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DMNC February 2015

FEBRUARY 2015

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh dan Salam Satu Malaysia

Salam Ilmu, Keikhlasan, Kecemerlangan UniMAP

Alhamdulillah, I am grateful to the almighty Allah S.W.T that with His consent, we have entered the month of February. Time flies quickly and on the 10th of this month I will be 60 years of age. I have been with UniMAP for 13 years. Although I have reached mandatory retirement, I am thankful to have been entrusted by the Ministry of Education Malaysia to lead UniMAP for another year.

I have had so many memories with the UniMAP community being the Vice Chancellor here. I would like to greatly thank all of the UniMAP community that have been by my side working hard night and day without weariness to uplift the name of our beloved University. InsyaAllah in the period of a year which I am given, I will strive to ensure all the planning that we made will be achieved.

Recently, our heads of department and I travelled to Universiti Ubudiyah, Aceh to run the UniMAP strategic planning workshop for the coming years. This workshop is part of a series of discussions that was held in the last several months whereby new goals are identified to act as our guide for this year as well as the upcoming years. Besides this, the workshop provided a chance for UniMAP's heads of department to interact with Ubudiyah lecturers to identify collaboration opportunities to be explored as well as to behold the fortitude of our brothers and sisters who have been hard at work to rebuild their lives after stricken by the earthquake and tsunami disaster a decade ago. I am certain a lot of lessons have been learnt here as a result of our meeting. I hope the lessons would be benefited by all participants.

Before ending my scribblings, I would like to wish the Chinese members of our UniMAP community a Happy Chinese New Year. I would like to advise that in our excitement in celebrating this Chinese New Year, do not forget about safety while being on the road. Remember that loved ones are waiting for us at home.

May the Year of the Goat Give Us All a Thousand Meanings

"Gong Xi Fa Cai "

Wabillahi Taufik Walhidayah Wassalammualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.