form cabinet task force to aid Indians

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the indian community at large worry about temple, tamil schools, housing/land/TOL, govt jobs, IC/birth cert/marriage registration, minimum wage, microcredit loans, harrassment from authorities, free/cheap/reliable medical services, removal of gangs/thugs, removal of samsu shops, and education opportunities.

those in middle class and above have slightly different set of worries. their worries will be on employment, housing, business opportunities, crime rate, toll rate, petrol price, civil rights, migration, transportation problems, local council performance, children education, peace, etc.

Form Cabinet task force to aid Indians
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/75622

Dec 4, 07 1:53pm

Parliamentary Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang today urged the government to establish a Cabinet Task Force to find solutions to end the marginalisation of Indians and other groups in the country.

He said the task force should be headed by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and should focus on:

• Conversion of all partially-aided Tamil primary schools into fully-aided schools

• RM500 million allocation to upgrade Tamil primary schools

• Stop demolition of Hindu temples and other places of worship nationwide.

Lim said his proposal was in view of a 30,000-strong “cry of desperation” by those who attended the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) rally on Nov 25.

“The Cabinet should end the denial about the marginalisation of Indians in Malaysia and come out with a new policy for a new deal to end the marginalisation of Indians and all marginalised groups in Malaysia,” he added in a statement.

Lim stressed that the Cabinet and MIC president S Samy Vellu cannot deny that Indians have been marginalised over the last three decades.

As an example, he pointed out that before the New Economic Policy was implemented in 1971, the civil service comprised of 17.4 percent Indians. This figure shrank to 5.12 percent in 2005. 

MIC's 'disservice' 

Since the Hindraf rally, Abdullah, Samy and other Cabinet ministers have on a near daily basis denied Hindraf’s charge that the Indian community is marginalised.

Meanwhile, Lim also accused MIC of doing a “disservice” by not properly informing Abdullah about the plight of the Indian community.

“Abdullah said he has ‘big ears’ and is prepared to hear the truth. It is shocking that nobody in the MIC leadership… is prepared and has the courage to tell the prime minister the truth.

“For decades, the Indians have been marginalised politically, economically, socially, educationally, culturally and religiously, reducing them into a new underclass,” he said.

Lim said these were the reasons why 30,000 Indians from all over the country rallied behind Hindraf.

However, he disagreed with Hindraf’s claim that the Indians are victims of a state-sanctioned ethnic cleansing.

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2 comments

  1. nthindraf says:

    Pemimpin HINDRAF sebenarnya hanya pandai meniupkan sentimen perkauman dan agama dalam menjadi hero memperjuangkan masyarakat India. Masyarakat Intelek , pemimpin-pemimpin Politik, Agama dan Koprat INDIA menolak sama sekali budaya demonstrasi jalanan dan budaya ugut yang dieksploit oleh pemimpin HINDRAF yang sebenarnya mahu menggunakan platform perjuangannya untuk mendapatkan kerusi politik di parlimen bukan melalui sistem demokrasi iaitu Pilihanraya.

    ITU LAH SEBENARNYA MATLAMAT PEMIMPIN HINDRAF..
    MEMPERKUDAKAN MASYARAKAT INDIA YANG CINTA KEDAMAIAN DENGAN MENUDUH KERAJAAN GABUNGAN MELAYU/CINA /INDIA/KAUM BUMIPUTERA SABAH DAN SARAWAK MENGAMALKAN DASAR PENGHAPUSAN ETHNIK ( ETHNIC CLEANSING ). KERAJAAN YANG ADA MELINDUNGI ISLAMIC EXTREMIST:

    SEBENARNYA HINDRAF SENDIRI PELAMPAU PERKAUMAN YANG MELAMPAU .

    Untuk artikel sepenuhnya sila lawati nthindraf.blogspot.com

  2. Shri says:

    Dear nthindraf,hanya orang yang tamakkan harta benda
    dan kuasa akan menjejakan kaki dalam politik.
    Hindraf sedang berjuang untuk orang Hindu dan tidak semestinya mereka mesti masuk politik untuk membantu kaum india.Adakah awak rasa semua ahli politik sedang membantu masyarakat????? dan sebelum itu saya rasa lebih baik you kalau ada masa semak balik sejarah negara kita.
    Segala apa yang ada sekarang untuk orang India adalah dari hasil usaha mereka sendiri.Pernahkah you baca atau dengar cerita 4 orang kaya negara seperti yang dimaksudkan di artikel. Tidak dinafikan bahawa orang INDIA hidup senang semasa pemerintahan British tapi apa jadi sekarang ??? Pernahkah you masuk dalam pejabat kerajaan , hospital dan sebagainya ? Berapakah bilangan pegawai atau pekerja India dengan Chinese di pejabat tersebut ???? Majoriti ???? Adakah orang India lemah dari segi pendidikan .. Tidak … kemampuan .. tidak so mengapa bilangan pekerja India berkurangan disektor kerajaan.. begitu juga dengan Universiti .. mengapa ini berlaku… Tidakkah ini dikatakan sebagai berat sebelah… Sebelum menjadi pengkritik , saya rasa lebih baik you duduk dan berfikir sebagai seorang manusia yang normal yang tidak mengendahkan bangsa dan agama dan saya rasa you akan dapat jawapannya dan juga akan sokong Hindraf dan dasarnya.Hindraf cuma minta kerajaan memenuhi keperluan/ hak orang India di Malaysia dan bukannya menceraikan perpaduan masyarakat berbilang kaum.Dari mana pula datangnya soal perkauman dengan tiba-tiba…. politik..
    Setiap kesabaran ada hadnya dan saya rasa orang India sudah bersabar utk. 50 thn…. Kesabaran ini akan menjejaskan hak generasi akan datang.