Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email This time, the state government managed to fulfill something. The previous state government offered only 1 acre (0.4ha) but the current government managed to increase it to 0.6ha (1.5 acre) and also increase the classes from 10 to 18.
This was the school that was among the contentious issues during GE2008. Read about the protest of the parents here. Khir Toyo and Samy Vellu were booed.
Read the relevant reports in Selangorkini and also the aspiration of the PIBG to have 24 classes instead of 18 here at Komunitikini. The below is news from The Star.
AFTER much controversy, the Seaport Tamil school in SS7, Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, will be relocated to Kampung Lindungan after the Parent-Teachers Association (PTA) agreed to the new site.
In 2008, parents and the community in the area had protested against the relocation of the school to a 0.4ha site.
During a recent meeting with the PTA members, Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said the Selangor government had in December last year approved a 0.6ha site in Kampung Lindungan for the school.
The school now sits on a temporary site owned by PKNS.
“After the approval, Petaling district officer Datuk Zulkepli Ahamd had called for a meeting in January between all relevant government agencies that I attended with (Selangor executive councillor) Dr Xavier Jayakumar.
“During the meeting, we were told that the PKNS have already contributed RM1.2mil towards the building of the school and the plans for the 18-class school have been approved,” he said.
He hoped that the school would be built soon so that the residents from Kg Lindungan, Desa Mentari, Desaria and Dato’ Hormat would be able to send their children to a school with better facilities.
New School to obtain new licence. There are about 50 students at this moment willing to continue studying in this same school. The Education licence is to be retained at the present school (SS7/4) and the name should remain as Education Minister’s licence.
The licence cannot be transferred to another school. At this moment, 25 students studying under the tree and students, parents, PIBG and the residents of Kelana Jaya SS3, SS4, SS5, SS6 and SS7. Lembah Subang and Ara Damansara Pilmoore and the surrounding areas there are 20,000 Indian residents living there. This is the only Tamil school remaining there for the past 80 years whereby Mariamman Temple is just behind this school.
These two are the remaining glory of Indians’ history and culture. If this school is closed down and transffered to another location, how to accomodate this large scale of Indian community students?