THE RM4mil Penang Learning Centre and Penang Badminton Academy is expected to be completed in 18 months once construction starts. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the 1.2ha project at Kampung Buah Pala would be funded by the ECM Libra Foundation.
“The project will include a library, seven classrooms for tuition and language classes, eight badminton courts as well as a canteen,” said Guan Eng at the official launching of the project near the site yesterday. He also added that the learning centre will focus on offering foreign language classes to the students apart from Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin and Tamil.
Guan Eng added that the state government believed the Learning Centre and Badminton Academy would serve two purposes – education and badminton – for the community especially the underprivileged students. “We also believe that the project will help the state attain its aspirations of becoming an international and intelligent city that is clean, green and safe,” said Guan Eng.
He also thanked the ECM Libra Foundation for its generous contribution towards promoting education and badminton among the young.
Present during the ceremony was ECM Libra Foundation Board of Trustee member Lim Beng Choon whosaid the foundation was honoured to be a part of the project. “We believe that education is the key to help the less privileged to achieve their dreams,” said Beng Choon. He added that the foundation hoped that the community would be able to benefit from the centre.
Also present during the ceremony was one of the founders of the ECM Libra Foundation, Dato’ Seri Kalimullah Hassan
“The project will include a library, seven classrooms for tuition and language classes, eight badminton courts as well as a canteen,” said Guan Eng at the official launching of the project near the site yesterday. He also added that the learning centre will focus on offering foreign language classes to the students apart from Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin and Tamil.
Guan Eng added that the state government believed the Learning Centre and Badminton Academy would serve two purposes – education and badminton – for the community especially the underprivileged students. “We also believe that the project will help the state attain its aspirations of becoming an international and intelligent city that is clean, green and safe,” said Guan Eng.
He also thanked the ECM Libra Foundation for its generous contribution towards promoting education and badminton among the young.
Present during the ceremony was ECM Libra Foundation Board of Trustee member Lim Beng Choon whosaid the foundation was honoured to be a part of the project. “We believe that education is the key to help the less privileged to achieve their dreams,” said Beng Choon. He added that the foundation hoped that the community would be able to benefit from the centre.
Also present during the ceremony was one of the founders of the ECM Libra Foundation, Dato’ Seri Kalimullah Hassan
