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UTAR staff and students show appreciation to Covid-19 frontliners

The Covid-19 pandemic has placed significant pressure on our safety and security system. As part of the frontline workers, the police force had to sacrifice their time with family in order to devote their time and energy to contain this pandemic. With the extension of the lockdown, the responsibilities of the police such as crowd control, public order management, and the investigation against the breach of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) as well as helping those who need urgent help to reach the hospital, were also extended. 

As a means of expressing gratitude to the police force for their hard work, a group of UTAR lecturers from the Department of Commerce and Accountancy parked under the Faculty of Business and Finance (FBF) organised a project titled “Community Work to Decorate Mambang Diawan Police Station and Contributions to Police Officers at Roadblocks in Kampar District”. This project was organised as part of the Committee for Community Outreach (CCO) programme. It is supported by Sergeant Major Tuan Zamri bin MD Deris, the Chief of Mambang Diawan Police Station, Kampar, Perak.

The activity took place on 14 August 2021 and it was led by the FBF Department of Commerce and Accountancy academics-cum-committee, namely Siti Subaryani binti Zainol (group leader), Suhaili binti Mohd Hussin (secretary) and Che Siti Lazrina binti Md Lazim (treasurer). It was also participated by two UTAR Environmental Engineering students, Liew Li Wen and Brenda Tneh E Tjeen.

“Through this project, we hope to show our full support, encouragement and motivation to all the Malaysian frontline workers for their tireless efforts in combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Apart from creating a convenient and comfortable place for the Police Family Association (PERKEP) while they conduct their daily activities, we also wish to show our appreciation to police officers who have a duty at the roadblocks in Kampar District,” said Siti Subaryani.

The group first visited the Mambang Diawan Police Station before heading to the Malaysian Movement Control Order (MCO) Roadblocks in the Kampar area. The community activity to decorate the PERKEP area started with a brief instruction by Head of Police Officer Superintendent Hasron Nazri bin Hashim. Then, six UTAR lecturers assisted in carrying out the community works including cleaning and painting the walls at PERKEP. As a symbol of this collaboration activity, Chief of Mambang Diawan Police Station Sergeant Major Tuan Zamri planted two date palm trees in the yard of the police station.

UTAR lecturers painting the wall

All painting and cleaning tools were provided by the police station

The group later visited the MCO Roadblocks at Kilang Kacang, Petronas Station, Jalan Iskandar, UTC Gopeng and Tol Gopeng to distribute meals, bottles of mineral water and masks.

In addition to contributing to the community, this initiative also embraces the United Nations (UN)’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Goals 11 and 16. Goal 11 focuses on reducing all forms of violence, from curtailing arms trafficking to fighting organised crimes, while Goal 16 addresses the activities of decorating the PERKEP area and providing a comfortable environment for the police.

UTAR lecturers handing mineral water to police officers at the MCO Roadblocks

The six lecturers who were involved in decorating the police station were Ku Nur Ilyani Binti Ku Abd Aziz, Che Siti Lazrina binti Md Lazim, Siti Nur Amira binti Othman, Nabihah binti Aminaddin, Nur Diyana binti Ismail and Siti Subaryani binti Zainol.

From left: Siti Nur Amira, Sergeant Major Tuan Zamri, Che Siti Lazrina, Head of Police Officer Superintendent Hasron Nazri, Nur Diyana, Siti Subaryani, Ku Nur Ilyani, Nabihah

Also involved in the activity as project committees were UTAR lecturers Suhaili binti Mohd Hussin, Tengku Rahimah binti Tengku Arifin, Azni Suhaily binti Samsuri, Siti Subaryani binti Zainol and Maisarah Syazwani binti Othman.

Mambang Diawan police showing their gratitude to UTAR lecturers on their Facebook page


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