13 January 2019

Press statement by MCA Vice President Datuk Tan Teik Cheng

Not opening up UiTM to other races while suppressing TAR UC continuously, Lim Guan Eng is selling out the Chinese and pleasing the Malay community

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has failed to demand the Cabinet to open up the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) to non-Bumiputeras, and to also abolish the quota system for public university admissions. However, he relentlessly suppresses the Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) which has provided affordable education to many poor students of Chinese descent. He does not consider himself a Chinese but a Malaysian, which is synonymous with selling out the Chinese and pleasing the Malay community.

In fact UiTM vice-chancellor Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Hassan Said has already stated that the university will retain its original policy to accept Malays and Bumiputeras only, with no further need to open it up to non-Bumiputeras.

Lim Guan Eng has repeatedly uttered the so-called “don’t make it racial” and “no politicisation” before the Chinese community, demanding them to make requests regarding their interests and rights as a Malaysian instead.

However, Lim Guan Eng dares not utter “don’t make it racial” and “no politicisation” before UiTM and the Malay community. This shows that Lim Guan Eng’s so-called ‘‘Malaysian identity’’ is synonymous with selling out the Chinese and pleasing the Malay community.

Before being elected to government positions, Lim Guan Eng and DAP have lambasted the former Barisan government for slashing the allocation to TAR UC, and even vowed to obtain RM60 million for TAR UC if they come into power. However, not only did they fail to increase the allocation, they have completely cut off the administrative allocation for TAR UC, despite having successfully formed the federal government.

Besides violating the election pledges, Lim Guan Eng and DAP have gone rogue by demanding MCA to cut ties with TAR UC, and brought up the concept of separating politics from education as justification. They have abused their powers and government resources in lambasting their opponent, making TAR UC and its students the punching bag.

If Lim Guan Eng has the guts, please apply the concept of separating politics from education on all public universities, rather than ‘‘playing a Malaysian Minister’’ who does not identify himself as a Chinese, and is only keen to suppress TAR UC and the Chinese community.

Datuk Tan Teik Cheng

MCA Vice President
MCA PRC Affairs Committee & Belt Road Initiative Centre Chairman

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