KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — Universiti Malaya (UM) will provide accommodation for more than 40,000 students through the Student Residential Hostel Project, which is expected to be launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Oct 15.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the project was among the models being developed by the government to accelerate the provision of student accommodation at public universities, amid growing demand for housing.
“At UM, as I understand it, the residential hostel will eventually meet the needs of more than 40,000 students. It will be built in stages, but the immediate basic needs must also be addressed,” he said after launching the ILMUcode platform by YTL AI Labs here yesterday.
