Wooing teachers


Head of performing arts Ray Martin, 42.

AUSTRALIAN Ray Martin, 42, who has been teaching in the country since 2002, said one new international school was offering a whopping RM15,000 salary for its teachers.

He said expatriates currently working in Malaysia would probably be paid a lower allowance compared to those who are headhunted to come.

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