CYBERJAYA University College of Medical Sciences(CUCMS)and six

other local universities signed a memorandum of understanding with the Wildlife and National Parks Department(Perhilitan) recently

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EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATIONCUCMS inksdeal·withPerhilitanFordetails,call1-800-88-28267(toll-freeline),03-83137000 orvisit~www.cybermed.edu.my.Other than medicinaland pharma-ceuticalapplicationof forestresourcesthe Foundationin ScienceCentreex-hibitschoseto highlightthe economicimportanceof forestproductssuchasmats, rattan products, exotic driedleavesandflowersandemphasisedtheeconomicversatilityof forestproduce.TheJuly intakeinto preparatorypro-grammes, Foundation in Science(Medicine/Pharmacy)andFoundationinAlliedScienceis nowopen.choralspeakinganddrumlinepresen-tations from studentsof SMK Dato'Hamzah,Klang.In conjunctionwith the signing oftheMoU,the universitiesetupdisplayboothsto presenttheir researchfind-ings and educatethe public on theimportanceof conservationof biodi-versity.CUCMSsetupa boothto displaytheresearchdone by lecturersfrom theFacultyof PharmacyandTCMaswellasecologytrip reportsand findings or-ganisedby the BiologyUnit from theCentrefor Foundationin Science,Lan-guagesandGeneralStudies.potentials of Malaysian forest re-sourcesfor pharmaceuticaldrug useandtheirmedicinalapplications.He saysCUCMS lecturersand stu-dentsfrom the PharmacyFacultyandthe. Traditionaland ComplementaryMedicineFaculty(TCM)shouldusethisopportunityto conducttheir researchon the potentialhealingpropertiesof-feredbythetropicalrainforest.Healsostressesontheimportanceofinstillingan awarenessin conservationof forestresourcesintheyoungergen-eration.Heldat PayaIndahWetland,Dengkillast month, the ceremonyalso saw'":~.>0'~:;~._~':-~DeputyNaturalResourcesandEnvironmentMinisterTan Sri Joseph Kurup visitingtheCUCMS display booth.It will alsoseethe exchangeof staffandstudentsin programmesthat willbe of mutualbenefitto both partieswhileservingasatrainingplatformforskills enhancementand sharing ofknowledgeon problemsthat interestsbothparties.The six universitiesare UniversitiMalaya,UniversitiPutra Malaysia,Uni- .versitiKebangsaanMalaysia,UniversitiMalaysiaSarawak,UniversitiTeknologiMalaysia,and The Universityo(Not-tinghamMalaysiaCampus.Cl,JCMSPresidentLt-Gen(rtd)DatukSerf-Prof Dr SulaimanAbdullah,whorepresentedtheuniversityattheevent,saysthe MoU is the first step in thecooperationof the universitywith Per-hilitanin conductingresearchintotheCYBERJAYA UniversityCollegeofMedicalSciences(CUCMS)andsixother localuniversitiessignedamemorandumof understandingwiththe Wildlife and NationalParks De-partment(Perhilitan)recently.The MoU wassignedin conjunctionwith the National Biodiversity Day2012 to promotecooperationin jointresearchactivitiesof selectedwildlife(floraandfauna)areas.It also pavesthe way for joint pre-sentationand publicationof researchfindingsatscientificmeetingsandpub-lications..Inaddition,theMoU aimsto developand implementcapacityprogrammesto enhanceresearch,conservationofwildlifeandprofessionalservices.

CUCMS inks deal with Perhilitan

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CUCMS inks deal with Perhilitan

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