Health Ministry denies RM100 fee for students' medical check-up


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 05 Jan 2019

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Health Ministry has refuted claims that students will have to pay up to RM100 for a medical check-up for admission to government-owned schools, as alleged on social media.

Its secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Chen Chaw Min said students to all government-owned schools including fully residential schools would only be charged RM1.

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