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Issue 3/2013 02 Collaboration at Work 03 ifty UTAR students will Fbe trained to assist in monitoring the water quality Fifty in million-ringgit MAICSA graduate and biodiversity of three Kinta River tributaries, Senam River, CONTENTS Buntong River and Kledang Kinta River project status for MBA students River and in training workshops TAR and the Malaysian Institute and community outreach Uof Chartered Secretaries and 02 Collaboration at Work programmes to protect the Administrators (MAICSA) signed an rivers. agreement and supplementary letter at UTAR The involvement of Petaling Jaya Campus on 15 May 2013 to the students is under the award UTAR MBA (Corporate Governance) 05 Students in Action memorandum of understanding students MAICSA graduate status. (MoU) signed among UTAR, Signing the documents were UTAR GAB Foundation and Global President Prof Chuah and his counterpart 06 From Talks to Forums Environment Centre (GEC) on MAICSA President Peter Lim Thiam Kee. 1 April 2013. It was announced UTAR Council Chairman Tun Dr Ling was on 4 June 2013 at a ceremony at present to witness the signing. UTAR Perak Campus where the Through the current agreement, 10 Special Feature three parties exchanged the MoU graduates of the MAICSA-UTAR MBA Tun Ling (centre) witnessing the exchange of agreement documents. programme will be awarded the graduate documents between Prof Chuah (left) and Lim “UTAR is pleased to work status of MAICSA. The collaborative Prof Chuah. with GAB Foundation and programme is optional and open to all UTAR Lim thanked UTAR for the efforts 12 In Search of Excellence GEC to actively raise awareness MBA (Corporate Governance) students. in organising the ceremony, stressed the and change mindsets on the The MBA students not holding a relevant importance of this collaboration and said, importance of protecting our The batch of river rangers with (standing, third from left) Parish, Prof Chuah, Dato’ Saw, Tun Ling, and Dato’ Ir Abdul Razak bachelor’s degree of Accounting, Business “Globalisation is taking place at a very rivers,” said UTAR President Administration, Law or Finance, may enrol fast pace and in a developing country like 16 Community at Heart Ir Prof Academician Dato’ Dr RM1 million over three years W.A.T.E.R Project, spearheaded certificates to 20 UTAR students, into the collaborative programme after Malaysia, we need excellent corporate Chuah Hean Teik, adding that for community engagement and by GAB Foundation and GEC, is who were the first batch of fulfilling the minimum requirements of governance practices for sustainable UTAR has always promoted the education programmes along an ongoing initiative in support trained river rangers. MAICSA Professional Programme Part One. economic growth.” 18 拉大视野 conservation of the environment the three chosen tributaries of the Department of Irrigation Also present at the ceremony “We, at UTAR, indeed feel privileged “At UTAR, we aim to globalise the and has been educating its of Sungai Kinta under the and Drainage of Perak state to were GEC Director Faizal Parish and proud to be able to associate and work university so that our graduates can students on the importance of W.A.T.E.R [‘Working Actively rehabilitate Kinta River. and UTAR Council Chairman together with MAICSA which is an affiliated eventually work anywhere in the world. With protecting natural resources and through Education and During the ceremony, Perak Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik. body to the Institute of Chartered Secretaries this MAICSA recognition, our graduates 20 Sudut Utarian doing more to ensure long-term Rehabilitation] Project,” said Department of Irrigation and and Administrators or ICSA, the leading are globally recognised,” said Tun Dr Ling, sustainability. GAB Foundation Chairman Drainage Director Dato’ Ir Abdul recognised professional body for Chartered answering a question from one of the “GAB Foundation will spend Dato’ Saw Choo Boon. The Razak bin Dahalan presented Secretaries and Administrators in the United reporters at the press conference after the Kingdom and throughout the world,” said signing ceremony. MTC donates specialist publications Five delegates from he Malaysian Timber Identification of Some Common Incentives for the Wood-based teaching and research needs of TCouncil (MTC) donated Timbers Used in Malaysia, Sector, The Wood Wizard, and the lecturers and students on its nine specialist publications Guidebook on Flooring in Equivalent Names of Malaysian Malaysian timber as a building Shanghai Jiao Tong to UTAR at a ceremony held at Malaysia, Design Data for Timbers in Other Countries. material,” said MTC Chief UTAR Kuala Lumpur Campus Timber Engineering in Malaysia, The last two were in CD-Rom Executive Officer Datuk Yeo ive delegates from the School of Medicine Chairperson Dr Lim Yang on 29 April 2013. ReThink: A New Paradigm for and the rest in print. Heng Hau, adding that MTC Fof Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Mooi and Community and Since its establishment Malaysian Timber, Malaysian “These publications are had organised and collated one of the leading universities in China, International Networking in January 1992, MTC has Wood: Timeless Living, donated to support the learning, previously scattered research visited UTAR Faculty of Medicine and Director Dr Tan Sin Leng. published several publications and technical data of Malaysian Health Science (FMHS) at UTAR Sungai “Our faculty was to educate architects, engineers, timbers for users. Long Campus on 30 April 2013. established three years ago designers, lecturers and students “I was pleasantly surprised The delegates were SJTU School of and we are exploring the on the properties, applications, to learn that MTC also Medicine Vice-Chancellor (Education and opportunities of working Prof Dr Cheong (in blue shirt) leading Dr Huang and other delegates on a tour eco-friendly credentials and organises study programmes for Affiliated Hospitals’ Administration) Dr with other universities,” sustainability of Malaysian lecturers to expose them to new Huang Gang, Dr Mei Wenhan, Dr Shao Li, said Prof Dr Cheong, campus and a visit to Hospital Sungai Long timbers. woodworking technology and Dr Zhang Chengkang, and Dr Chooi Yuo introducing his faculty to the delegates. nearby. The nine publications, each innovative ways in which timber Hao. “We would like to build a good The delegation was on a five-day visit in donated in two copies, were is used in more developed On hand to welcome them from relationship with UTAR, for it is a young Malaysia. They also visited the Ministry of Architectural Use of Timber in countries,” said UTAR Faculty of UTAR were FMHS Dean Emeritus Prof and dynamic university,” said Dr Huang, in Health. Malaysia, Durability of Selected Engineering and Science Deputy Dr Cheong Soon Keng, Centre for Stem response to Prof Dr Cheong’s request. Established in 1896, SJTU is a Malaysian Timbers Tested Under Datuk Yeo (centre) handing over the publications to Prof Dr Goi, while other MTC Dean Prof Dr Goi Bok Min after Cell Research Chairperson Prof Dr Choo After the meeting, Prof Dr Cheong led prestigious university in China whose Temperate Conditions, On-Site delegates look on thanking MTC for the donation. Kong Bung, Centre for Cancer Research the delegation to tour his faculty and the student population is about 40,000. 04 Collaboration at Work Students in Action 05 Six visitors from Wuhan University A night to ix delegates from Wuhan University, SChina visited UTAR Petaling Jaya Campus on 10 May 2013. remember Accompanying Wuhan University he French words –il est beamed with youthful vigour Foreign Student Education College Dean Tmagnifique –literally in anticipation for the party Prof Lu Jiangbin, who led the delegation, meaning ‘it is magnificent’ to begin, heralded by a wave were from his college’s Administrative Office in English, best describe the of intermittent flashy lights Director Sun Bin, Student Affairs Deputy spellbinding ambience that that pervaded every corners of Director Huang Wei and Admission and infused UTAR Ball 2013, the breathtakingly festooned Foreign Affairs Deputy Director Yan Xu, themed ‘Renaissance’, which was ballroom. Undergraduate Admission and Career held at the opulent Manhattan A myriad of entertaining Guidance Director Yan Jinzhu, and Graduate Ballroom, Berjaya Times Square performances by both student School Admission and Career Guidance Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on 2 June and guest performers was Officer Song Shilei. 2013. lined up, such as, the recitals Young men who graced the of contemporary chart-toppers On hand to receive them were UTAR Prof Chuah (in batik) officiating UTAR Ball 2013, while volunteers and performers Vice President (Academic Development ball were spotted in powered and classical numbers as well as look on. and Internationalisation) Prof Dr Ewe suits, elegant bowties and the staging of a musical drama Hong Tat, Community and International Group photo (front-back, left-right): Chua, Fook, Lok, Lim, Huang, Ong, Yan Xu, Song, Dr Tan, Prof Ewe, Prof Lu, coiffed hairdos, and their titled ‘Flowers of Illusions’. Set was irrevocably the crème de la collaboration between Networking Director Dr Tan Sin Leng, Yan Jinzhu and Sun female counterparts, in loose in medieval France, ‘Flowers of crème of the nights’ highlights. Department of Student Affairs Corporate Communication and Public exchanged information on programmes said Prof Lu. He added, “In addition, locks, figure-hugging bodices Illusions’ chronicled an unlikely Audience was also treated and Student Representative Relations Director Ong Soo Weon, Centre offered. “Wuhan University can send Wuhan University is currently upgrading and flimsy frocks. Together, love affair that blossomed to spectacular dance moves Council. It is aimed at fostering for Extension Education Director Lim Guat its students to study Accounting in its infrastructure, including building a new they painted a picture of between a girl of noble lineage performed to the catchy beats of ties and cooperation between Yen, Lok Bee Lan and Fook Oi Yee, heads UTAR as a means to improve the level of block for international students.” sophistication, which was and her commoner beau.