Creative Musical Night (2010 Southern Zone Malaysia Innovative Carnival) - Performance by SMK Sri Gading

SMK Sri Gading

1st Runner-up

Creative Musical Night (2010 Southern Zone Malaysia Innovative Carnival)

A total of six teams took part in Creative Musical Night Competition. This event was a part of the 2010 Southern Zone Malaysia Innovative Carnival held at UTHM.The participating teams were SMK Sri Gading, Batu Pahat, SMK Tun Ismail / SK Pintas Puding, SK Sri Utama, SMK Temenggung Ibrahim, University Technology Malaysia, and Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. The winning team brought home RM5000 and will represent the Southern Zone at the national level competition in November 2010.

The Creative Musical Night was officiated by YB En. M. Asojan A/L Muniyandy. Prizes were presented by Y.B. Datuk Seri Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkili, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Full Results:
Champion: SK Sri Utama
1st Runner-Up: SMK Sri Gading
2nd Runner-Up: University Technology Malaysia

Consolation Prizes:
SMK Temenggung Ibrahim
SMK Tun Ismail / SK Pintas Puding
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Final Round of Anti Corruption Debate Competition

In conjunction with the Students Activity Carnival which started on 6th August until 10th August 2010, the Anti-Corruption Secretariat of UTHM organizes an 'Anti-Corruption Debate Competition'. The competition is opened to all teams representing residential colleges at the University. Teams representing Tun Dr Ismail Residential College and Non-Residential Students made it to the final stage of the debate competition. The motion of the final round, which took place on 8th August, was 'Corruption Practice in the Country is at a Worrying Level'.

The Government team, 'Tun Dr. Ismail Residential College '

The Opposition team, 'Non-Residential Students'

The sole Chinese participant in the debate competition

There were 9 judges led by Miss Ng Wee Fern of the Students' Affairs Unit (HEP). The winner of the debate competition will be announced tonight (9th August 2010) at DTII during the closing ceremony of the carnival. Based on the performance of both teams, it was a very close fight between them. The judges must have had a tough time in choosing the winner. If you want to know which team will emerge victorious and win the Vice Chancellor Trophy, come over to TDII Hall tonight at 8:30pm to find out.

KKDK UTHM goes Muar

In conjunction with 'Jalinan Bestari Komuniti Johor 2010', Fakulti Pendidikan Teknikal (FPTek UTHM) held a program together with Kelab Kauseling dan Kerjaya (KKDK UTHM) in Kampung Parit Bakar, Muar, Johor. One of the events, PROPEC was held on 7th August 2010. This event involved 4 primary schools and a secondary school in Muar. Facilitators of KKDK UTHM had gone to these selected schools to guide and help out in the event. Lots of fun activities were conducted by the facilitators of KKDK UTHM, such as Bollywood Fever, Donkey and Deer, Poisonous Ocean, etc.

Standard 2 and 3 students of SRK Parit Bakar Tengah, one of the 5 schools chosen in the PROPEC program

Syamil Zakaria, KKDK facilitator entertaining the students

Students playing 'Poisonous Ocean', a game where students must remain standing on a piece of paper

Kong Yun Bing, a facilitator of KKDK helping out the students in one of the activities

The PROPEC program started at 11:00 am. Initially, it was supposed to start at 9:00 am, but due to heavy rain early in the morning, the program had to be delayed for a couple of hours. KKDK facilitators had fun together with the pupils, who were so active participating in our activities. The pupils love the facilitators so much, they even requested KKDK facilitators to be their teachers starting next week! Looks like our KKDK facilitators have developed skills in teaching. The program ended at 5:00pm.

Kembara Mahkota Johor Phase II - Update (1)

Pantai Sungai Lurus Project (PSLP)

Student in Free Enterprise (SIFE UTHM) is currently working on a project called Pantai Sungai Lurus Project (PSLP). Pantai Sungai Lurus is located nearby Parit Raja. It only takes 15 minutes drive to get to the beach from UTHM. A few years back, Pantai Sungai Lurus was once a famous place with foreign and local tourists have been there enjoying the tasty, well-cooked kerang. Currently, the place is contaminated with trash, garbage, rubbish, etc. SIFE UTHM has formed a team called PSLP, led by Bobby Dean John to work wonders at the beach. Below are the committee members of PSLP team:

Project Manager : Bobby Dean John

Secretary : Ng Yee Lin

Treasurer : Zombie Ghost

Technical Director : Tang Poh Hong

Multimedia Director : Nurul Liyana

Public Relationship Director : Asanudin

Committee Members : Ng Jen Wei, Chan Chung Park, Helen Tan

Pantai Sungai Lurus offers a lot of potential as one of tourist places. But before this place turns into a wonderful beach, lots of work have to be done. The PSLP team has figured out some ways to implement it. One of the first phase tasks will be gotong-royong. The main objective of this gotong royong is to get rid of the mess at the beach. Besides that, the PSLP team intends to beautify and return the ‘golden era’ to the beach where it was once hailed as one of the cleanest beach in Malaysia.

The PSLP team will meet Kampung Sungai Lurus chief, Tuan Haji Othman on 15^th August 2010 to discuss about the gotong-royong event. Besides that, the PSLP team intends to promote the beach by organizing fishing competition nationwide. This fishing competition will also help generating income for the villagers of Kampung Pantai Sungai Lurus. The date of the event has yet to be decided.

That’s all for now. I will keep you updated, so stay tuned :)

RnI Fest Update 1

Parit Raja Daily has been receiving some thumb-ups from the visitors to its booth during this festival. Some prominent academicians in the University namely Assoc. Prof Dr Hussain Othman and Prof. Dr. Zarar Mohd Jenu expressed their confidence that the news portal will be a hit especially among the locals. The latter also jokingly suggested that to increase traffic, the portal should contain 'juicy' and controversial news such as scandals, secret love affairs etc. Well, Prof. the news team can take that into consideration.

Research and Innovation Festival 2010

UTHM will be organising the Research and Innovation Festival 2010 on 3-5 August at the Dewan Tunku Ibrahim Ismail and Dewan Terbuka UTHM. The festival will showcase researches and innovations by UTHM academic staff and students. Admission is free.

World Cup Final Live at Parit Raja

Venue: Open Hall, UTHM
Date: 12 July 2010
Time: 12.30 a.m.
Organizers: UTHM and DUN Senggarang

UTHM's 9th Convocation

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) celebrated its 9th convocation yesterday. HRH Tuanku Ibrahim ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Iskandar officiated the event for the first time as the Sultan of Johor. The Sultan also proclaimed his prince, Tuanku Ismail as the Pro-Chancellor of UTHM. For this convocation, former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi was conferred with the honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Technical Education. On Wednesday, Tun Abdullah spent some time with the University's new students and attended the launching of a book about him entitled 'Tun Abdullah: Bapa Pembangunan Modal Insan' at the University's Examination Hall.