Sabah Dong Zong pledges support for state government

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Musa posing with members of the Sabah Independent Secondary Schools Association.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Independent Secondary Schools Association (Sabah Dong Zong) has pledged its support for the State Government.

Its chairman, Tan Sri Andrew Liew, made the pledge when he led 10 members in a courtesy call on Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman yesterday.

The members who comprise school chairmen from Kota Kinabalu, Kudat, Tawau, Lahad Datu, Papar, Beaufort, Tenom and Sandakan, updated the Chief Minister on the activities and discussed issues affecting the association.

Chairman of Tshung Tsin Secondary School, Datuk Yong Kyok Ming, said the Sabah State Government had been very fair to the Chinese schools in the state.

“The Chief Minister has been very generous to our school and supportive of our causes,” he said.

Yong also briefed Musa on Tshung Tsin School building fund-raising effort. To date the State Government has donated RM2 million and through Musa’s support, organisations and individuals have sponsored RM1.3 million towards the building fund.

“I know how important education is to the Chinese community. That is why the State Government allocates millions yearly to independent Chinese and mission schools as well as temples and churches.”