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2. FEATURES
Editorial Board
Advisor
Prof. Ir. Ts Dr Mohd Nasir Taib
Editor-In-Chief
Dr Nina Naquiah Ahmad Nizar
Event Editor
Ts Dr Abdul Khabir Rahmat
Photography
Wan Azlan Mat Isa
Mohd Helmi Albakri Mohd Hairi
APRIL 2022
EVENTS
Events Highlights
MITRANS Academic Afternoon
MITRANS Executive Diploma Office (MEDO)
MITRANS Graduate Office (MiGO)
Others
ARTICLES
Electric Buses for Urban Electric Mobility and Sustainability –
Facts and Challenges
by Associate Professor Ts Dr Adibah Shuib
Smart Cities: A Smart Agenda to Cut Carbon Emissions
by Dr Siti Ayu Jalil
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Associate Editor
Dr Siti Salwa Salleh
Contamination in the Halal Supply Chain: The Case of Meat and Meat Products
by Dr Siti Aimi Sarah Zainal Abidin
Final Year Project Presentation for
Executive Diploma in Transport Management and Enforcement Program
by Ts Tengku Nurul Aishah Tengku Aziz
PORTFOLIOS
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Editor’s Note
Assalamualaikum and greetings,
Dear Readers,
When a thought becomes a reality, it is truly a fascinating and invigorating experience. This new task of mine
as Editor-in-Chief is one such cherished work which I hope to fulfil responsibly.
2022 was a breather for all of us. To rise from the recent unprecedented floods or transitioning to
endemicity. MITRANS too, continues to enjoy multiple engagement, collaboration and achievements with
various stakeholders. As the only Centre of Excellence of service thrust in UiTM, we have proven our
relevance and credibility in the dynamic area of transport, logistics and halal supply chain. Another effort to
increase its visibility is by organizing weekly MITRANS Academic Afternoon.
Highlight of this issue is the noble and novel solution of smart cities. MITRANS is spearheading Smart Eco
Resort City Cameron Highland (SERCCH) project, which aims to realize smart, innovative and exciting new city
for Cameron Highlands and its people. This embarkment would fulfil the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) with major impacts in social, economy and environment. We are eager to
collaborate with interested parties to ensure that SERCCH can be a successful venture and a potential game
changer for the nation.
In 2014, the niche of Halal Supply Chain was established, and Laboratory of Halal Services was set up. Halal
lab testing would support the built-in halal quality management system as an internal control and proactive
measures against non-halal contamination.
Apart from various services provided by MITRANS, its role in academics is paramount. More post-graduates
succeed in completing their studies, while another cohort of Executive Diploma students completed their
course.
All in all, we look forward to strengthening our reputation and impact, and we look forward to a productive
and successful 2022 ahead. MITRANS- Transporting Happiness, Delivering Success.
On behalf of MITRANS Bulletin, I would like to wish Ramadhan Kareem 1433h and Selamat Hari Raya
Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin.
Dr Nina Naquiah Ahmad Nizar
Editor’s Note
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4. Electric Buses for Urban Electric Mobility
and Sustainability – Facts and Challenges
Associate Professor Ts Dr Adibah Shuib
Deputy Director Research & Academic
Greenhouse gases (GHG) and carbon emission
levels continue increasing and climate change
effects can be felt throughout the world, imposing
the greatest challenge to sustainable development
globally. As efforts towards combatting climate
change by reducing transport emissions, many
cities have considered electric mobility, more
specifically electric buses, for public
transportation. Electric buses have been put at the
centre of strategies to improve the air quality by
reducing emissions and noise pollution, enhancing
quality of life, and making cities healthier places
to live in, simply because they do not emit any
emissions at tailpipe and are quiet.
Transition towards electric bus, or e-bus, has
been tremendous in recent demonstrating the
fastest-growing part of the electric vehicle (EV)
market, indicating a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of more than 100 percent since 2013
in comparison to only 60 percent for fully electric
passenger cars (Heid et al., 2018). The market
size of Global Electric Bus Market, comprising of
the battery electric bus (BEBs), hybrid electric bus
(HEBs), plug-in hybrid electric bus (PHEBs) and
fuel cell electric bus (FCEBs), was estimated at
$29.17 billion in 2021, expected to rise to
$105.8 billion by 2028 and projected to register
a CAGR of 20.2% from 2021 to 2028 (The
Insight Partners, 2022). BEBs held the dominant
share of the global electric bus market in 2021
whereas PHEBs came second and followed by
FCEBs.
The electrification of public transportation
through e-buses has been driven by spike
demand for fuel-efficient and emission-free
vehicles, energy-efficient mass transit solutions,
and significant reduction in battery prices and fuel
cell product lifecycle. The strong performance of
e-buses is due to increasing public acceptance,
strong pull from public-transit operators and city
governments, regulatory and political influences
by governments in reducing negative effects of
fuel and gasoline-based vehicles and rising
demand for sustainable alternatives. Nevertheless,
despite attractiveness of e-busses, a total-cost-of-
ownership (TCO) advantage won’t be received
until 2025 to 2030, because of the high up-front
investments in buses themselves and in charging
stations and good infrastructure for charging
besides possible need for battery swaps over the
life cycle of vehicles.
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Globally, e-buses have been deployed for intercity
and intracity public transport where buses vary from
less than 9 meters (m), 9−14 m and above 14 m in
which the seating capacity can be of maximum 40
seats, between 40 to 70 seats and more than 70 seats.
E-bus range (travel distance on single charge) can be
from less than 200 miles (about 322 km) to those
above 200 miles. Battery capacity can be categorized
to either below 400 kWh or above 400 kWh with
power output can be up to 250 kW or above that.
Meanwhile, the battery of e-bus can be of Lithium-
Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt-Oxide,Lithium-Iron-Phosphate,
and others. There are three main charging technologies
for e-bus namely by low power charging through cable
and plugin (overnight), high power charging through
conductive charging with physical connections, and fast
charging through inductive charging with a transfer of
energy through a magnetic field for fast charging.
An e-bus can be classified further as semi-autonomous
or autonomous based on the level of automation from 0
to 5 in which 5 represents fully autonomous whereas
semi-autonomous bus is of level 4 or high automation
(Zhang et al., 2019). Thus, semi-autonomous bus can
be involved in operating schemes involving cooperative
bus platooning. Emergence of autonomous and semi-
autonomous as future trend of transportation systems
can further boost the e-bus pathway. Autonomous
transport with potential major impact on urban mobility
is within reach where the e-bus systems can easily be
adapted to manage future autonomous buses.
E-bus is recognized as the most promising alternative
for conventional buses. However, appropriate e-bus
network design and fleet planning must be done where
bus operator needs to determine bus route, service
frequency, adequate number of e-buses, and to ensure
availability of charging stations and infrastructure to
operate the e-bus system viably. Besides that, various
operational concerns including battery capacity and
charging facility must also be given serious attention for
operational efficiency. In the case of BEBs, with fast
charging technology nowadays, BEBs can run
continuously through rational planning of fast charging
system. Simultaneous and systematic deployment of
electric transit route network and fast charging stations
can result in more effective and economic transit bus
system.
Results of a study carried out to examine possible
implementation of e-bus operations in Putrajaya,
Malaysia indicate that e-bus operation outperforms
conventional bus operation not just in terms of
passengers’ satisfaction by being able to carry more
passengers with a lower energy consumption, but most
importantly the prospect of a higher profit margin for
bus operators (Lay et al., 2018). In 2021, a large-scale
adoption of electric buses has begun in Putrajaya,
Melaka, and Sarawak. This year, electric buses are
coming to more cities in Malaysia, namely Johor Bahru,
Taiping, Kuala Lumpur, and Kota Kinabalu. However,
according to Al-Ogaili et al. (2021), the operating
power of electric grid for electric bus fast-charging
station is still a challenge and therefore, replacing
conventional buses with e-bus for mitigating GHG
emissions will not be beneficial mobility solution unless
the power grid in Malaysia is sufficiently decarbonized.
References
Al-Ogaili, A. S., Al-Shetwi, A. Q., Babu, T. S., Yap, H., Abdullah,
M. A., Alhasan, A., & Al-Sharaa, A. (2021). Electric Buses in
Malaysia: Policies, Innovations, Technologies and Life Cycle
Evaluations. Sustainability, 13, 11577. https://doi.org/
10.3390/su132111577
Heid, B., Kässer, M., Müller, T., & Pautmeier (2018). Fast Transit:
Why Urban e-Buses Lead Electric-Vehicle Growth. McKinsey
Center for Future Mobility. McKinsey & Company. Retrieved from
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/automotive-and-
assembly/our-insights/fast-transit-why-urban-e-buses-lead-
electric-vehicle-growth.
The Insight Partners (2022). Electric Bus Market Size Worth
$105.8 Bn, Globally, by 2028 at 20.2% CAGR. 16 March 2022.
Retrieved from https://www.globe newswire.com/news-
release/2022/03/16/2404812/0/en/Electric-Bus-Market-Size-
Worth-105-8-Bn-Globally-by-2028-at-20-2-CAGR-Exclusive-
Report-by-The-Insight-Partners.html.
Zhang, W. Jenelius, E., & Badia, H. (2019). Efficiency of Semi-
Autonomous and Fully Autonomous Bus Services in Trunk-and-
Branches Networks. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2019,
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Lay, E. T., Hooi, L. K., Siew, Y. G., & Lai, M. C. (2018). Scenario-
based electric bus operation: A case study of Putrajaya,
Malaysia. International Journal of Transportation Science and
Technology, 7(1), 10-25.
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5. Smart Cities: A Smart Agenda to Cut
Carbon Emissions
Dr Siti Ayu Jalil
Head Legal Services and Quality
Cities are the main contributor to the climate
change with their unstoppable activities in the
name of economic development. Since cities
account for more than 50 percent of the planet’s
population, 80 percent of its economic output,
two-thirds of global energy consumption as well
as 75 percent of global carbon emissions as per
reported by the United Nations. Any disaster due
to global warming would have a costly impact
on these cities’ infrastructure, housing, the
dwellers’ livelihood and health. Thus, it is of
significant to make cities as the integral part of
the solution to combat against climate change.
Where does the carbon emission root from and
what are the activities contributing to it? It is
estimated that transport and buildings are
among the largest sources of emissions. Many
cities are aware and more are taking the
initiatives to even setting targets to cut carbon
emission levels by certain year. City such as
Copenhagen has confidently declared aiming to
be the first city to achieve carbon neutrality by
year 2025. At local level Ipoh aspires to become
a low carbon smart, liveable, resilient and
sustainable city in the year 2030 by establishing
a strategic partnership between Tenaga Nasional
Berhad (TNB) with Ipoh City Council (The
Malaysian Reserve, 21st February, 2022). From
the Malaysia perspective, the carbon emissions
have been showing an increasing trend
throughout the period of 1975 until 2017
(Figure 1) while the sectors contributing to the
carbon emissions in 2021 are identified to be
the coal plants 32 percent, followed by transport
30 percent and industrial 17 percent.
Consequently, Malaysia’s Smart City project
aiming to resolve these urban issues and
challenges is seen as in tandem with the national
and global agenda, and to position Malaysia’s
cities at par with other global cities. A global
smart city framework emphasizes on three
themes using information, communication and
digital technology, increase economic activities
and support public participation and urban
innovation. It was further described the success
of a smart city depends on eleven criteria and
one of the focal criteria is to introduce the
concept of low carbon city and green lifestyle.
Centering on this concept, a so-called green city
in Malaysia is expected to help to reduce its
carbon emission as well as provide guidance
towards green solutions. This is one of the best
approaches on how a smart city could play a
pivotal role in combating the carbon emission.
Figure 1: Malaysia’s Carbon Emission Trend
The components and characteristics of a smart city in
Malaysia per se consists of seven elements i.e. Smart
Government, Smart Digital Infrastructure, Smart People,
Smart Economy, Smart Living, Smart Environment and
Smart Mobility. Malaysia has detailed out each of these
seven elements’ strategies to be accomplished,
nevertheless, those that are directly promoting low-
carbon city are three main elements as summarized in
Table 1. It does not mean that the remainder element is
not focusing on lowering carbon emission, they still do
by supporting to influence and empower the process
towards achieving a net-zero emissions. No doubt to
formulate the implementation and monitoring its
development would be materialized via harnessing
technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data
analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) to collect huge
amount of data to manage and monitor the carbon
impacts.
Such new approach of development for city expansion
would be critical to guide climate policies and
sustainability practices. However, it is undeniable smart
city projects are large scope projects that necessitate a
huge coordination effort indicating the incorporation of
stakeholders would be considerable to realize a
complete Smart City transformation. The Chief Executive
Officer of the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation
(MDEC) Mahadhir Aziz, mentioned in Malaysia Climate
Action Week that the huge data gathered would be
useless unless there is proper information exchange
across all involved agencies and sectors, the road to
sustainable cities will not be much longer than it needs
to be to practice. His advice , the government could
step in by embracing, supporting and building on
initiatives by the private sector instead of competing
against it. Though the challenges in realizing the Smart
City may differ from one city to another, the common
goals are moving towards carbon-neutrality,
improving the quality of life and developing better
infrastructure. Essentially technology, collaboration and
good governance play a key role in developing a
smart city for climate future.
Table 1: Three Elements Directly Promoting
Low-Carbon City Strategies
Elements Strategies
Smart
People
• Preserve green area and enhance
the management of trees in public
park Strengthen the integrated and
sustainable solid waste
management
• Improve the air quality and its
monitoring system
• Improve the water quality and its
monitoring system
• Increase energy efficiency and
promote renewable energy sources
• Encourage the development of low
carbon city concept to be adopted
at local level
Smart
Economy
• Promote digitalization in enterprise
operations to accelerate
productivity
• Create the right support for high
value-added industries
• Provide incentives to encourage
innovation
Smart
Mobility
• Establish intelligent transport
management
• Enhance data sharing and digital
mobility platform
• Demand-based ride sharing
services AI and sensor-based
predictive maintenance of public
transport fleet and infrastructure
• Enhance dynamic smart parking
infrastructure
• Establish electric vehicle revolution
• Enhance collaboration with
academia on R&D and
commercialisation of EVs and next-
gen automobile
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6. Majlis Kualiti dan Anugerah Cemerlang (MKAC)
MITRANS 2021
Event highlights January 2022
“Saya berpandangan, MITRANS sebagai Pusat
Kecemerlangan (CoE) dalam bidang Pengangkutan,
Logistik dan Rantaian Bekalan Halal perlu giat berusaha
dalam mencapai impian untuk sebagai ‘Global Referral
Center’ dalam bidang-bidang yang disebutkan. Oleh
kerana kita berada dalam dunia yang berubah dengan
pantas dan masyarakat yang semakin celik dan
terkehadapan, maka MITRANS perlu menyahut cabaran,
menggembleng tenaga berusaha ke arah itu. Ini sejajar
dengan hasrat UiTM untuk menjadi sebuah universiti
terkemuka dunia menjelang 2025.”
- Profesor Ts. Dr Norazah Abd Rahman,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) UiTM
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17 January 2022

7. 12 January 2022
MITRANS ALUMNI Webinar series is newly introduced, which showcases the alumni
sharing of their current project or their experiences. The first series begin with Dr Emi
Normalina Omar whom shared her Journey on Halal Supply Chain and also Dr Teh
Zaharah Yaacob whom delivered on the topic: Managing Halal Logistics Risks.
5 January 2022
Our 2022 activities kickstarted with the MITRANS ACADEMIC AFTERNOON (MAA) which featured Director General of Rail,
Ministry of Transport, Malaysia Tuan Mohd Shahriman Shafein as Panel with topic entitled Rail Investigation “Case Study of
LRT Kelana Jaya Line (KJL)”
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8 February 2022
TREND IN LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT HANDBOOK WRITING
WORKSHOP
SAMA-SAMA HOTEL SEPANG
Attended by representatives from various transport agencies/industry.
Begin with a speech by Dato Dr Abd Radzak Abd Malek sharing his view and experience as international CILT
president which include the urge for the stakeholders and expert to gather and seriously delve into the
environmental issues, being resilient, the megatrends and future of transportation industry, which set the
scene and ideas for the workshop.
Thank you to all who have contributed their ideas and energy to this workshop.
CILT
Dato Dr Ts Abd Radzak Abd Malek
Mr Shapudin bin Khalid SPPP
MAHB
Ms Juanita Armia binti Mohd Momin
Ministry of Transport
Mr Mohd Shahriman bin Shafein
Ts Dr Anis Mardiana Abdullah cmilt
Ms Norhasliza Mat Salleh
Ms Azwana Mohamad @ Ahmad
Mr Nurulhakeem bin Hasim
Road Transport Department
Dr Azmi Awang
KTMB
Mr Afzar Zakariya
Mr Shahrul Azmal Jamaludin
MIGHT
Ms Nik Sufini Nik Mohamed
RENEU
Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Rizaimy Shaharudin
Assoc Prof Dr Rafeah Legino
MITRANS
Assoc Prof Ts Dr Wan Mazlina Wan Mohamed
Ts Dr Siti Zaharah Ishak
Ts Dr Siti Aimi Sarah Zainal Abidin
Assoc Prof Ts Dr Aishah Bujang
Ts Dr Abdul Khabir Rahmat
Dr Roslina Ahmad
Assoc Prof Ts S. Sarifah Radiah Shariff
Dr Nina Naquiah Ahmad Nizar

9. 17 February 2022
TNCPI Get Together Visit MITRANS UiTM
We are honored to host a visit by Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation YBhg Professor Ts Dr. Norazah
Abd Rahman and delegates. During this visit, YBhg Prof DVC reminded members of MITRANS on UiTMs GRU2025
strategy and the importance of inculcating the UiTM ESI and iDART values to achieve the target. Prof also shared
some ideas and assure the full support by Office of Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research & Innovation UITM in
achieving MITRANS target.
Thank you very much Office of Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research & Innovation UITM
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14 -21 February 2022
Professional Certification in Halal Executive PENJANA-KPTPACE
Best Western I-City Shah Alam
Professional Certification in Halal Executive is a pre-requisite for the industry in order to obtain
Halal Certificate from JAKIM. Under the PENJANA KPT-PACE program, 31 final year students
undergoing Industrial Training or has graduated in 2021 are targeted to get immediate
employment with added value through this program. Additionally, four participants from FGV
Transport Sdn Bhd hailing from all over Malaysia obtained their Halal Executive certificates
through this program too.

10. 24 February 2022
MITRANS 17th ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING,
SAMA SAMA HOTEL SEPANG
Chaired by Professor Datuk Ts Dr Hajah Roziah Mohd Janor, Vice-Chancellor of UiTM, this is an important
meeting in the continuous effort to make MITRANS UiTM excel further and prominent to the current and
future needs of transport and logistics worldwide.
Council Members have shared their wonderful ideas and shown their full support in channelling and
aligning the direction of MITRANS UiTM direction to achieve HiCOE status.
Attendees:
YBhg. Professor Datuk Ts Dr Hajah Roziah Mohd Janor
Vice-Chancellor of UiTM (Online)
YBhg. Professor Ts Dr Norazah Abd Rahman
Deputy Vice Chancellor UiTM (Research & Innovation), UiTM
YBhg. Prof. Ts Dr Haryani Haron
Dean, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences UiTM
YBhg. Prof. Sr Ir Dr Haji Suhaimi Abdul Talib
Assistant Vice Chancellor, College of Engineering UiTM
Ts Dr Anis Mardiana Abdullah Cilt
Ministry of Transport
Kapten Supendi, Mm.Tr
Transportation Attache
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
YBrs. Encik Mohd Rani Hisham bin Samsudin
Chief Executive Officer
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad
YBhg. Dato’ Zailani Haji Hashim
Director General
Road Transport Department
YBrs. Encik Saharul Sadri Alwi
Director General
Department of Standards Malaysia
YBhg. Datuk Dr Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman
President & Chief Executive Officer
MIGHT
YBrs. Encik Mohammad Ali Abdul Hussain
Northport (M) Bhd.
YBrs. Puan Monaliza binti Suhaimi
Head of Department
Penang Port Commission
YBrs. Encik Mohd Hussin Abd Salam
Niosh Certification Sdn. Bhd
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11. 24 February 2022
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MoU) EXCHANGE CEREMONY BETWEEN
UiTM AND HALVEC LABORATORIES SDN BHD
AND
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MoU) EXCHANGE CEREMONY BETWEEN UiTM
AND DR TUNA SDN BHD
Sama Sama Hotel Sepang
The MoU of Halvec Laboratories Sdn Bhd and UITM is set to collaborate in halal testing technologies in ensuring
integrity and traceability of halal supply chain. This collaboration is hoped to drive halal industry through
development, implementation and enforcement of policies, guidelines, accreditation and compliance relating to
halalan toyyiban testing and verification.
Meanwhile, the MoA between DrTuna Sdn Bhd and UITM marks the agreement to develop frozen tunabampuff,
a premium yellowfin tuna fish product which is mostly found surrounding the Borneo Sea. Tunabampuff signifies
a model of complete halal supply chain from farm to fork. Aside from boosting the yellowfin tuna fish sector,
this product development can also increase employment opportunities to fulfil export capacity.
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Thank you to:
Professor Ts. Dr. Noorazah Abd Rahman,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
UiTM
Mr Noramin Mohd Noor
Chief Executive Officer and delegates
Halvec Laboratories Sdn Bhd
Mdm Khartini Isa,
Chief Operating Officer and delegates
DrTuna Sdn Bhd
Mdm Noraisyah Abu Bakar
Director,
Department Of Fisheries Selangor
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12. 28 February 2022
Farewell
With a heavy heart, we
bid farewell to our now
ex- MITRANS Head of
Publication, Sr Ts Dr
Saiful Aman Sulaiman.
Thank you very much for
the ideas and hard work
that you have poured,
and we pray for your
success in your future
endeavours.
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22 - 25 February 2022
Malaysia Maritime Week 2022
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
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13. 16 March 2022
Submission of Final Year Project DEPPP
MITRANS DEPPP Cohort 2 representatives visited MITRANS UiTM to submit their Final Year Project CDs. Upon the
completion of their Diploma journey, the students reported back to Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ). We hope the
knowledge gathered during their studies will enhance their achievements and performance with JPJ. Congratulations
Cohort 2 DEPPP!
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Congratulations!

14. 31 March 2022
CommTECH Nusantara 2022
We are creating opportunities for our students
through our outbound program. For 11 days, we
have five beautiful students representing MITRANS
UiTM and UiTM to participate in CommTECH
Nusantara 2022, virtual exploration of Indonesia
organised by ITS Surabaya.
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23 March 2022
MITRANS Graduate Office (MiGO) organized MITRANS ACADEMIC AFTERNOON
on the topic: "Cabaran Dan Strategi Penguatkuasaan Pengangkutan Pasca
Pandemik Covid 19"
22 February 2022
Qualitative Analysis Workshop using Atlas Ti
To ensure that our students continue to be motivated in pursuing their research, we conducted a Qualitative Analysis
Workshop using Atlas Ti with our speaker from Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies (ACIS) UiTM, Dr Faiz Yusof.

15. MITRANS post-graduates who completed their studies in February, March and April 2022
Muhammad Akmal Asyraaf bin Adlan
Mohammad Al-Yanieff Iqkhmal
Muhamad Safuan Shamshol Bahri
Nur Syaza Izurin Zolkefley
Congratulations!
MiGO
Dr Nor Bakhriah Sarbani
PhD in Transport and Logistics
MSc in Transport and Logistics
MSc in Transport and Logistics
MSc in Transport and Logistics
MSc in Transport and Logistics
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16. Contamination in the halal supply chain:
the case of meat and meat products
By: Dr Siti Aimi Sarah Zainal Abidin
Head of Laboratory Services (Halal)
According to Malaysia Food Regulations 1985
(MFR 1985) Section 147, Manufactured meat
include meat burger, sausage, corned, cured,
pickled or salted meat. Whereby these products
hall contain not less than 65% meat and shall not
contain more than 30% fat. However, these
regulation is not applicable to salami, lap cheong
(Chinese sausages) and edible organ sausage.
Moreover, according to MFR 1985, Meat burger
– common name of meat must be written
conjoined with burger on the packaging. For
example: chicken burger, lamb burger. In addition,
in case of use of any animal casing in the
production of products, the name of animal from
which it is prepared shall be declared on the label.
Determining halal status of a food product is
imperative to the Muslim life, as it contribute to
purity of Ibadah, both spiritually and physically. In
this globalization era, a great challenge is faced by
Muslims in finding halal and toyyiban product,
whereby a single processed food product might
contain ingredients derived from multiple
countries whereby its origin is not questioned or
often overlooked due to ignorance or a lack of
technology. Contamination can happen in the halal
supply chain at various stages:
1. Production - source of feed, animal, raw
materials
2. Processing - non-halal ingredients, microbial
contamination
3. Distribution - temperatures during transport,
truck previously used for transporting non-
halal food.
4. Preparation – no separation between halal
and haram utensils, bacteria transfer from the
raw to the cooked foods
There are several factors leading to meat fraud
such as possible contamination or carry over from
mincing equipment and conveyor belt. Secondly, it
might happen due to low effectiveness of deep
chemical equipment cleaning and poor compliance
to GMP. Next, there are also possibility that it is
intentionally added to increase profit.
Therefore, this is where halal testing comes in.
Reliable scientific analyses to trace, verify and
authenticate purity of Halal products are essential
to protect consumer from fraud and deception.
Among the role of Halal laboratory analysis are:
1. To determine the halal status of raw materials
or finished products along the supply chain
2. Use as document of evidence in case of any
issues arises
3. The increased confidence in halal audit as the
result of halal testing will support the
application or renewal of halal certification
Halal laboratory testing is an added advantage for
companies. Lab test will support the in-house
quality management system and compliance to the
import and export regulations of food
products. Furthermore, it will assist the company
in strengthening their traceability components.
Halal authentication cannot rely solely on physical
inspection and documentation anymore but
require the use of the latest highly sophisticated
technology and analytical instrumentation to
detect various issues of food adulteration.
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We in MITRANS, would like to urge all halal industry players to include halal testing as part of internal
control and proactive measures against contamination of haram substances. The high demand for
transparency in the food industry has enhanced, therefore food manufacturers should now realize that
focusing just on halal certification standards is no longer adequate. Halal testing should be of priority now!
Test Option
• Nutrition analysis
• Heavy metal analysis
Halal
Toyyiban
Other services
• Porcine DNA detection
• ELISA screening of porcine gelatin
• Microbiology analysis
• Transport ATP testing
(on food products and transport)
MITRANS Laboratory Services (Halal)
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17. Final Year Project Presentation for Executive
Diploma in Transport Management and
Enforcement Program
YM Tengku Nurul Aishah Tengku Aziz
Lecturer
On the 9th February 2022, final year students of Cohort 3 Road Transport Department (JPJ) Malaysia,
presented their final year project (FYP). This presentation is as a fulfilment of FYP course for Executive
Diploma in Transport Management and Enforcement Program. The presentation was held through an
online platform, whereby all students were separated into designated rooms. Evaluations were done by
respective lecturers. Most of the students did very well, in which they were able to explain on their projects
according to the basic research skills and academic writing requirements.
As the Resource Person (RP) for this course, I am responsible to prepare all required documents
pertaining to the course. The main purpose of this course is to help the students to culminate what they
have learnt through the program. This was done by applying the research knowledge in their field and
relating them with their working environment. The topics chosen were focused on real life and real time
application.
Interestingly, some of the students were able to write research paper for publications in journals and
even attended conferences together with their supervisors upon completion of this course. This
demonstrated their remarkable and incredible capabilities in attempting research projects. Furthermore,
encouragement and support from the top management also motivates the students in delivering their best.
In a nutshell, this event marked an outstanding achievement for MITRANS where it provides an important
opportunity for the academicians to recognise the valuable potential and contribution of the students
through their presentation skills and writing performance. As for the students, they can improve their job
skills and enhance achievements at their workplace, above and beyond what is normally expected for them.
BRAVO! To all the students. We are very proud of you.
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permission may be violation of applicable law. For permission to photocopy or reprint any part of this work,
please send a request with complete information to the Malaysia Institute of Transport (MITRANS), Universiti
Teknologi MARA 40450 Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia.
www.mitrans.uitm.edu.my
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(MITRANS)
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