November 21, 2006 17:00 PM
8 MRSMs, 2 Professional Colleges To Be Built Under 9MP
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- The Government has approved eight Mara Junior Science Colleges (MRSMs) and two Mara Professional Colleges to be built under the Ninth Malaysia Plan, the Dewan Rakyat was told Tuesday.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Ministry Datuk Samsu Baharun Abdul Rahman said the MRSMs would be built in Rantau, Johor Baharu, Tanjung Karang, Baling, Dungun, Sandakan, Temerloh and Tanah Merah.
The professional colleges would be set up in Yan and Bachok, he said.
The Government had no specific condition in terms of distance from one area to another to locate a MRSM, he said when replying to Ismail Mohamed Said (BN-Kuala Krau) during question time.
Samsu Baharun, however, said the Government had no plans yet to build a MRSM for the Kuala Krau area as it had given the go-ahead to the Temerloh MRSM.
Furthermore, Pahang had a MRSM in Bandar Muadzam Shah and in Kuala Lipis, while the MRSM in Pekan and Bentong were under construction, he added.
-- BERNAMA