BO EO AIL 80 1996
S c . . 1 en I IC t ., . d/!0 eomwrf~;,c /'?t;,
coope. rat. ion on Danum
'KOTA KINABAI:.U:
A Memorandum of Under s tan.ding signed between Universiti Malaysia 8abah and the Hoyal Soci«ty of London has eaved the
way
for sc1entif·ic cooperation in various research art!as in the State.
B y - - - . Situ I Mlntow
UMS Vice-Chan- cellor Professor Dato' Dr Abu Hassan 0th- .man yesterday smd in
conjunction with---the MoU signing _ceremo- ny at the l,JMS Cam.
pus in Likas Bay tnat
it would enable both SIGNED AND SEALED ... Abu Hassan (left) ·and Clutton s~des. to undertak:e sig- exchange documents aft.er.the sitning ceremony yesterday.
mficant researches on • . · ·. · . · .
tropical rainforests. He sai·d UMS and "We would like to Meanwh1!e in hls He said· although the Royal Society's thank "the Danqm speech, chairman ?f the MoU signing only efforts were for- Valley Management· the Southeast Asia took place yesterday, malised "through the Committee for their ,Rainforest Research collabor.ation efforts MoU. . {:ooperation in giving Programme of the between l!MS and the "We hope that us access to the re~ Royal Society, Profes~
--~OWli'Fds· through-tl1eM?ftl'"Weseamnentre-·ancr7iT1-Sor T. Ff.-·-cruttirn-- promotin~ i~esearch in. would be_ able to ca·rry orga.nisations as well Bro.c~. de.scribed t~e the rainforest · of ou~,.quah~y research- as individuals ·who Mo.U signing as a his- Southeast Asia, espe- es, he smd. have contributed to toric evei:t.,
ciall m Danum Valley He. also assured the success of this He sru~ the l_?anum had been on-going that UMS would coop- d t k" CM U).. Valley Field Centre si'.J_Ceearly ~~~Q.,... . erate fully_,.,,ith the. h~·s!~/ rng . 0 . ';._had be_tl!L.th~. TJlE.l.l.11.
·Abu Has·san .said Royal Society's scien- · focus since the incep- the Danum Vrillev was tis ts in research · T.1 ..
·a
th.. l.J tion of SEARR in the.-
cineonfiew-erf-k~~n- .
'vo1;T<S;""p~oV1Cfet::emj)O--·-;~f:b~th c~~,-~.fe;--earfY-T980s-Tri- ·.re:-·
a1)d the best rnmfo_r- rnry office a_nd r.e- to benefit from the col- sponse to mou!1t111g est research centres m search work space for · laborations and coop-i concern for the futnre Southeast Asia. ·t.hem. <" orations. ' of tropical rainforests.
