Mara to sponsor 100 students bound for NZ varsities

Welcome: Zahid shaking hands with New Zealand Foreign and Trade Ministry’s Asia and Americas deputy secretary Grahame Morton. Looking on is Mazita. — Bernama

AUCKLAND: Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) plans to sponsor 100 Malaysian students furthering their tertiary education in New Zealand, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The Deputy Prime Minister said this decision was prompted by uncertainties surrounding the latest US policies regarding foreign students, which have placed restrictions on Mara-sponsored Malaysian students bound for the United States.