KUALA LUMPUR • Ms Nor Nadrah Ahmad is a first-year accounting student at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), a public university in Shah Alam, Selangor's state capital.
For her meals, transport and occasional stationery purchases, the 19-year-old from the northern state of Kedah gets by on only RM25 (S$8) a week. This is besides her student loan, which covers only her tuition fees and lodging.
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