Unwanted: RM30 million? Unused: RM50 million
Is MCA boycotting his generous offer for some unknown but good reason?
KTemoc Konsiders
This is rather intriguing!
Six years ago Koon Yew Yin, a multimillionaire (and a developer) wanted to donate RM30 million to build a hostel adjacent to Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Kampar, Perak.
But for some inexplicable reasons (none were offered by MCA or UTAR), his humongously generous offer was turned down by UTAR, a MCA run university.
As I mentioned I am indeed intrigued as to why the MCA or UTAR would decline a RM30 million offer to build accommodations for students at UTAR.
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So Koon decided that if UTARA did not want the money, he would donated RM50 million to the Penang government to build a students’ hostel in Gelugor.
The Penang state government matched Koon by giving a 1.5 acre piece of land diagonally opposite USM for the proposed students’ hostel. The necessary building approvals were obtained and an open tender was called to do the piling work. That was three years ago.
Today, alas, the land is now the subject of a legal battle, thus the hostel is just on blueprint.
