Penang won't approve development in convent schools' land


Filepix of Convent Light Street

GEORGE TOWN: Penang will not approve any plan to develop land on which three convent girls' schools are located.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the state government will not agree to the closure of the primary and secondary schools of Convent Light Street and the Convent Pulau Tikus secondary school.

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