Efforts underway to save 90-year-old SK Assumption from closing

Published: Jan 9, 2022 5:26 AM | Updated: Jan 9, 2022 5:55 AM

SK Assumption in Butterworth, a missionary school founded in the 1930s, is set to close down permanently in late February, with its 55 pupils due to be transferred to other schools.

However, Penang Deputy Chief Minister P Ramasamy is among those working to prevent the sudden closure which is reportedly due to a land developer deciding to ask for the property to be returned.

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