ASIAN WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY (AWLU) PROJECT IN MALAYSIA CLEARS LANDHOLDING PROBLEMS
September 1st, 2012
BY POORNA RODRIGO
THE LEADERS of a project to set up a women's university in Malaysia say that they have cleared land purchase problems that had been holding up construction. Representatives of the Asian Women's Leadership University (AWLU) Project in Malaysia now say they are on a solid path to the institution opening in 2015. The university's attempt to acquire a 40 hectare block had sparked a row with residents in Kampung Genting, near Georgetown, Penang state, protested the proposed acquisition of their land in July. AWLU project founder Latifah Merican ...
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