Respond, not react to tour bus accident
On November 8 morning, I read the report “Bus rams several vehicles, killing teenager in Bayan Lepas”. Sadly, a 16-year-old student was killed and several others injured at a traffic…
Author Archives: YS Chan
Excel, don’t remain mediocre
With enough effort, an average person can achieve excellence in a chosen field instead of remaining mediocre. But most people prefer to be comfortable and enjoy what they can. For…
What unemployed grads are lacking
Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik recently disclosed that public universities are conducting detailed analysis studies, including market studies of academic programmes to be offered, frozen or disposed of, to address…
Malaysians can be superficial
I am delighted to learn that a 27-year-old teacher with a master’s degree married her teenage sweetheart, more so when her parents found the bridegroom to be responsible, patient and…
No tourism without showing courtesy
According to the latest Tourism Satellite Account released by the Department of Statistics on September 27, the number of people employed in the tourism industry increased by 4.9 percent to…
Getting bus drivers to change mindset
Malaysians above 21 in possession of a competent driving licence (CDL) for light vehicles may obtain a public service vehicle (PSV) licence to drive taxis or private vehicles through e-hailing….
My long journey as tourism trainer
In 1991, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism organised a train-the-trainer programme under a European Community project with Asean countries, which I attended and started my journey as a part-time…
Turn bus stops into safe haven
Recently, a Facebook post by user Yap Swee Seng went viral. It showed a fancy and expensive bus stop newly built near the Kuala Lumpur Sentral station, the city’s main…
Filming locations bound to draw tourists
If you’re a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you’re a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don’t stay on the…
Stray animals a barometer of society
On September 13, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg performed the ground-breaking ceremony for a new shelter in Kuching to house stray animals. The state government had allocated…