GEORGE TOWN: The Public Service Department (PSD) will continue to offer scholarships for students pursuing studies in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
"Since last week, I had held a special meeting with PSD and they said that (stopping sponsorship) was an existing policy, a previous policy.
"So, I asked for this to be reviewed (because) based on our projections, the need for medical, dental and pharmacy sectors is still there.
“This means that the PSD scholarship programme for these sectors will continue," he said at the Temu [email protected] programme at Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) here today.
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