Tag: China

Education

Now everyone can study

Sabah Insights

ATI College and Curtin Malaysia cash in as Australia tightens student visa rules

Wong Khen Thau, ATI’s executive chairman

Although they didn’t plan it that way, Australia’s tightening of student’s visa rules to weed out job seekers and migrants is a blessing to ATI College and Curtin University Malaysia. Last month, both signed a collaboration agreement to launch a one-year master degree course in international business. The first intake of 40 students mostly from China is expected in July. The next in February. This collaboration has brought Malaysia into focus as a centre of good and relatively cheap higher education. And this has prompted ATI College to change its tagline to “Now everyone can study”.

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Tourism

A Nanjing-Tawau frenzy

Sabah Insights

Will chartered flights from China augur well for east coast tourism

Tawau town

Getting airlines to fly tourists from China to Tawau, the east coast agricultural town, has been a struggle. Previous attempts to set up direct flights between Chinese cities and Tawau have come to nought. So Christina Liew, Sabah’s minister of tourism, culture and environment, was understandably elated when the inaugural chartered flight carrying 157 Chinese tourists from Nanjing in eastern China touched down at Tawau airport on January 23. “I am excited that this new route will contribute to the growth and development of Tawau as a prominent international destination,” she said. But her optimism may be premature.

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