100-year-old school to get a new home

100-year-old school to get a new home

Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the school, located in a fishing village, needed a new home as its classrooms made of planks were falling apart.

The 100-year-old Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Wu Teck in Bagan Hylam, Port Klang will be getting a new home in Bandar Parklands, Bandar Bukit Tinggi 3 near here in 2012.

Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the school, located in a fishing village, needed a new home as its classrooms made of planks were falling apart.

He said the cost of builing the new school on a 1.4 hectare site was being borne by the government which was contributing RM3 million while Bandar Parklands’ developer was providing RM1 million.

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“The school will be ready by next year and be able to commence operations in 2012. It will be able to accomodate 1,000 pupils in a single session,” he told a press conference here today.

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He said the ‘U’ shaped school would have 30 classrooms, a canteen, a field, badminton court, recreational area, assembly point and other facilities.

– Bernama

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