NEW SCHOOLS IN TELOK BLANGAH (Particulars)

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

Mr Rohan bin Kamis asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education how many new schools will be built in Telok Blangah and when they will be completed.

The Senior Minister of State for Education (Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam) (for the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education): Mr Speaker, Sir, I am answering this question on behalf of my Minister.

Sir, four primary schools and two secondary schools will be built in Telok Blangah. Three primary schools will be completed by December 1982 and two secondary schools by June 1982. The site for the fourth primary school has yet to be allocated by the Planning Department of the Ministry of National Development.