(From left) Wong, Khairuddin and a senior UCTS staff member with the donated face masks from Tsinghua University. – Photo by Chimon Upon
KUCHING: Tsinghua University from Beijing, China has donated 10,000 face masks to University College of Sarawak (UCTS) to protect against Covid-19.
This was revealed by UCTS chairman Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh, who said the masks will be distributed among students and staff of the institution.
“On behalf of UCTS, we would like to thank Tsinghua University for their caring and kind attitude in helping us during this difficult time,” Wong told a press conference here yesterday.
He also shared how logistics have become a problem when it comes to transporting goods between China and Malaysia, saying the donated face masks had been stuck at the airport in Shenzhen for some time.
Adding on, he said another batch of protective gear from Tsinghua University will soon arrive in the state.
On a separate matter, Wong said a Confucius Institute was supposed to be launched at UCTS but had to be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Meanwhile, UCTS vice-chancellor and president Professor Datuk Dr Khairuddin Ab Hamid said the university is assisting Sarawak Multimedia Authority to produce face shields, using 3D printers and laser-cutters.
He said the university has so far supplied about 600 face shields to Sibu Hospital for the use of frontliners.