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By TAY TIAN YAN
Some people still don't get it: the Chinese community is unhappy with the slashed budgetary allocation for UTAR not because it supports MCA, but our young generation, especially those in the lower and middle-income groups.
The best way for UTAR not to raise its fees is to increase government allocation, not to force MCA to sell its assets to make up for the shortfall.
We can only demand MCA to do this if in the past the party exploited UTAR for its own gain. Otherwise, no one should put all the blame on MCA!
It is up to MCA how it wants to make use of its own assets, and this actually needs the nod of shareholders.
Indeed MCA has RM580 million of reserve, common sense tells us that this reserve is for future development use, such as setting up new campuses.
The reserve should not be used for operating expenses or it will be depleted in a few years' time.
Why should the government provide allocation to UTAR?
This is not quite true!
If not because of MARA's 100% Malay intake and strict racial quotas of public university admission, there wasn't even a need for TAR College.
TARC was some sort of political compromise that provided an opportunity for otherwise desperate Chinese students, to be implemented through MCA, a component of the then government.
TARC and now UTAR should therefore be national asset with MCA as its caretaker.
It is a fact that political background has never been a criterion in UTAR's student intake, and MCA's political ideology has never made its way into the curriculum.
To be precise, MCA itself does not own UTAR, whose statutory owner is UTAR Education Foundation which has ten trustees, five appointed by MCA and five being government representatives.
The foundation has a clear mission, to run UTAR professionally as a provider of high quality education, not a profit-driven organization.
Unfortunately, with significantly squeezed allocation and an order not to raise tuition fees, UTAR, along with our young students, will eventually fall victim to vicious politicking.
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Unfortunately, with significantly squeezed allocation and an order not to raise tuition fees, UTAR, along with our young students, will eventually fall victim to vicious politicking |
Some people still don't get it: the Chinese community is unhappy with the slashed budgetary allocation for UTAR not because it supports MCA, but our young generation, especially those in the lower and middle-income groups.
The best way for UTAR not to raise its fees is to increase government allocation, not to force MCA to sell its assets to make up for the shortfall.
We can only demand MCA to do this if in the past the party exploited UTAR for its own gain. Otherwise, no one should put all the blame on MCA!
It is up to MCA how it wants to make use of its own assets, and this actually needs the nod of shareholders.
Indeed MCA has RM580 million of reserve, common sense tells us that this reserve is for future development use, such as setting up new campuses.
The reserve should not be used for operating expenses or it will be depleted in a few years' time.
Why should the government provide allocation to UTAR?
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most of whom are Chinese Malaysians? Atuk said so Ok then |
The government's revenue mainly comes from taxpayers (RM130 billion in 2018) - most of whom are Chinese Malaysians. Mahathir once said Chinese contributed more than 80% of taxes.
If the government is going to provide RM3.7 billion for MARA and scholarships, the RM5.5 million set aside for UTAR is outright pathetic and inconceivable.
I'm not trying to look at things from a racial perspective. I have never questioned the RM3.7 billion allocation for MARA to help finance the studies of underprivileged Malay families.
For the past few decades, the government has spent hundreds of billions of ringgit to nurture large numbers of Malay elites, thanks to taxpayer contributions.
If the government can take such a good care of Malay students, why can't it offer a little more help to the Chinese?
Of course, finance minister Lim Guan Eng argues that MARA is a government institution while UTAR belongs to MCA, and that UTAR was established through an Umno-MCA accord and therefore does not have anything to do with the PH government.
If the government is going to provide RM3.7 billion for MARA and scholarships, the RM5.5 million set aside for UTAR is outright pathetic and inconceivable.
I'm not trying to look at things from a racial perspective. I have never questioned the RM3.7 billion allocation for MARA to help finance the studies of underprivileged Malay families.
For the past few decades, the government has spent hundreds of billions of ringgit to nurture large numbers of Malay elites, thanks to taxpayer contributions.
If the government can take such a good care of Malay students, why can't it offer a little more help to the Chinese?
Of course, finance minister Lim Guan Eng argues that MARA is a government institution while UTAR belongs to MCA, and that UTAR was established through an Umno-MCA accord and therefore does not have anything to do with the PH government.
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Atuk, you're hilarious lah |
This is not quite true!
If not because of MARA's 100% Malay intake and strict racial quotas of public university admission, there wasn't even a need for TAR College.
TARC was some sort of political compromise that provided an opportunity for otherwise desperate Chinese students, to be implemented through MCA, a component of the then government.
TARC and now UTAR should therefore be national asset with MCA as its caretaker.
It is a fact that political background has never been a criterion in UTAR's student intake, and MCA's political ideology has never made its way into the curriculum.
To be precise, MCA itself does not own UTAR, whose statutory owner is UTAR Education Foundation which has ten trustees, five appointed by MCA and five being government representatives.
The foundation has a clear mission, to run UTAR professionally as a provider of high quality education, not a profit-driven organization.
Unfortunately, with significantly squeezed allocation and an order not to raise tuition fees, UTAR, along with our young students, will eventually fall victim to vicious politicking.
tis coward lge could only brandish his short kok aiming at mca n chinese but dun dare say a word in support of icerd, what a useless cbmf cum mahathir ass licker.
ReplyDelete94% Chinese Malaysians: Reap what you sow....
ReplyDeleteTAR UC OR UTAR?
ReplyDeleteKnow the difference.
Lim Guan Eng cannot abide by the Pakatan Government funding an institution which remains MCA controlled , that in fact receives no material funding from MCA.
ReplyDeleteI would advise him not to allow the students, who come mostly from ordinary Chinese families to suffer as collateral damage.
You are all missing the grand strategy at work. Guanee knows he will lose this debate about funding UTAR, but it is deliberate.
ReplyDeleteGuanee is laying the foundation to justify a DAP university.
After losing this debate he will go to Toonsie and say,
"....if a loser political party like MCA enjoyed having a government-subsidized university for decades while in power, and now in opposition the Harapan government still continue to subsidize them, what about DAP, we oso want a University...."
And then the 94% will be in rapture.....
When political parties are also involved in education, the whole thing reeks of men/party seeking for opportunism to influence, subtle/blatant indoctrination and seek branding for themselves for these things which are held dearly by the masses. It's a slow and methodological psychological attempt to hold the masses to be forever beholden to their benefactors just like during the old days where warlords and landlords allow slaves and peasants to till their land to survive and in return forever beholden to them.
ReplyDeleteIt is a Govt. responsibility to provide education for all it's citizens and never any political party responsibility. Most Malays being even more feudalistic in their culture are thus easier prey for such outlandish machinations.
Now, MCA should answer also why when being part of the Govt. for decades, they have not being able to get the UEC recognised for entry into public universities and govt. jobs? Even UTAR degrees /diplomas/certs were not recognised by Govt. bodies until lately. What sort of achievements are that?
And until today, no one knows why UTAR turns down an RM 30 million donation by a philanthrophist to help students of UTAR in their accomodation.
Isn't it because of politics?
When the previous Barisan Nasional Finance Minister reduced the UTAR allocation from RM64.25 million in the past to RM30 million, Tay Tian Yan never uttered a word.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm....
Lim Guan Eng is fortunate that his father can afford to send him to Australia to study. He forgot that majority of the Chinese is not so lucky like him. Many Chinese like me cannot afford to go oversea or study in private local universities and Utar or Tar UC is the best alternative.
ReplyDeleteLooks like power and revenge has got into his head.
Hang on, it's extremely strange for you to suggest MCA to be caretaker and allow MCA people to be remained in the foundation Trustee.
ReplyDeleteYou meant to say that Government and Chinese community donations provide the funding to Utar while MCA takes all the credits and money in-out flow of Utar finances? How is this logical?