Statement Released by Dong Zong
January 16, 2018
Dong Zong’s Resolute Support for TAI TONG Primary School to Safeguard Students’ Safety and Intact Campus
In 2015, the Kuala Lumpur Education Bureau allocated a 2.607-acre lot of land to Tai Tong national-type primary school for the purpose of sports activities and vehicle parking; unpredictably in April 2017, the Bureau revoked the bona fide and informed otherwise that the lot would be used to build a national secondary school and urged Tai Tong primary school authority to vacate. In response to this flaky act, Dong Zong forwards its comments proper herewith:
- As understood by Dong Zong, the school space of Tai Tong Chinese Primary School has always been in deficiency; it is due mainly to its inherent restricted space, the application for the neighbouring 607-acre lot was hence raised. When the application was approved, a follow-up fund raising event was staged and the school managed to raise RM700,000.00 subsequently. It was intended for the provision of student safety and intact school compound as this would alleviate traffic congestion at the entrance, assure the safety of students, parents as well as staff of the school.
Accordingly, the standard compound area for a primary school needs to be between 5 to 10 acres and thus by expanding 2.607 acres to its 3.448-acre school compound, the school will reach the regulated requirement set by the government for an allowance of desirable learning milieu for all students enrolled.
- From the aspects of community geography and development, Tai Tong Chinese Primary School is categorised as “over dense”, and the 2.607-acre lot, in reality, is unsuitable for the construction of a secondary school. We thus appeal the Ministry of Education and Kuala Lumpur Education Bureau to look into the case seriously, viz., to withdraw the reclaim of the said lot and be on a look out for another appropriate lot of land for the anticipated secondary school so that Tai Tong Chinese Primary School can make good use of the allocated lot for optimal education purpose successively.
- Dong Zong strongly supports the petition raised by national-type Tai Tong Chinese Primary School for its entrance safety and intact compound and herewith calls for responsive acts from the general public to partake the petition.