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Why Oppose the Cutbacks

Every week there seems to be thing in Salient about Malaysian students. I always used to flip over the pages thinking there goes Salient wanking again. But the other day I sat next to a Malaysian student in the cafe; She started talking (as usual) about the grotty conditions in the cafe. Then she told me about conditions in Malaysia and why she couldn't get into a University because of the discriminatory practices of the Malaysian government against the Chinese.

The cutbacks affect her younger brother who was recently refused entry to New Zealand. I felt sympathetic but I wasn't sure if I should support, the issue of cutbacks in Malaysian students because they might be taking the place of other overdeas students, and also New Zealand students. Your supplement didn't really answer those questions. Is that because you don't know the answer?