Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email This article came out on Star few days ago. The BN state government also allocated 2000ha for Islamic religious schools aid and 1000ha for private Chinese school aid. The aim is to use the proceeds from the cultivation of the land via an education fund to help the poor students.
It is indeed a good news. We can only hope that capable people are given the trust to manage the land, and all the three lands receive similar returns.
In what is seen as a Deepavali gift, the Perak government has announced the allocation of 800ha of land to generate funds for an Indian education fund in the state.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said earnings from the land, to be cultivated with oil palm by the Perak Foundation, would be channelled into the fund (Tabung Pendidikan dan Pengupayaan Pendidikan Kaum India) for distribution to poor students.
“I hope this will come as good news for the Indians who will be celebrating Deepavali tomorrow.
This is the state government’s commitment to ensure that all races facing problems related to education are given aid,” he told reporters after attending the 2009 Umno General Assembly at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) here.
He said the state government had also allocated 2,000ha for the benefit of more than 700 Islamic religious schools and 1,000ha to aid private Chinese schools.
