{"id":2868,"date":"2010-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/06\/take-over-to-enable-ucs-to-become-university\/"},"modified":"2010-05-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T00:00:00","slug":"take-over-to-enable-ucs-to-become-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v4\/2010\/05\/06\/take-over-to-enable-ucs-to-become-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Take-Over to Enable UCS to become University"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kolej Laila Taib has been taken over by Sarawak Foundation primarily to enable the college to be further developed into a university college, the Speaker of Dewan Undangan Negeri, Dato Sri Haji Asfia Awang Nassar said last night.<\/P>
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He strongly denied that the transfer to ownership involving a token sum of one Ringgit was to rob the millions of Ringgit that had been contributed by Chinese philantrophists.
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\u201cThe easiest thing to do when setting up a university is to construct the buildings but the hardest is to maintain the university.\u201d He pointed out when addressing about 80 information officers during a brief function at a leading hotel here.<\/DIV>
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He said with the take-over, Sarawak Foundation would be able to work out a roadmap to upgrade the college into a university college with a view to allow the federal government, to provide financial assistance.<\/DIV>
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A large sum of money would be needed for the upkeep of the university and pay the salaries of lecturers which the university could not expect to underwrite without the help of the federal government, he pointed out.<\/DIV>
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He told the officers that the college would not be able to depend on income derived from the intake of students from foreign countries like China and neither should it expect itself to survive on donations all the times.<\/DIV>
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\u201cThere is nothing sinister about the take-over but to enable the college to be developed into a university where students of all races can study and gain knowledge like in other universities in the country,\u201d he said.<\/DIV>
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He expressed belief that once fully developed into a full-pledged university it should be able to make meaningful contributions to the workforce in the development of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE).<\/DIV>
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SCORE had been planned to exploit the potentials of cheap renewable energy provided by hydro power which were expected to attract investors to set up industries in the corridor area, he said.<\/DIV>
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\u201cMany industries mean thousands of jobs for the people towards 2030.\u201d He stated.<\/DIV>
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He pointed out that the government being a responsible government had to see that the future of the State and its people was secured through sound long-term development planning like SCORE.<\/DIV>
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Source: Information Department
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