News about permanent TARC (Tunku Abdul Rahman college campus) in Sabah
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TARC studying land offers for Sabah campus
KOTA KINABALU: The location of the permanent campus of Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) in Sabah will likely be decided upon before the end of the year.
MCA secretary-general Datuk Ong Ka Chuan said a decision on the matter would have to be made soon to enable an expansion of the TARC Sabah campus that had been operating at the Kian Kok Middle School here since 2002.
“The situation is a bit cramped. We cannot offer more courses as we have no space for additional facilities apart from the existing lecture rooms,” he said after presenting scrolls to 99 graduands at the TARC Sabah campus' third convocation here yesterday.
He said MCA had been receiving numerous offers for land to accommodate the Sabah campus and the college’s board was carefully screening them.
WELL DONE: Ong presenting a scroll to Diploma in Accounting graduate Foo Miang Sze during TARC Sabah campus’ third convocation in Kota Kinabalu on Saturday.
“Sabah is a big state and so we have to choose the most strategic location and any decision will affect the future of TARC in Sabah,” he said, adding that this was important as it was the college’s first and only campus in East Malaysia.
Ong said offers for the permanent campus site included land near here and in the east coast district of Sandakan.
He said a decision on the permanent campus site would have to be made quickly to enable the college board to plan for infrastructure and facilities.
“With a full fledged campus, the college can offer courses similar to those available at the main campus in Setapak. This will be in line with our Lifelong Learning Campaign,” Ong added.
Earlier in his address at the convocation, Ong said he was satisfied with the steady growth of the TARC campus that had started out with only 36 students to the present enrolment of 267.
“This achievement reflects the rising demand for quality education that the college can offer, the excellent graduates the college produces, as well as the hard work on the part of its management, academic and support staff,” he added.
