Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin today urged all higher learning institutions to set up a 1Malaysia Club at their campuses as a platform to prepare future leaders.

He said the setting up of such clubs at higher learning institutions would provide more opportunities and avenues for students to understand the 1Malaysia concept better.    

Mohamed Khaled said six institutions have been identified to carry out such programmes, namely Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Central zone), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (East zone), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (North zone), Kolej Yayasan Melaka (South zone), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Sabah zone) and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Sarawak zone).

He said the ministry would allocate RM150,000 for zones in West Malaysia and RM80,000 to zones in Sabah and Sarawak, to successfully carry out 1Malaysia programmes.

- Bernama