As the state government has yet to issue any notification to gazette the site of the old Seaport Tamil primary school, the Selangor Development Authority (PKNS) is moving ahead with plans to take back the land.
 
And if parents refused to move out the 27 pupils who are still occupying the premises, PKNS may consider legal action to compel them to do so, said corporate communications manager Ishak Hashim.
 
A special committee has been set up to try and persuade the parents to send their children to the new school located ain Kampung Lindungan, about 4km away, he said.
 
It will hold a meeting on Jan 28 to discuss how to approach the parents, as well as future development of the site.
 
“We may meet them to understand why they don’t want to move (to the new school). We will explain that they need to move (out), as the land belonged to PKNS,” he said when contacted.
 
“But if they are still unwilling to do so, the committee may have no option but to take legal action.”
 
Ishak said PKNS will comply with any decision by the state government to gazette the site for educational use, should such a directive be given.
 
The state Education Department has already instructed the pupils to move to the new school.

Ishak clarified that the Seaport school was always intended to be a “temporary school” pending completion of the premises in Kampung Lindungan.
 
PKNS had held a series of dialogues with parents two to three years ago, even before construction began, he said, dismissing the claim that they had not been informed of the plan.

State exco member Dr Halimah Ali could not be reached for comment, despite several attempts.