By Yugaataran Muniandy
yuga07_1902@yahoo.com
INTI IU’s Accommodation Office has been all over our headlines regarding the new fences installed by the management of INTI IU. Students have been so hung up regarding the fences that many have failed to take not of another important issue.
The Asterisk received reports from students of overcrowding in the hostel blocks so INTIans’ favourite paper paid a visit to AO in order to get a response.
Senior officer at AO, Ms Susan Low Pei Ling said that the INTI Hostels can accommodate up to 3660 students at any one given time. During the March and May intakes however, the number of students who need to be accommodated on-campus exceeds the limit.
AO overcame this problem by placing the extra students in Desa Palma, the residential apartments outside of our campus.
Currently, AO has placed students in around 10 apartments in Desa Palma. The rates for these rooms are similar to the amount a student pays for the on-campus accommodations.
Susan also stressed that they do not give preferential treatment to either local or international students when it comes to hostel room bookings. AO’s policy is that rooms are given on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
