Historical necessity: TAR UC was born out of a social contract between the Malay and Chinese politicians after the NEP was introduced. Due to the matching grant and development funds allocated by the government previously, the tertiary institution has been able to charge affordable tuition fees since the 1970s.
BEFORE Budget 2020 was unveiled by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng on Oct 11, a Chinese guild leader bet that Lim would reinstate the government’s matching grant of RM30mil for Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) after angry protests from the Chinese community last year over the cut.
“He is merely a politician. Last year, he used the Budget to punish the MCA (in Opposition). This year, he is likely to reinstate the grant to show that the government has heeded the people’s call. Then everybody will praise this DAP leader and forget his past mistake, ” said the guild leader.
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