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Work on 23 Tamil schools to start after May
nst.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: Construction on 23 Tamil schools throughout the country is expected to start after May.
Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the building plans were ready and the Public Works Department would tender them out soon.

Samy Vellu said he expected the tender process to be completed by April or May this year and work would commence soon after.

It was reported in the New Straits Times yesterday that the government had allocated RM20 million to build and repair national type Tamil schools.

Samy Vellu, who is also MIC president, informed the headmasters of the schools in a meeting yesterday that the recently approved government allocation would be used for the rebuilding of 13 schools and the expansion of the rest.
The largest school to undergo rebuilding would be the Kajang Tamil Primary School. This would be done at a cost RM3.3 million, which will comprise of new buildings that will cater for 48 rooms, inclusive of 28 classrooms.

The Bukit Beruntung Tamil school in Selangor and the Alor Gajah Tamil School in Perak would be among the schools that will have additional buildings.

Samy Vellu said a new school was expected to be built in Sungai Siput to cater for the increasing number of pupils in the existing Mahatma Gandhi Kalasalai Tamil school.

"Many more Tamil schools have been identified for rebuilding," said Samy Vellu.

He also said that the MIC will continue to seek funds from the government to rebuild more schools.

The move to rebuild and expand Tamil schools serves to emphasise Samy Vellu's statement in December last year where he was quoted as saying that he had been constantly "fighting" with the government to get what Malaysian Indians were entitled to. more...

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