BINTULU: The people of Samalaju will have a new modern school with the completion of the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Samalaju, which is currently being built.
Infrastructure and Port Development Deputy Minister Datuk Majang Renggi, as quoted by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (UKAS), said the school, which was built at a cost of over RM57 million, has so far been completed by 32.7 percent.
Majang, who visited the project site on Friday, added that the school is one of the most modern schools built in the Samalaju state constituency, which includes four blocks of four-storey high buildings with a total of 36 classrooms.
“Also under construction is a dormitory that can accommodate 450 students and 24 teacher quarters that will be built together with other facilities,” he said.
He added that he hoped the school would be fully completed in the middle of 2024.
Also present during the visit were Bintulu deputy Education officer (Planning Sector) Yusup Harbi, Bintulu Public Works Department divisional engineer Lau Pit Hwa, and a representative from the Resident’s Office Nicholas Chan Tze Haw.
