Monday May 25, 2009
Tycoon decides not to build Bintangor TAR college
KUCHING: Sarawak tycoon Tan Sri Ting Pek Khiing has decided not to build the proposed Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) College branch campus in Bintangor in the central region.
Ting had earlier promised to donate land and pay for 50% of the construction cost of the campus if Sarawak United People’s Party-(SUPP) nominated Barisan Nasional candidate Ding Kuong Hing won the Sarikei seat in last year’s parliamentary election.
Ding beat DAP’s Dr Wong Hua Seh and won by a 51-vote majority in the five-way contest.
However, Ting said last week that he would discontinue the proposed branch project. The announcement was criticised by the DAP, which also accused the SUPP of failing to keep its election promise.
The DAP challenged Ding to step down to take responsibility for the matter.
In response, Ding said he would resign as MP if the DAP could build the TAR College branch campus. Otherwise, the opposition should shut up, he said.
SUPP president Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam said Ting had pulled out of the project as the tycoon had been accused of bribery by the DAP in an election petition filed by Dr Wong against Ding.
Ding won the petition.
Dr Chan said the DAP’s actions had discouraged Ting to carry out the project. He blamed the opposition for “putting a spanner in the wheel and jeopardising the project.”
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