Christina finds her tourism ministry job interesting, challenging.

KOTA KINABALU: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Christina Liew, is finding her ministry interesting and challenging.

She also said that she needs to have more understanding concerning her ministry and to know about the role she has to play.

“I like this job. It is challenging. I also found out there are some events I must attend and cannot delegate to others,” she told press members who waited outside her office to witness her clocking in as the new Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister.

She also said that she trusts her officers will assist her in the next five years.

Liew also explained that she looks after three areas in her ministry: tourism, culture and environment. In addition, she also has to play her role as the Api-Api state assemblywoman, as member of parliament for Tawau, and as the Deputy Chief Minister.

With her plate filled to the brim, one wonders how she would cope. When asked, Liew simply replied: “It boils down to time management.”

Liew also shared the ministry’s plans to continue its promotional plan to attract more Chinese tourists and Europeans to come to Sabah. She also said that she plans to turn Sandakan and Tawau into tourist attractions as the two regions do not benefit from tourism at all.

“Tourism should not be confined to Kota Kinabalu only,” she said.

Meanwhile, Liew announced that she is no longer a practising lawyer. She told press members that effective yesterday (22 May), she has quit her job as a practising lawyer.

“I have informed the Sabah Law Society,” she said, adding that this was her pledge in her manifesto. She also said that she has practised law for 20 years.

Source : The Borneo Post