All Penang schools to pay RM1 quit rent - NST

GEORGE TOWN: The state government plans to gazette a law that will allow non-profit educational institutions not sited on state land to pay RM1 in quit rent.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the matter would be discussed during the state executive councillors meeting tomorrow.

At present, government-owned schools pay RM1, while schools not on state land pay quit rent according to market rates. The quit rent is assessed once every 10 years.

Lim urged such schools to apply to the state Land and Mines Department for the lower rate.

"I will seek approval from all exco members to gazette the legislation, which will benefit all streams, including Chinese schools, Tamil schools and Sekolah Agama Rakyat," he said.

"It has always been the DAP-PKR state governemnt's policy not to discriminate. We also believe that education should not be politicised."

[From http://www.nst.com.my/Tuesday/National/2214000/Article/index_html]