Headline PM: Pandemic demands more research from academics to revive MediaTitle New Sabah Times English (KK) Date 12 Sep 2020 Language English Circulation 11,025 Readership 33,075 Section Home Page No 2 ArticleSize 233 cm² Journalist N/A PR Value RM 1,548 PM: Pandemic demands more research from academics to revive economy KOTA KINABALU: The chal- government agendas - secu- f e - — jst sack this stature by tiary institutions to work on lenges brought about by the rity, health, to.risr and for a so co—g up tops in their activities capable of producing COVID-19 pandemic de- the nation's prosoe—r> fiekis. nobel laureates who will go on mands more research work "All these are among chal- -= -~ged local academi- to become the pride of the done by the academic fra- lenges that ~.st oe given fo- : a-; -.eluding those from nation and the world. ternity, particularly in fields cus, especially by the acade~ : to come up with pro- Towards realising this that can further help revive fraternity," he saia at a gath- g~a—es that would help fea- dream, he called on the High- the country's economy, Tan ering with students of Sara- _'= their .vorkand expertise er Education Ministry to work Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. public higher learning ^sr- aa a so_-ce of reference. together with tertiary insti- The prime minister said al- tutions at Universiti Malays a Lecturers and professors tutions to review and though academicians tend to Sabah (UMS) here on Friday, ~_r. forward with strengthen plans and pro- focus on research work and where he also handed over g-ea:e-contributions not only grammes that had been de- on developing their expertise, Yayasan Tenaga Nasiona s ^ • - :e—s of teaching, learning, veloped before this so that there was still plenty of room Brighter Future (MyB- scho - -=5==rcn and commercialisa- more scholars can be pro- that can be worked on for arship offer letters. tioc. but also lend their ex- duced. society's benefit. Also present were Min ne- se -'or the benefit of so- At the event, Muhyiddin al- "In this context, the direc- of Higher Education Datu< D- 6er; arid the nation. so witnessed the signing of a tion taken by academicians Noraini Ahmad, Higher Ed- —- expertise and con- collaboration note between must also be in line with the ucation Ministry secre- :- : -: : ': ~ Jst go beyond the the government and TNB on challenges faced by local com- tary-general Datuk Seri D- ca_:_s wails so that society the implementation of the My- munities and society in gen- Mazlan Yusoff, Tenaga Na- r-e-e^ts too. Brighter Future (MyBF) pro- eral. sional Berhad (TNB) chairrra- —-€• must be prepared to gramme. "Academicians must start Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid a- : reexperts in their fields The programme gives pri- changing their way of thinking, TNB president and chief ex- a-: —a<a the country proud ority to Bumiputera students in this case from 'knowledge ecutive officer Datuk Ser with their achievements. We and also those from low-in- for knowledge' to 'knowledge Amir Hamzah Azizan. a-e ac<:ng those who are come non-Bumiputera fami- for society and nation. We are In facing these challenges. wi -g to do this and this is lies nationwide. facing challenges... the Muhyiddin expressed confi- wry ... = have yet to produce To date, a total of 315 stu- COVID-19 pandemic, eco- dence that local tertiary in- cur own 'Nobel Laureate'," dents from Sabah have re- nomic recovery efforts and stitutions were on par with Mu-yiddin said. ceived sponsorship from the the implementation of various those abroad, but added that Muhyiddin challenged ter- programme. -Bernama VALUATOR Company(Brand) Mention Tone ROI Bernama - MREM (Bernama - MREM 6) 2 0 RM 0 CIMB - Economic & Industry News (CIMB - Economy News) 3 0 RM 0 Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC - Stakeholders) 1 0 RM 0 Ministry of Education - Covid (Ministry of Education - Covid) 2 0 RM 0 Ministry of Education (Ministry of Education) 2 0 RM 0 Ministry of Higher Education - Covid (Ministry of Higher Education - 2 0 RM 0 Ministry of Higher Education (Ministry of Higher Education) 2 0 RM 0 Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia (Bernama) 1 0 RM 0 Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia (Pertubuhan Berita Nasional 1 0 RM 0 Prime Ministers Department - Covid (Prime Ministers Department - 2 0 RM 0 Race and Religion (Race and Religion) 2 0 RM 0 SEA-CSHEMY (SEA-CSHEMY) 1 0 RM 0 Star Reacher - Coronavirus (Star Reacher - Coronavirus) 2 0 RM 0 Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin) 1 0 RM 0 Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) (Tenaga Nasional ) 4 0 RM 0 UKM - internal checking only (UKM - internal checking only) 1 0 RM 0 Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) (Universiti Malaysia Sabah) 4 0 RM 0 UORM- Industry News (UORM- Industry News) 3 0 RM 0.