No choice but to tighten their belts


More economical drive: Friends Alyson Katrine Oh Eling, 22, and Mohammad Ikhnul Azrin, 23, comparing prices of Perodua cars at the Perodua Sales Petaling Jaya branch in Section 19.

PETALING JAYA: Many students studying overseas will have no choice but to tighten their belts to deal with the ringgit slump.

University of California, San Diego student Nicholas Yee said he had made all the arrangements to study abroad and it was too late to back out now.

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