MCA to build Chinese secondary school

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KOTA KINABALU:  MCA can assist the Chinese community in applying to build Chinese secondary schools from the federal government.

Kota Kinabalu division chairman Datuk Chau Tet On said Sabah MCA was currently seeking a location to build a new secondary school for students who wished to have Chinese education.

He pointed out that students who completed their primary school education in Chinese primary schools in Penampang  such as  SJK(C) Yue Min, SJK(C) Hwa Shiong and SJK(C) Anglo Chinese could only go into Kota Kinabalu High School, Sekolah Menengah Shan Tao or Sekolah Menengah Lok Yuk if they wished to continue to study Chinese.

However, it was difficult to get into these few secondary schools as they were fully packed, and thus the need to build a Chinese secondary school in Luyang, Kota Kinabalu.

“The Minister of Education has promised MCA national president that our party could represent the Chinese community to apply for the construction of secondary schools.”

The ministerdid have a requirement for the application, that is the chosen location must have at least 4,000 households.

Chau believes that Luyang has around 8,000 households, which makes the area an eligible choice.

“We know where the problem is. In the past two years, we have been searching for a suitable location to build a school in Luyang but to no avail.

“To build a school we must have 15 acres of land, past development plans have not considered reserving land to build schools.”

Chau further said that MCA would request for allocation from the federal Minister of Housing and Local Government Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung to repair and upgrade the drains in Taman Foh Sang.

“We can’t depend on a handful of people to solve these problems. We have to depend on a political party, Lee has made the right decision,” he said  in a ceremony when accepting SAPP former member Lee Ket Fah in joining MCA.

Chau stressed the importance of keeping a good relationship between state and federal governments, saying that a lot of aspects, including national defense, education, health and traffic were governed by the federal government, and thus a good relationship would benefit the people.

“Although MCA has its own problems,  the party has stood strong for the past 52 years,” he said.

MCA has 25 divisions in Sabah. It is the only political party that had achieved this besides Umno, Chau said, adding that MCA Kota Kinabalu division had 6,500 members.

Not only that, Chau said MCA had RM2.2 billion in assets nationwide and thus it was a party that could sustain, unlike smaller political parties.

“Although MCA has lost certain constituencies in the election,  we will make a comeback one day.”

Chau also said MCA would be giving out RM100 to senior citizens aged 60 and above, and RM 200 to each member’s newborn baby.