Allocation from Minister of Education

Two years ago, Datuk Henry Chin, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of Kota Kinabalu High School, took Mr. Lim Kiat Kong, the Chairman and me, the other Vice Chairman, to pay a courtesy call to the Honorable Minister of Education Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, in his office at Putrajaya. It was indeed rare for a Minister of Education to see representatives from a school Board of Governors of a secondary school and we were indeed honored. We took the rare opportunity to brief the Honorable Minister about the school history and development and invited him to officiate the opening of the IT Building then under construction and requested him to assist the school in its Computer Class Program. The Honorable Minister has kindly consented to our request and promised to bring some goodies when he comes.

On the 21st July 2007, the Minister came to visit KK High School to officiate the Opening of the IT Building as well as the laying of foundation stone for the Phase 4 Classroom blocks. He was impressed with what KK High School has done so far and announced to the pleasure of everyone present an allocation of RM 50,000 for the Computer Class Program and RM 350,000 for the Phase 4 Building fund. In addition, he promised to recommend the application of KK High School to be selected as a Cluster school and invited the dancing group who presented the multi-cultural reception dance to go to Kuala Lumpur to present it to international guests.

On the 2nd of January 2008, the Right Honorable Chief Minister of Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman presented, on behalf of the Honorable Minister of Education, a mock cheque of RM400,000 to Mr.Lim Kiat Kong, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of KK High School. The ceremony was witnessed by the State Director of Education Department, senior Chinese political leaders in BN, members of the KK High School Management Committee, BOG and Administration.

By Hiew Jan 2008