My 2 New Proposals to Build Penang Student Hostels - Koon Yew Yin

Koon Yew Yin

Publish date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018, 09:25 PM

Many people have asked me about the progress of my Rm 50 million donation to the Penang Government for building student hostels.

UTAR

Most of my scholarship recipients are studying in UTAR, Kampar. About 7 years ago, I offered Rm 30 million to UTAR which is controlled by MCA to build student hotels with no profit incentive and no condition. UTAR does not provide hostel accommodation for students. They are more interested in building lecture halls to make more money. Moreover, the MCA leaders who owned almost all the land outside the University campus did not want me to disturb their lucrative property development business.

What I said or complained was not published by the newspapers because the MCA and Barisan National controlled all the newspapers.

Fortunately, the power of the internet carried this episode so widely that in the GE 13, the MCA lost almost all their seats.

My donation to Penang

About 5 years ago, I offered Rm 50 million to the Penang Government to build student hostels without any profit incentive. Immediately the Penang Exco met and accepted my donation offer. The Government offered me a piece of land about 60,000 sq ft diagonally opposite USM and appointed YB Lim Hock Seng and YB Gobind Singh Deo to help me. My architectural took about 6 months to submit the design drawings which were approved without unnecessary delay.

MCA leader Dato Tan Swee Heng

I immediately called for open competitive tender and selected the construction contractor. As my piling contractor was about to start piling, MCA leader Dato Tan Swee Heng’s lawyer put in a caveat on the land. He claimed that the land was allocated to him during Ko Tso Koon’s tenure as Penang Chief Minister.

The legal battle has been going on for more than 2 years.

Everyone can see that the MCA leaders in the UTAR and Penang cases, are only interested in making money and not interested in helping students.

That is why the MCA lost almost all their seats in the last 2 general elections. They must be blind and dumb because they cannot see and talk about the corruption in the 1MDB involving Najib and some of the UMNO leaders.

My 2 new proposals

1 As you can see from the list below, there are more than 30 universities and colleges in Penang and only USM has student hostels. Since most universities and colleges are located on the eastern side of Penang, I would like the Penang Government to allocate a suitable piece of land on the eastern side where most Universities and colleges are located so that I can use my Rm 50 million to build student hostels.

2 To avoid further delay, I propose the Penang Government allocate a piece of land specifically for student hostels and invite open tender for the land so that I can submit my bit. If I can buy the land, there should not be any more delay.

Universities and Colleges in Penang

Public University	Address	website	Phone number
Universiti Sains Malaysia	11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia	http://www.usm.my	04-653-3888
Universiti Teknologi Mara	Permatang Pauh, 13500	http://penang.uitm.edu.my/	04-382 2843
Private Universities
Wawasan Open University	54, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah 10050 Penang	http://www.wou.edu.my/	04-2180 333
Open University Malaysia	1 Lebuh Tenggiri 2, Pusat Bandar Seberang Jaya 13700	http://www.oum.edu.my	04-390 6009
Private Colleges
Penang Medical College	4 Jalan Sepoy Lines, Pulau Pinang	http://www.pmc.edu.my	04-226 3459
Olympia College Penang	Gat Lebuh Macallum, Georgetown, 10300	http://olympia.edu.my	04-261 1828
KDU College Penang	Jalan Anson, Georgetown, 10400	http://kdupg.edu.my	04-238 6368
PTPL Penang	228B, Jalan Burma, 10350, Penang	http://ptpl.edu.my	04-227 4870
Kemayan ATC	Level 18-19, Menara UMNO, Jalan Macalister 10400 Penang	http://www.atc2u.com/	04-229 9266
SEGi College	43 Green Hall, 10200 Penang	http://www.segi.edu.my/	04-263 3888
Sentral Technology College	3 Jalan Penang, Georgetown, 10000	http://www.sentral.edu.my	04-262 1888
Allianze College of Medical Sciences (ACMS)	Waziria Medical Square, Jalan Bertam2, Mukim 6, 13200 Kepala Batas, Penang	http://www.acms.edu.my/	04-578 0800
Equator Academy of Arts and Design	7 Leith Street, 10200 Penang Wisma Equator, 8A Amoy Lane, 10050 George Town, Penang	http://www.equator-academy.edu.my	04-261 5116 04-228 1315
Han Chiang College	Lim Lean Teng Road, 11600 Georgetown, Penang	http://www.hcc.edu.my/	04-283 1088
Disted-Stamford College (DISTED)	No. 340, Jalan Macalister, 10350 Georgetown, Penang	http://www.disted.edu.my/	04-229 6579 04-229 6580 04-226 6531
Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) College	77, Lorong Lembah Permai Tiga, Tanjung Bungah, 11200, Penang	http://www.tarc.edu.my/	04-899 5230
INTI International College Penang	1-Z, Lebuh Bukit Jambul, 11900 Penang	http://newinti.edu.my/	04-631 0138
Info Genius College	55C-02-03 Jalan Sungai dua, 11700 Penang, Malaysia.	http://www.infogenius.com.my/	04-656 5145
Institut First Robotics Industrial Science (FRIS)	12.09 & 12.04, West Side Level 2, Main Area Pisa, Jalan Tun Dr Awang, Relau, 11900,	http://www.fris.edu.my	04-646 3687
RIMA College	459B Tingkat 2, Bandar Perda Jalan Permatang Rawa 11400 Bukit Mertajam	http://www.rima.edu.my/	04 530 6427
Reliance College	28A-2, 2nd Floor, Lorong Abu Siti, 10400, Penang.	http://www.reliance.edu.my/	04-226 0715
Penang Skills Development Centre	1 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Bandar Bayan Baru, 11900 Bayan Lepas	http://www.psdc.org.my/	0 4-643 7909
Island College of Technology	Bangunan Kraftangan, Sungai Rusa, 11000 Balik Pulau	http://www.ict.edu.my	04-866 5900
Kolej Antarabangsa Excelpolitan	3 Tingkat Bukit Dumbar	http://www.riteuni.com/	04-818 3988
Kolej Excel	2nd and 3rd Floor, MIN Building, #30 & 32, Bishop Street, 10200	http://www.excel.edu.my/	04-264 1239
Adventist College of Nursing	488B-07-01/02, Midlands One-stop (Level 7), Burmah Road, 10350 Penang	http://www.pah.com.my/acn	04 228 9566
Silicon Institute of Technology	25 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 11700 Gelugor	http://www.sitpg.edu.my	04-657 2412
Surya College	Tingkat 17-18 NB Tower, NO 5050 Jalan Bagan Luar, Butterworth 12000	http://www.surya.edu.my	04-329 2929
The One Academy Penang	33 Jalan Anson, 10400 Penang	http://www.toa.edu.my/penang	04-210 3000
Lam Wah Ee Nursing School	141 Jalan Tan Sri Teh Ewe Lim	http://www.hlwe.com.my	04-6528 874
Cosmopoint International College of Technology	No. 236, Jalan Dr. Lim Chwee Leong, 10100	http://www.cosmopoint.edu.my/	04-262 7440
Excelpolitan International College	3 Tingkat Bukit Dumbar 11600 Jelutong, Penang	http://www.xpi.edu.my/	04 818 3988

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