MyFIAT January 2013

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Advisor :Prof. Dr. Ahmad Anwar Ismail

Editors :Mohd Hafiz Jamaludin

Technical :Nik Ahmad FakruddinNik Zulkefli

Mohd Salbaharin Ismail

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2013: MOVINGFORWARD

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RiceSeed 2012 1

African delegates 3

Shami goat 3

Bio-Kelantan con-vention 2012

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Rice seed presenta-tion

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Bio-entrepreneur

talk

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UMK stingless beecolony

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Fish balls and more 7

Demong beachgetaway

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Inroads in India 7

Upcoming events 8

Deans list 8

Faces in 2013 8

become individual that arenot forgetful and becomenegligence due to the success,

luxury and praises that weobtained. Instead we shouldbe thankful for each andevery grace that He has pro-vided unto us, by continuing

doing good deeds andincreasing our efforts torectify our self and ourworship as so we becomepeople who are reallysuccessful in the eyes ofthe Creator.

Indeed successful are thepeople that received the re-

minder and continue to try to

clean himself SurahAAla).

The year 2013 will comeonto us with new trials and

Time passes and waitfor no one, 2012 is nowbehind us. With the

beginning of 2013, weinvite with open armsand thanking AllahS.WT. for the extra timegiven to us.

The year 2012we leave behind with athousand lesson. Everyevent sweet and beauti-ful, sour and bitterwhat has passed let thembe a reminder and awarning. As servants, weare always tested to deter-mine our faith towards

Him. What ever thathas been achieved, be itranking or remuneration,awards or praises, offspringor success, or even disaster

or disappointment are alltest from the All Mighty.

Indeed your property and yourchildren are only a test, and toAllah is the provider of re-

wards(Surah At-Taghabun)

Such reminder should becontemplated so we can

The National Seminar on RiceSeed Certification and CertifiedSeed Production (RiceSeed) wassuccessfully held from 11 13thDecember 2012. RiceSeed 2012was jointly organised by the Fac-ulty of Agro Based Industry(FIAT) and Agricultural Chemi-cals Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (ACM).The brainchild behind the semi-nar was Dr Suhaimi Othman @Osman from FIAT and Mr Tho-mas Tan

2013:MOVING FORWARD

RiceSeed 2012

MyFIATFaculty of Agro Based IndustryUniversiti Malaysia Kelantan Jeli CampusLocked Bag 100, 17600 Jeli,KelantanTel : 09-9477021Fax : 09-9467158

Email : [email protected]

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Prof. Dr. Ahmad Anwar Ismail

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FIATFIATFIATMyMyMyThe Official Newsletter for The Faculty of Agro Based IndustryVolume 2, Issue 1 January/February 2013


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2013: MOVING FORWARDdone everyt ime andcontinously. What is for sureis that success is notabsolute, as if we do notfollow, we will be leftbehind. Bagi mencapainya,kita.

Everyone shouldbe dedicated to worktogether and complementingeach other in our activities,so that whatever we do willalways run smoothly andalways achiving the

objectives set.

Execution is really the criticalpart of successful strategy. Getting

it done, getting it done right, get-ting it done better

This is a challenge that weshould undertake, and re-quires great effort and com-mitment.

The integrity andthe strength of an instiutionlike UMK or the variousdepartments, faculties orunits under it are dependanton the work ethics of itsstaff. Thus it is crucial thateveryone must practice goodethics and morals inline withthe ethics requirement at theworkplace.

Let us all enter2013 with humility and fullof realization. Firstly, let usrectify ourself from the

challenges.With the year 2020

nearing, How should FIATmove quickly and steadily inl ine wi th the J e l iTransformation Program ofthe Campus as a Facultythat is Relevant, Referredand Respected, succesfullychurning graduates withexcelent atributes, technolgyknow how, far sighted,nature friendly and alsohaving the attributes of an

entrepreneur, in shortgraduate with 1st classmindset.

With regards tothe socia-political landscapeof the campus; how can theJeli Campus community(and also those in thePengkalan Chepa Campus,and Also Bachok Campus),the lecturers, administratorsand also studend mustu n d e r t a k e t h e i rresponsibility in this newenvironemnt.

There is no easy

route, as all the challengesshould be faced with openhearts and open minds. Weshould put priority on theVission and Mission ratherthan on our own individualneeds; sacrificing whenneeded.

As we move intothis new year, we shouldalways be sensitive to thec h a n g e s o f t h eenviroenment so that we areable to benefit from it. Wemust never be careless inwhatever we are doing, orwith what we have achievedthe previous year, by notrealilzing the changesaround us. Changes is afactor that will always influ-ence our moves and activi-ties. Thus, we should not bejust reactive in these

changes. System, procedure,and people will always con-tinue to encourage and mo-tivate us to face the everchanging environment, butit is still the individual them-selves that ensures the abil-ity to adapt to the changes.

The Jeli Campuscommunity, especially thoseunder the Faculty of AgroBased Industry, change yourattitude and your mindsettowards achieving greater

success in teaching andlearning, research and inno-vation, and do not be leftbehind to provide our ser-vice to the local communityespecially.I hope this year we will allcontinue to ellevate ourintention and willpower togive our best in our workwith full responisibility,trust, honesty, efficienccyand fair.

In competing withthe current development, wemust strive to build a goodprestigic working system,utilising the pool of talenthaving competency invarious skills and the use ofcurrent and advancetechnolgy. To achieve this,we must continue toenhance the quality to ahigher level which should be

shortcomings due to ournegligence in 2012. Sec-ondly, let us all face everychallenges with better prepa-ration.Thirdly, let us all givethe intention and willpowerto become good individuals,especially employees that aresuccessful and noble.

Who so ever wants dignity, thanhe must make an effort to seek itby following His commands, be-

cause of Allah, belongs all glorySurah Fathir 35:10).

Let us all become Muflihuunwhich are people who arereally successful in the eyesof the Creator.

My message toeveryone; face the comingdays with high spirit and astrong soul by continuing togive effort to move FIATforward, together with theJeli Campus and finallyUMK. Become employees

that are efficient and respon-sible in your actions to helprealize the bigger agenda ofUMK.

Prof. Dr. Ahmad Anwar Ismail, and Prof. Datuk Dr. Reduan Che Rose, VC of UMK

Happy New Year 2013

AHMAD ANWAR ISMAILDEAN, FIAT

Total Deans List Sem 2, 2011/2012:

112 students


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velopment Cor pora tionMalaysia, and ASREDACorporation.

On the last day ofthe course, participant vis-

From 36 December,FIAT in collaboration withFVP successfully held theBasic Breeding of Dual-purpose Shami Goatcourse at UMK Jeli Cam-pus. The course is whollyfunded by the Ministry ofKementerian KemajuanLuar Bandar dan Wilayah(KKLW) and the NationalAg ri cu l tur al Tr ai ni ngCouncil under the NationalBlue Ocean Strategy(NBOS).

The purpose of

the course was to introducethe Shami goat breed inMalaysia, due to its dualpurpose high meat yieldand milk production. Kur-sus ini bertujuan .

There were 51participant who attendedthis course comprised oflocal entrepreneurs, breed-ers and also individualsfrom various parts of Ke-lantan. Various topics werediscussed handled by lec-turers from UMK, repre-sentatives from Halal De-

ited a goat farm in Air Gur-ing, Jeli. The farm was man-aged by Jeli Area Pertubu-han Peladang.

nar. Dr. Shamsul presenteda p a p e r e n t i t l e dPenerokaan & penyelidikanProduk Bioteknologi: Ker-jasama Institusi Penyellidi-kan dan Usahawan. Theother 3 papers were Sum-bangan Saintis Islam dalam

On the 1st of November,Kelantan Biotech Corpora-tion Sdn. Bhd held a Bio-technology Seminar, enti-tled Mengembalikan Ke-gemilangan Tamadun IslamMelalui Biotechnolgi. TheSeminar was held at Per-

dana resort, Pantai CahayaBulan in Kota Bharu. Dr.Shamsul Muhamad,, Dr.Amir Husni, Mrs. Zur-halida Tuan Harith, Mr.Mohd Shaiful Azman, andMr. Mohd Hafiz Jamaludinattended the one day semi-

Kegemilangan TamadunIslam, Pembangunan Pro-duk Bioteknolgi: dari Tra-disional ke Pengkomersia-lan and Industri Bio-teknologi: Perkongsian Pen-galaman Pemain Industri.

took place during the hightea as staffs and studentsfrom both FIAT and FSBtook the chance to get toknow more about the Afri-can countries. FIAT staffshould take the opportunity

The J eli Campus in generalreceived special guests fromvarious African Countries.The guest form part of adelegates of Ambassadorsand Higher commissionerswho are in Kelantan for aworking visit to forge possi-ble collaborations. The

delegates were headed byhis Excellency (H.E.) NadirYousif El-Tayeib Babiker(Sudan). Among the dele-gates were H.E. AbdelMalek Bouheddou (Algeria),C u t h b e r t Z h a k a t a(Zimbabwe), H.E. ThamiMseleku (South Africa),H.E. Samori Angwa Ok-wiyu (Kenya), H.E. Mo-hamed Saad Ibrahim Ebied

and wife Omaima Ebied(Egypt), H.E. Bello ShehuRingim and wife, RaiyaBello Ringim (Nigeria), MsMartha Mazimba, the actingHigher Commissioner forZambia, Mr. OusmaneC a m a r aNdiongue,

D e p u t y Head ofM i s s i o n(Senegal),and Mr.T i t u sShikongo,1st Secre-t a r y (Namibia).A fruitfuldiscussion

to make linkages and possi-ble collaboration with Afri-can countries, as it would bea new frontier not only forthe faculty, but also the Uni-versity.

The delegates of Ambassadors, higher commissions and representatives of

African countries with the UMK VC, DVC,jeli kampus director and other senior

Early morning inUMK,Jeli Campus.


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Agriculture Drainage andIrrigation Division (BPSP). Apanel discussion was held atthe end of second day towrap up all the sessions and

to re-focus on the theme ofthe seminar.

Indeed the rice seedindustry has come a long waysince 1960s. This is evident inthe 41 rice varieties producedsince 1964 by MARDI, withthe recent release of theMRQ76 in September 2012and MR269 during the Ma-laysian Agriculture, Horticul-ture and Agrotourism Inter-national show (MAHA) 2012.Different agencies haveshared their valuable experi-ences and private sectorshave kindly shared the bene-fits of seed box technolo-

gies, the foliar controlledrelease nitrogen for rice seedand new technology develop-ments for pest and diseasemanagement.

Another importanttake-home message duringthe panel discussion was thesuccession of the current riceindustries workforce. Howcan we encourage theyounger generation to beinvolved in the rice seed in-

Eng Soon, Managing Direc-tor of ACM. The theme oft h i s s e m i n a r ,Entrepreneurship Devel-opment for Certified RiceSeed Production is in par-allel with the countrys mis-sion to establish leadershipposition in regional breed-ing services and to scale upand strengthen the produc-tivity of paddy farming aspart of the Entry PointsProject in National KeyEconomic Area (NKEA).

T h e se mi n a rkicked off with a crucialkeynote speech made byEn. Zakaria Bin MohamadSidek, Director of Paddy,Industrial Crops and Flori-culture Section, Departmentof Agriculture. He pre-

sented a paper on theUsage of certified rice seed Strategies and measures toimprove seed quality. Thisis followed by the SessionOne: Status and Needs,with a total of four speakersfrom Department of Agri-culture, Padiberas Nasional,Farmers Organisation Au-thority (LPP) and LaharBubu Farmers Association

(PPK). In the afternoon,the seminar was officiatedby Prof. Datuk Dr Raduan

Bin Che Rose, the ViceChancellor of UniversitiMalaysia Kelantan. In theevening, an official Rice-Seed dinner sponsored byNational Farmers Organi-sation (NAFAS) created aplatform for all participantsto strengthen their network-ing ties.

On the secondday, there was a total of 4sessions, where SessionTwo d i s cus se d t h eDevelopments in rice seedproduction industry withspeakers from KemubuAgricultural DevelopmentAuthority (KADA), MudaAgricultural DevelopmentAuthority (MADA), UMKand MARDI. The subse-quent session focused on

the Private sector participa-tion in certified seed indus-try with valuable input fromAgricultural Chemicals Ma-laysia Sdn. Bhd. (ACM),Oryza Tech Sdn. Bhd., Fel-cra Berhad and HelenaChemical. Session four em-phasizes Technology trans-fer and enterprise develop-ment with presentationsfrom Nihon Nohyaku on

pest management, PenangFarmers Organisation(PPN), ACM, UMK and

Continue from front page: National Seminar RiceSeed 2012

dustries? One of the keycriteria is that the graduatesshould be ready to get downand dirty (e.g. literally intothe mud!) in the field andthe supporting industries.We believe that FIAT is

taking the right steps in pro-ducing all-rounded gradu-ates with entrepreneurialattributes. In addition toactive learning by the stu-dents, FIAT emphasizes10% input from the indus-tries, encourages student tocreate enterprises and viewproblems as opportunitiesfor improvement.

The closing cere-mony was carried out by theDeputy Vice Chancellor,Assoc. Prof. Abdul Aziz BinLatif. Participants were also

given a site visit at UMK,Jeli campus the followingday. The organising commit-tee would like to take thisopportunity to thank UMK,ACM, Department of Agri-culture, NAFAS, variousgovernmental agencies, pri-vate sectors and all partici-pants for their efforts insupporting RiceSeed 2012.

By Dr. Soon Jan Mei

The full house turn out during the officiating of RiceSeed2012

The cultural dance by students of UMK Jeli Campus duringthe conference dinner

The UMK and ACM team preparing the venue the nightbefore the start of the conference

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The use of certified rice seed: strategy and approach to

increase the quality of seeds

Ahmad Zakaria Mohamad Sidek, Mohd Ramdzan Maulan and Mohammad Zuhairi Ali

Rice Unit, Crops Industry and Floriculture, Department of Agriculture, Putrajaya, Malaysia.

This paper highlights the development of the certified seed program

in Malaysia with regards to the challenges and strategy to strengthen the pro-

gram to fulfill the needs of the industry in the near future. The program was

developed through the participation of the private sector under the Malay-

sian Department of Agriculture Rice Seed Certification Scheme with the ob-

jective to meet the needs of certified seeds to be used in paddy plantation.

Such a scheme was able to increase the production of certified seeds from

23, 336 tones in 2003, to 86, 025 tones in 2011, an increase of more than

350%.

The overall rice seed industry has increased tremendously in many

areas and has successfully fulfilled the objectives, and goals outlines under

the National Food Warranty Policy (Dasar Jaminan Maknanan Negara).

Although the production of certified rice increased tremendously

over the last few years, yet still the management efficiency of the certified

rice seed producer is still poor. The rate of declination of seed to grow in

the field is as high as 50%, while the declination in the lab is only around

10%.

In the effort to overcome the shortcomings while trying to fulfill the increasing request for certified

rice seed which are of high quality, producers in the industry needs to rationalize and optimized the use of cur-

rent facilities available. The development of proficient, competitiveness, sustainable human resources is needed

to strengthen the overall supply chain involved in the industry. Efforts towards improvement should be able

to overcome problems faced in the industry.

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On the 18th Disember2012, FIAT succesfullyo r g a n i z e d a B i o -entrepreneurial talk which

was held at the Jeli CampusMulti-purpose hall, UMK.The talk was given by MrsPuan Koh Siew Ching

(picture left), the Head ofDepartment of CustomerServices, Malaysia Packag-ing Industry Bhd. Her talkwas entitled Advances inFlexible Packaging Tech-nology in Malaysia wasattended by almost 200student of the campus. Thetalk was also a part of Prin-cipe of packaging, posthar-vest component and post-harvest technology. .

M r . A h m a d Z a k a r i aMohamad Sidek, Director ofthe Paddy Unit, Crops Indus-try and Floriculture, Depart-ment of Agricultre, Putrajaya,Malaysia giving the keynoteaddress for RiceSeed 2012held the Grand Riverview Ho-tel in Kota Bharu Kelantan.

RiceSeed Presentation

The 200 odd students (picture on the top) who attended thetalk by Mrs. Koh Siew Ching (picture on the left).


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whereas in Malaysia thestingless bees were of

genus Trigona. Generally,stingless bee coloniesmake far less honey, andtherefore have less eco-nomic appeal, comparedwith honey bees. Never-theless, the honey pricesare much higher for stin-gless bees than for hon-eybees, and used as medi-cine. The demand for

products basedfrom stinglessbees honey, bee-bread and propo-

lis is high, and

some bee keepers liveonly by selling of stin-

gless bees nests as a goodbusiness. Now, the ques-tions arise regardingwhether stingless bees inMalaysia is a good honeyproducer or not. We in-tend to answer this ques-tion through a properresearch. At the moment,the colony is still surviv-ing in the Jeli Campus.Long live the colony!

By Dr. Kumara Thevan& Mr. Suhaimi Omar

(Meliponini) have 50times more species anddiffer from honeybees(Apini). More than 500species of stingless beesoccur throughout theworld and they contrib-ute to pollination nearly70 crops. They are pan-tropical and are such anexcellent pollinators to

the extend some re-searchers called stinglessbees as commercial pol-linators for their pollina-tion services on crops.A study done in the un-disturbed and loggedover dipterocarp for-ests in Sabah, Malaysiafound abundance ofstingless bees in forestsin Sabah is chiefly de-pendent on the localavailability of food

resources. As the secon-dary forest is beingcleared to pave way foragropark of Jeli Campus,can this colony survive?

In Brazil, ma-jority of the stingless beehoney production abili-ties were measured andthey were mainly fromthe genus Melipona,

Some time back, Mr.Suhaimi and I went tosurvey a stingless beecolony in agropark.The colony was on topof the tree about 4.2meter above theground. I told my wishto Mr. Suhaimi that itwould be great if thetree happen to fall aswe can easily extractthe colony. The nextday, we took a ladder andwent to agropark. Voil!!!My wish came true. Thetree fell during the nightbecause of heavy rain.The colony entrance tubewas 21.6cm in length,and 1.5cm x 1.0 cm wide.The stingless bees placedsticky resins on sur-rounding of the entrancetube to trap the ants

from entering the colony.A portion of the colonywith the brood were ex-tracted and brought backinto the campus for fur-ther research. The upperportion of the colonyconsisted of honey potswhich were later con-sumed by us.

Stingless bees

Entrance tube of the stingless bee covered with sticky

resin to trap ants

Mr. Suhaimi enjoying the honey from a portion of colony honey

pots

Research on Campus (ROC)

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Anthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hymenoptera

Suborder: Apocrita

Superfamily: Apoidea

Family: Apidae

Subfamily: Apinae

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On the first day, hand heldpractical was handled byMr. Abdul Wahab Isa andhelped by Mr. Latif Musa.About 5 product were suc-cessfully made; satar rolls,fish balls, fish cakes, fishnoodles, and a Kelantanfavourite, keropok lekor.The participant also had theopportunity to eat what wasmade, and also handfuls offishball, fish noodles and

keropok lekor to takehome. On the 2nd day, amuch more detailed pres-entation was provided byDr. Marriam Firdhaus MadNordin on the theory be-hind fish based food prod-ucts and also up-scalingfor commercial purposes.This was than followed by

On the 7th and 8th ofDecember, a fish basedfood product course washeld on campus. The pur-pose for such course is toexposed participants onfish based food productthat can be done at homeand also upscale for busi-ness purposes. The courseis funded by the National

A gri cu l tu re Tr ai ni ngCouncil (NATC) was or-ganized by FIAT and han-dled by MusliMush Ent., astudent company compris-ing of UMK students.More than 40 people par-ticipated in the coursecomprising of old andyoung and from as far asTerengganu and Kedah.

a short presentation by En.Mohd Hafiz Jamaludin onthe importance of innova-tion and creativity in proc-essing food products. Thecourses ended with someclosing remarks by Dr.Marriam Firdhaus MadNordin.

A 3 day FIAT retreat was

held from the 13-15 De-cember was held in De-mong, Besut, Terrengganu.The purpose for the retreatwas to discuss the issuesfrom 2012 and lay out theplans for 2013. The staffswere divided according intoSBS, SBT, SBH, SBP andthe dean office. The first

This is an another stone in

the building of UMKspavement to the interna-

tionalization of education

and research, Dr. Mohm-

med Arifullah was success-

ful in establishing MOU

between Sri Venkateswara

University (SVU) and

UMK on his visit to SVU

on in 2012. SVU is one of

the oldest universities in

India which

started in 1954,and is re-

nowned for its

scientific re-

search and

a c c o m p l i s h -

ments in India.

During his

visit to SVU

Dr. Arifullah met the uni-

versity vice chancellor

day was dedicated to identify

and document the activitiesof FIAT. The second day,got all the groups into seri-ous brainstorming plan for2013, and the last day was topresent and further discusson the plans for each group.It is hoped that this shortr e t r e a t s e s s i o n w i l lstrengthen the ties between

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Mr. Abdul Wahab Isa explaining the steps for making fishballs and fish cakes

Fish noodle in the making

staffs in gearing for2013.

Serious discussion to lay out

plans for 2013

Prof. W. Rajendra and the

registrar Prof. Satyavelu

Reddy. Dr Arifullah pre-

sented a souvenir fromUMK, and briefed the

SVU officials about UMK

and discuss potential areas

to collaborate. An MOU

between both institution is

currently being discussed

involving research and

also staff and student mo-

bility programs.

From Right: Prof. Satyavelu Reddy, Prof.W. Rajendra, Dr. Mohammed Arifullah


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Upcoming events

Semester 2 session 2012/2013: 17 February 2012

ASEAN Regional Conference on Food Security, 8-11 October2013, Penang

Back row (left to right):Pn. Hasnita Che Haron, Pn. Nur Aiashah Ibrahim, Pn. Kharul Azmi Muzam Abdul Rahman, Pn. Zu-harlida Tuan Harith, Cik Ysami Awang, Pn. Nor Dini Rosli, En. Nik Ahmad Fakruddin Nik Dzulkefli, En. Mohd Fahlil Mat

Jusoh, Abdul Khaliq Zakaria, En. Suhaimi Omar, En. Mohd Badrul Hisyam Muhamad Alias, En. Wan Shamsul Amri WanZainul Abidin, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ranajit Kumar Shaha, Dr. Suhaimi Othman @ Osman, En. Shazani Sarijan, Dr. AmirHusni Mohd Shariff, Dr. Dwi Susanto, En. Zulhisyam Abdul Kari @ Abdullah, Assoc. Prof. Dr. MD Ruhul Amin, En.Mohd Mahmud @ Mansor, En. Mohd Hafiz Jamaludin, Dr. Kumara Thevan A/L Krishnan, Dr. Mohammed Arifullah

Middle row (left to right):Prof. Dr. S. M. Reazaul Karim, Dr. Fatimah Changgrok @ Kayat, Dr. Noor Azlina Ibrahim, Prof. Dr.Ahmad Anwar Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kassim Buhiran, Dr. Lee Seong Wei, Dr. Shamsul Mohamad, En. Muhammad CheIsa.

Bottom row (left to right):Cik Illazuwa Mohd Yusoff, Cik Raimi Mohamed Redwan, Pn. Farah Asiqin Ali, Pn. Nor HidayahHamzah, Cik Wan Ezzatul Alile Wan Zainuddin, Cik. Aini Afifah Ismail, Dr. Marriam Firdaus Mad Nordin, Dr. Zakia Kha-nam, Dr. Soon Jan mei

Not in the picture:Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Che Omar, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seri Intan Mokhtar, En. Mohd Shaiful Azman Abdul Rahim,Cik Nik Nur Azwanida, En. Mohd Salbaharin Ismail, Pn. Najihah Shamsuddin, Pn. Anes Azura Zakaria)

FACES IN 2013

MyFIAT would like to bid

farewell to Dr. Shukur Nor-din. Thank you for yourservice to FASA and FIAT.May you continue to shareyour knowledge and experi-ence where ever you go.

Congratulations FIAT DEANS LIST Semester 2 session 2011/2012

SBH (28), SBT (40), SBP (12) SBS (32).


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