Kian Kok Middle School Board of Directors Chairman Datuk Clement Yeh said students who receive technical and vocational education and training (TVET) have a better chance of starting a business.
It is for this reason, he said, the school would begin offering course in culinary in January for a start
Daily Express is the sister paper of Overseas Chinese Daily News (OCDN). It was founded by the late Tan Sri Yeh Pao Tzu and the first issue hit the streets on March 1, 1963. Published in trilingual ie English, Bahasa Malaysia and Kadazan, it is by far the largest circulation daily newspaper in Sabah.
Launched in January 2019, the Jesselton Twin Towers development by Kota Kinabalu-based real estate developer Jesselton Waterfront Holdings Sdn Bhd is currently 55% taken up.
According to executive chairman Tan Sri David Chu, around 20% of the buyers are foreigners, mainly from China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Brunei and other neighbouring countries. “A couple of them are from the US and the rest are local Sabahan, with a few from Sarawak and Kuala Lumpur,” he says via an email interview.
Chu says foreign buyers, in particular, look for iconic buildings with sea and sunset views as well as those in a safe or gated-and-guarded environment when investing overseas. “Jesselton Twin Towers meets all these criteria. With the Consulate General of the Republic of China’s Kota Kinabalu office located across the road from the development and with China State Construction Engineering Corp Ltd as [the main contractor], Jesselton Twin Towers has attracted many foreign buyers, especially th