Two Penang convent schools close their doors for the last time


A general view of the Convent Light Street in George Town, Penang. -LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: It's curtains down for two convent schools on the island with SM Convent Pulau Tikus (CPT) and SM Convent Light Street (CLS) closing its doors.

It was the last day for both schools with 40 students and 11 teachers of CPT being the last batch of the long history of the school which was established in 1950.

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