COMMENT   Recently, I received an urgent note from a student who is doing matriculation in a government school in Kedah where tuition and accommodation costs are covered by the state. I

have been helping her with financial assistance for food and miscellaneous expenses since her father is unemployed and she is a deserving student from the poorer class.

Her letter reads as follows:

“Hi sir it's me …. sorry for disturbing sir. Sir I want to ask sir something. Sir I really need sir's help. Sir if can sir can bank in some of the money before I further my studies in matriculation.