Kota Kinabalu: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor said the State Government is committed to listening to the ideas and opinions of youths like student representatives.
He said youths, particularly those in higher learning institutions, are valuable human capital for the State to progress as well as help realise the Hala Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya development plan.
“I hope the Sabah university students’ leadership will work together with the State Government to ensure the success of the Hala Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya,” he said, Tuesday.
He earlier met with leaders of student councils from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Mara Technology University (UiTM) Kota Kinabalu campus and Universiti Malaya Sabah students (Permasa) at Menara Kinabalu, Tuesday.
He said the State Government would go all out to help students obtain the best from education through various initiatives such as the one-off cash assistance for IPT registration whereby eligible students pursuing degree studies would get RM2,000 and RM1,500 for those pursuing diplomas.
Expressing delight to be able to sit down, engage and exchange views with the representatives of higher learning institution students from Sabah, Hajiji responded to several issues raised by the student council presidents.
They included water supply problems, the proposal for a Rumah Siswa SMJ programme to help students facing accommodation problems, security issues as well as high air fare.
He assured that the State Government would look into all the issues.
Leading the UMS student representatives was Eliezer Nevall Anthony, while UiTM was represented by Shahirul Azri Aman Shah and Permasa by Mohd Amirul Adanan. He announced a contribution of RM50,000 each to assist them in their activities.
The meeting was coordinated by the Institut Kerjasama Kerajaan dan Rakyat (Ikrar) of the Chief Minister’s Department.
Earlier, the Chief Minister also met with the student wings or Friends of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) which was led by Bayu Saputra Rizal.
