YB. R.S.N RAYER - A.D.U.N. SERI DELIMA, PENANG

GEORGE TOWN, Mon:

The Penang government plans to pass a law to allow non-profit educational institutions which not sited on state land to pay only RM1 in quit rent.

Chief minister Lim Guan Eng said the matter would be discussed during the state executive councillors meeting tomorrow.
At present, government-owned schools are only paying RM1 as quit rent while other schools not located on state land are paying their quit rent according to market rates.
The quit rent is assessed once every 10 years.

Lim urged such schools to apply to the state land and mines department to allow them to also pay only RM1 in quit rent.
He said he would seek approval from all exco members for the law which will benefit all schools, including Chinese schools, Tamil schools and Sekolah Agama Rakyat schools.

"It has always been the DAP-PKR state governemnt's policy not to discriminate when it comes to education. We also believe that education should not be politicised," he said after a visit by a delegation from the United Chinese School Committees' Association of Malaysia (Dong Zong) today.