School students stage protest

School students stage protest

MAKASSAR: Dozens of elementary school students staged a rally
in front of Makassar municipality office on Monday, urging the
local administration to cancel the exchange of land belonging to
the administration and the school building.

The administration planned to barter the land and the
building, built in 1938 on Jl. Latimojong with another site
belonging to the administration on Jl. Veteran.

The administration's third assistant, Muhammad Latief,
acknowledged the land exchange, saying that they intended to
build a six-story school building in the new location.

"A businessman is offering a new and well-equipped school
building. The old building is no longer feasible," Latief said
after receiving the protesting students.

However, the students and their parents still objected to the
plan, saying that it would cost them dearly as the new site was
located far from their homes.-JP