New Roof For School After Fire

SEMENYIH: A school is seeking additional funds to repair part of its building which was damaged in a fire.

Fire swept through Block B of SJK(C) Sin Ming on Nov 16, 2009,damaging the headmaster’s office and the wiring on the first foor classrooms.

Te school’s board of directors chairperson, Lim Chin Kuan, said the damaged wiring rendered the classrooms unusable although they were not damaged in the fire.

A roof for the two storey block was built using RM150,000 in allocation from the state government,with one third of the amount received in 2009 and the rest last year.

“We built the roof so that rain wouldn’t fall into the building’s second foor and damage the structure,” he said.

As the school is considered to be fully funded by the federal government, Lim called for speedy assistance so that the classrooms were not left unutilised.

He said while they had received RM300,000 in federal allocations over the past 20 years, they still had to rely on public donations to build three blocks, which cost RM35 million.

During a visit to the school onMarch 23, Kajang assemblyperson Lee Kim Sin said the state allocated RM4 million for all SJK(C)s in Selangor.

“The allocation for SJK(C) Sin Ming last year was RM400,000,which was the highest in Selangor,”said Lee.

He also pledged an additional RM30,000 to the school for repairs of Block B’s wiring, with more to be allocated in the second half of the year.

Lee also announced that the state would give RM360,000 to 10 SJK(C)s in Hulu Langat.

“There are 11 SJK(C)s in HuluLangat, but only 10 applied for allocations,” he said.

The allocations will be disbursed by the Menteri Besar in April.

Selangor Times Issue 18