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HINDRAF unhappy with Pakatan Rakyat in Perak

July 10th, 2008
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HINDRAF is unhappy because only 48 Indian councillors were selected from a total of 338 appointed by Perak on Monday. The rest are as follows: 134 Chinese, 124 Malays, five representatives from special groups, such as Orang Asli and disabled people, and 27 from NGOs.

Surely the disabled and NGO representatives are from one race or another right?

According to HINDRAF’ memorandum sent to Menteri Besar Nizar, 60 councillors were promised to be from the Indian community, but only 48 were selected in the end. This is just 7 more than the number of councillor under the previous government. The delegation to submit memorandum was led by Perak Hindraf coordinator Vathe Murthi.

Further more, figures from Statistics Department indicate that 13% of the state’s population (300,000) are Indians.

Hindraf wants the new government to revert back to its promise and also initiate affirmative policies to provide vast opportunities in all fields in both public and private sectors to marginalised Indians.

It’s pointless to merely talk on correcting the wrongs done by the
previous BN state government when one failed to prove it’s a government
with a difference.

HINDRAF warned that Nizar should act firmly, fairly and meet its demands. If not the movement may resort to other means (demonstration) to voice their satisfaction. Pakatan should not forget the contribution of Makkal Sakthi, says its coordinator.

Can Hindraf cause another tsunami, this time in Perak? Can Pakatan be rattled or toppled by Makkal Sakthi?

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No Temple Demolishment in KL Guarantee

July 10th, 2008
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This is indeed great news! However, words can be easily spoken but action is harder to implement. Not sure if Saravanan’s words carry any weight with the DBKL. There’s a committee which includes MHS and MIC which meets DBKL people on issues involving temples. I wonder if the deputy minister is referring to this committee when he meant by new policy.

According to Saravanan, temples will be relocated instead of demolishment:

We will offer an alternative piece of land to relocate temples affected by development

He gave an example of an area in Klang Valley with eight temples located in a small lane, which were affected by development work.

We gave them a piece of land to relocate and it is up to the temples’ authorities whether to build a large temple or maintain the eight at the new site

Saravanan also said that DBKL will not encourage (not allow?) new temples to be set up.

I hope they can start by settling the issue at Kampung Pandan Indian Settlement.

One can only wonder if this new policy is due to HINDRAF effect or MIC’s persuasion. No prizes for guessing the answer.

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sujatha’s death anniversary

July 10th, 2008
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I have a habit of going through the obituary section in the papers lately. A friend said its a sign of times. Getting old…. 😯

I saw that the late Sujatha’s memorial prayers will be held on Saturday 12th July 2008. She passed away after falling down from a high rise building on 25th June 2007.

Who is she? Well, google and you’ll know.

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Poobalan on THR Raaga

July 10th, 2008
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Yeah, it was me on THR this morning, though I had problem recognizing my own voice! Do I sound that bad? 😆 Even though I had talked on Minnal FM and also appeared  on a song request program in Astro Vaanavil previously, the butterflies are still there!

The short phone interview was aired at about 7.45am, so I doubt many would have been tuned to THR. It was a pleasant surprise when friends SMSed me after hearing it. Hmmm..didn’t know you guys were THR listeners 🙂

Actually, the interview was recorded yesterday noon. DJ Uthaya called at about lunch time, and together with DJ Ananda, he posed some questions on blogging. They were going to talk about alternative media and wanted to highlight blogging to the Indian community (or something like that). I was busy with some work, so just shot off whatever came into my head. I mentioned about the reasons people blog, meaning of blog, gave my URL, example of bloggers who make money blogging, and before I knew it, the interview was over. Just about 3 minutes.

Before I had chance to ask how they got my number or when the interview will (if at all) be aired, the call ended. So, I had no clues at all.

My questions on how they managed to contact me was answered later at night. First I thought it was those Putera MIC fellas who are organising Manya Awards, but it was another blogger, Selian.

Well, I hope my tiny weeny contribution will motivate more people, especially from the Indian community to start blogging. You can blog about anything. If you need help, just drop me an email. [Updated: email address]

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Alex sacked from MIC

July 9th, 2008
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This was expected. After challenging Samy Vellu, criticising him openly and making police reports against him, Alex paid the price. The decision to expel him is supposedly due to not remitting collected funds, and also for acting detrimental to party image. It seems Alex did not attend the disciplinary meeting twice. First time was due sickness, and second time due to prior engagements. He informed the committee on both occasions.

Committee chairman Tan Sri Vadiveloo said both (another guy, Mookan, was sacked as well) have two weeks to appeal the expulsion to the party’s central working committee.

According to NST, several party members have questioned the haste in expelling the duo. “It was done so that Thiagarasan will not be at the party’s annual general meeting (AGM) this Saturday, where he is likely to ask many questions,” said one member. Another said the committee could have easily given him another date, as he was given only three days notice of the new date for the hearing.

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