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Finally, they get some hope…

November 24th, 2009
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Not sure if readers remember the case of Bukit Kiara estate residents. After 23 years of staying TEMPORARILY in longhouses, there’s a glimmer of hope for them. Still need to wait two years (in time for next GE) for their actual own houses. Hopefully it will be a dream come true for them.

TAMIL Nesan reported that Bukit Kiara Estate residents who have been living in temporary longhouses for the past 23 years will be able to move into new houses in the next two years.

Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M. Saravanan said the workers were moved to the longhouses after the estate was taken over by the Government for redevelopment.

They were promised houses and the longhouses were for an interim period of two years but the workers had been staying there for the past 23 years.

Saravanan said the 103 families would be given houses as promised. He said three locations had been identified within a 3km radius and the type of house to be built would depend on the land area.

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2 years of school for student who got 7As

November 23rd, 2009
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Saw the repeat of Vizhuthugal on Astro just now. There was an interview with Darvin Raj from SJKT Teluk Datuk who got 7As. Big deal, you may say. But his story is not the average one. He was a leukemia patient who went to school in Standard One for few months. After that, he stopped schooling due to treatment until 10 years old. He reentered school in Standard Five. Aided by his mother and teachers, the boy got 7As for his UPSR. Sadly his mother is not around as she succumbed to kidney failure.

The boy hopes to grow up and do seva via his occupation. God bless him!

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lady was converted by father, not at welfare home

November 23rd, 2009
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Few days ago, we read about the lady who claimed she was converted at the age of seven while staying in a welfare home. Today, the Welfare Department said that her father was a convert who converted the children. Now she has to go through an arduous process of changing the religious status before can continue her life with husband and children.

Housewife S Banggarma was converted to Islam by her father and not by state religious authorities as alleged, said welfare department director-general Meme Zainal Rashid today.

Previously, the 27-year-old mother of two claimed that she had been unwittingly converted at the age of seven when residing at the Taman Bakti welfare home in Kepala Batas, Penang.

NONEIn a statement, Meme (right) said the Penang state welfare department had investigated the case after it was highlighted in the media.

According to records, she said Banggarma was converted to Islam by her natural father along with her other siblings on Nov 30, 1983.

This was stated on the conversion acknowledgment letter by both her mother and father filed with Islamic authorities in Rompin, Pahang.

“She was only placed in a welfare home from March 1990 by court order under the Juvenile Courts Act of 1947 for her own protection, after she was found wandering aimlessly in Sungai Petani, Kedah,” said Meme.

NONE“The accusation that she was converted to Islam while under the care of the welfare department has been proven to be false.

“The documentary evidence proves she was already a Muslim before she was placed in the welfare home,” she added.

Banggarma (left), whose Muslim name is Siti Hasnah Vangarama Abdullah, said she discovered her Muslim status when seeking to register her marriage in 2000.

As to the current religious status of Banggarma, Meme said: “It is now in the hands of the Penang Islamic authorities.”

‘Free to turn apostate’

The Penang Islamic Council (MAIPP) president Shabudin Yahaya confirmed that they are also investigating the case.

“As far as we are concerned, she is a Muslim. Whether she is practising or not, is not the question. What matters is that she has taken the Shahadah or the ritual testament of faith.

NONE“But Hasnah (Banggarma) is free to turn apostate and leave the Islamic faith, though she will have to undergo the standard procedure,” he said.

Shabudin said that the procedure may involve counselors from the Penang Islamic department who will provide counseling and ascertain her claims.

However, the MAIPP president cautioned that this process is not to encourage those who want to leave the Muslim faith, but the procedure exist for cases such as this.

He likened Banggarma’s case to the Fatimah Tan case earlier this year, where Muslim convert Siti Fatimah Tan Abdullah was allowed to renounce Islam and revert to her original religion of Buddhism.

On the status of her current marriage, Shabudin said this has to be decided by the Syariah courts, as legally Banggarma is considered a Muslim.

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tussle over SJKT Midlands location

November 20th, 2009
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SJKT Midland’s story is here. Below is an video interview with EXCO Xavier and PIBG representatives. From Malaysiakini via youtube.

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Progress of SJKT Ladang Lauderdale

November 20th, 2009
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Got a good news from Dr Sreedharan yesterday afternoon:

SRJK Tamil Ladang Lauderdale Estate recorded for its first time a 71.2 percentage passes. Sri Vidya who kept missing her class due to transport problem solve with a bicycle was the top student with 7As . This the best acheivement .

Later he sent an email with the details:

Dearest Friends ,

I write today to all of you with the greatest excitement and in an elevated mood

The day I took the task of helping SRJK ( T ) Ladang Lauderdale Estate was the very day my stress and sleepless night started.

After a lot of hiccups the 2 classroom was completed . I have submitted my report to you .

Today is my most happiest day as I happilly announce that the SRJK ( T ) Ladang Lauderdale Estate for the first time recorded a passing percentage of 71.2 percent . Sri Vithya , the girl who had been missing her classes because her father desserted the family and mother had to support the family . We arranged for a small amount of money for the family provided she send Sri Vithya to school . We also gave her a bicycle as a transport . Sri Vithya was the top student with 7A’s .

I am yet to get the complete report as everyone in the schools are busy running around and screaming at the top of the voices . I have been restrained from going out of my room due my eye infection. Quarrantined in the store room .

Other news – We also were able to receive more funds to build another 3 classrooms and toilets for students and teachers .

We had some trouble getting approval from the owners of the estate to approve te land for the building of the 3 classrooms but thanks to Mr. Vell Paari who looked into it immediatelly andgt the land approved . The construction is already in progress .

I hope the MI club members who gathered with me earlier this year at the school before we started this project will be there to join me again once more at the end of the completion of the project .

Friends we have done it . We have made the change . I thank all of you who believed in me whenyou sponsore generously and all of you for walking along with me . Thank you .

Dr.Sreedharan.

People like you and me can make a difference. The above is a living proof. SJKT Ladang Lauderdale  was first highlighted in April with a second report in August. Within a year, you have brought a difference to the lives of the children.

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