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CURRICULUM VIT AE

PERSONAL DETAIL

Name Dr. Goh Hong Ching

Designation Senior Lecturer
Department Geography Department
Faculty Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Tel. No. (Office) 03-79675540
Fax No. 03-79675497
E-mail Address gohhc@um.edu.my
Address(Office) Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of
Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
(Qualification), (Institution).

Dr rer nat, Bonn, RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET BONN

M. SC. (TOURISM PLANNING) UTM (2000), UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (UTM)
B. URP, UTM (1998), UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (UTM)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION/MEMBERSHIP
(Organisation), (Role), (Year), (Level).

MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS , Corporate Member, 2010-2011

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
(Role), (Level), (Start date),(End Date).

Jawatankuasa panel Candidature Defence, Geography Department, Faculty Of Arts And Social Sciences, 24-Dec-10 -
24-Dec-10

Treasurer of the organising committee for Internatiaonl Conference on Population Dynamimism of Asia: Issues and
Challenges 14-16 Mar 2011, International, 12-Nov-10 - 30-Apr-10

Acting Head Of Department, Geography Department, Faculty Of Arts And Social Sciences, 23-Sep-10 - 27-Sep-10

Editorial Board member of the Malaysian Journal of Tropical Geography, International, 17-Aug-10 - 16-Aug-12

Acting Head Of Department, Geography Department, Faculty Of Arts And Social Sciences, 02-Aug-10 - 04-Aug-10

Department representative (Timetable Committee), Geography Department, Faculty Of Arts And Social Sciences, 01-
Jul-10 - 29-Jun-12

Department representative (Student guidebook), Geography Department, Faculty Of Arts And Social Sciences, 01-
Jul-10 - 30-Jun-11

Issue editor for Malaysian Journal of Tropical Geography vol 38 2007, International, 18-Jan-10

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Penyelenggaraan , Geography Department, Faculty Of Arts And Social Sciences, 14-Dec-09
- 13-Dec-10

CAREER HISTORY
(Post), (Organisation), (Period).

Assistant Professor, UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN, 21/04/2008 until 12/04/2009

Junior Researcher, CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, 01/10/2004 until 31/12/2007

Planning Executive, IOI PROPERTIES BERHAD, 01/10/2000 until 18/07/2004

Urban Planner, ASA TECHNO SDN BHD, 01/02/2000 until 31/08/2000

Research Assistant, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA, 01/05/1998 until 31/12/2009

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
(Area).

Tourism (Pro-poor tourism, sustainable tourism management, natural resource management (forestry), institutional
arrangement)

Urban Planning And Management (Area of interests: governance and green cities)

RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

(Publication).

Book

2008

Goh, H. C. 2008. Sustainable Tourism and the Influence of Privatisation in Protected Area Management. A case of
Kinabalu Park, Malaysia. Ecology and Development Series 57, Bonn.

Chapter In Book

2010

Tan, W. H. and Goh, H. C. 2010. The Development of Coastal Tourism: A study of the North Pahang Coast. In Idris,
H. and Tan, W. H. eds. The Development of Maritime Sector in Malaysia. Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences,
University of Malaya. Pp. 69-81. (forthcoming)

Academic Journals

2010

Goh, H. C., Mariney, M. Y. and Tan, W. H. 2010. Willingness to pay in Kinabalu Park- A portrayal of the meanings of
Kinabalu. Arab World Geographer 13(2): 126-137. (SCOPUS-Cited Publication)

Goh, H. C. and Mariney, M. Y. 2010. 'Sustaining Tourism Development in Protected Areas. A Case of Kinabalu Park'.
International Journal of Trade, Economics, and Finance. Singapore August 1 (2): 179-184. (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS
Cited Publication)

2009

Goh, H. C. 2009. Sustainable Tourism and the Role of Parks. SEGi Review 2(1): 134-150. (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS Cited
Publication)

Goh, H. C. 2010. Mountain guiding in Kinabalu Park. An evaluation of visitor satisfaction . Borneo Research Journal
3:85-95. (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS Cited Publication)

Proceeding

2010

Goh, H. C., Amran, H. and Zainab, K. 2010. Participation as a Dynamic Process in Community-Based Tourism Project.
A Case of Saung Angklung Udjo, Bandung, Indonesia. Amrah, H. ed. Proceedings of World Ecotourism Conference
2 0 1 0 Urban Ecotourism and Biodiversity Hotspots in Developing Countries: shifting paradigms and strategic
adapations . Academic session: Moving up ecotourism along the value chain. Pp. 146-159. Johor Bahru: CiPD, UTM.

Goh, H. C. and Mariney, M. Y. 2010. Tourism Management in Kinabalu Park. An Analysis of Nature of Goods in meeting
sustainable tourism . Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Business, Economics and Tourism
Management (CBETM 2010) Singapore. Pp. 175-179. Liverpool: World Academic Union.

Mariney, M. Y. and Goh, H. C. 2010. Psychological impacts of flash flooding in the Klang Valley, Malaysia .
Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Humanities, Historical and Social Sciences (CHHSS 2010)
Singapore. Pp. 486-490. Liverpool: World Academic Union.

Monograph

2001

Ho, C. S. and Goh, H. C. 2001. Hi Tech Industrial Park Development in Malaysia: The perspective of Urban Planning.
Productivity Management Letter, The official publication of Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate. Vol. 4 No. 1.

AREAS OF RESEARCH
(Project title), (Role), (From)-(Until), (Source), (Level).

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Clustering of Tourism Resources in Selangor, Co-Investigator, 2009-2010

Sustainable Development of Coastal Resorts, Co-Investigator, 2009-2010

Sustainable development and the influence of privatization on protected area management. A case of Kinabalu Park,
Malaysia., Principal Investigator(PI), 2005-2006, GTZ

An analysis of tourism components based on the principles of Sustainable Tourism in Perlis- In supporting the
development objectives of Northern Corridor Economic Region., Principal Investigator(PI), 2009-2010

Tourism development- A comparison among parks within Sabah Parks system with focus on Kinabalu Park.
Collaboration with Sabah Parks., Principal Investigator(PI), 2009-2011, Self-funding

An evaluation of the economic benefits of community based tourism using value chain analysis., Co-
Investigator, 2010-2012

Tourism image of Langkawi Island: Visitor perception of the legendary island tourism development., Co-
Investigator, 2010-2011

EXPERT LINKAGES
(Linkages Description), (Organisation), (Year of Involvement), (Duration), (Level).

Alumni and academic knowledge exchange, The German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD), 2008, 12,
(International)

Alumni and academic knowledge exchange , Centre for Development Research (ZEF) Bonn, 2008, 12, (International)

Academic knowledge exchange , Association for Biosphere Reserve Reserach and Communication, 2009, 12,
(International)

Scientific Exchange Program, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Vice Chancelllors Council ,
2010, 3, (International)

Collaborative interdisciplinary research, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology
(IACSIT), 2010, 12, (International)

Alumni and academic knowledge exchange, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn, 2008, 12,
(International)

South East Asian and German Expert network on urban future, ForUm - Network for Urban Future in Southeast Asia ,
2010, 12, (International)

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