Day: September 29, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) today saw the admission of the pioneer batch of 97 undergraduates to its Faculty of Artificial Intelligence (FAI) for the 2024/2025 academic session. Its vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Ahmad Fauzi Ismail said the students at the first AI learning centre in the country and Southeast Asia will be taking their three-year Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence with Honours programme at the university’s Kuala Lumpur campus. He said the strength of the humanistically oriented curriculum and UTM’s strategic relationship with domestic and foreign AI industry players were vital to the programme’s uniqueness and quality. “The programme

KAPIT, Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg expressed his comfort working together with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim thanks to the trust and confidence they built between them. Speaking at a gathering with community leaders at Rumah Robert Edmund, Nanga Sebatu in Kapit in conjunction with the Prime Minister’s visit to Kapit, he said that Malaysia, under Anwar’s administration, was still as ‘sweet’ as when the federation was set up in 1963. ‘It’s comfortable because of the trust we have in each other. Like I said, we will always unite to support the government in developing our

BANGI, A total of 2,500 new students for the 2024/2025 academic session from across the country have been selected to receive educational funding under the Siswa Sulung 2.0 Programme. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said the programme was introduced to ensure that children from ‘eKasih’ aid recipient families or those living in extreme poverty were given adequate opportunities to further their education. “We expect around 8,000 students from year one to year four to benefit from the Siswa Sulung 2.0 Programme. “We offer them scholarships, and they only need to pay for their residential college fees;

SHAH ALAM, The motive for the killing of a security guard, a 43-year-old local man whose body was dumped in a car boot along Jalan Pasir of Taman Pertama in Sabak Bernam on Sept 16 at 6.04 pm by a police patrol car, has been identified as personal problems and debt. Sabak Bernam police chief Supt Robin Guha Thakurta said the information was obtained following the arrest of the victim’s colleague, a local man who is the main murder suspect, on Sept 17. He said following the arrest of the man in his 20s along with several items seized including

KUALA LUMPUR, Universiti Malaya (UM) has confirmed the admission of 12-year-old prodigy Izz Imil Sharom, making him the youngest student in the university’s history since its establishment in 1962. Universiti Malaya vice-chancellor, Prof Datuk Seri Dr Noor Azuan Abu Osman, in a statement said that the child is enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Mathematics programme at the Faculty of Science. He added that Izz Imil successfully completed an interview process conducted by a Special Committee set up by the university, which was subsequently approved by the University Senate. “Given Izz Imil’s young age, we kindly request that everyone