JURONG TOWN (Building of secondary school and expansion of existing primary school)

Mr Ho Kah Leong asked the Minister for Education (a) if a secondary school will be built in Jurong Town, and when; and (b) whether the existing primary school in Jurong Town will be expanded to cope with the pressing demand.

Mr Lim Kim San: Sir, the Ministry of Finance has been asked to provide Jurong with a secondary school.

There is, of course, only one primary school in Jurong and this is not big enough to accommodate all the primary pupils living there. As an emergency measure to solve the demand for school places in 1972, the Jurong Town Primary School will be expanded by the addition of six prefabricated classrooms to be undertaken by the School Advisory Committee with funds provided by the Committee and the School Fund Income Account.

Mr Ho Kah Leong (Jurong): (In Mandarin): May I ask when a secondary school will be built in Jurong Town? The Minister has not replied to this question yet.

Mr Lim Kim San: We have asked the Ministry of Finance to provide Jurong with a secondary school. As to when this will be completed, it will depend very much upon how soon the money will be made available.