Tax waiver for UTAR strictly for education purposes, says PM

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The recent RM83mil tax waiver granted to Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) is solely for educational purposes, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at the opening of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) 78th annual general meeting on Sunday (Oct 13).  Read more at  https://shorturl.at/h6grV  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00All right. Now, let's move on to the issue of loans.

00:04The sale of loans to Utah.

00:07Yes, that's right. That's the University of China, Malaysia.

00:10So, what is it? What is our foundation?

00:13All efforts or foundations for education.

00:19Not for profit, but for education.

00:22We have to exclude it.

00:24Why is it too late to take action for Utah?

00:27Because the foundation is not yet separated

00:31between commercial business and education.

00:39So, I suggest that it should be separated.

00:42But, if it is to build a faculty,

00:47to provide education to poor students,

00:50to exclude tuition,

00:52we exclude interest.

00:54For me, there is no problem.

00:56We only announce it because it is too late to pass it

01:00because the Utah foundation is not yet separated.

01:04So, recently, they told us,

01:06it's okay, they said.

01:07Give us a year, we'll separate it.

01:09But in the meantime,

01:11please exclude it.

01:13Give all tuition for education

01:19and for poor children.

01:22When I talk about poor children,

01:24I don't care if they are Chinese, Malay, or Indian.

01:27Sabah or Sarawak.

01:29For poor children,

01:31if they are Malay, it's okay.

01:32But for Utah, Chinese children,

01:34it's not the same.

01:35For all poor children,

01:36the tuition we provide is only for Malay.

01:42If they are poor in China, it's okay.

01:44We can't think like this.

01:47That's why I know it's an issue.

01:50In the village, they said,

01:52look, Anwar, he joined DAP.

01:55And the rich Chinese,

01:59RM83 million,

02:01don't have to pay tuition.

02:03For Malay,

02:05who have small companies,

02:06have to pay tuition.

02:07We know this is a false claim.

02:09I say this because this is a big issue

02:12used by the foundation.

02:14Should we exclude it? No.

02:16Should we withdraw it? No.

02:19If this country wants to be a country

02:22that can respect and love

02:25all its people,

02:27this government will be firm

02:30and implement what we have promised.

02:33And no compromise.

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