{"id":6988,"date":"2012-10-20T08:21:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T08:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=6988"},"modified":"2015-05-11T08:24:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T08:24:56","slug":"ukm-has-demonstrated-its-indigenous-foundation-is-no-hinderence-to-success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/october-2012\/ukm-has-demonstrated-its-indigenous-foundation-is-no-hinderence-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"UKM Has Demonstrated Its Indigenous Foundation Is No Hinderence To Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Fyear-2012%2Foctober-2012%2Fukm-has-demonstrated-its-indigenous-foundation-is-no-hinderence-to-success%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=6988&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"midblock\">\n<div class=\"insidem\">\n<div class=\"news_item_a\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_tools\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"createdate\">SATURDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2012 15:33<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/Konvo2012Canselor1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\"><strong>By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin<\/strong><\/span><span lang=\"MS\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span lang=\"MS\">Pix\u00a0PKK and UKM Press Photo Unit<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">BANGI, 20 Oct 2012 \u2013\u00a0Tuanku Muhriz Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Munawir\u00a0today praised The National University of Malaysia (UKM) for demonstrating that its indigenous foundation and identity is no hinderence to raising its profile to the level of other more established institutions worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">The UKM Chancellor congratulated the university\u2019s leadership and staff for their success in raising the university to world-class standards through its various achievements and world class expertise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">Addressing the university\u2019s 40th Convocation here today he said: &#8220;If the university rankings done by international agencies, such as the QS World University Rankings, can be used as an indication of the quality of a university, we can be proud of its latest ranking at 31 out of thousands of universities below 50 years of age. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">Tuanku Muhriz who is also the <\/span><span lang=\"MS\">Yang Di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan said it ranked even better in some of its academic disciplines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"MS\">He also congratulated Vice Chancellor, <\/span><span lang=\"MS\">Professor Tan Sri Dato&#8217; Wira Dr Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin for being selected to lead the 200 member Association of Universities of Asia Pacific come this December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\"><br \/>\nThe Chancellor advised graduates receiving their scrolls at the convocation being held from today until Tuesday not to turn their backs on the university when they had successfully joined the various professions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\"><br \/>\n&#8220;UKM has given the best education to you. Thus, walk with confidence and be aware that you are the UKM alumni. No matter how far you go remember your Alma Mater and return to contribute something meaningful to the university. Preserve your honour and that of your parents,\u00a0teachers, university and nation.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/Konvo2012Canselor2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/>Tuanku Muhriz said they should sincerely contribute to the university whenever they are asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">He also reminded them that learning is a life-long process and with knowledge being dynamic and constantly changing they should be eager to continue the quest for it and explore new endeavors according to their abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">He also congratulated Professor Emeritus Dato&#8217; Dr. Zawawi Ismail, on his appointment as Chairman of the Board of Directors (LPU) of the university saying his experience as an academic leader and in the corporate world can motivate UKM to continue moving forward to become a centre of excellence and contribute to national progress.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">Tuanku Muhriz also expressed gratitude to the previous Chairman of LPU, Tan Sri Dr Zulkifli A. Hassan, for his contributions to UKM.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"leftblock\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SATURDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2012 15:33 By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin Pix\u00a0PKK and UKM Press Photo Unit BANGI, 20 Oct 2012 \u2013\u00a0Tuanku<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/october-2012\/ukm-has-demonstrated-its-indigenous-foundation-is-no-hinderence-to-success\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6992,"parent":1296,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6988","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6995,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6988\/revisions\/6995"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}