Challenging times for complexes

THERE is no denying that the man is a “human dynamo”. He is outspoken and has helped to turn around some of the ailing shopping centres in the country. 

Meet Richard Chan Chee Keong, president of the Malaysia Association for Shopping and Highrise Complex Management (PPK). As he stood on stage at a recent PPK dinner to receive a memento from Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Datuk Paduka Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir in appreciation of his 19 years of untiring efforts in the PPK, many in the ballroom must have wondered how this man could still be running around when he had just recovered from a major operation last year.