KUALA LUMPUR: The Home and Education ministries will look into the prospects of providing security-featured biometric identity cards for foreign students studying in local higher education institutions.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the proposed card, similar to the iKad that would be issued to the more than 2.1 million foreign workers in the country, will act as a passport and travel document for foreign students.
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