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UMS moourns loss of ‘irreplaceable’ lecturer

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:05 AM PDT

by Rebecca Chong. Posted on August 23, 2014, Saturday

KOTA KINABALU: Melancholy filled the air at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Psychology and Education Faculty here yesterday when over a hundred UMS staff and students gathered in a memorial ceremony to remember passengers on board Malaysian Airlines MH17 which took the lives of 298 people last month, including a lecturer from the faculty, Ng Shi Ing or Jessie.

"Jessie's office in UMS is still untouched until today. UMS has lost one lecturer who is truly irreplaceable," dean of the faculty, Prof Dr Ismail Ibrahim told the ceremony.

Jessie Ng, who was 33 years old, lost her life when was on her way home from Antwerp, Belgium after presenting a paper on Computer Assisted English Learning, which she co-wrote with her best friend and research partner, Dr Lee Kean Wah.

Her one-year-old son, Benjamin, and her sister-in-law Elisabeth Ng Lye Ti were also on the same flight which ended in tragedy the world will not be able forget, especially so for Jessie's husband, Lee Vee Weng.

Ismail further added by saying: "Jessie, who was the second child out of six siblings to a government-pensioner father, Ng Pae Soon, 67, and a teacher mother, Tan Ah Chin, 62, always looked happy and friendly for as long as I knew her.

"Jessie's mother, whom I met recently in Johor, told me that she lost two daughters in the plane."

The dean also listed out Jessie's achievements in her career. She graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and became a lecturer at UMS on September 19, 2011.

"For less than three years, Jessie was already involved in several research projects that were worth more than RM480,000 in which five projects were completed.

"From the research projects, Jessie and her partners got five gold medals in a PEREKA UMS competition in 2011, and one gold medal at national-level, at the International Invention and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) 2013 with the invention of a creative personality analyser.

"She had also won a bronze medal at the International Trade Fair Ides Invention New Products (iENA) 2013 in Nuremberg, Germany with her invention of Creative and Innovative English Language Teaching Through Digital Story Telling.

"In a very brief span of three years, she produced five journal articles and more than ten articles which were uploaded on Prosiding. She was also involved in national and international conferences, such as in Ahmenabad India, Vietnam, Thailand, Beijing China, Taiwan and lastly, the University of Antwerp, Belgium, where the tragedy occurred," Ismail said.

While Elisabeth was reunited with their family in Muar, along with 19 others who finally came home 36 days after the tragedy, Jessie and Ben's fate are, unfortunately, still unknown.

"All we know is that, through conversation with her husband Lieutenant Commander Lee Vee Weng, who is an officer with the Royal Malaysian Navy submarine unit based in Sepanggar, her body has been identified and is coming home tomorrow. We can only hope the same for her son," he said, yesterday.

Also present at the ceremony were Minister of Community Development and Consumer Affairs Datuk Jainab Ahmad Ayid and deputy vice-chancellor, Prof. Madya Dr Ismail Ali.

Elsewhere in Sabah, the Hyatt Regency Kinabalu staff also gathered at their hotel to mourn while watching a live telecast and later threw flowers into the sea.

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CM receives RM500,000 for mosques, religious schools in Sabah

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:04 AM PDT

KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman officiated at the launching ceremony of the State-level "Hijrah Carnival 2014" programme at the State Mosque in Sembulan Thursday night.

Among those present were the wife of the Chief Minister Datin Seri Hajah Faridah Haji Tussin, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Tawfiq Abu Bakar Titingan, Minister of Community Development and Consumer Affairs Datuk Jainab Ahmad and Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Haji Ariffin Haji Mohd. Arif, who is also the organizing chairman.

Also in attendance were the Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia's (YADIM) presiden, Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki and chairman of TV Al-Hijrah Tan Sri Dr Yusof Mohd Nor and heads of departments and agencies.

Jamil also presented a mock cheque for RM500,000 to Musa contributed by the Islamic Council of Federal Territory for the mosques and Islamic religious schools in Sabah.

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PM and wife in KK to attend wedding

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:02 AM PDT

Posted on August 23, 2014, Saturday

KOTA KINABALU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor specially flew in from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu to grace the wedding ceremony of State Deputy Chief Minister cum Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Datuk Seri Panglima Yahya Hussin's son, Burhanuddin Yahya and Ezieyana Ag Raini, yesterday.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman led state cabinet ministers, government officials and leaders of Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties to welcome the arrival of Najib and Rosmah at Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA).

Minister of Special Tasks cum Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Datuk Teo Chee Kang and his party leaders were also present to welcome our Prime Minister.

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Duo to walk 2,500km around Borneo on foot

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:01 AM PDT

KOTA KINABALU: British national David Atthowe and Indonesian Yusep Sukmana will be covering a distance of 2,500km on foot around Borneo, starting yesterday.

This project undertaken by Malaysia National Sikhs Movement (GERAKSIKH) Gold Heart Project, a charity arm of Artist Goldkartz and Nomadic Lion, is aimed to raise funds for the poor and underprivileged children in Malaysia, and particularly in Borneo.

The walk was flagged off by GERAKSIKH secretary-general Datuk Amarjit Singh Gill, witnessed by the local community of Tawau who were on hand to give them their support.

Ipoh-based lawyer Amarjit said the walk started off with a special prayer session at the Sikh Temple Tawau, in remembering the perished crew and passengers of flight MH17 which crashed last month and for the well-being and success of the walk.

Among the various places that have been planned for the visit are the Orang Asli villages and kampung schools where donations raised will be given to help them.

Amarjit said during their stops that were being planned, they would be getting local artists, Goldkartz, the Malaysian Bhangra Ambassadors, to come and entertain the villagers as part of their charity work, especially to those who lacked the basic necessities.

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Three terrace houses razed in Petagas

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 09:32 AM PDT

KOTA KINABALU: Three family members were made homeless when fire destroyed three terrace houses at Lorong 4, Taman Jumbo in Petagas, here yesterday.

The incident also saw two vehicles, a Toyota Celica and a Perodua Viva, badly damaged in the 11.15am fire.

Fire and Rescue Services Department public relations officer Senior Assistant Superintendent Mohd Affendy Ramin, when contacted yesterday, said a distress call was received at 11.21am.

"Two fire engines with 30 personnel were deployed to the scene and they managed to control the fire by 11.35am," he said, adding that the operation ended about an hour later.

Mohd Affendy said no casualty was reported while the cause of the fire and total lost was still under investigation.

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