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who live in rural areas and do not have their own
transportation have limited resources to move
elsewhere as bus, the most common mode of public
transit in Sabah had seize operation. We do not have
the comfort of LRT or MRT and e-hailing transportation
in the rural areas.
“...52% of students in the

state do not have

adequate means to

participate in said online
The view from the hill behind my house where the connection is
classes, including significantly better (Ma x 1.0MB /s). While the view is pleasing, the
climb up and fear of wild animals and bugs are not.
gadgets and Internet common struggles of most Sabahans, a struggle that

connection.” many in the city cannot see.

The joy of attending classes on campus was ruined by
This means that some of us might miss classes and the pandemic. I am currently doing my internship and
even deadlines (my parents, who are both teachers, working from home in Kiulu, and the struggle with poor
know this all too well), as poor Internet connection Internet connection persists. 2020, and the stories of all
continues to be an obstacle in pursuing education the Veveonahs’ out there have proven to us the need
online. Some of my mother’s colleagues have also had for good and stable Internet connection to be made
to struggle through the heavy rain and poorly accessible for everyone, especially since our reliance
developed roads to hand out exam papers to those on technology will only increase in the future. The
with no Internet connection and transportation. Overall, necessary change needs to be made as it is only
the lack of proper Internet connection and other basic together that we can guarantee the future of the next
facilities like good road quality, or electricity, are generation.

International
The Department of International and Strategic Studies in
Conference on Politics
collaboration with the Centre for the Promotion of
Knowledge and Language Learning, Universiti Malaysia
and International
Sabah (UMS) co-organised the second ICPIS in 2020 via
virtual platform. The conference picked the theme of
Studies (ICPIS)
‘Malaysia in a De–Globalising World: Conflict and
Uncertainty in the Age of Pandemic’ to understand how
the process of de-globalisation alters nation-states’
position within the realm of domestic and international
politics.

Distinguished Professor of International Relations and the
UNESCO Chair In Transnational Challenges And
Governance, School Of International Service, American
University, Washington D.C, Amitav Acharya delivered his
keynote address on Covid-19 and Its Impact on World
Order. ICPIS received approximately 80 participants
including the presenters. Ms Alex Westcott Campbell,
Senior Editor Humanities and Social Science (Southeast
and East Asia), Springer also shared a session on
publication with the audience. Some of the participants during the closing ceremony ICPIS2020

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