Student and Alumni Affairs) of UMS for five years from 2009 to 2014.

In a statement, the Higher Education Ministry said Kasim was a highly regarded academic figure among the university's officers and students.

"At the Sabah state level, he contributed significantly to Sabahans as a member of the Sabah Economic Advisory Council and a board member of the Institute for Development Studies, Sabah.

Based on the reputation of the leadership of the institution, Kasim, the statement said can form a harmonious network of working relationships with all stakeholders, especially in Sabah.

"The ministry is confident that he will lead UMS in becoming one of the preferred universities at the national level, thus promoting overall academic excellence."

The statement also extended acknowledgement and gratitude to former vice-chancellor Professor Datuk Dr Taufiq Yap Yun Hin on his contributions to UMS.

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KOTA KINABALU - Sempena sambutan Hari Malaysia, Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM) telah menganjurkan satu forum bicara Ad-din bertajuk Keluarga

Bahagia Membentuk Warga Patriotik bertempat di Dewan Bankuasi Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), baru baru ini.

Forum secara bersemuka ini melibatkan Ketua Pengarah IKIM, Prof. Madya Dr. Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil, Dekan Fakulti Pengajian Islam (FIS) UMS, Prof. Dr.

Hj. Mohd Dahlan bin Hj. A. Malek dan Timbalan Presiden Majlis Belia Sabah (MBS), Mohd Nur Hilmie Milus.

Menurut Dr. Mohamed Azam, keluarga bahagia adalah keluarga yang sejahtera, bermaksud keluarga yang mempunyai sifat aman dan makmur.

“Tentang keluarga, ia merupakan satu elemen pertalian dan ikatan sama ada hubungan darah atau perkahwinan. Daripada pertalian itu maka ia menimbulkan rasa saling harap mengharap antara satu sama lain yang ditetapkan agama dan diteguhkan oleh undang-undang.

“Kita tidak boleh lari dari tuntutan agama dan undang-undang dalam aspek pembinaan keluarga,” ujarnya.

Tambah beliau lagi, elemen usrah membentuk satu keluarga yang membawa maksud bersama-sama menjalinkan satu proses pembentukan yang dibina atas semangat ukhuwah.

“Usrah seharusnya mempunyai tiga prinsip iaitu Taaruf mengenali satu sama lain untuk pembentukan satu keluarga, Tafahum saling faham memahami untuk tidak

terjadinya pergaduhan dan akhir sekali mestilah ada Takaful yang membawa maksud saling bantu membantu sekiranya terjadi masalah.

“Untuk mewujudkan keluarga bahagia, sesebuah keluarga seharusnya mempunyai akhlak dan adab. Dengan adanya akhlak dan adab akan membentuk Keluarga

Malaysia yang aman dan damai,” katanya.

Prof. Mohd Dahlan juga bersetuju dengan kenyataan daripada Dr. Mohamed Azem mengenai keluarga bahagia ialah keluarga sejahtera.

“Keluarga Malaysia yang bahagia bermula daripada rumah. Pembentukan keluarga patriotik yang bersandarkan slogan rumahku syurgaku akan mewujudkan keluarga yang aman damai, tenteram dan keluarga sejahtera.

“Semasa di rumah, setiap ahli keluarga seharusnya hormat dan taat pada ketua keluarga. Hal ini akan mewujudkan ciri-ciri keluarga yang bahagia.

“Selaku ketua rumah, ketua keluarga haruslah mempunyai ciri-ciri tertentu dan seharusnya melahirkan ciri-ciri keluarga bahagia,” katanya.

Mewakili golongan belia, Nur Hilmie pula berpendapat, setiap generasi muda perlulah mempunyai semangat patriotisme yang mendalam untuk mewujudkan keluarga yang bahagia.

“Golongan belia juga seharusnya mempunyai taqwa kerana taqwa mampu membawa keluarga bahagia,” katanya.

Forum tersebut dikendalikan Ahli Lembaga Pengarah IKIM, Prof. Datuk ChM. Ts. Dr. Taufiq Yap Yun Hin yang juga mantan Naib Canselor UMS.

Forum Bicara Ad-din boleh diikuti menerusi Facebook TVIKIM.

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KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and Digital Geoscience Global Sdn Bhd (DGeG), a geoscience services provider, have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to expand their collaboration recently.

Under the letter of intent, both parties aim to jointly harness each other’s strengths and experiences to enhance the growth of several academic and research activities.

The LoI was signed by the Dean of Faculty of Science and Natural Resources UMS, Professor Dr Jualang @ Azlan Abdullah Gansau and the Chief Executive Officer of Digital Geoscience Global Sdn Bhd, Siti Sarah Ab Rahman while co-witnessed by Aidah Noordin, Deputy Senior Registrar of UMS and Noor Nazira Nazari, the Chief Operation Officer of Digital Geoscience Global Sdn Bhd, who joined in carrying out the LoI signing procedures in an event held in Intercontinental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Siti Sarah who is also a proud alumna of UMS co-founded DGeG with her partners in 2021 to enhance and upscale the quality of geological tasks. With the motto of “Digitalisation of Earth towards Sustainability”, DGEG offers robust solutions by using the most innovative integrated digital geology approach aligned with Industrial Revolution 4.0 and Sustainability Developments Goals (SDGs) adopted by United Nations (UN).

This collaboration was initiated through an initiative by DGeG and UMS to form a consortium to study the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Malaysia with other well-established universities and companies. Through the Letter of Intent, FSSA also seeks to partner with DGeG to promote interventions that expand academic and research quality collaboratively. Specifically, both parties have unitedly agreed to manage activities, such as sharing expertise through teaching, research and publication activities, student internship, staff attachment, professional training, consultation, and any collaboration that benefits both parties for further networking and development.

“The collaboration between UMS and DGeG is a good step especially when we now encourage the involvement of industries in academics. With the sharing expertise and latest technology between industries and universities, we are hoping to empower research and development in geoscience field, especially related to energy resources. The planned research of carbonate and clastic rocks in Sabah could be a good start for further networking which serves particularly in sedimentology and seismic modelling through digital geoscience,” said Jualang.

“In DGeG, we believe that collaboration between university and industry is important, not only to achieve the fourth SDG which is to enhance quality in education but also to achieve a few other SDGs such as to promote clean energy, sustainability development in cities and human as well as to reduce climate change impacts. Hence, we aim to expand collaborations with industries and universities to enhance sustainability in geoscience and align with the 17th SDG which is to revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development by 2030” said Siti Sarah.

Appointed as chairman of Women in Geology 2023 by the Institute of Geology Malaysia (IGM) recently, she also addressed that there is no gender bias when we speak about the quality and there are many women in geoscience that have been awarded and recognized internationally.

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KOTA KINABALU: The Confucius Institute @ Universiti Malaysia Sabah (CI@UMS) and the United Sabah Chinese Communities Association of Kota Kinabalu (USCCAKK) will jointly organise the Land Below the Wind Talk-20 on this Sunday (Sept 25), to start at 9pm.

The organisers have invited Dr Tan Beng Huat to deliver his talk entitled “Maritime Silk Road Culture: Sabah Narratives in the Context of the 10-year-old Belt and Road Initiative”.

Dr Tan graduated from University of South Australia (UniSA) with the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA). He founded the Sabah Maritime Silk Road Society in 2015, and served as the president of the society until 2019.

It was not only the first overseas Maritime Silk Road organisation in Malaysia to adhere to the “Belt and Road” vision, but also the only one from the positioning of the South China Sea culture at that time.

As a prelude to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the “Belt and Road Initiative”, Dr Tan as the founder of the Malaysia Sea Silk Association and Sabah Sea Silk Association will talk on Sabah’s post-pandemic reconstruction and recovery from the perspective of a researcher and promoter of cultural and creative industries.

Besides, he will touch on how to revive the rich cultural and historical resources of the South China Sea so that Sabah can find its own revitalisation and win-win position for the next wave of “Belt and Road Initiative”.

This Land Below the Wind Talk is opened to the public free of charge. The language of this talk is Chinese and English.

All are welcome to participate by scanning the QR code.

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  3. Letusan gunung berapi lumpur bukan petanda bencana
  4. UMS students received AIMS scholarships, spent a semester in Dongguk University Gyeongju

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