SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME

Mr Hwang Soo Jin asked the Minister for Education if he will give details of the school building programme and the locations of the 54 new schools; and if he will consider expanding the facilities of Jalan Kayu Primary School and the Yio Chu Kang Secondary School in view of the growing population in the neighbourhoods of those Schools.

Dr Lee Chiaw Meng: The new school building programme of the Ministry of Education provides for 28 primary schools and 26 secondary schools to he built in the course of the next few years. This is additional to 8 primary and 4 secondary schools which are scheduled to be completed in 1974 and 1975. The locations of these schools are as follows: - (a) Schools scheduled to be completed in 1974/1975 Primary Secondary Location School School Jurong Town 1 1 Mei Chin Road (Queenstown) 1 1 Henderson Road/Jalan Bukit Merah 1 1 Toa Payoh 2 1 Woodlands 1 - Kallang 1 - Tiong Bahru/Jalan Membina 1 - --- --- Total 8 4 === === (b) Schools scheduled to be constructed under the new programme Primary Secondary Location School School Jurong Town 6 5 Pasir Panjang/Ulu Pandan Estate 3 2 Queenstown Neighbourhoods/ Farrer Road 3 1 Redhill/Henderson Development/ Bukit Merah Centre/ BrickworkEstate 1 1 Telok Blangah New Town/ Kampung Silat 1 2 Toa Payoh 3 3 Ang Mo Kio 2 1 ---- ---- Total c/f 19 15 ==== ==== Primary Secondary Location School School Total b/f 19 15 Kallang Basin Neighbourhood/ MacPherson Estate 5 8 Bedok New Town/Upper Changi 1 1 Central Area 3 2 ---- ---- Total 28 26 ==== ====

Primary and secondary school places in the Yio Chu Kang and Jalan Kayu areas are at present adequate. The demand for school places in the Yio Chu Kang area will increase when the new satellite town in Ang Mo Kio is completed. To meet this demand, it is to be noted from the above that the two new primary schools and one new secondary school are to be constructed at the Ang Mo Kio housing estate.