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KOTA KINABALU:听The Staff Welfare and Recreation Club (Kris) of 麻豆视频 (UMS)鈥� Science and Natural Resource Faculty (FSSA) contributed food baskets and a solar system to villagers in Pitas and Kota Belud.

Kris chairman Dr Mohamad Zul Hilmey Makmud said the contributions was made possible through funds gathered by its members.

About 400 food baskets were distributed to villagers in Mengkapon, Kampung Pituru Timbang Taun and Pengkalan Mengkapon in Pitas.

The solar system was handed to Rusni @ Runi Abdullah, 63, a grandmother who lives with her three grandchildren 鈥� Nur Hidayah Abdul Wahid, 9, Mohd Muslih Abdul Wahid, 6, and Nur Hafizah Abdul Wahid, 1.

They faced frequent power supply problem since a few years ago at their home in Kampung Lasaupodi, Kota Belud.

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KOTA KINABALU:听麻豆视频 (UMS) staff have been urged to be more creative and innovative in their daily duties to ensure the quality of service delivery.

Making the call, UMS Vice-Chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Taufiq Yap Yun Hin said the university has always work to improve its information technology infrastructure.

鈥淭his is to support the transformation of service and information delivery while adapting to the new normal,鈥� he said in his New Year鈥檚 address.

鈥淚n addition, the UMS management will also implement a number of plans and initiatives related to human resource sustainability aimed at empowering and increasing the productivity of its staff.

鈥淭his is in line with the UMS Strategic Plan to achieve its vision and mission, as well as to ensure UMS remains relevant and continue to become 鈥榓 university for the society鈥�.鈥�

Taufiq is also optimistic that UMS will continue to achieve success not only at the national but also international level, and will continue to benefit the country, State and the community.

鈥淚 hope UMS staff will continue to strengthen their cooperation for the excellence of the university.

鈥淲e also need to continue to inculcate and enhance the core values of UMS, namely dynamics, sustainability, integrity, integrity, fairness and contentment in ourselves,鈥� he said.

Recapping the challenging year of 2020, he said the challenges displayed the relevance of UMS as a higher learning institutions and research centre by helping the government and the people to face the pandemic.

鈥淯MS鈥� contributions can be seen through various innovations such as the production of personal protective equipment (PPE), including the Covinizer hand sanitiser and the Covi-Pro face shield, as well as facilities like the Covid Sampling Chamber and the Covid Sanitation Tunnel.

鈥淭he PPEs had been distributed to frontliners, students and staff. The university鈥檚 lecturers and researchers had also helped affected communities such as the initiative to help tomato farmers in Ranau processed their products.鈥�

The university鈥檚 research laboratories, he said, were also used to conduct more than 4,000 Covid-19 sample screening tests.

鈥淚 hope 2021 will be welcomed with a new spirit and positivity to create more successes amidst the coming challenges,鈥� he said.听

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KOTA KINABALU:听The Association of Management and Professional Officers of 麻豆视频 (PPUMS) organised its 14th Annual General Meeting under new norms online recently.

UMS Vice Chancellor, Prof Datuk ChM Dr Taufiq Yap Yun Hin听(pic)听emphasised accountability and reminded officers to use time and resources effectively and to the best of their ability to avoid wastage due to inefficiency.

Taufiq also called on all officers to carry out their duties with the right and sincere intention to produce blessings in life, while emphasising the values听of integrity, honesty, cleanliness and trust.

鈥淪elf-interest should be set aside because the interests of the university are greater,鈥� he said.

Taufiq also suggested that in an atmosphere of new norms, officers be able to utilise technology and gadgets when carrying out tasks without compromising communication delivery.

Earlier, PPUMS President for 2019/2021 session, Mohamad Edrus Othman in his welcoming speech informed that various activities have been held PPUMS covering aspects of improving professionalism, skills, welfare, recreation as well as brotherhood and understanding for the benefit of all members in particular and UMS in general.

According to him, PPUMS has collaborated with the university in organizing workshops to improve the professionalism and skills of officers.

鈥淚n line with the main objective of PPUMS which plays a role in looking after the welfare of members, the association has also made contributions to its members, including those affected by disasters or the loss of family members,鈥� he said.

Mohamad Edrus also called on all members to manage the current changes professionally and increase their productivity by prioritizing integrity, maximizing the use of technology, being creative and adapting work to daily responsibilities.

The MATPPUMS-14 held online was attended by 149 members consisting of UMS management and professional officers. At the event, e-Bulletin PPUMS was also launched, as a writing platform for P&P staff.

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LABUAN听鈥� Having endured the pain inflicted by COVID-19 in 2020, Labuan's economy听is on a bumpy road to recovery in 2021, according to听Universiti听Malaysia Sabah (UMS) senior lecturer Dr Romzi Ationg.听

He said the duty-free island, a federal territory like Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur, has taken a beating on the economic front as COVID-19听has 鈥渞ubbed salt into an open wound鈥� in 2020.

But听there is still hope if fundamental changes could be made to deal with the听unprecedented impact of the pandemic, both in terms of policymaking and the way businesses operate, he told Bernama in an interview.

"There is a need for federal government consensus for fundamental changes in the way Labuan is to be managed.听

"It is generally agreed that changes should include severance of the collusive link between government and business as well as听financial institutions," he said.听

Dr Romzi said the pandemic听posed formidable challenges to policymakers and had direct and indirect effects on the interconnected global economy.

"Labuan, being Malaysia's international business and financial centre contributing hundreds of millions (of ringgit) in taxes to the government's coffers, was not spared听the impact," he added.

"On the supply side, (the COVID-19) infections reduced labour supply and productivity, the lockdowns resulted in business closures and supply disruptions.听

鈥淥n the demand side, there were layoffs and the loss of income (from morbidity, quarantine and unemployment) and the worsened economic prospects reduced household consumption and firms鈥� investment," he said.听

He is听of the view that the extreme uncertainty about the path, duration, magnitude听and impact of the pandemic could pose a vicious cycle of dampening business and consumer confidence and tightening financial conditions, which could lead to loss of jobs and investment.听

He said the key challenges for any empirical economic analysis of COVID-19 are how to identify this unprecedented shock, how to account for its non-linear effects, how to consider its cross-country spillovers听and how to quantify the uncertainty surrounding forecasts, given its unprecedented nature.

To be sure, it had not been smooth sailing for Labuan's economy even before the deadly coronavirus struck early in 2020.

On April 29, 2019, Labuan business chambers submitted a memorandum to the Federal Territories Ministry with a list of 15 economic issues which it said were听"sine qua non"听for economic recovery. The pandemic simply exacerbated the situation.

Bernama had reported that at least 29 entertainment outlets and sports bars, including karaoke outlets,听on the island were听at risk of closure after the owners incurred losses to the tune of RM6 million since the start of the Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 18.

The losses听led听to concerns over the future of the local entertainment industry.

Associate Professor Dr Geoffrey H. Tanakinjal of听Universiti听Malaysia Sabah Labuan International Campus (UMSKAL) said Labuan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was RM7.6 billion in 2019 according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.听

The听main economic leader was the services industry with a contribution of RM5.9 billion (2018: RM5.5 billion), followed by the manufacturing industry (RM1.4 billion), construction industry (RM177.2 million) and the agriculture industry (RM133.3 million), all of which reported increased values.

The听situation changed in 2020 due to the pandemic which suspended global economic activity, said Geoffrey, a senior lecturer in听the听Faculty of International Finance.

"Owing to the need to remain indoors, work losses were inevitable. While work from home has been implemented, the fact that companies are not used to closing their doors during business hours has not changed.

"Labuan also depends on outsiders to spur the island's tax haven status. Education is a significant segment," he said.

He said UMSKAL听has a听capacity for 1, 900 students, the Labuan Matriculation College usually has around 2,100 students听and the Labuan Vocational College and the Industrial Training Institute, 500 each.听

"Approximately 5,000 students from outside Labuan spend on their daily needs, food, transport and accommodation. The trickle-down effect of student spending has had a huge impact on Labuan's economic environment as their spending directly impacted small business establishments.

"Imagine, if one student spends RM100 per month, the total group spending will be RM500,000 per month or RM6 million per year," said Geoffrey.听

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