PR proposal ‘to tap foreign excellence’


TANAH MERAH: The Higher Edu­cation Ministry’s proposal that excellent foreign students be given permanent resident (PR) status is to tap their ideas for the nation’s benefit.

Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said all quarters should view the proposal positively as many developed countries like the United States were practising it.

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