Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah berkenan berangkat melancarkan inisiatif penjenamaan semua aktiviti pengembangan pertanian dan keterjaminan makanan Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) di bawah jenama Pertanian Untuk Rakyat (PUTRA).
Dua ahli akademik Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) wajar menarik balik kajian jurnal akademik mereka berkait sejarah pelayaran Melayu dan memperbetulkan fakta yang tidak tepat.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has defended research by two of its academics on Malay maritime history which has been slammed by some quarters for wrongly attributing ancient Chinese vessels with Malay origins.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) menjelaskan jurnal akademik berjudul ‘The Jongs and The Galleys: Traditional Ships of The Past Malay Maritime Civilization' yang disenaraikan di dalam pangkalan data ERA mempunyai polisi ‘blind peer reviewed, refereed journal’.
