Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said with the rapid development and increasing population here, the aim to turn the place into an auto city was on track.
Muhyiddin stressed on the need to ensure proper facilities and infrastructure at Proton City and the surrounding areas of Tanjung Malim and Behrang to facilitate the auto city ambition.
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Muhyiddin taking a closer look at the assembling of a Proton Pesona
during his visit to Proton’s Tanjung Malim plant. |
He added that a RM40mil secondary school would be constructed in Proton City as well.
“Construction is expected to start next year, and it will be completed in two years. The school can take 1,200 students,” he told a press conference after his first visit to Proton's plant at Proton City here yesterday.
He added that the management of DRB-Hicom and Proton had requested the Education Ministry to construct a secondary school at Proton City to enable the children of the staff to study there.
“I was told that they now travel about 10km to go to school,” said Muhyiddin.
Present at the function were Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and Proton executive chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Khamil Jamil.
Muhyiddin also said a RM2.5mil religious school would be set up in Proton City.
“With the schools built here, and other facilities and infrastructure planned, I don't see why this southern part of Perak cannot expand,” he added.
Earlier in his speech, he also announced a new minimum wage scheme for Proton staff earning less than RM900 a month which would be implemented by DRB-Hicom and Proton beginning this month.
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