Sacrificing the environment

I TEACH environmental engineering at UCSI university. In the 1980s, I lectured final-year civil engineering students on the same subject at the University of Malaya as a part-time lecturer. This time the students are second-year undergraduates in chemical, petroleum and electrical engineering.

On my first lecture I told the students not to study merely to pass the examination. Instead they should aim to acquire the knowledge and learn the skills associated with this important subject. The reasons why knowledge in the subject is very much sought after are obvious.