Repairs of dilapidated schools in Sarawak to begin once Finance Ministry issues directive


KUCHING: The repair of dilapidated schools in Sarawak can only start after the Finance Ministry issues a directive to the Education Ministry to do so, says Datuk Seri Michael Manyin.

The state Education, Technological Research and Science Minister said tenders for repairing the first batch of five schools was supposed to start this month but had not been called yet as there was no directive from the Finance Ministry.

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