MALAYAN ISLAMIC COLLEGE TO BE REVIVED

PETALING JAYA (Selangor, Malaysia) June 3 (Bernama) -- The Federal
government plans to revive the Malayan Islamic College (KIM) and place it under
the administration of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim).

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Jamil Khir Baharom said the
college would operate from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
campus for the time being.

"We will discuss the permanent location of its new campus with Jakim," he
told reporters after KIM's first board meeting at IIUM Friday.

The college, formed in 1955, ceased operations in 1970 to make way for
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysian National University - UKM).

It is being revived in line with the government's policy to transform
Islamic higher education in the country.