Friday, June 29, 2007

Day +359 : Travel 500km to pay university fee

I am fine today.

Last night, my two nieces came here from Sibu, Sarawak. They will be going to report for study at their respective university on Sunday, 1 July 2007.

As mentioned earlier, Nga Ming is going to study Computer Science in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). The university requires students to pay fee before registration, and the fee can be paid only through Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad(BIMB). I brought her to pay the fee at BIMB branch at USJ.

BIMB is definitely not a popular bank. It doesn’t have a branch in Sibu, Sarawak. A few UTeM students have to travel to nearest branch which is located in Bintulu to pay the fee. The distance between Sibu and Bintulu is about 250km, so they have to travel a total of 500km just to pay their university fee :-(

What puzzled me is why UTeM has to use or limit the payment to a bank with so few branches? Pity those students who have to travel such as a long distance to pay the fee.

See you next post.

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