Malaysian PM vetoes call to open university to non-Malays

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	Malaysian PM vetoes call to open university to non-Malays

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1-24-2009 3:40 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/87b9f149-60ec-4bde-befd-179682fcffd6/FFF5286B-BAD7-4F53-AF63-9E79DFDFF62A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=175410" href="http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=175410" style="font-size: 11px;">www.tehrantimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=175410"><DIV>The chief minister of Selangor state, where the Universiti Teknologi Mara is located, triggered an uproar when he suggested on Sunday that the institution could offer 10 percent of its places to other races.
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=175410"><DIV>Selangor's chief minister, Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, reportedly said the move to include other races and foreigners into the university would allow students there to gain more exposure and be friendlier to people of other races.
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