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Multi-varsity education hub to be built in Pagoh by 2015

Published by Afterschool.my on Nov 08, 2012, 06:34 am

  • UTHM, IIUM, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Research Centre and Pagoh Polytechnic to set up campuses in Pagoh education hub
  • Valued at RM992.6 million, the project will accomodate over 10,000 students and create 25,000 jobs

A multi-varsity education hub will be established in Mukim Jorak in Muar, Johor.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Pagoh Higher Education Hub (HPTP) would bring together four public higher learning institutions; Universiti Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM), the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Research Centre and Pagoh Polytechnic.

Private institutions of higher learning and foreign universities, he added are encouraged to open campuses at the 500-acre site

At a press conference after witnessing the signing of concession agreements between the Higher Education Ministry and Sime Darby Property Selatan Sdn Bhd, yesterday, Muhyiddin said the hub would also come as a shot in the arm for the people in the area with its projected economic spill-overs.

Sime Darby Bhd group chief executive and president Datuk Mohd Bakke Salleh (left) showing Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin a model of the Pagoh Higher Education Hub. With them are Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (right) and Sime Darby Bhd group chief operating officer Datuk Abd Wahab Maskan (third from right). Pic by Saifullizan Tamadi

The hub would be setup at a cost of RM992.6 million in the form of Private Finance Initiative (PFI), he said, and could accommodate up to 10,800 students and would create least 25,000 jobs.

Muhyiddin said Sime Darby had also been given the responsibility of building the Pagoh University Town in the hub. It would be a self-sufficient township, with basic basic amenities as well as commercial facilities.

The Pagoh Polytechnic, he said was expected to produce more skilled workers in oleochemicals.
Also present were Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Sime Darby Bhd chairman Tun Musa Hitam and Sime Darby Property Bhd chairman Tan Sri Hamad Kama Piah Che Othman.

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