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2. A MEMORABLE MARCH - PERHIMPUNAN BULANAN

Monthly gathering group photography session

On the 10th of March 2023, the at ICR, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus,
Institute for Clinical Research (ICR) and InFront Consulting Group. Mr.Rashdan led the doa recital
was given the privilege to host the after the sketch.
Malaysian National Institutes of
Health (NIH) monthly gathering. The
gathering first opened at 8.30am
with the arrival of invited VIPs for
that day, namely the Health Director-
General—Datuk Dr. Muhammad
Radzi Abu Hassan, who was the then
Deputy Director-General of Health
(Research and Technical Support);
and Professor Dr Rita Colwell from
the University of Maryland and Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health.
The ICR Choir team, led by Pn.Noor
Erika Zakaria, sung Malaysia’s ICR Choir team in action
National Anthem, followed by
“Kami Sedia Membantu” and finally
“Gemuruh”, a song by Faizal Tahir.
Following that, Dr.Mohd Aizuddin
Abdul Rahman led the recital of the
civil servant’s Rukun Negara oath.
As the choir team exited the stage,
3 members stayed back to act out
a brief sketch that promoted Cof’e,
an artificial intelligence powered
application that allows users to
perform self-screening for COVID-19
using cough sounds. It was jointly
developed by the Digital Health
Research and Innovation Unit (DHRi)
Civil servant’s Rukun Negara oath being recited

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