New school block will enable switch to single session next year

By LO TERN CHERN

Chow (in green) laying the foundation stone for SJK(C) Han Chiang’s new block at the school in Penang. — Photos: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

WITH a new four-storey block, schooling for some 900 pupils in SJK(C) Han Chiang in Penang will switch from two sessions to just one in the morning next year.

The primary school’s board chairman Datuk Seri Ooi Soo Hing said construction on the project costing RM6.5mil has started and will be completed by November.

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More photos

An artist’s impression of the new four-storey block.

An artist’s impression of the main foyer area with a basketball court.

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