This tourist guide is changing visitors’ views of Malaysia

Jane Rai says her job as a tourist guide has made her a much more diplomatic person. Photos: The Star/Kamarul Ariffin

It's a given that one should use the “power of the hand” when crossing busy Malaysian roads. But it’s still amusing to see tourist guide Jane Rai explaining that “road etiquette” to international visitors at the start of a guided heritage walk in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.

“Hold up your hand facing oncoming traffic and if the cars slow down, only then do you cross,” she explains with a serious expression.