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DECEMBER 9 — The Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TARUC) issue has now become the interest of national debate with many versions and much spin surrounding the funding or rather the renouncement of funding for this institution which had been established way back on February 24, 1969 as a non-profit, private university college in Malaysia. One must be familiar with history to comprehend that TARUC was founded on the purest intention by the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) on the sole basis to provide accessible and affordable tertiary education to those average lower income Chinese families who fell outside of the quota system to get into the local public universities but could not afford to send their children overseas.

The Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) issue has now become the interest of national debate with many versions and much spin surrounding the funding – or rather the renouncement of funding – for this institution which had been established way back on Feb 24, 1969 as a non-profit, private university college in Malaysia.

THE Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) issue has now become the interest of national debate with many versions and much spin surrounding the funding, or rather the renouncement of funding, for this institution which was established way back on Feb 24,1969, as a non-profit, private university college in Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA: An MCA-linked think-tank has accused finance minister Lim Guan Eng of turning TAR university college into a political pawn in a personal quest to get at the MCA.

Pamela Yong, deputy chairman of the Institute of Stratergic Analysis and Research (Insap) said the federal government was legally obliged to provide an annual matching grant to the college.

KOTA KINABALU: The relocation of Indonesia’s capital to Kalimantan may not bode well for Sabah, says a think tank.

Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (Insap) deputy chairman Dr Pamela Yong said this was because of several factors such as lack of facilities and connectivity to the new capital.

Alasan yang diberikan beliau ialah kerana ia ada hubung kait dengan keperluan bahasa Mandarin untuk pekerjaan tertentu di sektor swasta. Logik beliau tidak masuk akal dan tidaklah munasabah. Amatlah sukar diterima bahawa penambahan kuota di universiti awam akan dapat membantu pelajar universiti dalam mencari kerja.

INSAP deputy chairman Dr Pamela Yong said Malaysia’s affirmative action policies contributed to dissension and discord rather than increasing social cohesion, but the way forward should be a focus on all Malaysians regardless of skin colour.

While Pakatan Harapan’s Malay support in Semenyih fell from around 44% to 36%, the decline was only at around one percent in certain Chinese-majority polling districts.

Poor economic planning, rising prices and corruption are among the top three concerns raised by respondents of a survey in Cameron Highlands.