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Chester Chin

Kuala Lumpur
As seen in: The Straits Times, The Star (Malaysia), AsiaOne, Star2.com, Breakingnews Travel
Covers:  Travel, tourism, education and other lifestyle topics
Journalist & Feature Writer @staronline | I tell interesting stories, you’ll probably only read the headlines | I fact-check my own tweets
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Awards

Medical Travel Media Awards 2021

2021 - Best Online Report of the Year

Medical Travel Media Awards (MTMA) by the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council, an agency under the Ministry Of Health, rewards excellence in journalism for both local and international media reporting on medical travel in Malaysia. Awarded for the article “Time to focus on Malaysian healthcare travellers amid the pandemic", a feature report that highlighted how Malaysia’s medical tourism sector can better cater to domestic healthcare travellers amid Covid-19.

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Fellow: Young Media Leaders Fellowship 2021

2021

Selected for the prestigious Young Media Leaders Fellowship 2021, an initiative by the WAN-IFRA’s World Editors Forum Asia Chapter and Singapore’s Temasek Foundation. The six-month programme helps nurture high-potential mid-career editors and journalists across Asia to become the next generation of media leaders committed to shaping the regional future.

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Medical Travel Media Awards

2019 - Best Online Report of the Year

The Medical Travel Media Awards (MTMA) by the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council, an agency under the Ministry Of Finance, rewards excellence in journalism for both local and international media reporting on medical travel in Malaysia. Awarded for the article “Getting hotels to cater to healthcare travellers in Malaysia”, a feature story that examines the role of hotels in providing after-treatment care.

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