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Another
school closed
A SECOND school was ordered closed
for a week yesterday after an 11-
year-old pupil was tested positive for
Influenza A(H1N1), while three other
schools were told to stop a class each,
rousing fears whether enough was be-
ing done to contain the disease.
ANWAR FAIZ/THESUN
and is the second case from the same
school.
He said 42 of the total 58 people
tested positive for the virus so far were
Two pupils, accompanied
by their parents, leave SRK
still being treated in several hospitals. Assunta 2 yesterday after the
Over the last 48 hours, 80 influenza school was ordered closed.
notifications were received nationwide.

The order to temporarily close As of 9pm on Sunday, the number

Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Assunta 2 of cases being investigated for the In-
in Petaling Jaya comes only a day after fluenza A(H1N1) virus were 1,320, with
RM12.5b for PKFZ just ‘hypothetical’: Ong
SJK (C) Jalan Davidson was similarly 58 confirmed, four still awaiting results TRANSPORT Minister Datuk Seri PKFZ was the increase in overall demanded an apology from Ong for
closed till Friday. while the rest were tested negative. Ong Tee Keat told the Dewan Rakyat cost of the project – the initial “alleged parliamentary contempt
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow yesterday that Pricewaterhouse- estimated cost for land acquisition and breach of privilege” for
Mohd Ismail Merican said the ministry Tiong Lai said the ministry will not close Coopers’ (PwC) estimated project and development works in 2002 deliberately misleading the parlia-
had also asked Seri Cempaka Interna- down all schools unless the transmis- cost of RM12.5 billion, including was only RM1.96 billion and later in- ment about the cabinet decision
tional School, Batu 9 Cheras, Selangor; sion of the disease is uncontrollable. interest, for the controversial Port creased to RM3.53 billion in 2008. on the land acquisition of the PKFZ
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sek- He advised the public not to panic Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project was He explained that based on the by failing to give a full and proper
syen 9 Shah Alam; Sekolah Menengah as the ministry is “still able to trace a “hypothetical” one. interest from delayed payments account of the cabinet’s decisions
Wangsa Maju, Kuala most of the contacts” In a four-page ministerial state- to PKFZ’s turnkey developer Kuala on the project.
Lumpur and Sekolah We don’t plan to together with other ment on the project for which the Dimensi Sdn Bhd as well as the vari- He said Ong had said the cabinet
Menengah Damansara departments and PwC audit report had been made ation order and professional fee, the on Oct 2 in 2002 decided to allow
Utama in Petaling Jaya close all schools ministries. public, Ong said the overall cost development cost would balloon to the PKA to purchase 1,000 acres
to stop a class each. unless the virus “We don’t plan would come up to RM12.5 billion RM4.9 billion by 2017. for RM1.08 billion at RM25 per
He said the closure continues to spread to close all schools by 2051 if the Port Klang Author- DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang, who sq ft based on the position of the
of the school and the unless the virus ity (PKA) delays its repayment of had made numerous statements Selangor government that the land
three classes would be rampantly, then we continues to spread the RM4.38 billion soft loan to the on the PKFZ in recent weeks, later could not be acquired under Section
for a week, in line with will discuss it with the rampantly, then we government. posed a supplementary question to 3(1)(a) of the Land Acquisition Act
the protocol set by the Education Ministry and will discuss it with “The estimation was also made Ong, demanding the minister name 1960 because the PKFZ was not a
national inter-ministe- the Education Minis- by PwC in a scenario where there is the culprits of the scandal and public project.
rial committee set up the National Security try and the National no intervention by the government insisted that former PKA chairmen He said Ong had not referred to
to contain the spread Council.” Security Council.” or any effort by the PKA to promote and transport minister Tun Dr Ling the cabinet decision three weeks
of the flu. – Liow He advised stu- PKFZ. The fact is PKFZ Sdn Bhd has Liong Sik explain the issue. later on Oct 23 in 2002 that the
He said there were dents who come back initiated several promotions and Lim said the minister did not land should be acquired by the
eight new cases yesterday – five “im- from countries like the United States, the PKA has begun to see results as reveal anything new or unknown to Transport Ministry through land
ported” and three locally-transmitted. Australia and the Philippines to go un- more tenants are showing interest the public in his ministerial state- acquisition under the Act at the
To date, there are seven locally- der self-quarantine as most of the cases (in PKFZ),” he said. ment, which he said lasted a brief price of RM10.16 per sq ft.
transmitted cases, of which three are recently were from these countries. In the statement, Ong pointed eight minutes.
students. The 11-year-old from Assunta out that the main problem with Later, outside the Dewan, he » See also page 5
2 is the seventh local transmission » See page 3 for more reports