New building for Buddhist College of Singapore

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Singapore -- THE Buddhist College of Singapore located at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery in Bishan will have a new building by 2014.

The new premises at the monastery will include a new library, computer room and student hostel which can house up to 200 students. Currently, the school, which is Singapore's first tertiary college of Buddhist Studies, only has 80 students at a time.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new building as well as for the monastery's new carpark was held today at its grounds.

The new carpark, to be completed by early 2014, will increase the monastery's parking space from 100 to 270 lots.

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Singapore Buddhist Lodge gives out over S$345,000 in bursaries

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SINGAPORE -- The Singapore Buddhist Lodge Education Foundation gave out over S$345,000 in bursaries on Saturday.

<< A student receives the bursary from Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin (R)

The bursaries are for some 300 students from various tertiary-level institutes who have excelled in their studies despite financial difficulties.

They received their bursaries from Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin.

Deserving students get the bursaries regardless of their race or religion.

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