MORE than 20,000 people have signed on the online petition to save the SMK Convent Bukit Nanas (CBN) in Kuala Lumpur following news that the school’s land lease which is expiring in September 2021 has not been renewed by the Lands &…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Century-old SMK Convent Bukit Nanas (CBN) will not face the wrecking ball once its land lease expires, the Federal Territories Land and Mines Office has said. A report by The Star quoted its director Datuk Muhammad Yasir…
PETALING JAYA: A lawyer has called on past and present ministers to reveal whether applications made by Convent Bukit Nanas were ever referred to them, as decisions regarding the school’s land lease would typically come with Cabinet guidance. Derek Fernandez…
THE Federal Territories land and mines director’s explanation as reported in the media on why the lease for SMK Convent Bukit Nanas (CBN) was not renewed is neither convincing nor does it make any sense. Normally, the FT Land and Mines Office does…
YOURSAY | ‘It’s time for its alumni to step up and fight for their alma mater.’ Vijay47: I look back with intense affection and pride at the six years I spent at St Michael’s School in Alor Setar, Kedah, followed by seven…
Elizabeth Cardosa assists us in navigating the history and legacy of SMK Convent Bukit Nanas but also gives us a comprehensive take on how our country has and should be looking at preserving heritage sites of implicit and intangible value.…
KUALA LUMPUR – The government has been told to stop selectively rendering aid to schools based on their types, following the recent controversy over the non-extension of SMK Convent Bukit Nanas’ (CBN) land lease. Former international trade and industry minister Tan…
APRIL 20 — The last few days has seen a large public outcry related to the issue of Convent Bukit Nanas not having their land lease renewed. Rightly so. This school is more than a 122 years old and the…
CONVENT Bukit Nanas will not be demolished, the Federal Territories Land and Mines Office was reported saying by The Star. The non-renewal of its land lease once it expires in September will enable the land to revert to the government so…
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 — Badan Warisan Malaysia (BWM) has urged the authorities including the National Heritage Department to protect SMK Convent Bukit Nanas (CBN) that could be forced to relocate as the historic school’s land lease was not being…
APRIL 20 — We, the undersigned and a collective of friends whose friendship began in Convent Bukit Nanas Primary and Secondary schools strongly object to the intended non-renewal of its land lease which is due to expire on Sept 6 this…
KUALA LUMPUR: Many former students of iconic girls’ school Convent Bukit Nanas fear that it could fall victim to development someday. One of them, award-winning actress Vanidah Imran, has urged the government to renew its lease and preserve it as…