ILP akan dibina di Kuala Krai bersebelahan dengan MRSM jika urusan pengambilalihan tanah berjalan lancar
--- abuhafizd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thursday November 23, 2006 > > > Industrial training institute to be restored > > PUTRAJAYA: The Industrial Training Institute in > Prai, left in a state > of disrepair after a failed privatisation programme, > will be restored > at a cost of RM200mil. > > Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn > said the private > company that was engaged to manage the institute had > failed. > > "Now, one part of the building has collapsed and the > machinery and > other equipment are either broken or > malfunctioning," he told > reporters after a post-Cabinet meeting of his > ministry here > yesterday. > > He said the Economic Planning Unit has decided that > the institute > should be revived for the sake of the training > programme and > theaffected staff. > > The institute, which used to record an intake of 600 > students > annually, offered courses on machining, tools and > dye and welding, > among many others. > > The building located on a 2ha site in Prai had been > neglected for > about three years. > > Dr Fong, however, did not say if his ministry would > privatise it > again after the failure of the first venture. > > He said that the EPU had decided in May that the > ministry should take > over the management of the institute, which was the > only institute > privatised in the early 1990s. > > There are 27 industrial training institutes > nationwide. > > Dr Fong said there would be more institutes, each > costing about > RM150mil, under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. Two will be > in Terengganu > while Kedah, Perak, Kelantan and Sarawak will have > one new institute > each. > > "With these extra institutes, the ministry hopes to > train about > 40,000 people a year," Dr Fong said, adding that the > ministry had > approved their locations and tenders for them had > been > called.//Thestar > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited
