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Perlis Government to offer aid to medical students abroad

The Perlis Government will offer financial assistance soon to students from the State wanting to study medicine abroad.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said many top students failed to get spots in local medical faculties.
"Due to the limited places offered in local universities, they are forced to go abroad. This is costly."
He was speaking to reporters after presenting between RM300 and RM500 to students who excelled in their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examinations.
"We will help Perlis students by subsidising their fees so that they can continue their studies there."
The State's top student, Chew Ying Dee of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Derma, received RM1,000 for scoring 13A1s.
Her schoolmate, Ahmad Shahir Jamil, who scored 9A1s, received RM1,000 for excellence in both studies and co-curriculum activities.
Shahidan said the State Government would assist the top students in securing seats at the foreign universities recognised by the Public Service Department.