Zahid asks Higher Education Ministry to consider free flight tickets for B40 students
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has asked the Higher Education Ministry to coordinate with universities on providing free flight tickets to B40 students studying outside their home states. He also directed UMNO's menteris besar and chief minister in Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Pahang and Perak to issue free tickets to students from those states studying in Sabah and Sarawak. He said this in his winding-up speech at the 2026 UMNO General Assembly at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre.