PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SIN MING AVENUE

Mr Leong Horn Kee asked the Minister for Education whether his Ministry will build a primary school in the Sin Ming Avenue area, in view of the increasing demand for primary school places from residents in that locality.

RAdm Teo Chee Hean: The Ministry has no immediate plans to build a new primary school in the Sin Ming Avenue area. There are currently four primary schools in the Bishan DGP, which covers Sin Ming Avenue. The schools are Ai Tong School, Catholic High, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian and Guangyang Primary. The overall provision of primary schools is sufficient to meet the demand for school places. In the 1997 P1 Registration Exercise, the three most popular schools were filled up while Guangyang Primary still had vacancies at the end of the exercise.