UCSI Education Sdn Bhd (185479-U) VOLUME 18 ISSN: 2590-3616 • KDN:PQPP18824/08/2015(034277) ucsiuniversity.edu.my Contents Cover Story 12 UCSI UNIVERSITY RECOGNISED BY UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY 13 RCE SYMPOSIUM 2018 04 Scam Alert! 08 Academic Spotlight The FRGS Recipients 14 mySENI A Kaleidoscope Of Colour Publisher: UCSI Education Sdn Bhd (185479-U) Nets Printwork Sdn Bhd (KDN:PQ1780/3379) No. 1, Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights (Taman Connaught), 58, Jalan PBS 14/4, Taman Perindustrian Bukit Serdang, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia T +603 9101 8880 • F +603 9102 2614 T +603-8213 6288 • F +603-8959 5577 02 INSIDE UCSI Spreading The Peace There is no one religion that accepts violence as the way forward in solving a crisis, religious leaders said at a recent forum on peace held at UCSI University. The leaders representing the Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Christian groups unanimously agreed that violence stemmed only from misinterpreting the teachings by each religion. “Living in a multi-racial and multi-ethnic country like Malaysia, it is evident that violence is not rooted from religion because if it is, you would be seeing a number of racial riots happening across the country,” said Muslim Youth Movement Of Malaysia (Abim) president (from left to right) Malaysian Hindu Sangam executive secretary Nagaranee M, Muslim Youth Movement Of Malaysia (Abim) president Mohamad Raimi Abdul Rahim, Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia Mohamad Raimi Abdul Rahim when project manager Thai Ming Yeow, Muslim Youth Movement Of Malaysia (Abim) vice president Ahmad presenting his speech at the forum entitled Fahmi Mohd Samsudin (moderator) and Kairos Dialogue Network’s Reverend Dr Sivin Kit. “Come Spread The Peace” on September 20. “If you look at each religion and study their “There have actually been several teachings, you will come to understand that collaborations among interfaith groups in the Touching on the Quran, Mohamad Raimi there is no single religion that supports past. explained that nowhere in the Holy Book did it violence. preach on violence or hatred for any living “An example I could give is the candlelight vigil being. “And violence, in the name of religion, has comprising of several interfaith groups for the existed thousands of years ago. missing pastor Raymond Koh last year. “To me, I feel that Malaysia is an exemplary model to other nations in promoting peace, “From here, one can only sum up that these “Thus, I want to stress here that I want to harmony, and unity among one another as we people who use religion in the name of convert Malaysians... convert all of you to have been living peacefully in a close-knitted violence are people who want something for become peace ambassadors,” he said. community since 1957,” Mohamad Raimi said, themselves,” he said. referring to the nation’s Independence Day. A ‘Peace and Unity’ blood donation drive took Kairos Dialogue Network’s Reverend Dr Sivin place all day from 10am to 5pm, while the The forum was held in conjunction with the Kit and Malaysian Hindu Sangam executive #DripSomethingNice blood donation United Nation’s International Peace Day as the secretary Nagaranee M were the other campaign began at 10.30am to 11.30am in university strives towards achieving two speakers at the UCSI University’s inaugural collaboration with Zubedy Sdn Bhd and various targets under the Sustainable Development talk on peace involving religious groups. religious clerics representing Islam, Goals (SDGs), namely SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. This and Strong Institution) and SDG 17 On Malaysia and its current stand towards programme particularly aimed to send the (Partnership for the Goals). achieving SDG16 and SDG17, Reverend Sivin message that all of us have the same blood Kit said the country was still at a preliminary despite our race, religion, and culture. Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia project stage. manager Thai Ming Yeow asserted that those Also part of the event, a heart-warming video who spread hatred or violence through religion “By preliminary, I mean there is still room for by Celcom was played for the students to are those who made use of religion ostensibly improvement. reflect on. The main message was that there is for their own personal gain. no need to judge a person’s character by their THE UCSI GAZETTE MAGAZINE INSIDE UCSI 03 race; for we are all human beings and we should come together as one. A meaningful sharing session was carried out by the students of different societies. The first presentation was by Yemeni Student Club president who talked about his culture and country. He imagined a world that is united and one that is peaceful. He ended his speech by asking everyone to pray for peace. The next presenter was from the UCSI University’s Christian Fellowship who shared her thoughts on peace based on the Bible. The final and most heart-warming presentation was by a student who shared her experience of converting to another religion (Buddhism to Christianity) and making peace with her family and friends. Joanna De Leon, a Filipino intern here at UCSI Sharing session by the Yemeni Student Club UCSI student sharing her personal experience president. of converting religions. University, talked about Malawi city for instance, where its people’s hopes and dreams “We want to provide a platform for everyone to The forum was an enlightening one as were destroyed by ISIS in a recent war. share their thoughts and opinions on how to representatives from various religious and understand each other better because despite cultural groups came together to talk about “If you want to kill a man, kill his dream,” she differences in our outward appearances, we the common ground that we share instead of said, referring to many in her own hometown are all human. focusing on our differences and things that who were left broken with despair. So, she separate us. hopes everyone will start having peace within “In UCSI, 30 percent are international students themselves and become the peace they want so we hope they will be impacted and bring the to see in others. positive change back to their home countries,” he said, adding how there are several students UCSI University Group Corporate Affairs vice from UCSI University who come from war-torn president Leong Sat Sing thanked the religious countries and how this forum will help shed leaders for putting up a meaningful forum. some light on peace, empathy, and unity," he added. “UCSI University always strives to educate students in areas of national need to shape a The essential part of humanity from the better community. As a higher education beginning has been religion and today, it is the institution that practices and teaches the essential part of our aspirations for a peaceful students and staff to embrace different future. Our ability to bridge religious divides is cultures and beliefs, this event is one of our going to be an essential skill that we are going Doing their part: Students at the blood major efforts,” he said. to need in this next century. donation drive. The audience discovers more about bridging the gap among various religions. THE UCSI GAZETTE MAGAZINE 04 INSIDE UCSI SCAM ALERT! By Deivigarani Krishna UCSI Group Legal Office A scam is an activity which involves making The second type of scam involves dating and Finally, the last scam involves fake calls money illegally. These people are known as romance. Scammers will go to great lengths to including those from the PDRM – pretending to ‘scammers’. gain your interest and trust, such as showering be police officers or from the court – fake court you with loving words, sharing ‘personal summons or fake lawsuits. There are different types of scams out there. It information’ and even sending you gifts. Once is good to be aware of these different scams so they have gained your trust, they will ask you There are several ways to protect yourself that you can avoid them. for money, gifts or your banking/credit card from being victimised: Do online searches; details. don’t believe your caller ID; talk to someone The first type of scam attempts to gain your about the scams; hang up on robocalls; don’t personal information using ‘sneaky’ The other type of scam involves fake pay upfront for a promise and, of course, make approaches. For instance, hacking occurs investments, unexpected money such as a a police report. when a scammer breaks into your computer, rebate or reimbursement from the mobile device or network without permission. government, a bank or trusted organisation (e.g. LHDN). Identity theft is a type of fraud that involves using someone else's identity to steal money Unexpected winnings - these scams try to trick or gain other benefits. Phishing is the you into giving money upfront or your personal fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information in order to receive a prize from a information such as your bank account lottery or competition that you never entered. numbers, passwords and credit card numbers. Example are scratch and win competitions, unexpected prizes and lotteries or travel prize scams. THE UCSI GAZETTE MAGAZINE INSIDE UCSI 05 Second Women In UCSI University Vice-Chancellor and President Senior Professor Dato' Dr Khalid Yusoff giving a Forum 2018 token of appreciation to OWSD president Professor Dr Lim Yang Mooi. According to data from the Unesco Institute for Sponsored by CLMO Technology Sdn Bhd “The Organisation for Women in Science for Statistics, less than 30% of the world’s L’Oreal Malaysia, Yakult Malaysia and Menorah the Developing World, Malaysian Chapter researchers are women. Women seem to Enterprise, the Women In Science Forum (OWSD) should be congratulated for taking suffer from a ‘leaky pipeline’ phenomenon that featured five celebrated speakers from various steps to address these issues,” said Senior sees them drop out of scientific careers at a scientific backgrounds.