Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Anwar: If I were PM....


One way he would improve racial ties in Malaysia if he were prime minister, said opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, would be to stop awarding scholarships to the children of government ministers.
Describing his experience when his eldest daughter Nurul Izzah — now Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai in Kuala Lumpur — went to university, Anwar said he was told he needn’t pay her fees as she was “automatically” given a scholarship.
But Anwar, who was then deputy prime minister and finance minister, persisted and the university eventually accepted his payment.

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