(From left) Tiang, Ling, (from fourth left) Ching Yong, Chieng, Tiong, Sie Ping, Kee Hieh, Chua, Tay (second right), Lau (right) and others during a simple ceremony to hand over the letter requesting for fund.
SIBU: SJK(C) Kiew Nang is seeking a special government grant of RM400,000 to help rebuild a classroom block which was damaged by fire on May 21.
School management board chairman Tiong Hock Kieng yesterday handed over a letter of request to Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Sibu branch chairman Dato Chieng Buong Toon at the school.
SUPP Sibu will help the school board to submit the letter to the relevant authority.
SUPP Dudong branch chairman Wong Ching Yong during his visit to the school yesterday told reporters the fund will be used to rebuild a music room, canteen, four classrooms and two storerooms.
Wong said the school had received a RM1 million allocation from the Sarawak government for a new building project which will commence soon.
Accompanying Wong during the visit were SUPP Sibu executive secretary Lau Hui Luang, Nangka branch chairman Chua Beng Seng, Pelawan branch secretary Michael Tiang, Bawang Assan branch secretary Jason Tay, the school’s management board members Ling Hung King and Wong Sie Ping, and school headmistress Wong Kee Hieh.