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NEWS:Samy Vellu said he had already referred more than 3,000 cases

April 25th, 2007
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“Samy Vellu said he had already referred more than 3,000 cases to the Welfare Department over the past 10 days.”
Imagine that. 3000 families. By the way, Welfare Dept need to have money to offer to these families. As it is, existing families have to wait long for the help to come.

Samy Vellu dismisses Indian vote split claim

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/25/nation/17532443&sec=nation

IJOK: Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has dismissed an SMS being circulated to Umno leaders claiming that the Indian community here is split.
The MIC president said he had also received the SMS, which had also been sent to Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo.
“I don’t know whether it is a calculated move by certain people to ensure that Barisan Nasional candidate K. Parthiban will not win in the by-election,” he said during a meeting with the Sri Dhandayuthabani Temple committee here late on Monday.
Samy Vellu also said there were certain parties, who had held secret meetings in Klang and Cameron Highlands to work against Barisan.
“However, the response from not only the Indian voters but also the Chinese here has been encouraging. The mood on the ground is very positive for Barisan,” he added.
Samy Vellu reminded the Indian voters they should ensure the MIC had three representatives in the state assembly to represent the interests of the Indians in Selangor.
The Works Minister also spent several hours making door-to-door visits to the homes of Indians in Kampung Jawa Selangor.
“Some of them are staying in rundown homes, with handicapped children. There was one home, which had no water and electricity supply,” he said.
“I have asked MIC officials to help these people get assistance from the Welfare Department.”
Samy Vellu said he had already referred more than 3,000 cases to the Welfare Department over the past 10 days.
He also urged all eligible voters to return and cast their votes in the by-election.
“One vote can make a difference. We want all Ijok residents to be at the polling stations on Saturday,” he said.

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NEWS:Legal temples not demolished, says Khir

April 25th, 2007
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Legal temples not demolished, says Khir

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/25/nation/17541517&sec=nation

SELANGOR Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo refuted an opposition allegation that the state government had demolished legally-built Hindu temples, the Tamil Nesan said.
At a talk organised by the Indian Progressive Front in Batang Berjuntai, Dr Khir said the state only acted against temples that were illegally built or not constructed according to specifications.
He said that he had given land with nominal premiums and also provided an allocation for the building or expansion of temples.
He urged the Indian voters of Ijok, especially those of the Hindu faith, not to be taken in by such allegations.
Dr Khir said that he appreciated the Indian community and would look into the welfare of every resident of the state, regardless of race or religion.

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NEWS:Villagers fork out RM1,455 to thank DAP

April 25th, 2007
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Villagers fork out RM1,455 to thank DAP http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=17687
Giam Say Khoon PETALING JAYA (April 20, 2007): About 70 Machap Baru “grateful” villagers today resorted to a “Fancy It” way to thank the DAP for contesting in the recently concluded Machap by-election in Malacca. They passed the hat around to collect about RM1,455 and placed a “Thank-you” advertisment that was published in Sin Chew Daily today.
For the DAP, it was the first time that the party has received such a response from the electorates, though it contested the seat with little hope of winning. However, it managed to garner more Chinese votes compared with in the 2004 General Election.
A check with Sin Chew showed that the 10cm X 11cm black and white advertisment cost the villagers RM1,455.30, before discount if any.
Basically, the villagers thanked the DAP for “forcing” the Barisan Nasional (BN) to spend money and bring “development funds” to the villages in Machap.
Translation of the advertisement:
“Thank you DAP
The villagers of Machap Baru would like to thank DAP for participating in the Machap by-election, enabling us to enjoy various allocations, benefits and treatments, like building a recreational park, upgrading road, lamp, and irrigation system, building low-cost houses, upgrading the Machap clinic as well as allocations for three Chinese primary schools in the area.
In the past 50 years, the villagers have never been given the chance to enjoy all these infrastructure development.
Because of the by-election, the villagers’ lives have changed drastically, it is a blessing for the villagers and we hereby thank the DAP. – From a group of grateful Machap Baru villagers.”
When contacted, DAP’s losing candidate Liou Chen Kuang thanked the villagers for their support for putting up the advertisement.
“Obviously, the advertisement consisted some sarcasm against the BN. The infrastructures problems were already there for quite some time.
“The problems were only settled during the by-election,” he added.
Liou said he hoped the state government would keep its promise and realise all the pledges made by BN during the by-election campaigning period.
He said the government should always be concerned about the peoples’ woes, not just during elections.
A villager who wanted to remain as anonymous and who contributed to the advertisment, told theSun by phone that the villagers had chipped in for the advertisement to thank the DAP sincerely.
“We also want to tell MCA that they should keep their promises made during elections. If it was not for the DAP which made a lot of noise, we would not have all the infrastructure problems resolved,” he said.
The villager also said the government should not neglect the people once the election was over and they should continue to answer the people’s call.
Liou was defeated by MCA’s Lai Meng Chong with a majority of 4,081 votes in the by-election on April 12 following the death of Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam on March 15.
DAP secured 527 votes and MCA got 914 votes in Machap Baru compared with DAP’s 356 votes and MCA’s 1,270 votes in 2004.

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Maika shareholders enlist Suhakam’s help

April 25th, 2007
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Maika shareholders enlist Suhakam’s help
Yoges Palaniappan Apr 6, 07 2:21pm

A group of Maika Holdings shareholders have submitted a memorandum to Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) pertaining the delayed declaration of dividends to the shareholders.
The memorandum stated that MIC President and the founder of the party’s investment company S Samy Vellu had publicly announced last November that the shareholders will be paid RM1.30 for every RM1 shareholding in three months.
However the shareholders, who had not been paid dividends since 1995, were in for a shock when they were informed by Maika’s Chief Executive Officer S Vell Paari on Feb 15 that no such scheme as announced by Samy was in place.
Vell Paari, who is Samy’s son, told the shareholders that the MIC president had no say in how Maika was being managed.
“How can he has no locus standi?” asked V Venbarasan today. He is an affected shareholder who was at Suhakam yesterday.
“I’m surprised to know that Samy has no connection with the company of which he founded. Moreover he made a public announcement that dividends will be paid in three months time,” he told malaysiakini when contacted. Venbarasan, a businessman, said that the shareholders have tried all means to get the matter solved but nothing has favoured them thus far.
“First we met the CEO, then we wrote to Companies Commission Malaysia (CCM), but nothing has materialised,” he added.
Acording to Venbarasan, CCM sent them (shareholders) a 3-line letter saying that “they have investigated the matter and everything is in order” as a reply to their 2-page report.
“We have come to Suhakam as a last resort and we have urged them to have a public inquiry,” said Venbarasan.
“This is an issue that has been dragging since 1992 and although I doubt that Suhakam’s intervention will help, we are just hoping for the best,” he added.
A toothless tiger
Meanwhile, DAP leader and MP for Ipoh Barat M Kulasegaran, who holds 10,000 shares in Maika Holdings, said that Samy’s action in not keeping to his words was a breach of promise.
“66,000 Indians throughout the country invested in the company on assurance by Samy in 1983 who promised that Indians’ economic status will be the highest in the country with increase from 1.5 percent to 7 percent,” said Kulasegaran.
However, the Indians’ economic stance has not increased but has shrunk to 1.2 percent in 24 years time, he added.
“At that time, many Indians sold their jewelleries and mortgaged their houses to buy the shares but now the company is in doldrums because of its mismanagement.”
“During the meeting with Suhakam commissioner Khalid Ibrahim, I told him that Suhakam should stop being the toothless tiger and wake up to the call of this complaint,” said Kulasegaran.
To this Khalid said that they (Suhakam) can give recommendations but cannot compel Maika to do anything.
source: http://kula.blogsome.com/

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Al-Jazeera on apostacy

April 24th, 2007
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i just saw the Everywoman programme. the segment on apostasy comes in the first 15 minutes, so don’t miss it. the law lecturer from UIA could just stammer and answer, providing half baked answers. he even dare to say that islam was here before colonialisation. as if there was nothing before islam over here. there was another bloke that said malay equals islam and if people are allowed to practise apostasy, that will be the end of malays and malaysia. how weak can these people be? gosh! it interesting to see how the constitution is turned and twisted to suit their arguments. another thing – the earlier message i posted regarding the program schedule from al jazeera website is not correct. the website said tuesdat night 9.30pm, but it came on at 10.30pm. so i suggest add extra one hour to the earlier timings i posted.
Mon – 3.30am, 4,30pm –> 4.30am, 5.30pm Tue – 12.30pm, 9.30pm –> 1.30pm, 10.30pm Wed – 9.30am, 2.30pm –> 10.30am, 3.30pm Thu – 1.30pm –> 2.30pm Fri – 2pm, 6.30pm –> 3pm, 7.30pm Sat – 5.30am, 3.30pm –> 6.30pm, 4.30pm

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