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Seminar Keusahawan Agro Tani in Sungai Petani

March 16th, 2009

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Received via email:
Dear Bro / Sis,

Seminar Keusahawan Agro Tani under the patronage of YB. Senator T.
Murugiah – Deputy Minister In PM’s Dept will be held at Dewan Beng Siew, Sungai Petani, Kedah On the 22nd March 2009 at8am – 5pm. There are speakers from Jabatan Pertanian, Jabatan Perikanan, Jabatan Veterinar who will be giving out information on the opportunities available. There will be a special talk on bird nest ( burung walid ) which is less popular among the Indians , where per kg can be sold at RM5k. Very good business where our community should start doing. For example a Chinese guy is producing 2000kg per month. There will also be speakers from private sector such as farming, laundry, barber, leech breeding and etc who will be giving talks. Kementerian Belia dan Sukan officials will be speaking on Belia Loans. There are other banks such as Maybank, Agro bank, Bank Rakyat, CIMB who will be providing information from their counter.

This is our sixth stop after Sentul, Johor, Penang, Perak – IPOH, Perak – Taiping. A total of 10k+ have participated in the seminar and 4k+ have requested for the free courses.

Those who are interested for free course on leech breeding, red chilies, tissue cultured pineapple, tissue cultured banana, can get themselves registered at the Revelation Agro & Farming Industry Counter ( RAFI ). For more information on the seminar can email me at praba@batukawan.com.my ( www.minew.org ) , please call :

Rajan : 016 – 218 1589
Praba : 012 – 243 4118
Siva : 012 – 555 7160
Vela : 017 – 461 8352
Rama : 016 – 637 1046
Sudha : 018 – 229 6707
Gopi : 012 – 539 9873 ( Bedong )
Shashi: 016 – 440 0848 ( Kulim )
Muthu : 019 – 472 2317 ( Kuala Ketil )
Shangkar : 016 – 436 2276 ( Gurun )
Thyagaraj : 016 – 442 8835 ( SP )

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Posted in Events, Indian

Tags: Economy Politicians

Klang to KL via boat??

March 15th, 2009

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Yup, just like the very old days. We may find ourselves traveling from Klang to KL via Sungai Klang if we are to believe these words by Selangor MB:

Khalid said the makeover might also include working towards extending the light rail transit network to Klang or having boat rides right up to Masjid Jamek in Kuala Lumpur to ease traffic congestion.

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Posted in BornInMalaysia

Tags: Selangor

At NAPEI Education Fair Mid Valley

March 15th, 2009

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Spent 3 hours at Mid Valley yesterday attending the NAPEI Education Fair together with nephew and niece. We were early as the fair opened its door at 11am only. Quite a lot of exhibitors were there – KLIUC, UTAR, Sri, Inti, SEGI, Kojadi, Baking Institute, HELP, APIIT, TAR College, UNITAR, MAHSA, Masterskill, Lim Kok Wing, Stamford, Taylor, KDU, AIMST, Dika, PTPL, IACT, One Academy, Saito, MUST, Nilai, among others, and few agencies that deal with recruitment for medicine seats.

Saw quite a number of Indians in the fair. Many were interested in the usual colleges and the standard programmes – medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, engineering.

Got a good explanation from Head of Childhood Education of SEGI Subang Jaya. Lim Kok Wing staff also were quite friendly and explained well. Same goes for UNITAR, who were understaffed, but tried to answer questions from visitors.

Some of my views/findings:

– Early childhood education is a good field to explore. Among the colleges that offer a diploma/degree is SEGI, Unitar, Sri, Dika, and PTPL.

– Only UNISEL and UNITAR offer Bachelor of Education that is recognised by MOE. Meaning you can apply for government posting after graduating. The fees are quite OK too.

– I think Lim Kok Wing has among the highest fees for a standard degree program. Better to do a diploma and then continue with degree (year 4), but still its a 5 year study. Other colleges offer shorter period of 4 years for same path. Need to think twice (or more) before enroling here.

– APIIT seemed to have lots of foreigners at the booth. Maybe want to show their multi-national environment.

– TAR College remains a popular choice for many – affordable fees, recognised programs, employability OK. It had good crowd at the booth.

– If you have 10As and above, good chance of getting a scholarship in private uni/college. Can be exempted from tuition fees. At least will reduce burden of parents.

– For average students, there’s not many choice – enrol for your intended program and apply for PTPTN. Your average results means scholarship is very, very hard. If you do well in the first and second semesters, then apply for scholarships the following year.

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Posted in I Was Here

Tags: Education Funds

Samy gives statement to police

March 14th, 2009

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The Star:

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has given a statement in connection with the alleged discrepancies of over RM5mil in the Maju Institute of Educational Development (MIED) accounts.

It is learnt that the 73-year-old veteran politician went to the Commercial Crime Investigations Department (CCID) office in Bukit Perdana Friday afternoon and spent about two hours assisting police in their investigations.

CCID director Comm Datuk Koh Hong Sun confirmed that his officers recorded Samy Vellu’s statement but declined to elaborate as investigations were in progress. Police have so far traced and ordered a bank to freeze more than RM2.8mil from a top MIED executive’s account.

NST:

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu was at the federal police headquarters here today to give a statement over allegations of financial mismanagement in the building and running of the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) University in Kedah.

Commercial Crime Investigation director at Bukit Aman, Datuk Koh Hong Sun, confirmed Samy Vellu’s appearance at the department at 10.30am and that a statement was taken from him.

“I decline to comment further as the investigation is still going on,”he said when contacted.

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Posted in Indian

Tags: AIMST Crime Funds MIED Politicians

saree clad Ambiga receives award

March 13th, 2009

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Bar Council president receives award from Hilary Clinton

Photo from The Star.

This award has given us the opportunity, which we would not otherwise have had, to share our stories, our successes, our failures, to reach out across our borders and establish a base upon which we can build a meaningful network of support. “These stories must be told in all our countries.

– Ambiga Sreenivasan’s speech during the award.

Ms Ambiga accepts her International Women of Courage 2009 award from ex-first lady Hilary Clinton while current US first lady Michelle Obama stands beside her. A proud moment indeed especially when she is wearing traditional costume. First time I’m seeing a Malaysian wearing saree in an international event.

Clinton, in her speech, lauded Ambiga for pursuing judicial reform and good governance, standing up for religious tolerance, and resolutely advocating women’s equality and their full political participation.

On another note, I notice that other recipients of the award come from countries with human rights “issues” – Russia, Uzbekistan, Niger, Yemen, Guatemala, Iraq and Afghanistan. Looks like our country also lumped together with them.