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RM20 million in grants for the rebuilding and expansion of 23 Tamil schools;

Grants worth RM10 million for Chinese schools;

Thirteen Chinese schools to be relocated to densely populated areas in Klang Valley and Johor; six new Chinese schools to be built;

Thirty-year leases given to more than 900 Chinese farmers squatting on state land;

RM7 million to develop St Elizabeth School in Sibu, Sarawak;

A RM300,000 grant for three Chinese schools in Sabah;

RM500,000 each to restore the 85-year-old Chinese Assembly Hall in Kuala Lumpur and a 191-year-old church in Penang;

Thaipusam declared a holiday for Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya;

Hong Leong Group has pledged to donate RM3 million for the construction of the New Era College campus in Sepang.