Four days of lessons at home for Penang schoolchildren

 

Most schoolchildren will have home-based lessons during the water shutdown in Penang, except for examination students. (Bernama pic)

GEORGE TOWN: Schoolchildren in Penang will have lessons at home for four days from Jan 10 when water supplies in the state are cut for maintenance and repair work.

The state deputy education director, Wan Sajiri Wan Hassan, said Form Five and pre-university students must come to school as usual to sit for scheduled examinations, Bernama reported.

A total of 590,000 water users, including non-domestic ones, are expected to be affected by the closure of the Sungai Dua water treatment plant for the replacement of damaged valves, and ancillary work at 22 other locations.

The Penang Water Supply Corporation said the supply disruption would last 98 hours, from 6am on Jan 10 until 6am on Jan 14. - FMT