{"id":8663,"date":"2011-06-18T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresakok.com\/?p=8663"},"modified":"2011-06-18T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T04:30:07","slug":"mp-vows-to-rekindle-school-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teresakok.my\/?p=8663","title":{"rendered":"MP vows to rekindle school issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/2011\/06\/18\/mp-vows-to-rekindle-school-issue\/\">Tashny Sukumaran | \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tJune 18, 2011<\/a><\/div>\n<p>A school building has been left abandoned for years, and the authorities pass the buck on who is responsible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MP-vows-to-rekindle-school-issue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MP-vows-to-rekindle-school-issue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>KUALA  LUMPUR: Selangor exco and Seputeh MP Teresa Kok has promised to bring  up the issue of an abandoned school building SK Danau Desa in Parliament  for the second time in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, the DAP leader had asked that the school \u2013 constructed in  2000 but abandoned in 2003 \u2013 be converted into a Chinese primary school  as there was a lack of Chinese-language schools in her constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey (the authorities) gave me a very blur sort of answer. The  Education Ministry is suing the contractor, so the situation is tied up  in legal work,\u201d said Kok. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, she did not know who were the contractor or legal counsel involved.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, no government body had stepped forward to claim  responsibility for the abandoned building, which was now a thriving  breeding ground for mosquitoes and other pests; and was being used as a  rubbish dump.<\/p>\n<p>When both the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and Public Works  Department were contacted, they claimed that the issue was under the  Education Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>However, representatives from the Education Ministry claimed that the building was not under their jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the building contractors or the cost of construction could not be ascertained.<\/p>\n<p>Staff of what was formerly SK Danau Desa which was moved to a new  building just down the road and renamed Danau Perdana, refused to  comment.<\/p>\n<p>Located on Jalan Jalan 1\/109 F, Taman Desa, Off Old Klang Road, the  building was only used for a few months in 2003 before students were  evacuated due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Building was sinking\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently the building was sinking,\u201d said William Chan, president of the Taman Desa Residents Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was told it was due to tunnelling work for the SMART tunnel. We  asked the government to repair the building and turn it into a Chinese  school, but that didn\u2019t materialise.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MP-vows-to-rekindle-school-issue1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MP-vows-to-rekindle-school-issue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chan said that because of the huge amount of land used, the building  should be revamped into a multipurpose hall or perhaps transformed into a  large police headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Lee, who owned a salon directly opposite the school, called the place \u201can eyesore\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas, Natasha Karim, who works as a waitress in a restaurant  nearby and also lives in the area complained of drug addicts who  purportedly camp out in the abandoned building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven (former works minister S) Samy Vellu couldn\u2019t help,\u201d added another resident, Jack Lew.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Samy Vellu had commented on the site, promising to get Ikram  (the Malaysian Public Works Institute) and PWD to resolve the matter.<\/p>\n<p>He said the building had been handled by a project management  consultant appointed by the Finance Ministry. 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