{"id":9125,"date":"2013-10-29T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=9125"},"modified":"2015-05-21T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T21:44:07","slug":"call-for-broader-cooperation-between-malaysia-and-indonesia-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2013\/october-2013\/call-for-broader-cooperation-between-malaysia-and-indonesia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Call For Broader Cooperation Between Malaysia and Indonesia"},"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-2013%2Foctober-2013%2Fcall-for-broader-cooperation-between-malaysia-and-indonesia-2%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=9125&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--><h2 class=\"contentheading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"newsitem_tools\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\"><span class=\"createdate\">TUESDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2013 18:43<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2013\/ganjarkurniainterview.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin<br \/>\nPix\u00a0 Shahiddan Saidi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BANGI, 27 Oct 2013 \u2013\u00a0Malaysia\u00a0and\u00a0Indonesia\u00a0should carry out broader education\u00a0cooperation\u00a0between them to mitigate misunderstandings\u00a0about the\u00a0culture and customs of\u00a0the two countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rector of\u00a0the University of\u00a0Padjadjaran\u00a0(UNPAD) Bandung, Prof\u00a0Ir\u00a0Dr\u00a0Ganjar Kurnia\u00a0said\u00a0the two countries\u00a0should be\u00a0more\u00a0considerate\u00a0of each other\u00a0on\u00a0the culture of the archipelago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with UKM News Portal after being bestowed the\u00a0honorary degree of Doctor\u00a0of Philosophy (Educational Administration)\u00a0from The National University of Malaysia (UKM) at its\u00a041st\u00a0convocation\u00a0here\u00a0today, Prof Ganjar said both countries inherited\u00a0the\u00a0homogeneous\u00a0culture of\u00a0the archipelago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The award was in recognition of\u00a0his contributions to cross-border\u00a0collaboration in education\u00a0across\u00a0universities\u00a0to reach out to\u00a0the community,\u00a0nation building and strengthening regional\u00a0ties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He expressed optimism over the long-term friendship built between the two universities\u00a0to develop\u00a0academically\u00a0as well as\u00a0forging\u00a0close ties between Malaysia\u00a0and\u00a0Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the cooperation\u00a0between\u00a0them\u00a0is the implementation of\u00a0the Indonesia-Malaysia Cultural Symposium (SKIM) which\u00a0is\u00a0held\u00a0in\u00a0alternately\u00a0between\u00a0the universities\u00a0for nearly 30\u00a0years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof Ganjar said\u00a0SKIM has triggered\u00a0a variety of\u00a0intensive development\u00a0in the\u00a0academic\u00a0field\u00a0not only\u00a0between\u00a0the two universities\u00a0but also\u00a0between Malaysia and\u00a0Indonesia\u00a0and beyond Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The strength of the relationship prompted wider collaboration like the UKM-UNPAD medical studies began in 2006\u00a0which allowed UKM medical students a year\u2019s sojourn in UNPAD in Bandung.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The effort was worthwhile, as UKM produced doctors with experience\u00a0and\u00a0knowledge\u00a0about Indonesia.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2013 18:43 By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin Pix\u00a0 Shahiddan Saidi BANGI, 27 Oct 2013 \u2013\u00a0Malaysia\u00a0and\u00a0Indonesia\u00a0should carry out broader<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2013\/october-2013\/call-for-broader-cooperation-between-malaysia-and-indonesia-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1224,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9125","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9127,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9125\/revisions\/9127"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}