Most people love to kick off their day with a hot cup of coffee, together with sugar and milk.
Could you forget it for a while and start a new routine?
Maybe spend about 10 minutes walking up and down some stairs – sounds hard to do but this exercise helps you to boost up your energy levels compared to when you sip the coffee while taking the lift to your office.
Patrick J. O’Connor, one of the researcher from University of Georgia which conducted this research said the study is held in order to compare an exercise that could be achieved by people in an office setting, where they have access to stairs and a little time to be active, but not enough time to change into workout gear, shower and change back into work clothes (Graaf, 2017).
“We found, in both the caffeine and the placebo conditions, that there was not much change in how they felt.
“But with exercise, they did feel more energetic and vigorous.
“It was a temporary feeling, felt immediately after the exercise, but with the 50 milligrammes of caffeine, we didn’t get as big an effect,” said O’Connor.
Participants in this study, on separate days, were asked to take a capsule that contains caffeine or a placebo or spent 10 minutes walking up and down stairs at a low-density pace.
They were female college students that claimed themselves did not get enough sleep at least for six-and-a-half hours per night. They need to complete the verbal and computer-based tests to know how they felt and performed in cognitive tasks. This is used to measure the effects of the caffeine versus the exercises.
O’Connor believed stairs walking might increase people’s motivation for work, even not insignificant effect, even though both exercise or caffeine are not clearly proved to improve attention or memory.
However, he wants to further the research to look at benefits that one’s may get even if they just do exercise for 10 minutes.
It is important to know that exercise is good for the health. Unfortunately, most of them are not attentive of the advantages of exercise and living in unhealthy lifestyle even though they were all well aware of it.
So, instead of taking coffee in the morning and use an escalator or lift to get to your office, how about taking 10-minutes of stair walking to boost up your day?
Do you realize that with only one picture can make someone become as famous as celebrity? With only one viral video can boost someone’s business to the peak? These are the few great things about internet that make us addicted to it!
However, internet is more useful and beneficial if we use it in right way. Business, for instance. The existence of social media really creates a miracle for those who are running online business. As we know, online business industry is booming from day to day thanks to social media and a good businessperson will fully utilize them to boost performance and profit.
Sometimes even without a proper advertisement strategy, one’s business still can be as grand as those who advertise theirs at television. How this is possible? It is a matter of ‘trending’ and ‘viral’ thingy that make this possible.
‘Nasi Lemak Pondan’, for example. Because of the nasi lemak is named with ‘pondan’, it makes thing crazy and people keep on making it viral by posting it everyday. The same goes to ‘Nasi Lemak Anak Dara’. ‘Anak dara’ brand makes a big difference for nasi lemak although the taste might be as same as nasi lemak made by any mak cik in Malaysia. Malaysian loves this kind of controversial things and luckily it has a huge impact for them. Their businesses are improving and getting more customers day by day!
Also not to forget, last year there was this one woman named Bella became viral after she lodged police report because frustrated with this one local slimming product she used. She claimed that the product wasn’t work on her and what made thing interesting was how she bashed all local, Malay products. Her video went viral and people keep on posting negative comments as a feedback to the video. Unfortunately, it turned out that the police report was a lie and she just did it to market the product to the public.
It is frustrating, right? That is how powerful viral contents are. Every online marketer dreams of having that perfect viral marketing campaign that reaches an incredibly wide audience, far beyond the brand’s own reach, and connects with people across the world. This is how online seller do their job every day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faq4wMlr9t4
In addition, media influencer such as vlogger and blogger are also the other reason of viral contents being spread in social media. If someone is famous enough and has her own group of followers, it means she/he is capable enough to make a product review and of course is paid for it. This is one of the fastest way to promote the product other than controversial viral issues such as nasi lemak and slimming product.
However, viral contents are not supposed to be looked as an ‘unhealthy’ way of marketing strategy. Sometimes, it also helps those who are running a small business such as small street cart when people spread about those businesses it will increase the number of customers.
Reference
Anonnymous. (2016, May 15). 5 Bukti Video Bella Kutuk Produk Slimming Tak Panas Hanyalah Marketing Strategi Semata-mata. Retrieved from Oh!MEDIA: http://www.ohmedia.my/2016/05/5-bukti-video-bella-kutuk-produk-slimming-hanya-marketing-srategi-sahaja.html
Con, G. (2015, September 9). 10 Easy Viral Marketing Examples for Your Online Marketing! Retrieved from #SMMGuide: http://smmguide.co/10-easy-viral-marketing-examples-for-your-online-marketing/
Fadli, M. (2017, March 22). ‘Nasi Lemak Pondan’ seller gives people food for thought. Retrieved from FMT News: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2017/03/22/nasi-lemak-pondan-seller-gives-people-food-for-thought/
Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both of the parties are under 18 years of age (UNICEF, 2016). According to UNICEF (2016), 700 million women alive today were married as children, and more than 1 out of 3 were married before 15. Girls who are involved in child marriage before they turned 18 are most likely to experience abuse and even die due to complications during pregnancy or childbirth. They also have limited opportunities to finish their formal education and let alone, to pursue a degree. According to Girls Not Brides (n.d.), the reasons for child marriage may differ from one community to another, but poverty, lack of education, cultural practices, and insecurity are the primary drivers. Very recently, the situation of children in need of special protection, notably girls vulnerable to sexual abuse and HIV/AIDS, suggests that early marriage is being used as a strategy to protect girls from sexual exposure or to pass the economic burden for their care to others (Innocenti Research Centre, 2001). According to Innocenti Research Centre (2001), a recent UNICEF study shows that parents are anxious about girls becoming pregnant outside marriage; thus, any opportunities will be seized.
The Star
Identity
The Star stand on child marriage is that it is always wrong regardless of the reasons. The Star’s R.AGE team who are made up of young journalists has worked with many parties who are dealing with child marriages. An article published in the Columnists section by The Star Says titled ‘Child Marriage is Always Wrong’ on 9th April 2017. The Star Says is a team from The Star that provided viewpoints after analysing the issues and developments of the day. The Star Says suggested that when an underage girl became pregnant because of her underage boyfriend, both families of the girl and the boy could have worked together to raise the child without making them abandoning their studies or even get support from the social services. Foster care could also be an option, however unpalatable, for financially disadvantaged families who can’t afford to care for the child (The Star Says, 2017).
Agenda
The main agenda of The Star that can be observed from the headlines of the news is that children should be protected from child marriage. The Star supports individuals who share the same values. Although Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is from Democratic Action Party (DAP), The Star emphasises his opinion regarding child marriage.
Practicalities
The recent incident of Tasek Gelugor MP Datuk Shabudin Yahaya remarks on child marriages was caught on video and published in BNBBCTV, a YouTube account of The Council of Barisan Nasional MPs Malaysia. The Star released the video footage of the debate with a caption ‘Tasek Gelugor MP Datuk Shabudin Yahaya explained his views on child marriage and rape’. The video published did not do any justification to Tasek Gelugor MP Datuk Shabudin Yahaya because it did not show every part of his speech. The day after the incident, The Star published another article titled, “Video of Shabudin’s remarks on child marriage goes viral”. The report stated that Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim defended Shabudin by saying Shabudin has been “very supportive” of the Sexual Offences Against Children Bill 2017 as he had presided over cases of sexual crimes against children. The Star quoted unquote the words very supportive in its reporting.
Al Jazeera
Identity
Al Jazeera approaches the child marriage issue using from the law viewpoints. The organisation did not state if it is wrong or right, but the articles published always revolved around the negative impacts of child marriages and actions that can be taken by the government to forbid more of these cases from occurring. Also, Al Jazeera always includes the background for this issue such as poverty and social norm to provide better understanding to the readers
Agenda
Al Jazeera main agenda that can be observed from the reporting is that the organisation wants the governments of the countries involved in child marriage to take more proactive actions. Articles published on child marriage are always categorised under the Human Section. The organisation believes that children have the right to decide their marriage, spouse and future.
Practicalities
News published by Al Jazeera is always accompanied by sources. The article titled, ‘Rights group: Nepal failing to stop child marriage’ included the Agencies as its source. Meanwhile, the news titled ‘Turkey: Motion ‘protecting child marriage’ draws debate’ included Al Jazeera News And News Agencies as its source. Al Jazeera also went to gain an insight of the reality of child marriage by personally interviewing the victim. In an article titled, ‘Nepal’s challenge of ending child marriage’, the journalist Subina Shrestha managed to interview Pari Devi Mandal, a 17-years-old mother of two. The reporter quoted the exact words uttered by the victim and even stated the location of the interview. The journalist also managed to interview a human right activist, Manohar Kumar Pokhrel also quoted his exact words on the issue of child marriage in Nepal.
Society is stereotyping breast cancer as a norm for women since it is more likely be linked as one of the disease that be diagnosed in women compare to men. In addition, breast cancer also been recognized as one of the dangerous threats to women’s health. Therefore, if we can see, there are many events or awareness campaigns that focusing on breast cancer in women rather that men, which makes many people to have this stereotype which lead them to ignore the chances of men been diagnosed with breast cancer not seriously even though there are less than 1% of all breast cancer are develop in men.
However, there are cases of breast cancer that involve men even though the number of cases is rare. Therefore, the need of providing them with information about breast cancer is high, so that they will have a full exposure about the disease from the symptoms until how to treat it. Breast cancer in men usually been detected as a lump that occurs underneath the nipple and areola. And due to the lack of awareness among them, it makes men are likely to take the lump not seriously and ignore the possibility for the lump to become a breast cancer which will cause a delay in getting treatment.
Therefore, when they started to notice a lump or anything that unusual about their breast, they should get professional advice about it because an early detection of breast cancer can increase the options of treatment and eventually increase the chances of being a survival. Besides the lack of awareness, the feeling of embarrassment to being label as one of the breast cancer patient which primarily been diagnose in women, also makes men tend to ignore the hard lump that occurs.
Therefore, there is an urge of more campaign been conduct that are focusing on giving out information and awareness towards the breast cancer in men so that men will feel more comfortable in doing the diagnosis and treatments procedure for breast cancer as breast cancer are not only been detect in women but also men.
Reference
Breast Cancer Network Australia (2017). Breast cancer in men. Retrieved April 06, 2017 from https://www.bcna.org.au/understanding-breast-cancer/breast-cancer-in-men/
Kinninment, M. & Gaffney, A. (2017). Shining light on male breast cancer. Retrieved April 04, 2017 from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-15/male-breast-cancer-survivor-calls-for-more-awareness/8356578
National Breast Cancer Foundation (2017). Male breast cancer. Retrieved April 4, 2017 from http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/male-breast-cancer
The American Cancer Society (2017). What is breast cancer in men? Retrieved April 09, 2017 from https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer-in-men/about/what-is-breast-cancer-in-men.html
Three years ago, 239 people on board a Malaysian flight from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing mysteriously disappeared. At that time, many believed that the plane had crashed into the Indian Ocean. However, news reported from foreign media had spurred many assumptions on exact whereabouts of the aircraft. This had led too much of the confusion and anxiety to those who are affected by the tragedy in one way or the other. During the weeks following the incident, the government spokesperson had given out statements that reassure the situation is under control. While some may agree that the authorities could have done things differently in their ways of reporting, many rely on foreign sources that were steadfast in supplying an endless stream of information.
The famous local English-language news daily, The New Straits Times began circulation as The Straits Times in 1845 before changing its current name in 1974. Initially, the paper is recognised as Malaysia’s only broadsheet format English language newspaper. It has changed to a tabloid version on 1 September 2004 to be syncronised with British newspapers; The Times and The Independent. The tabloid format paper was either controlled or owned by government coalition parties under ‘Barisan Nasional’ or companies who have strong relations with the ruling party and now is part of Media Prima group of companies (Lim, 2007). Thus, it has become a government mouthpiece and progressive nation-building newspaper which covered a rich editorial content of various weekly sections such as lifestyle, business and technology (New Straits Times, 2013).
International Media: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the ABC)
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the ABC) was formed by the government and launched on 1 July 1932 by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons and ABC radio announcer Conrad Charlton. Since its inception, ABC has become a modern day broadcaster and reliable source of news and information for Australian society across the nation and to the region. ABC being the government’s mainstream channel, it is aimed to provide informative, entertaining and educational services that reflect the breadth of its nation. Among ABC prominent contents are nightly entertainment, music, comedy shows, children’s programming and sport.
Chronology of Event (Timeline)
Practicality
Both local and foreign media were somewhat extensive enough in their documents citing various references from the time the incident had occurred up to 12 months after. This exhibits the degree of transparency in their narrative although we could observe an apparent variation in reporting style. For instance, ABC laid the timeline in ascending order while NST chose to have their latest reports shown first.
Degree of transparency and level of reporting
Interestingly, if we look at this from a different angle, the western media is often critical to the management (or mismanagement) of the crises. They sometimes try to discredit the Malaysian authorities by insinuating headlines that feel less relevant, vengeful and trailblazing away to the actual search and rescue efforts. A case in point, the ABC sub-headlines reads on October 31, 2014 – “First lawsuit filed over disappearance” which was not mentioned in the NST version of the chronological report. This seems to be a deliberate attempt by the mainstream foreign press to shame the authorities adding further insult to injury.
On another incident, they also shrug and criticise how the airlines were handling next of kin, where they were informed via text messages of their missing loved ones. In a press conference journalist threw questions that further draws anger to their relatives of the casualness of the text message as if there’s no hope to find the victim. Many argued Malaysia Airlines (MAS) should have waited and contact the family members before releasing the text message. This move may have single-handedly tarnished the integrity and reputation of the channel of public communication for both MAS and the country.
An NST report stating that there is information such as “air traffic control radio transcript, radar data and airport security recordings” that cannot be shown to the public. These statements came from representatives of Malaysia Airlines who were supposedly being told to inform the relatives on any updated information. These sorts of reports demonstrate on attacks by the press while taking advantage of the venerable opposition. By any measure, one cannot deny that Malaysia Airlines were on a clear path of PR disaster when they texted the message. They often layout an incomplete and inconsistent accounts leading to undermining the confidence of relative and press of any further statements. Without a doubt, the local media has been protective of their information. NST reported on both positive and negative statement on how authorities update the MH370 passenger next of kin whereabouts. However, being a government mouthpiece; the statement is contradictory to other media reports.
Another contradiction came when their official report entitled Factual Information Safety Investigation for MH370 said that “civilian radar had tracked the plane for a short time after it diverted on March 8 of last year, apparently contradicting earlier Malaysian statements that only its military radar had monitored the plane”. Furthermore, the government also at a fault as they controlled the media too strictly by not disclosing one of the more key dates which were when the preliminary assessment of the report was released on May 1, 2014. The reports highlight several steps that show weaknesses in crises management. Instead, its timeline focuses on somewhat monotonous tone omitting any information that can jeopardise the credibility of the government when in fact they have made numerous public statements of their commitment to being transparent.
The final observation seen is the stark contrast of freedom of speech and media control. Relatively, western media tries to create public discourse where people can come together to give an opinion, discuss and identify societal problems freely, and through that discussion it will influence political action. Meanwhile, on the local front, nations described as authoritarian that practices state-owned media channels where they have complete control over information in direct or indirect ways. Although they sometimes are seen to work independently, there is absolutely no room for media to speak against the predetermined narrative. Many public relations experts conclude that the country was caught off guard by an aggressive international press mainly because curbs on free expression effectively muzzled Malaysian press.
Robophobia is an anxiety disorder which makes a person has an irrational fear of robots, drones or any other robot-like mechanics. It often results a panic attack and always can be triggered by certain stimuli or situation. For instance, it happens while viewing a robot, talking about robots or being near to a robot. The sufferer finds their anxiety levels rise when they are near most autonomous machine especially the human-looking robots. The term robophobia comes from the Czech word which is robota. Robota means “drudgery” and Greekphobos means “fear”. People who are diagnosed with this illness can find the disorder hard to live with. This is because, they will go to great lengths to avoid robots and any situation that may trigger their panic and anxiety. Furthermore, they also will avoid certain machines and computer and much prefer hardwired telephones over using a smartphones. Nowadays, robots can perform many human tasks, often more deftly than we could manage. It also saves us from having to carry out boring tasks and they could be revolutionising many professions. However, when anyone mentions robots, if we are reminded of a movie in 1982 named Blade Runner, it depicts a story of genetically engineered replicants, basically human-like robots, for sure our reaction is to feel so anxious and suspicious due to the frightening scenes from movie itself. There are many reasons we so frightened of robots. Firstly we worry that robots will take over all of our jobs, leaving us out of work and also without a livelihood. For instance nowadays we can see the introduction of driverless cars which has threaten the jobs of professional drivers.
Next, we fear that robots will “take over us” and at the end of the day we will lose control of them. Robots intelligence has the ability to acquire knowledge which we can apply them as necessary. Today robots already show remarkable behavioural and cognitive intelligence. Some robots appear to have emotional intelligence. Such as the famous robot named Ava is the android in sci-fi film Ex Machina says Ava can recognise human emotions but she cannot feel them. Thirdly, we worry one day we won’t be able to tell the difference between a human-like robot (an android) and a real human. Kurt Gray and Daniel Wegner at the North Carolina University showed “we are not particularly bothered by what robots ability to act, until its only when we believe they can feel and sense”. Lastly, advances in technology are very fast that most of us haven’t kept up, and it makes us feel anxious and unsettled. Thus, the only way to alleviate our fears is to educate yourself by learning the terminology and always keep up with what’s happening as best as you can. Although we will use robots in our daily lives, it would be preferable if their creators come up with versions that don’t look like actual human. Professor of Robot Ethics, Alan Winfield explained on how robots have implications for wealth that will be distributed. Most important is we must prioritise not only the technological development of our robots but the ethical programming as well. Meanwhile Professor Stephen Hawking summed up during 2015 Zeitgeist Conference in London he said
“Computers will overtake humans with AI within the next 100 years. When that situation happen, we need to make sure the computers have the same goals with ours”.
Toastmasters Internationalis a term that is still quite foreign to Malaysians especially the university students. From a quick survey, only 5 out of 20 university students know the word toastmasters and what it is all about. A little bit on the history of toastmasters, according to toastmasters.org, the journey began when Ralph C. Smedley, an education director at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) organized a series of speaking club. At that time, he feels that the men in the community need to learn the essentials of how to speak in order for them to conduct meetings, program planning, and other skills to help them in a social environment
The first toastmasters meeting was first conducted on the 24th March 1905. In general, we know that the term ‘toast’ is used whenever a person wanted to give toast at an occasions. Smedley take the concept and created the club’s name; ‘Toastmasters’. Today, after 90 years since it started, the club is still standing strong and it is now known as the ‘Toastmasters International’.
People with basic knowledge on toastmasters usually will generalize toastmasters club as a place where people practice public speaking. It is not just a place for people to practice public speaking, it is the place that people can learn lots of skills that will definitely benefit them. Public speaking is not everyone’s cup of tea. Not everyone is good in talking in front of people. Toastmaster will definitely help people that have difficulties in that area. It will give you the skills like how to prepare the speech, how your body should speak (body language), what kind of tone you should use and many more. Once you have mastered it, it will then give you the confidence when speaking in front of people and how you present yourself to the world.
Speaking from experience, you are also in the learning process whenever you are watching other people speak during toastmaster’s session. Different people have different styles of presenting their words and from that you get a piece of their skills. Furthermore, you will meet people that might have the same difficulties and the same mission as you. This will make it easier for you to practice and be more comfortable as you know that you will be supporting each other to do well.
Toastmaster is not a boring place to be. It might sound nerdy and too academic but it is a fun place to be that has lots of fun activities. And you know that it is the place that will make you a confident and a better communicator.
Once you become a Toastmasters member, you are always welcome to attend any toastmasters meeting in more than 15,900 clubs and in more than 142 countries all over the world. To date, there are more than 345,000 memberships in Toastmasters International Club. You will never be alone because there are always Toastmasters members anywhere you go.
Reference
History: The toastmasters journey. (n.d.). Retrieved from
“Unconvinced? Try this anti-double-think exercise. State three objective realities in a row:
A rape joke is not a rape.
A dead baby joke is not a dead baby.
A joke about the Holocaust is not a Holocaust.
Feeling any better?”
(Arlott , 2014)
If you’re an avid Twitter user, you would know that recently a Malaysian female college student disclosed WhatsApp group chats own by a group of male students. The WhatsApp group was used to criticise her and the other new intake of female students. The conversation becomes extreme when one of them stated that he wants to rape her and force her to marry him, which later he claimed was a joke.
The existence of free speech should not be misused by an individual to mask their sick attitudes after saying something awful and insulting. Rape jokes are not funny. It might be funny when it happens to strangers but not when it happens to your family members. Every woman, man even transgender should be given the freedom to walk on the surface of this earth without the fear of someone is going to rape them.
Rape is non-consensual intercourse that violates the victims’ right over their own bodies. Rape is so horrible that some of the victims experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). By joking about rape, we trivialise it thus making actual rape victims less willing to come out about their experiences (Azlan, 2017). Orange County Rape Crisis Center (2016), reported that not only rape jokes offend survivors and their allies, they validate rapists in their behaviour and thinking.
Today marks the day for the coronation of the country’s new sovereign, His Majesty Sultan Kelantan Sultan Muhammad as the 15th Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA) of Malaysia for five years term. Sultan Muhammad V previously took the oath on 13th December 2016 after being elected as the YDPA during a special meeting of the Conference of Rulers to replace the succession of 14th YDPA Sultan Kedah, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah. His Majesty is the youngest YDPA in history coroneted as YDPA at the age of 47.
Sultan Muhammad V was born on 6th October 1969 and was the first son of four children of Sultan Ismail Petra Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra and Tengku Anis Tengku Abdul Hamid. His three siblings are Tengku Mahkota Kelantan Tengku Dr Muhammad Faiz Petra, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra and Tengku Amalin A’ishah Putri. His Majesty was addressed as Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra before he officially took the appellation, ‘Sultan Muhammad the fifth’ reigned from his royal ancestors. His official cars also took the tittle Muhammad 5 in Arabic form as the plate number.
Sultan Muhammad V was crowned as the Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of Kelantan on 6th October, 1985 at the age of 16 years old. He was 42 years old when he ascended the throne as the 29th Sultan of Kelantan in 12 December 2010 and is the second Sultan of Kelantan who ascend to the YDPA throne after his grandfather, Sultan Yahya Petra Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra who was the sixth YDPA in 1975 to 1979. He also served as the Deputy Yang Di-Pertuan Agong since 12 December 2011 before he was proclaimed as the YDPA.
Sultan Muhammad V received his primary education from Sekolah Sultan Ismail 1 in Kota Bharu, secondary education at Alice Smith International School in Kuala Lumpur. He then went to the Oakham School in Rutland England in 1989. After that, he took Diplomatic Studies at St. Cross College, Oxford and Islamic Studies at Oxford Centre from 1989 until 1991. He then continued with Diplomatic Studies and Business Administration at Huron University College, London. He also went to Deutsche Stiftung Internationale Entwicklung Berlin to study further on diplomatic relations and later took up European Business Administration at European Business School London.
Sultan Muhammad V was well known for his down to earth and humble personality by addressing himself as ‘ambo’ (Kelantan pronunciation for Me) when he went to ground to meet and greets the rakyat (people). He was also known for his concern for the welfare of rakyat that he put aside his title as a Sultan to be with Rakyat. On the Internet, shared photo of His Majesty, went down to the grave hole to assist for a funeral is a usual thing. He even drove his four-wheels by himself to meet people during Kelantan massive flood in 2014 especially in the remote area of Kelantan in Gua Musang and Jeli. He was known for his sincere concern for his people’s welfare without the media attention, and sometimes his appearance were not escorted by the police of security.
His Majesty is also significant to the ‘cool and simple’ personality for he was always seen to wear a plain jubbah (robe) with kopiah (skullcap) and Baju Melayu (Traditional Malay attire) or sometimes even wear a plain ‘pelikat’ or sarong. He was also popular on the Internet for being the Sultan who simply wore a crocs sandals while walking down the yellow carpet.
His people-centric monarch approach also were being praised by the people when he envisioned the Program Walkathon D’Raja Kelantan, walking with the monarch members that set a record of 21,111 participants in the Malaysia Book of Record in 2011. To bring rakyat closer to the royal institution, he also initiated the program ‘Qiam with me’ held during Ramadhan (the Holy month for Muslim). The program made it to the Malaysian Book of Record for 6,000 people participating at Kubang Kerian Palace in August 2012. Both programmes are included in the Kelantan tourism calendar and serve as tourism event in the Kelantan.
He took the matter of religion seriously that he changed the call of ‘Daulat Tuanku’ (Long Live the King) to Allahuakbar (Allah the Almighty) so God will bless those who pronounce it. He even requested for the sound system in Masjid Sultan Muhammad II, Telipot to be connected to his palace next to the mosque so that Adzan can echo inside the palace. The distance were only 100 metre away sometimes he even walk to the mosque and spends time at the mosque for any religious event. He always made a surprise appearance at the mosque during prayer time by only wearing plain T-shirt and pant which makes him a king without very much protocol.
Apart from that, he is also the patron of Yayasan Sultan Kelantan that helps the unfortunate, Colonel In Chief of the Royal Artillery Regiment and was once the Brigadier General Commander of the 506 Territorial Army. He was appointed as the fifth Chancellor of UiTM of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) during the university’s 86th convocation ceremony on 16th April 2017. His installation as the YDPA was very much awaited and appreciated by the people across the nation. As postgraduates of UiTM, we from the In Press team are proud for having Sultan Muhammad V as our Chancellor and YDPA.
Our highest congratulations and best wishes from In Press Global to His Majesty KDYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang-DiPertuan Agong XV Sultan Muhammad V on the coronation as the 15th Yang Dipertuan Agong. Daulat Tuanku.
Source and credit: News @ Asia One, The Star, Bernama & Astro Awani
