Chin San Sooi Biodata
 Tel. 03-79806746
 e-mail: sschin@pd.jaring.my
B.A. (Hons) University of Malaya
 British Council Scholarship 1969-70 to study speech and drama at Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
 Been teaching since 1964.
 Award: 16th Pride of Workmanship Awards
15th Feb 2003 by the Rotary Club of Ipoh in recognition of outstanding performance in the teaching profession having served with dedication, commitment and pride in the chosen vocation.
 Designed the Power of the Voice course and has been conducting it since 1985.
 Designed Speech and Drama course for 6 year old kindergarten children for Edventure Sdn Bhd Companies and Corporate bodies which benefited from the above course: TV3, MetroVision, Bloomberg Malaysia, Teachers Training College, Kuala Lumpur, Price Water House, BMG Malaysia, Cosway Direct Marketing Co., Malaysian Pineapple Board, Johore, Sabah Tourist Department, Methodist Girls School Malacca, Jerneh Insurance, Kuala Lumpur, College of Foreign Economic Relations HCM City ,Vietnam, Sunway College Kuala Lumpur, Lifelinks Singapore, Seimans Kuala Lumpur, Applied Information Management Services (AIMS) Sdn Bhd, numerous Toast Masters clubs , individuals, professionals students in Malaysia and Singapore and from China, Japan and Indonesia. Conducted a course on Public Speaking to AON (Risk Insurance) Wrote and directed the following plays: Lady White (A re-telling of the Madam White Snake Legend), Morning In Night (musical), Yap Ah Loy the Play, Reunion (musical) published in1994, Kuala Lumpur Sentral (musical). Also directed many Shakespearean plays and local Broadway Musicals among others. Invited by Ø East West Center, Hawaii to direct Emily of Emerald Hill by Stella Kon in 1986 Ø Chinese Theatre Workshop, New York to direct Zhang Boils the Ocean in 1996. Founder Member of Ø Five Arts Centre 1984 Ø Chinese Opera Club, Kuala Lumpur 1992.

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Sunday March 4, 2012

All about tact and diplomacy

By ALYCIA LIM

A CAREER in diplomacy may not guarantee material wealth, but it can guarantee a rich life.
Human Development and Peace Foundation president Ambassador Datuk Dr G.K. Ananda Kumaraseri said being a diplomat is an occupation that is always alive.
“Even when you sleep, the other half of the world is making mischief,” he said in his talk titled An Ambassador’s Insight Into Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.
Ananda said that diplomats do not have a set routine in their work, and they are frequently met with different challenges.

Tunku Dara presenting the books to Prof Dr Izaham in conjunction with ESU Malaysia’s ninth AGM.

“There will always be all sorts of challenges, but these are opportunities to develop your skills.”
He said that in order to be a diplomat, one has to be able to think clearly and be objective, but more importantly they must have a genuine interest in meeting people.
“You must also have good communication skills. For that, the English language is essential as your tongue is your tool to diplomacy,” he said.

Ananda says that a diplomat must have a keen interest in meeting people.

Asked by a member of the audience what the level of English proficiency is for diplomats in Malaysia on a scale of one to 10, Ananda said, “Below five.”
He said that while there are some who are excellent in their language, those standards should be applied all across the board.
He added, “This may be a very old profession, but it is a noble profession. However, there are many things that diplomats contribute which are intangible and because of that, there is little investment in this area.”
Ananda gave his talk after a book presentation ceremony by the English Speaking Union (ESU) Malaysia to Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in conjunction with ESU’s ninth Annual General Meeting.
ESU Malaysia chairman Tunku Dara Tunku Tan Sri Naquiah Tuanku Ja’afar said that ESU had selected UiTM as recipients of the books because of the high standard of reading at the institution. “After visiting UiTM, we felt that they have a good library, and they really encourage reading at the institution.
The university also has a good section for international books, so we hope they will make full use
of these books,” she said.
UiTM Education Faculty dean Assoc Prof Dr Izaham Shah Ismail said, “We are very thankful that ESU has chosen to give the books to us, as many of our students are from rural areas and do not have much access to good literary titles like these.”
He added that the institution strives to produce future teachers who not only educate, but mould and drive the future generation in areas beyond academics.
“Our faculty is grateful the ESU has graciously bestowed the first instalment of their yearly Gift of Knowledge to us,” he said.

In your country, people who work hard pay for people who don’t want  to... We don’t understand, say parents of Malaysian 'bad Samaritan' riot victim

By Simon Parry In Kuala Lumpur

Last updated at 10:02 PM on 3rd March 2012

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The parents of the student robbed by thugs posing as ‘good Samaritans’ during last summer’s London riots have accused Britain’s welfare state of encouraging people to be lazy.
With calm dignity, Ashraf Rossli’s Malaysian mother and father told of the trauma their 21-year-old son still suffers and the tough lessons the attack has taught them about this country.
Retired army officer Rossli Harun and his primary school teacher wife Maznah Abu Mansor yesterday spoke to The Mail on Sunday from Ashraf’s grandparents’ home on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.

Criticism: Rossli Harun and Maznah Abu Mansor, pictured with their youngest son Futri, have given a disarming view of Ashraf Rossli's benefit-claiming attacker

Mr Rossli said: ‘The boy who attacked my son was young – he was only 17. But he wasn’t at school, he wasn’t at work, and he was getting Government money.

 

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‘The system in Britain makes people lazy. In Malaysia, if you want to earn money, you have to work. And if you want to earn more money, you have to study hard. 
‘In Britain, people who work pay tax and it goes to people who do no work. I don’t understand that.’

Impact: Victim Ashraf Rossli has been left psychologically scarred by the robbery in East London

The 50-year-old said the audacious robbery in East London had left a psychological scar on his son.
‘Now, when he sees a crowd of people coming towards him in the street, he will cross the road and walk on the other side,’ he said.
‘He is still affected by what happened and I don’t know how long that will stay with him. Maybe for a long time.’
The video footage of Ashraf’s ordeal – captured on a witness’s mobile phone – was seen around the world and shamed Britain.
It showed the accountancy student, bloodied and dazed after being punched and robbed of his bicycle, hauled to his feet by two men who make as if to help him.
In doing so they stole a games console and games worth £500 from his rucksack.
On Friday, 22-year-olds John Kafunda, of Ilford, and Reece Donovan, of Romford, were convicted at Wood Green Crown Court of violent disorder, robbery and later burgling a Tesco store.
At an earlier trial, 17-year-old Beau Isagba was found guilty of punching and breaking Ashraf’s jaw during the initial bicycle theft.
It was the revelation that Isagba was jobless and on benefits that stunned Mr Rossli.
Following the attack on August 8, Ashraf’s parents were shown around London by MPs and dignitaries.

Video evidence: Ashraf Rossli is helped to his feet, but then has his possessions stolen by Kafunda (in grey hoodie) and Donovan (in cap)

Lowest of the low: Their victim continues to tend to his wounds on his face as thieves make off with the contents of his rucksack

Their experience convinced them that Britain was a friendly and fundamentally decent country – but also left them with a worrying impression that the flames of the unrest may have been fanned by a system that overindulges troublemakers and the workshy.
‘This kind of system is not good,’ said Mr Rossli, whose only trip outside Malaysia before the attack on his son was a tour of duty in Bosnia in the Nineties.
‘I believe if you are physically well, if there is nothing wrong with you, you should work. They shouldn’t give money to people who can work but don’t.
‘You should only give this money to the right people – people who are disabled, people who are ill, people who are in hardship. But not to people who are well and can work, but choose not to.’
Asked what he thought of the youths who attacked his son, Mr Rossli said: ‘It is up to parents to raise their children. Children need to be taught civic responsibility and discipline as they grow up.’

Guilty: Reece Donovan, 24 (left) was convicted of theft while John Kafunda, 22 (right) was found guilty of robbery. The pair were both convicted of violent disorder

And he was also critical of the police. ‘The police in Malaysia would have taken action sooner,’ he said.
‘Your police let it grow and grow until it was out of control. I don’t understand why people were allowed to run riot and rob in that way.
'Here in Malaysia the police can catch you and grab you if you do something wrong. But in Britain it seems that you cannot.’
Malaysia’s government is known for being authoritarian, but Mr Rossli said: ‘After this happened, people asked Ashraf why he went outside when there were riots and he replied, “Because in Malaysia we are always free to walk outside”.
'We have a tough government in Malaysia, but when something like this happens, they take action. They don’t let it get out of control. The streets are safe.’

Vicious: Mr Rossli was set upon by another group, which included Beau Isagba, 17, pictured, who was convicted by a court earlier this month of punching him

Ashraf’s ordeal brought him face-to-face with youths who – while not distant from him in age – could not have been more different in attitudes and values.
They were looting, burning and thieving. Ashraf, by contrast, had been innocently riding his bicycle through Barkingside to a friend’s house to share a meal to mark the end of a Muslim fasting period.
An exemplary student who scored straight As in his high school exams, Ashraf had been in London for just a month after winning a Malaysian government scholarship to study accountancy at Kaplan International College in Islington.
The scholarship covered the £60,000 cost of his two-year course, which would have been impossible for his parents to fund.
In return, he must work for the Malaysian government for five years on his return, lecturing young accountancy students.
Ashraf’s family live in a simple three-room apartment in Kuala Lumpur’s Ampang district, half an hour’s drive from the grandparents’ home where they gathered yesterday. Their home is worth £30,000.
Grandfather Abu Mansor Bin Mohammad Noh, 79, who grew up when Malaysia was under British rule, said he was shocked to hear Ashraf had been attacked so soon after arriving in London.
But he believed his grandson should stay in the UK. ‘I still think England is a good place and I am proud of my grandson for earning the opportunity to study there. He is the first person in my family to study abroad,’ he said.
‘What happened to Ashraf doesn’t make me feel bad towards Britain. It is just a certain kind of person who does these things.
‘I believe most in Britain are very good people.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109800/In-country-people-work-hard-pay-people-don-t-want--We-don-t-understand-say-parents-Malaysian-bad-Samaritan-riot-victim.html#ixzz1o9MVr5Bi