Posted by ks55 > 1 hour ago | Report Abuse

Unlike other privately owned universities, UTAR caters for poor Malaysian families regardless of races with the lowest tuition fees. You can find a lot of Indian students study in UTAR, along side with Chinese students. For the rich, they can go overseas for tertiary education, or at least go to privately owned universities like University of Monash, Taylor University, Sunway University, University of Nottingham etc etc. These privately owned universities are profit oriented and charge much higher tuition fees way above the affordability of the poor.

Please bear in mind, most students in UTAR are from poor Chinese families, not able to gain entry to public university because their STPM results not good enough to earn them a place. Removing tax-exemption will force UTAR to raise tuition fees and likelihood depriving Chinese students from the poor families an opportunity to get out of poverty.

Please leave politics at home. Removing UTAR tax-exemption amounts to stab Chinese Community from the back. UTAR yearly allocation of rm 50 million a year already removed by LGE when he was a Finance Minister for less than 2 years. So much damage already done by a single person to 7 million Chinese, and there is no way to get it back. LGE will be remembered forever as a sinner.

Posted by Sslee > 49 minutes ago | Report Abuse

Please bear in mind, most students in UTAR are from poor Chinese families, not able to gain entry to public university because their STPM results not good enough to earn them a place.

Untruth and misinformation.

My nephew choose UTAR because he like the UTAR course/Actuarial science
offered to him. He is now working in UK as IT programmer.

Because of quality education offered by UTAR, UTAR is now univerisy of choice.

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 31 minutes ago | Report Abuse

Correct. UTAR produces the best graduates because of it's strong integrity and principles . Others are paper mills, emptying country coffers (under higher education fund) and produce low-quality shameless lazy cheaters and phDs

Posted by qqq47660 > 6 minutes ago | Report Abuse

Whose st.upid idea?

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 3 minutes ago | Report Abuse

MARA (Majlis Amanah Rakyat)
Nature and Purpose: MARA is a government agency that focuses on the economic and educational development of the Bumiputera community in Malaysia. It offers various services, including educational programs, business loans, and skills training.

Tax Exemption Status:

MARA, being a government agency, typically enjoys tax-exempt status under Malaysian tax law.
Income generated from its educational activities, grants, and services related to its core functions is generally exempt from income tax.
Additionally, MARA may receive tax exemptions on properties used for educational purposes or other charitable activities under the Income Tax Act 1967.

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 12 seconds ago | Report Abuse

Real workforce producer UTAR ( for B40, humanity, various stakeholders & country future) vs paper mill MARA (for 60% B40, & 40% orang berada)