HAPPY RETIREMENT MR CHAN KIM FOOK

I was at the Excelsior Hotel Coffee House in Ipoh on Saturday afternoon to attend a gathering to honour Mr Chan Kim Fook who will be retiring on October 1 this year. Mr Chan was my senior at the University of Bristol in England. To me he is a tireless worker, a very dedicated teacher and a committed professional. That is why the education department has recruited him time and again in all the English Language programmes. He has held many important posts and has executed his duties to the best of his abilities. Mr Chan is a very engaging speaker and would keep an entire audience enthralled with his informative, witty and cheeky presentations. He is happily married to Puan Thong Kum Lin who teaches at SMJK Ayer Tawar. They have a young daughter.

The retirement do for Mr Chan was organised by Tuan Haji Ahmad Hasnin who has known him for more years than I have. They have worked together as Master Trainers for the ETeMS programme as well as other English Language-related ones. Many of the attendees were his fellow master trainers. I must mention that he helped me a lot while I was carrying out my research study on the ETeMS programme for my Masters degree.