UM student, then a minister and now Chan is back as a professor


Proud moment: Chan (second from left) receiving the certificate of appointment from Universiti Malaya vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin. Looking on are (from left) Department of South-East Asian Studies Assoc Prof Dr Hanafi Hussin, Malaysia-China Friendship Association president Datuk Abdul Majid Ahmad Khan and Prof Dr Danny Wong Tze Ken from the university’s Malaysian Chinese Research Centre.

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Transport Minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy will resume lecturing, this time at his alma mater, Universiti Malaya.

Chan, who studied Chinese Studies at the university, was appointed an adjunct professor last week and will be imparting his knowledge of Chinese classics to his former faculty.

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