Region's oldest girls convent in Penang to close


Filepix of Convent Light Street

GEORGE TOWN: Three schools, including the oldest girls convent in Southeast Asia, are closing down in Penang.

The land on which Convent Light Street, its primary school and Convent Pulau Tikus, are situated  does not belong to the Education Ministry.

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