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MIC wants Little India set up in KL
THE MIC wants a specific area in Brickfields to be given official status as the Little India of Kuala Lumpur, like Petaling Street which is officially recognised as the Chinatown of the capital city.
MIC information chief Datuk M. Saravanan said the party’s Federal Territory communication committee would prepare a memorandum on the proposal for the Federal Territories Ministry and the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).
Saravanan said that copies of the memorandum would be submitted by party president Datuk S. Samy Vellu to Federal Territories Minister Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique and also to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi after the Deepavali celebration.
“We have not decided on where the specific location should be our Little India, but Leboh Ampang is an option for us. We are flexible with any arrangement,” he said.
Saravanan claimed that the idea was first proposed five years ago to the then Federal Territories Minister Datuk Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, who was agreeable to the concept.
“We are hopeful that under the current Federal Territories Minister Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique, the proposal would be approved, if possible within two years,” he said.
“The place will reflect our culture from every aspect of the diversified Indian community here in Malaysia,” Saravanan said.
“It will be a one-stop centre for crafts, food, textile, traditional treatment, cultural programmes and performances. Tourists and locals will experience Malaysia Truly Asia in a greater sense than what Brickfields has to offer,” he said.
