Lim Kok Wing University College of Creative Technology

Just read this posting complaing about the quality of services and facilities at the Lim Kok Wing University College of Creative Technology (or LKWUC) and it reminded me of this:

Is it

Lim Kok Wing University College of Creative Technology

or

Lim Kok Wing University College of Creative Technology

?

I mean, is it mean, or does this look intentionally confusing? When you apply, do you really think you're going to a University?

Of course, I know of places like University College London. And you apply to attend a college and not the university when you go to Oxford or Cambridge. But in both cases, at the end of the day, you are going to a university.

Why should it make a difference? For a start, there is a perception that a University degree is better than a college degree. And that's because the criteria of a university is usually higher. And there are laws that determine whether you can call yourself a university or not. So LKW's practice is, at best, disingenuous.

And one more thing. Lim Kok Wing is the one responsible for the recent Tak Nak anti-smoking campaign. I'm still trying to find the actual quote, but I recall a newspaper interview with the good Tan Sri that it was a 5-year campaign. At a cost of RM20 million. Per year.

Ah well. I guess the Ringgit doesn't buy what it used to.