Saturday November 21, 2009
Nine Chinese schools get RM100,000 each
TAIPING: The nine Chinese independent secondary schools in Perak each received RM100,000 from the state government.
Next year, the Perak government will be allocating a total of RM3.6mil, enabling them to be more financially stable as each school will be getting RM400,000 annually.
The nine schools are Hua Lian High School, Chung Hwa High School, Shen Jai High School, Nan Hua High School, Shang Min High School, Pei Yuen High School, Pei Nan High School, Yuk Choy High School and Yu Ching High School.
“The RM100,000 handed by the state government to each independent Chinese school is the fulfilment of a pledge I had made before,” Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir told reporters after handing over the cheques to representatives of the schools’ board of governors at a dinner to commemorate Teachers Day at Hua Lian High School here on Thursday.
Dr Zambry said he was happy to prove wrong the sceptics who said his pledge to make independent Chinese schools more financially stable as just an empty promise.
“In fact, the annual RM3.6mil allocation was passed by the State Legislative Assembly during the recent 2010 Budget meeting,” he added.
He denied the Opposition’s claim that he was playing to the gallery at the expense of other independent schools such as the religious and Tamil schools.
Dr Zambry said that both the religious and Tamil schools would be getting 1,1012ha and 809ha of agriculture land respectively in a move initiated by the previous Pakatan Rakyat-led state government to help all independent Chinese, religious and Tamil schools become financially stable.
He added the religious teachers’ monthly allowance had been increased from RM250 to RM750 a month.
Tamil schools have also been allocated a RM1mil annual fund under the recently approved Bud-get, he said, adding that the orang asli schools would get financial aid from next year.
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