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Uitm <b>Sarawak</b> now on par with main campus, says vice chancellor <b>...</b> Berita Sarawak - News 2 Sarawak

Uitm <b>Sarawak</b> now on par with main campus, says vice chancellor <b>...</b>

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 12:28 PM PDT

KUCHING: Universiti Teknologi Mara (Uitm) Sarawak Campus will be given full autonomy to manage finance and administration, said its vice chancellor Tan Sri Prof Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar.

With the full autonomy, the education standard here will be the same as the main campus at Shah Alam. In fact, convocation has been held at the Sarawak campus.

"With the full autonomy, Uitm Sarawak will manage its own finance and adminstration," said Sahol at the 'Mencorak Destini' book launch at the Samarahan Campus II yesterday.

He added that the state will continue to advance with the completion of the new Mukah campus in 2015.

"This means that there will be three campuses here in Sarawak and I am happy with the development."

Regarding the book, Sahol said that the inspiration came about due to his appreciation for Uitm.

"I love Uitm and in the book, I included my life story and Uitm's progress. Proceeds from the book sales will be channelled to the 'Mengubah Destini Anak Bangsa Foundation'.

The foundation is an initiative to students to change from 'zero to hero'. And proceeds from
the book sales will help more students, he said.

The books sold at RM50 each and are available at Uitm campus here.

Also present was Uitm Rector, Datuk Dr Jamil Hamali.

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Bekempit mih kena ngenegapka parti - The Borneo Post Online

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 02:47 PM PDT

by Judan Bungap. Posted on April 1, 2014, Tuesday

Penegap SPDP ukai bepun ari seiku tang gempung sereta kerejasama semua kaban parti

SIBU: Semua kaban Parti Demokratik Progresif Sarawak (SPDP) patut bekempit enggau pangan diri dikena ngenegapka parti.

Kaban Komiti Tinggi SPDP Paul Igai madah, pekara nya beguna agi ari ti masau hari ngasuh Presiden Parti Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom ngelengka penuduk nya.

"Anang kiruh ngasuh iya badu nyadi Presiden laban tu ukai maya iya. Enda ibuh mayuh sebana, anang ngaga penyarut ti tau ngasuh parti kitai lemi sereta anang bekedumu bejaika kaban diri.

"Ketegal nya aku ngarapka pengering parti ukai bepun ari seiku aja tang ari gempung sereta kerejasama kitai semua," ku iya maya dikerandau pengarang berita, kemari.

Iya mantaika penemu nya maya dipinta ngelansa riput Bernama Online ti madahka bisi lebih kurang 30 iti pati SPDP ngarapka Mawan ngelengka penuduk nyadi presiden laban nerima pemulai empat iku raban besai parti iya.

"Ba penemu kami, pemutus nya digaga enggau berumban kelimpah enda nitihka atur parti kitai," ku jaku ti dibantaika ripot nya.

Sida madah, pengawa nerima pemulai empat iku nya ngelanggar pemutus ke digaga maya Aum Besai Tiga Taun Sekali (TGA) enggau Aum Ninting Taun (AGM) ti madahka empat iku nya enda ulih pulai ngagai parti nya baru.

Sida empat tu iya nya Kaban Kunsil Nengeri Peter Nansian (Tasik Biru), Sylvester Entri (Marudi), Rosey Yunus (Bekenu) enggau Paulus Gumbang (Batu Danau).

Seiku agi iya nya Kaban Parlimen Mas Gading ke dulu suba, Dr Tiki Lafe.

Taja pan baka nya Tiki enda diterima pulai baru laban ngelaban Barisan Nasional (BN) maya pengawa bepilih besai suba.

Nampung jaku iya baru, ku Paul ti mega Sekretari Politik Kepala Menteri madah, jam maya tu mega ukai awak dikena sekeda raban parti beambi ulih.

Nambahka nya ku iya, nama-nama bengkah isu ti bisi nyadi dalam parti patut diputar begulai entara pemesai parti.

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Asean urged to prepare for natural disasters - The Borneo Post Online

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 09:04 AM PDT

HONOLULU: US officials on Wednesday offered to help Asean countries prepare for the devastating effects of climate change, urging stronger cooperation among armies and emergency agencies.

Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel and other top officials discussed the danger posed by rising global temperatures with Asean defence ministers in Honolulu, home to a major US weather research centre that tracks sea levels and tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean.

"The more we can understand the science behind these natural disasters the more we can coordinate and communicate our efforts to help each other," Hagel told his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Hagel said that cooperation among Asean militaries for humanitarian operations was steadily growing but that more collaboration was needed, as scientists predict more typhoons and other natural disasters will hit the region.

"We can do more. We will do more," Hagel said.

The head of the US Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah, told the ministers that a report this week from a UN expert panel on climate change made clear that erratic weather would "wreak havoc on societies all around the world."

"What that report also highlighted is that the Asia-Pacific is hit by more than 70 per cent of all of these natural disasters," Shah said. "And so you bear a greater brunt of the burden of those consequences."

Shah said governments had to collaborate and rehearse for typhoons, flooding and other 'extreme weather events' that are expected to become more frequent in coming decades.

The United States was "fully committed to working with and supporting you in this effort,"  he said.

The ministers were given a tour of a new regional centre for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which houses scientists that track typhoons, tsunamis and rising sea levels across the Pacific.

The gathering of defence ministers marked the first time the United States had hosted an Asean meeting, and US officials said it was the latest example of a strategic 'rebalance' aimed at countering China's growing military might and assertive territorial claims.

Over the past decade, the US military has expanded its disaster relief operations in Asia, deploying ships and aircraft to carry out rescues and to deliver food, water and supplies.

US forces deployed in large numbers to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan struck the country in November, killing thousands.

Apart from saving lives, humanitarian operations offer Washington a way of cultivating trust among countries that are anxious about China but are wary of entering into an open alliance that might antagonise Beijing, analysts and officials say.

Hagel later led his counterparts on a tour of a new amphibious ship, the USS Anchorage, a vessel equipped with aircraft and vehicles that military officers say are well-suited for both combat and disaster relief efforts.

After the Asean talks wrap yesterday, Hagel is due to travel to Japan and China, amid tensions between the two Asian powers over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

As part of its 'pivot' to Asia, the United States has vowed to move more of its warships and aircraft to the Pacific region, but budget pressures have threatened to slow down the shift.

Hagel, however, insisted the rebalance was well under way and would not be derailed, citing the deployment of a US Marine contingent in Australia and combat ships to Singapore as well as stepped up exercises.

"I think it's pretty clear even with budget restraints – we'll live with those – this is a priority. We'll fulfill the commitments that we've made," Hagel told reporters on Tuesday. — AFP

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