民青团总秘书刘华才博士对摩托罗拉通过2012年国际奥林匹克机器人大赛及第一乐高联盟提供了50万令吉的资助予国内三所大学以进行多项教育计划推广科学、科技、工程及数学（STEM）表示感激。
他说，这对我国的大学在获得充足的资金以进行研究，并提升它们的国际排名上是很有作用的。
"我很高兴像摩托罗拉这样一间大公司未忘记它的企业社会责任，并希望这将激励更多的政府关联企业及国内外的大公司提供更多的资助予我国的大学。这也是另一项作为挽留我国的最优秀人才的举措，因为他们没必要为了进行研究而离开我国。"
他说，良好的教育是国家向前迈进的推动力，因此政府也必须扮演其角色，鼓励更多的公司提供资助及奖学金予国内大学，例如给予税务优惠与奖掖。
同时也是思特雅国际大学学院副教授的刘华才博士强调，提升我们的大学的国际排名应是政府的首要任务，以推动马来西亚于2020年成为一个高收入国。
"我希望政府也能为国内非顶尖大学提供更多的资助，以让它们也有一个公平的机会提升表现，同时也能避免国内顶尖大学与其他大学之间的差距继续扩大。"
最后，他表示该资助也不应只局限于某些科系，而应针对更多的科系，以让我国的大学能取得一个更平衡的表现。
Gerakan Youth welcomed Motorola for providing grants to 3 universities
Dr Dominic Lau urges more companies to take part
Press statement by Gerakan youth Secretary General
Dr. Dominic Lau Hoe Chai
15 November 2012
Gerakan Youth Secretary General, Dr. Dominic Lau Hoe Chai expressed gratefulness for Motorola Solutions Inc to provide a RM500,000 grants to three universities to carry out education programmes that promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) via the World Robot Olympiad 2012 and First Lego League. He said that this proved useful in ensuring our universities receive adequate funding to conduct research in order to improve their rankings.
"I am glad that a big company like Motorola never forgets its corporate social responsibility and therefore hoped that this will inspire more GLC's and big local and international companies to provide more funding to our universities. This is also another way to retain our best talents as they do not have to leave the country to conduct their research."
He said that the government must also play a role in encouraging more companies to provide grants and scholarships to universities such as tax incentives as a good education is what brings a nation forward.
Dr. Dominic Lau, also UCSI associate professor stressed that improving our universities ranking should be the top priority for the government to propel Malaysia into a high-income nation by 2020.
"I hoped that the government can provide more funding to universities other than the top ones in Malaysia to give an equal chance for them to improve their performance. This is to prevent the gap between the top universities and the others in Malaysia from widening even further."
Finally, he commented that the funds should also not only be confined to a few courses but to more courses to achieve a balanced performance from our universities.
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