GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BUKIT HO SWEE

Madam Chan Choy Siong asked the Minister for Education when will Government secondary schools be built in the Bukit Ho Swee area.

Mr Ong Pang Boon: Mr Speaker, Sir, a building tender has recently been accepted for the construction of a secondary academic school and a secondary vocational school within the Bukit Ho Swee area.

The secondary academic school comprises 26 class-rooms, two special rooms, four Science laboratories, three domestic Science rooms, one hall, one canteen and one library room. The total cost is estimated at $1 million.

The secondary vocational school comprises 18 class-rooms, three special rooms, two Science laboratories, four domestic Science rooms, one hall, one metal workshop block, one wood-workshop block and one library room. The total cost is estimated at $800,000.

These two secondary schools will be completed by December next year and will start functioning at the commence ment of the 1966 school year. They will provide an additional 3,800 secondary school places.