Poor Students' Trust Fund gets RM200 million

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A sum of RM200 million has been allocated as the launching grant for the Poor Students' Trust Fund to be launched o­n May 6, said Deputy Finance Minister Dr Shafie Mohamed Salleh.

He said the fund would help dropouts from government and government-aided kindergartens and primary schools, according to a Bernama report.

The trust fund approved recently by the Cabinet had been tabled at the Dewan Rakyat and would be presented to the Dewan Negara next week, he said.

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