Siblings give family double happiness

KUCHING: Happiness shared is happiness doubled. Just ask newly-minted graduate siblings Juana and Lauren Joulan Poyong from Sabah. They were a picture of sheer happiness after receiving their scrolls during the Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus graduation ceremony here Today (Aug 30). Juana, 24, from Kota Kinabalu graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Accounting […]
Voting elsewhere a long time coming

KUCHING: Allowing Sabahan and Sarawakian voters to cast their ballots in the peninsula has been long time coming. Political analyst Dr Lee Kuok Tiung, a senior lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) said this should be allowed to allow every to participate in the democratic process. He made this point after Minister in the Prime […]
Jeniri appointed UMS panel advisor

KUCHING: Senior fellow of the Malaysian Council of Professors Dr Jeniri Amir has been appointed as a panel advisor of the Communications Programme Industry at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). He was officially informed of his two-year appointment through an official letter sent by the faculty’s dean, Associate Professor […]
Good economic, security prospects for Sarawak with relocation of Indonesian capital

KUCHING: The relocation of the Indonesian capital to Kalimantan promises good economic and security prospects for Sarawak, said political analyst Dr Lee Kuok Tiung. He said this when commenting on recent views expressed by Tawfik Ismail, former Sungai Benut MP during an online forum. Tawfik had pointed out that a shift in political and economic […]
Ditching her stilettos for a fireman’s boots

By Norhayati Mohd Akhir PUTRAJAYA: While part of the on-air team at Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) Sabah, Frediana Kamilis would have read out news reports involving firefighters — now she is one them. Talking about her career change in July 2017, she said she was welcomed into the fold after enduring 11 months of gruelling […]
Hajiji receives appointment letter as UMS pro-chancellor

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor today received a letter of appointment as the new pro-chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) from Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin who is also UMS chancellor. The ceremony took place at the Istana Negeri and was witnessed by chairman of UMS board of directors Datuk […]
UMS group wins Virtual Hackathon

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)’s HappyGoLucky group emerged champion of the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) Virtual Hackathon East Malaysia 2020. The group participated in the hackathon with their project titled ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) Defective Global Tracker’ and went home with RM5,000. The prize was presented by Youth and Sports Assistant Minister Datuk Snowdan Lawan at […]
‘Multi-cornered contests not necessarily healthy’

KOTA KINABALU: Multi-cornered contests in elections are not necessarily a good thing because the best candidate in the field may not win, said political analyst Dr Romzi Ationg. He said when there are too many candidates, vote splitting could occur and a less worthy contestant could end up winning. “People know such an environment is […]
38 get assistance for further studies

MUKAH: Some 38 students who were accepted to further their studies or attend training in the country received one-off education assistance from Balingian Constituency Service Centre here today. The aid was an initiative of Balingian State Constituency Service Centre since three years ago. Balingian assemblyman Abdul Yakub Arbi congratulated the recipients for being accepted to […]
A timely initiative

KUCHING: Setting up TV Sarawak, a new television station under Sarawak Media Group (SMG), is a suitable and timely move, opined a lecturer on communications programme at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Dr Lee Kuok Tiung. He said that the creative industry had great prospects and could generate high profits. “Productions for TV Sarawak can also […]