FOREWORD:\ud
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Seventy three doctoral graduands will be receiving their scroll today signifying their\ud
achievements in completing their PhD journey. The novelty of their research is shared with\ud
you through The Doctoral Abstracts on this auspicious occasion, UiTM 84th Convocation.\ud
We are indeed proud that another 73 scholarly contributions to the world of knowledge\ud
and innovation have taken place through their doctoral research ranging from Science and\ud
Technology, Business and Administration, and Social Science and Humanities.\ud
As we rejoice and celebrate your achievement, we would like to acknowledge\ud
dearly departed Dr Halimi Zakaria’s scholarly contribution entitled\ud
“Impact of Antecedent Factors on Collaborative Technologies Usage\ud
among Academic Researchers in Malaysian Research Universities”. He\ud
has left behind his discovery to be used by other researchers in their quest\ud
of pursuing research in the same area, a discovery that his family can be\ud
proud of.\ud
Graduands, earning your PhD is not the end of discovering new ideas,\ud
invention or innovation but rather the start of discovering something\ud
new. Enjoy every moment of its discovery and embrace that life is\ud
full of mystery and treasure that is waiting for you to unfold. As\ud
you unfold life’s mystery, remember you have a friend to count\ud
on, and that friend is UiTM.\ud
Congratulations for completing this academic journey. Keep\ud
UiTM close to your heart and be our ambassador wherever\ud
you go.  / Prof Emeritus Dato’ Dr Hassan Said\ud
Vice Chancellor\ud
Universiti Teknologi MAR