The Penang BN has announced an extra RM3 million for the building fund for the national type Chinese secondary school SMJK (C) Jit Sin II in Bukit Mertajam.

State Gerakan chairman Dr Teng Hock Nan said the announcement was "good news" for all Penangites, especially those who live in Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Selatan.

NONE Teng said state BN delegates met with Prime Minister Najib Razak on the matter on Oct 11 and the decision to contribute the money from the BN federal government had been made.

Earlier, the government contributed RM1 million to the fund, while the current total of RM4 million is accounts for 13.4 percent of the total building cost, which is RM30 million.

"This shows the sincerity of the BN in helping all schools. We are announcing this fund even before the school's planning permission and building plan s are approved," Teng told a press conference today.

SMJK (C) Jit Sin II is the first secondary Chinese school in Seberang Perai and it was issued with a permit in February.

Penang BN helped get the permit

Teng took a swipe at Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng who has said in various press conferences that the school was awaiting a permit from the federal government so that it could start building its premises.

"Through the help of the Penang, we got the permit for the school in the shortest time," said Teng, who was a former state executive councillor.

"We must congratulate the state BN under the leadership of Teng Chang Yeow, who helped make this possible with the support of all the parties, Gerakan, MCA, MIC and the People's Progressive Party," he added.

Asked if this was merely an election ploy, Teng denied it was so, saying "I did not say vote for us then we will help. I said if we were given more power in the state, we would surely do more to help the school."

Meanwhile, state MCA Wanita chief Tan Cheng Liang said the BN was not like the DAP, which contributed a mere RM300,000 to the school but organised several press conferences on the matter.

If Lim and the state government really wanted to help the school, Tan said, they only needed to help with more financial contributions.