Ministry Prepared To Help Set Up Kolej KDM In Sabah

KOTA KINABALU, May 27 (Bernama) -- The Higher Education Ministry is prepared to help realise the setting up of the proposed Kolej Kadazandusun Murut (Kolej KDM) in Sabah.

"We will always help facilitate applications to set up new colleges or to enhance higher education in Malaysia.

"However, they must fulfil the criteria set by the ministry....we welcome the setting up of Kolej KDM," said its Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung after meeting with representatives of private higher learning institutions, here, Friday.

Hou was earlier asked to comment on Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan's announcement last Sunday that Kolej KDM would be built in Kaingaran, Tambunan.

Pairin who is also Huguan Siou (paramount leader) of the Kadazandusun Murut community in Sabah, had said that the Tambunan District Officer had been instructed to identify a site for the college.

He was also quoted as saying that he would follow up the matter with the relevant authority to ensure the proposed college could be set up.

The Kadazandusun Murut Welfare and Education Association (Pekadin) had proposed the establishment of Kolej KDM in Sabah to highlight the role of the community in education, in line with the national vision of making Malaysia a developed nation by 2020.