When the time comes to send the kids to college, some Asian parents may do their
budget in Malaysia money. Malaysia wants to become a regional center for higher
education. “We’re introducing a bill in October to allow the University of London and
other well-know foreign university universities to come in and establish full-scale branch
campuses,” says Fong Chan Onn, the deputy minister with responsibility for Chinese
education. The University of London will be opening a branch near Kuala Lumpur. Fong
says Australian institutions have expressed interest. “Even one of the Japanese
universities in interested,” he adds.