20 April 2011
JOHOR BARU: Johor will have a state-of-the-art international school, with a first batch of 2,000 students when it is completed in the third quarter of 2013.
The aim of the international school, a joint venture between Raffles Campus Pte Ltd and property developer Seri Alam Properties Sdn Bhd, is to see a gradual drop in the number of parents in the southern city sending their children to study in Singapore. Seri Alam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Malayan Land Bhd (UMLand).
"It is pitiful to see children having to wake up as early as 4am to go across the Causeway to study," said Raffles Campus chairman and chief executive officer Ng Boon Yew at the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UMLand group chief executive officer Pee Tong Lim at the Galleria Seri Alam in Bandar Seri Alam here on Monday.
The MOU signing was witnessed by the consul-general of Singapore Lim Hong Huai and Johor State Investment Centre (JSIC) general manager Mohamed Basir Mohamed Sali.
The aim of the international school, a joint venture between Raffles Campus Pte Ltd and property developer Seri Alam Properties Sdn Bhd, is to see a gradual drop in the number of parents in the southern city sending their children to study in Singapore. Seri Alam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Malayan Land Bhd (UMLand).
"It is pitiful to see children having to wake up as early as 4am to go across the Causeway to study," said Raffles Campus chairman and chief executive officer Ng Boon Yew at the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UMLand group chief executive officer Pee Tong Lim at the Galleria Seri Alam in Bandar Seri Alam here on Monday.
The MOU signing was witnessed by the consul-general of Singapore Lim Hong Huai and Johor State Investment Centre (JSIC) general manager Mohamed Basir Mohamed Sali.
"We (Raffles Campus) were impressed with Johor's foreign direct investment (FDI) achievement which we were told, raked in 20 per cent of the RM150 billion achieved by Malaysia over the past five years.
"With over RM30 billion, Johor's FDI surpasses that of Selangor and Penang for that period. In 2010 alone, Johor's FDI stood at RM3 billion," Ng said.
He added the RM35 million development will spread over six hectares with a built-up space of 180,000 sq ft. It will span into two to three phases over the next four to five years.
The school will offer international curriculum, infused with Singapore's school curriculum.
Ng said news of a RM1.2 billion new rail system from Woodlands in Singapore to the JB Sentral was another contributing factor to the development of the school.
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