Wong Soon Koh - UCS Crookedly Become His

The Fall and Fall of United College Sarawak (UCS hereafter)

1. In 1996, before the State Election, the then Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Wong Soon Kai launched the UCS project.

2. During the launching ceremony, witnessed by the Chief Minister of Sarawak, a RM10 million Foundation Fund of SUPP was announced.
The initial contributors were:-
(a) Datuk Hii Yii Chiong RM1 million (fully paid)
(b) Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King RM1 million (fully paid)
(c) Datuk Hii Yii Peng RM1 million (fully paid)
(d) KTS Group represented by the late Datuk Lau Hui Kang RM1 million (only RM200K was paid)
(e) Late Tan Sri Datuk Amar Ling Beng Siew RM1 million (not a single cent)

3. The Board of Governors was formed, with Dr Wong Soon Kai as the chairman. The above initial contributors became the directors in the Board.

4. As this is SUPP project, the Board of Management was also set up and headed by Wong Soon Koh. The members were: Teng Lung Chii, Lee Khim Shing, Sim Kheng Hui, Dr George Chan, Peter Chin, Dr Soon Choon Teck. No meeting of the Board of Management was EVER called and all the members were kept in the dark since DAY ONE!

5. The 1st Principal of UCS was Mr Wong Soon Hiik, a senior engineer from Shell, a cousin of Wong Soon Koh and who was asked to resign from Shell to join UCS. Obviously Wong Soon Koh gave all the sweet but subsequently found to be empty promises.

6. To be fair, the 1st Principal of UCS, Wong Soon Hiik was sincere and hardworking. Under his leadership, the UCS student population reached 1200 in a short space of one year.

7. By 1998, relationship between Wong Soon Koh and Wong Soon Hiik began to stress when the only son of Wong Soon Koh, Wong Kee Yew was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer. The young Wong with the silent approval of his father, began to exert his authority and attempt to by pass Wong Soon Hiik in decision making.

8. By year 2000, the working conditions in the UCS were so unbearable and stressful that Wong Soon Hiik had to resign in the name of health reasons.

9. After forcing out Wong Soon Hiik, Wong Soon Koh then had to window dress the dented image of UCS. He asked his wife to be the Acting College Principal, to warm up the seat for his playboy son who took over some 9 months later.

10. By then, the student population had dwindled to a meagre 300 and UCS never ever be able to attain a respectable student population.

11. In year 2002, UCS had an earth breaking ceremony for its new building. The chairman, Dr Wong Soon Kai, of the Board of Governors of UCS was neither being informed nor invited to this ceremony. Only representatives of KTS Group such as Henry Lau, Vincent Lau were beaming with satisfaction and vengeance. Robert Lau, as appeared in the local vernacular press, was smiling from grin to grin, so much so that his teeth nearly died from over exposure to fresh air.

12. UCS now is the private investment property of Wong Soon Koh and he completely ignored Dr Wong Soon Kai, Datuk Hii Yii Chiong, Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King and Datuk Hii Yii Peng. In Wong Soon Koh's eye, these old men do not have any utility value. He publicly humiliated Dr Wong Soon Kai by not even taking an effort to inform him about the earth breaking ceremony, not forgetting that Dr Wong was still the Governor of UCS!! What a ungrateful animal Wong Soon Koh is!!!