MEDIA STATEMENT
I feel ashamed for Dato’
Mah Hang Soon, the MCA Exco member in the BN State Government when he continues
to claim credit for the 2,500 acres of land approved to the nine independent
Chinese Schools in Perak.
MCA has been in
Government for more than 50 years but was not able to approve any land to
support the 9 independent Chinese Schools. The 2,500 acres of land were
approved when Pakatan Rakyat became the Government in Perak in 2008.
Even the RM2.0 Million
premium imposed was reduced to RM10,000 only after Pakatan Rakyat pressured BN
to follow Pakatan Rakyat’s policy of imposing nominal premium for non-profit
organizations.
In order to show that
Dato’ Mah Hang Soon or MCA has no say in the BN Government of Perak, even the
99 years lease with 80% premium rebate for Kg Tersusun and Chinese New Villages
(which is worse than the terms for freehold title granted under Pakatan Rakyat
Government) announced by him was not adopted by the BN Government due to
objection from UMNO.
Dato’ Mah Hang Soon lied
when he said the leasehold titles approval to Chinese New Villages is 99 years.
It is only for 60 years. He lied when he said premium rebate given was 80% for
99 years lease when in fact it is only 50%. Many New Villagers were cheated
when they paid premium for 99 years lease but were issued only with 60 years
titles.
I called on Dato’ Mah
Hang Soon to come clean on this matter.
I am lodging a police
report against BN Perak Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir and
Dato’ Mah Hang Soon for cheating the people.
If Dato’ Seri Zambry bin
Abdul Kadir and Dato’ Mah Hang Soon want to claim credit for themselves, they
must do what Pakatan Rakyat has not done.
I call on Dato’ Seri
Zambry and Dato’ Mah Hang Soon to approve a yearly grant of RM2.5 Million to
the 9 independent schools for the next 5 years as the amount received from the
joint venture for the 2,500 acres of land is only RM1.1 Million per year for
the next 5 years and not the expected RM3.6 Million annual income as the
development of the proposed plantation has just commenced.
As a show of my support
for these independent schools, I will donate another RM10,000 to Nan Hwa
Private School in Manjung. I had donated RM40,000-00 to Nan Hwa Private School
last year.
I call on both of them
to also act immediately on the lands approved for Religious (Sekolah Agama) and
Tamil Schools so that these schools will also be having immediate income to
ease their financial burdens.
Ngeh Koo Ham
MP for Beruas &
State Assemblyman for Sitiawan
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