1.   Accountants, personnel administrators, economists, data processing experts and statisticians are all experts in a specialised field of work.

2.   All these departments provide a support service to the Group in their specialised fields.

3.   Othman said Mara-sponsored students pursuing medical degrees and other specialised fields like professional accountancy programmes and higher management degrees were exempted from the review.

4.   Bahrom says the institutes would then work out a synergy with major firms to conduct, monitor and follow up on scientific studies in specialised fields.