Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today announced that the rate of the FlySiswa flight ticket subsidy initiative will be increased to RM400 from RM300 per person starting Jan 1 next year.

He said the move is among the government’s efforts to ease the burden of students from or studying in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan who have to deal with relatively costly flight tickets when they want to return to their respective states.

“That is why we are providing assistance through FlySiswa and for...