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Activities of Ethics in

Administration students

By: Nadrawina Isnin

he 4 semester Bachelor of Administrative Science students are
th
required to take ADS452 Ethics in Administration subject. Every
Tsemester, three or four groups with 30-38 in each group organized
an activity in line with the objectives of the subject.
AM2284C clearing the grasses and bushes in the drain

at Matang Wildlife Centre on 20November 2016
For September 2016 intake, four groups totaling 129 students
participated in four different activities in November and December. On
13 November 2016, AM2284B went to the Children’s’ Home at Rumah Toh
Puan Hajjah Norkiah, Serian and AM2284C went to the Matang Wildlife
Centre on 19 November 2016. AM2284A went to the Community-Based
Rehabilitation or Pusat Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti (PDK) Mambong and
Students helping to AM2284D organized their activity at Kampung Annah Rais Homestay on
clear the drain 9 December 2016 and 10 December 2016 respectively.

at the Matang
Wildlife Centre These activities instilled leadership skills and enhanced their ability to
work as a team. In addition, it enabled them to understand the art of
administering and managing human and financial resources. Even though
the TAPA funding from the Academic Affairs was just sufficient to cover
Mr. Alex Man, (the man the basic needs of the activities, it did not hamper the students’ spirit
standing with a blue shirt) to carry out their activities. Basically, ethics is applied as they need to
is Kampung Annah Rais’s practise honesty or trustworthiness especially in handling the allocations
Ketua Kaum, who briefed given to them. With their commitment, students were also able to learn
the group on the culture about the ethical and practical practices at the places that they went. The
and origin of Kampung students learnt the significance of understanding and relating to one’s
Annah Rais. After the culture, religion or norms.
briefing, a quiz on the
culture of the Bidayuh Over all, all four activities were successfully carried out. Dr. Nadrawina
society with reference to joined three activities whilst Madam Suekadiana Affendi took over one
Kampung Annah Rais activity since Dr. Nadrawina had other commitments. Each member learnt
was conducted after the that ethics, which is embedded in every individual, needs to be practised.
tour at the long houses.

OMSAR SOCIETY WEEK

By: Gladys Sebi anak Entigar & Syazwin Binti Mohd Seth
he Office Management and Technology Programme successfully
organized The OMSAR Society Week from 16 to 19 August 2016 at
TUiTM Samarahan, Campus 2. The objectives of this event were to
establish network among students and lecturers of BM118, to impart
better understanding of BM118 vision and mission, to boost students’ self-
confidence through soft-skill activities and to inculcate teamwork spirit.

The event began with the Public Speaking Competition on 16 August at Bilik
Seminar Block C. Twelve students, who were mostly semester 3 students,
competed in the competition which was conducted to help students better
prepare for the second year Public Speaking subject in their course.

Next, the Cultural Night and OMSAR Idol were held on 17 and 18 August
respectively, with students showcasing their skills and talents through
dancing and singing. OMSAR IDOL was the most favored event of the week.
The winner was Izzan Azizah Binti Sahat who won an invitation to an event
organized by semester 5 students.

OMSAR Society Week ended with ‘Kuasai Rintas’ Competition and
Keyboarding Challenge on 19 August. These two activities were partly based
on the knowledge on subjects taught in the first, second and third semesters.
Judges for all competitions were BM118 programme lecturers. Puan Noor
Shima Binti Antony, the Head of The Office Management and Technology
Programme, closed the whole event with a short speech and a certificate
presentation ceremony.