11.   Allowing foreign universities to enter into management contracts to provide expertise, lecturers, hardware and software.

12.   Allowing foreign universities to operate in Indonesia is good because this will give students more choices.

13.   Besides the link with foreign universities, SAL also has links with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

14.   Buchori said the presence of qualified foreign universities in Indonesia would bode well for institution building at local universities.

15.   But his move to a foreign university will come as a blow to the government, especially to Deputy President Thabo Mbeki.

16.   But he was not too optimistic that the presence of foreign universities would help the country upgrade its human resources development as promptly as the government may hope.

17.   Dr Mahathir said MMU would provide world-standard education and its graduates would be acccepted for post-graduate courses in foreign universities.

18.   Even if they graduated from famous foreign universities they did not necessarily have organisational management capability.

19.   Established foreign universities have shown a strong commitment to excellence.

20.   Foreign universities and local colleges offering technical and engineering education will be preferred, Najib said.