RM1mil for SJKC Choon Hwa Pandan


Building funds: Mah (left) handing over a cheque for RM1mil to SJKC Choon Hwa Pandan management board chairman Cheong Yew Hon (second from right). Looking on are Leong (second from left) and Chin (far right). – LOW BOON TAT/ The Star.

THE Education Ministry has approved the construction and relocation of 127 Chinese primary schools in a span of 18 years.

Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said from 1999 to 2017, the ministry gave the green light for 98 schools to be relocated, and another 29 to be constructed.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

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Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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