Sjkc Tai Thung Demands Govt To Build School Entrance As Reopening Day Nears

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The recent standoff between protesters and police at Chee How temple, Salak South has again brought to the surface a four-year-old land dispute involving its adjacent Chinese primary school.
SJKC Tai Thung urged the government to identify the location of the school's new main entrance as soon as possible since the old one was sealed off to pave way for the construction of a secondary school.
At a press conference today, the school board's chairperson Lim Teong Kwee noted that the authorities had pledged to allocate a small plot of the land from the secondary school as the new main entrance of the Chinese primary school.
However, he pointed out that there was no official document issued by the government on the new main entrance.
"After all, the proposed land is owned by the government and it will belong to the secondary school upon completion of the construction. Without black and white evidence, SJKC Tai Thung may face a similar issue in a few years," Lim said.
Such a relevant document is needed to avoid any unpleasant situation in the future, he added.




SJKC Tai Thung board chairperson Lim Teong Kwee
Temporary entrances 
Lim informed that there was also no official document from the government to assure the school on the usage of the existing two temporary entrances after the old main entrance was sealed off on Sept 23.
Thus, he demanded the government to assure the school can continue using the two temporary entrances for now. 
"The new main entrance should be built by the government," he said, adding that the authorities should bear the cost as well as issue an official document clearly stating the school has the right to use the road.
SJKC Tai Thung's previous main entrance was located where a new secondary school is set to be built.

The proposed site for the school's new main entrance
The school has been lobbying the government for ownership of the land since the late 1990s. 
The fight for land ownership came to a rest in 2015 when the Education Ministry and the Federal Territories Land and Mines Office allowed SJKC Tai Thung to occupy 1.055ha of government reserve land for free.
However, in 2017, the government reclaimed the land to build a new school.
Since then, SJKC Tai Thung has embarked on a campaign to convince the government to allow them to continue using the land.

Currently, the school is using their emergency gate as a temporary entrance.

A temporary entrance which has yet to open located next to a temple

Another temporary entrance that has yet to be opened, is on a small plot of land next to the Chee How temple.
Temple confusion 
On Sept 28, Chee How temple followers had a standoff as the police and land district officers intended to set up construction hoarding and demolish the iron gates and fences beside the temple, to pave way for the building of the temporary school entrance. 
The incident occurred as the temple followers had mistakenly thought that the government planned to demolish their place of worship.
The plot next to Chee How temple is also part of the government land allocated for the secondary school.
While the authorities pledged to build the temporary entrance for the school, Lim said the school needed a copy of the authorisation letter on the usage of these roads to avoid any unpleasant situation.



The other temporary entrance now in use exits onto a winding road
As Klang Valley enters Phase 4 of the National Recovery Plan, he expects the temporary entrance will not be able to cope with the traffic volume, particularly as the school sits on a winding and steep road.
"The new school semester is coming, the school and the parents are still asking where the main entrance of the school is," he said.  - Mkini

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