HOUGANG NEW TOWN (School Building Programme)

Parliament of Singapore · 16 March 1983 · 5th Parliament

Official Report, 16 March 1983, Vol 42, Issue 7 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Ho Kah LeongNg Kah Ting

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

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Mr Ng Kah Ting asked the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education what plans there are to build primary and secondary schools and junior colleges in Hougang New Town.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education (Mr Ho Kah Leong) (for the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education): Mr Speaker, Sir, under the current School Building Programme, eight schools will be built in Hougang New Town, consisting of five primary schools and three secondary schools.

A site has been reserved for a junior college under the Ministry's proposed third junior college building programme which will be reviewed in 1985.

Mr Ng Kah Ting (Punggol): Sir, may I ask the Parliamentary Secretary how many of these schools will be built in the Punggol constituency?

Mr Ho Kah Leong: Sir, I am pleased to inform the hon. Member that, out of the eight new schools, three primary schools and one secondary school will be built in the Punggol constituency. The rest will be in the Paya Lebar constituency.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 16 March 1983. Republished on SGParliament.