On Saturday March 20th Deputy Prime Minister (Brian Talboys) said in a press statement to the Evening Post that the Government was proposing to limit the number of 'foreign students' entering this country for study purposes.

The rationale behind this move was that the regular increases in the numbers of overseas students was 'putting pressure on university facilities'.

At no stage did Talboys mention that Malaysian students were the ones he was specifically interested in, but it is rather interesting to note that the statement came from Malaysia itself (Talboys being in Kuala Lumpur at the time), and that Muldoon had previously made statements aimed at Malaysian students.