Encourage students to study at local institutions

BY NUR FARIHAN RAZALI BAU: Educators should encourage students who are weak in English to enter institutions of higher education owned by the state government. Opar State Assemblyman Billy Sujang said, “This is because English is used as the medium of instruction in these institutions. “Starting in 2026, five universities will provide free education and they include […]

Mukah to emerge as education hub

MUKAH: The proposed development project for Kolej Laila Taib (KLT) here commenced about two months ago and when completed, will add another institution of higher learning to the district. A worker at the site of the project recently said work had begun about two months ago. The KLT project is located adjacent to Mukah Polytechnic […]

Scammed by ‘student’

MIRI: A private higher education institution here lost more than RM24,000 when it was duped by a scammer pretending to be one of its students requesting for a refund. According to Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah, when contacted today, a police report on the matter was lodged by the institution last Friday. “The […]

Foreign investors sell, locals pick up

RM444.92 mln sold off Bursa Malaysia last week KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign funds continued to remain net sellers exiting Bursa Malaysia last week, with the amount of outflow amounted to RM444.92 million from Monday to Thursday. This was, however, less than the amount in the corresponding period of the previous week (June 15-18) of RM445.35 million. […]

Equities market continues to be well supported by local institutions

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign investors remained net sellers in the local equity market last week, recording a lower total net outflow of RM879.57 million from Monday-Thursday against RM930.62 million in the corresponding period from February 24-27.  Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd said Malaysian equities market continued to be well supported by local institution funds with total net purchases amounting to […]