“I am ready,” he told FMT of his new interest in gastronomy today.
“I will pursue cooking classes at the Malaysian Institute of Baking (MIB) in Petaling Jaya,” he said.
Khalid, who will turn 60 on Tuesday, however did not elaborate on when he would begin his course and what kinds of cuisine he was keen on mastering.
The MIB, which recently changed its name to Malaysian Integrated Business College, offers full-time diploma and certificate programmes as well as short-term culinary courses, while also having other programmes for the corporate sector.
Raised in Seremban, Khalid began his career in 1976 by joining the police force at the age of 19, and held various positions before he was appointed as the police chief of Negeri Sembilan in 2005.
He was later made the deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Department in Bukit Aman before becoming the chief police officer of Selangor in June 2007.
He then headed Bukit Aman’s Internal Security and Public Order Department in 2010 before he was promoted to the post of deputy IGP in 2011, succeeding Husin Ismail who retired.
On May 17, 2013, he took over from Ismail Omar whose contractual term as IGP had expired.
Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is scheduled to chair a meeting of the Police Commission this week to select Khalid’s successor whose name would be presented to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V for his consent.