More than one-third of teachers' quarters nationwide still vacant, Dewan Rakyat told


KUALA LUMPUR: Some 18,740 out of 47,947 units of teachers' quarters developed by the Education Ministry remain unoccupied, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Deputy Education Minister Lim Hui Ying said her ministry had appointed property consultants to conduct a thorough study and submit proposed solutions to optimise the occupancy rate of the quarters nationwide.

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