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No funds for TARC exposes MCA as a party of low-down liars with only an agenda for themselves?
Like UMNO, the MCA is just another party of devious manipulative lying leaders.
Recently, the MCA has been using its mouthpiece - The Star - to spin news demonising the Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government, especially Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng for stopping the annual allocations for the MCA-controlled Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TARC).
That is a plain lie or spinning and twisting facts to suit MCA’s political agenda.
The fact is it was the now deposed racist Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) federal government that had stopped the annual allocations for TARC in Budget 2018 (when BN was still in power).
And the MCA was as meek as mouse when this was raised by the then DAP Rasah MP Teo Kok Seong in November 2017.
The then Education Minister Idris Jusoh, when asked about the exclusion, said the government would look into the matter.
So, why is the MCA and The Star not stating this fact in its news spins?
And, is the DAP, Teo and Lim any better on this issue? Teo had defended TARC’s “right” for federal allocations? So, what is DAP and Lim’s stand now?
It sure looks like Teo is a “nobody” in DAP and that he was only speaking for himself?
Or, is it that Lim did not dare to raise this fact because the BN had in some point of time between November and May 9 (14th General Election) quietly reallocated the annual fund for TARC?
Whatever, both MCA and Lim need to clarify the facts? Did TARC get the funds or not after Budget 2018 was tabled?
However, No News Is Bad News’ stand on the allocation of annual funds is plain political and discriminatory - TARC should never have been given such funds. Why?
TARC is just another private institution of higher learning. It was given special treatment and got the funds just because it was set up by MCA - with millions of Ringgit in donations from Malaysians - of which it was part of the super corrupt ruling BN regime.
And now the MCA is demanding such discriminatory treatment for TARC to be continued by the PH federal government?
Discriminatory? Yes! Our stand is this: If TARC is to be given such funds, then all private institutions of higher learning nationwide should also get such funds too!
The new low-down MCA president Wee Ka Siong has claimed that TARC would suffer higher tuition fees if the funds are not reinstated.
Really? It was revealed that TARC had multi-million ringgit in savings to keep TARC going! So, why the need to raise fees?
So, is TARC just another revenue-generating machine for MCA? Bollocks to MCA’s claim from Day 1 that TARC was set up to help educate Malaysian children!
If Wee and MCA are truly defending TARC and the benefit of its students, then why can’t it give up control of TARC to the federal government and let it become a public university for Malaysians?
Of course MCA and Wee cannot give up the goose that lay the golden eggs! Right?
And, the MCA is now also lamenting and whining about all other MCA-controlled money spinning “machines” like Kojadi and others for not getting annual allocations from the PH federal government.
And that is why MCA must give up control of TARC and The Star so that integrity and public confidence can be restored.
So, MCA and Wee - Go Fly A Kite with your whining!
Here are the related news reports on the issue:
"MP shocked govt has stopped funding TARC
Michael Murty
November 29, 2017 1:13 PM
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| Rasah MP Teo Kok Seong has criticised the government for not allocating funds to the Tunku Abdul Rahman University College. |
He said this was especially difficult to comprehend as TARC was an MCA-founded institution, and had been receiving allocations prior to this.
He said TARC was allocated RM60 million in 2015, RM51 million in 2016 and RM30 million in 2017, but was not allocated a single sen in the 2018 Budget.
“As a former student of TARC, I feel extremely disappointed by this,” he said at a press conference in parliament here today.
He said although he was not from the MCA, he felt the need to ask the government why it had excluded the institution from funding.
“It is sad that no MCA leader has publicly spoken out about this. It is impossible that all MCA leaders, ministers and deputy ministers do not know about the exclusion, which required me to bring it up in parliament.
“The top leadership of MCA has to answer why this exclusion has occurred without their knowledge. Have they not gone through Budget 2018?
“What is the use of the party having three ministers and three deputy ministers if they fail to ensure the college that they founded receives funding from the federal government?” asked Teo.
Education Minister Idris Jusoh, when asked about the exclusion, said the government would look into the matter. - FMT
Guan Eng: UTAR, TAR UC must be separated from MCA before getting more govt money
NATION
Wednesday, 21 Nov 2018
9:55 PM MYT
by martin carvalho, hemananthani sivanandam, and rahimy rahim
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| File photo of UTAR's Faculty of Business and Finance in Kampar, Perak. |
"I would advise that next year, we will consider (more allocations) but at the same time, we want to be sure that there is a clear separation between education and politics.
"Both UTAR and TAR UC must not be owned by MCA," said Lim in his winding-up speech for his ministry on Budget 2019.
He was replying to MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong who queried why the government had slashed funds for the two institutions.
Dr Wee pointed out that the government had merely provided a RM5.5mil development fund for UTAR and TAR UC, but had not provided any matching grant.
Lim said that there could be a different forms of allocations for both the institutions if they were not owned by MCA.
He reiterated that politics and education needed to be separated.
"This is a brave decision made by my officers and I will support their decision.
"We cannot give matching grants to all schools, this would mean an outflow of money which we cannot bear," he said, explaining the reason for only providing the development fund but not the matching grant.
Dr Wee, however, argued that the matching grants were vital as it would help ensure lower student fees were charged by both institutions.
Lim insisted that MCA had a RM2bil fund, to which Dr Wee rebutted, saying that both Utar and TarUC were developed through public and government funds.
Dr Wee said that the institutions spent RM100mil to develop campuses in Sabah and Pahang without asking for government assistance.
Lim however later asked if MCA had received funds from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), to which Dr Wee said no.
"As far as I know, no," said Dr Wee.
Lim said it is best that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigate the matter.
"If you still deny that MCA did not receive funds from 1MDB, then let MACC investigate," said Lim.
Dr Wee then questioned the relevance of linking 1MDB to the education fund.
"Why are you mixing the issue of 1MDB and the universities," he asked.
Lim then became defensive and said: "You can hentam (bash) me in the Chinese media that I am anti-Chinese. Never mind."
"I am ready to accept because this is the principle of financial management that the government needs to uphold," said Lim. - The Star"
