Harun (right) pictured cycling during the programme. VMS launches cycling programme Larissa Lumandan OE. \4·3· ~,s 9 such campaign, students will start to opt for cycling instead of driving vehicles. KOTA . KINABALV: Vniversiti Malaysia "I have observed most students over Sabah (VMS) launched a cycling campaign seas such as Taiwan and Japan prefer cy in line with its effort to promote environ cling even prior to the early stages of ment-friendly values among its students. campaigns at their universities," he said. The cycling programme which also in "UMS is the first public university to apply EcoCampus valu~s and we hope that this volved the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Stu . campaign will encourage students to take dents' Affairs), Student Representatives up cycling and reduce the usage ofvehicles;' Council as well as several of the university's said VMS Vice Chancellor Professor Datuk main staff started at the university's main Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah on Wednesday. gate and ended at the Faculty of Science. "We will make sure that this will be a And besides, it will also promote a healthy lifestyle among the students, he continuous programme in order to create said after a symbolic start to the campaign . more awareness among students. We will which saw him leading a group on bicycles also look into providing suitable facilities from the university's main gate to one of inside the campus for cyclists," he said, its faculties. adding that they will cooperate with the "I hope that five years from now, with security to ensure the safety of all cyclists.