Rasa town in need of a new sports centre
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| On the go: SJK (C) Rasa pupils leaving for home after school. The school will be relocated to another piece of land nearby in two years. |
GRANDPA Hoo Seng is helpless whenever he sees the children having to make way for the adults at the mini sports centre in Rasa new village about 10km from Rawang.
“It is literally game over for the children when the adults come in for basketball or badminton,” lamented the 60-year-old grandfather of two.
Hoo said it was time for the children to have their own sports centre and hoped the government would build one on the 0.6ha land to be left vacant after the relocation of SJK(C) Rasa.
The relocation, mooted seven years ago, was made possible last month after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak gave RM3mil for the construction of a new school building on a 2.3ha of land about a kilometer from its current site.
Since then, the villagers have been wondering and speculating on what the government would do with the 0.6ha land after the relocation completes in two years time.
Photo shop owner Ng Ah Fah, 77, said the plot of land would be an ideal site for a commercial centre.
“This will attract visitors to our village and is good for the economy.”
Ng who has been operating his shop since 17 years ago said the town would be very quiet by evening and a commercial centre would make it more lively.
Meanwhile, rising crime rate in the village has prompted Bay Haw Sing, 62, to propose the building of a police station there, adding that the existing one was quite far from the village.
“The piece of land is big enough for a police station,” said Haw, adding that the villagers were worried over the incidence of robberies and thefts in the village.
In an immediate response, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said the people’s wishes should be taken into account when deciding on the usage of the land.
“The area lacks recreational facilities and building a park there would be a good idea,” he said.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong is also of the opinion that the land should be used for activities which are of direct benefit to the people.
However, he is against using the site for commercial purposes because it would worsen the traffic congestion in the area.
The school’s board of governors chairman Ng Teck Kui said the school would propose to the state government to allow them to use the land for a kindergarten or other educational activities.
The school’s headmistress Ng Kim Mooi hoped the the land could be used to build a government kindergarten or library.
“There is no government kindergarten in Rasa,” she said.
Selangor New Village Develop-ment and Solution for Unlicensed Factories chairman Ean Yong Hian Wah said the state government has yet to decide on what to do with the land.
“Let us focus on helping the school in its relocation,” he said.
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