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LABUAN: Kempen derma darah anjuran Sekretariat Pencegah Rasuah Universiti Malaysia Sabah (SPRUMS) Cawangan Labuan telah mendapat sambutan yang
menggalakkan daripada kakitangan dan pelajar Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kampus Antarabangsa Labuan (UMSKAL), baru- baru ini.
PAMERAN yang diadakan bersebelahan kaunter pendaftaran.
PENOERMA darah dalam kalangan mahasiswa UMSKAL
Program yangmenyasarkan warga UMSKAL itu bagi meningkatkan jumlah penderma darah di Wilayah Persekutuan La buan di samping dapat mendedahkan kebaikan menderma darah pada kesihatan individu.
Penyelaras program Roji Sinun berkata, objektif kempen itu bukan sahaja untuk membantu pihak hospital menarnbah bekalan darah tetapi juga untuk memupuk nilai integriti dan prihatin dalam setiap individu yang hadir untuk sarna-sarna membantu mereka yang memerlukan.
Katanya, kempen itu dilaksanakan bagi melahirkan pelajar yang aktifbukan sahaja dari segi akedamik tapi dalam semua aspek terutama sahsiah dan kerohanian mahasiswa.
Sramai 134 orang tarnpil menderma darah termasuk ahli dalam kempen yang
dianjurkan SPRUMS dengan kerjasama UMSKAL dan Hospital Labuan.
SPRUMS menyasarkan golongan belia kerana mereka merupakan golongan yang aktif dan mempunyai pengaruh terhadap rakan sebaya mereka sekali gus dapatmenarikdalamkalangan mereka untuk menderma darah.
PenganUiPrograrnSyahidah Ma~mud mengucapkan tenma kasih kepada semua penderma sekali gus membantu menambah bekalan darah di Hospital Labuan.
Kempen yang bermula dari jam 9 pagi hingga 3 petang dan diadakan di Bilik Sri Menanti, Menara UMSKAL itu dikendalikan Unit Tabung
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Darah, Hospital Nukleus Labuan yang diketuai Penyelaras Kempen Derma Darah Raiman Lubugan dan kakitangan Unit Tabung Darah.
(Atas) KEAOAAN Bilik Sri Menanti yang dipenuhi dengan warga UMSKAL yang ingin menderma darah.
(Bawah) PENYELARAS kempen derma darah, Raiman dan Syahidah (em pat kiri) bersama kakitangan Unit Tabung Darah.
N " ~, () ~ TCTP participants benefit from training
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By VESTA VANESSA TCTP," said Jo eph.
JSOL The Institute for Tropical KOTA KlNABALU: Seven-
teen participants from 10 countrie and 52 of their gov- ernment agencies have ben- efited from biodiversity and eco ) tern management train- ing in Sabah.
Conducted under the Third Countf) Training Programme (TCTP). the 2015 edition that dre\" to a clo. e ye~terday aw the participation of 17 trainee from 10 countries.
-Sabah ha be orne a con- i tent international training ground for integrated ecosy - (em and biodivcr it) managc- mt:n ." abah deput) state sec- rctar) Datuk 10 eph Yuntavid . aid at the closing ceremon).
Among the out orne of the programme i~ the drafting of action plan to be implement- ed in the participams' respec- tive countrie , of which the TCTP ecretartat will monitor and follo\\ up.
- abah TCTP will keep on monitoring the progress of the implementation o.f ~e plans of a tion by all participants who are now the alumni of the
Biology and Conservation at Universiti Malay ia Sabah (ITBC, VMS), Malay ia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sabah State Government and Japan International Cooper- ation Agency (liea) are part- ners in the programme.
"J am utmo t certain that the training programme will be continued and furthcr en- hanced, trengthened in the near future under the coor- dination of ITBC, UMS with other Sabah State agencie ,"
added Jo eph.
Meanwhile, the Director of lTBC, Prof Charles S Vairap- pan, said the participating countries have benefitted from the success of Sabah in integrating all stakeholders in the conservation of the tate's biodiver ity and ecosystem.
Other than the TCTP, the Bornean Biodiversity and Ecosystem Con ervation (BBEC) project concluded in 2012 al 0 has led to a large number of officers from S bah being trained in bio- diversit) and conservation.
"They are now assets to
Joseph (second right) handing a certificate to a participant as Charles (right) and Ismail (second left) look on.
Sabah in managing the valu- able natural resources that Sabah is blessed with.
uThere are also the officer and researchers who are now training Our fellow conserva- tionist from other developing nations in Sabah TCTP," said Charle.
He believed that the ability and awareness on the impor- tance of biodiversity and ecosy tern conservation will be a good legacy for the future generation.
The 10 countries represent-
ed at the Sabah TCTP were Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, and a well as Malay ia.
flCA spokesman Yoshiza- wa hoped that participants will apply the fo:mulat~ ac- tion plan and put Into action to solve the urgent issue in their re pective areas.
Also pre ent at the cere- mony is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UMS, As- sociate Professor Ismail Ali.
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UMS strives to increase number of students
NST :18 · R· is 3 in Science. Technology
By MARRYAN RAZAN Marryan@newsabah- times.com.my
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) strives to increase the number of stu- dents in science and technology in line with the development of science and technology world- wide .
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah said the university expected as many as 60 per cent of first-time undergraduates will pursue sci- ence and technology courses.
"I believe with the addition of more science and technology students each year, we can achieve the aspiration to be- come a developed country that emphasises on a literate society with a culture for science in every dimension of life.
"Therefore, I urge students. to continue cultivating an interest in science and technology and to be committed in becoming part of the driving force that achieves national goals.
Some of the UMS students who received
their Foundation
Course in Science Certificate
at the ceremony.
"Prove to the world that stu- dents are also contributors to the development of science and technology not only in Malaysia but throughout the world," he said.
Dr. Mohd Harun said this in his speech at the 5th presen- tation of the Foundation Course in Science Certificates at the Recital Hall of VMS here yes- terday.
The speech was delivered by the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Alumni, Associate Prof. Prof. Dr. Ismail Ali. A total of31O received the Foundation Course in Science Certificate.
'Mohd Harun said the field of science and technology in Malaysia was rapidly advanc- ing in leaps and bounds.
Therefore, the government made every effort to emphasise on science and technology and which has now been producing encouraging results.
"The government continues to give commitment in making sure science and technology ad-
Dr. Ismail (centre) presents the Foundation Course in Science Certificate to a student. Dr. Sazmal Effendi is at left and Og
Rukiah is second from right.
vance in this country by pro- viding adequate funding for re- search and development.
"The government is aware that in order to be a competitive nation, it requires a great deal of highly skilled human resource.
Thai is why VMS is also work- ing to increase the number of students in cience and tech- nulogy," he said.
Mohd Harun told students not only to excel in the academics but also to have quality per- sonalitie and to interact well with ociety.
Also present were the Di- rector of the Preparatory Centre for Science and Technology, Prof. Dr. Arshad Sazmal Ef- fend i and Chief Librarian for VMS, Dg Rukiah Ami! Ag.
