KUALA LUMPUR: MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong has expressed sadness that Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) was denied allocations for a matching grant for the second year running.
“Now, TAR UC is not even getting one sen, similar to what happened last year under Lim Guan Eng.
“This is the problem we face and I am saddened by it, ” he said at Parliament lobby yesterday after Budget 2020 was tabled. Dr Wee, who is Ayer Hitam MP, said that MCA had fought for some 50 years to secure matching grants for TAR UC and had received an average of RM30mil to RM60mil annually under the previous government.
He also lamented that a RM5.5mil allocation for development expenses for TAR UC under the Budget last year had been slashed to RM1mil for next year. On Budget 2020 as a whole, Dr Wee said that it lacked innovation and was unattainable. He cited the example where there was no change in personal tax relief of RM9,000 to benefit the lower and middle income groups earning less or between RM3,500 and RM5,000 a month.“This would have been a straightforward way to help the lower and middle income people who are struggling to survive, especially in the cities, ” he said.He pointed that many of the things raised in Budget 2020 were not practical.
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