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Improving education tops list of MCA Youth resolutions

August 19th, 2007
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anything we can learn from here? or is it all eyewash only?
 
Improving education tops list of resolutions

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MALACCA: Science and Mathematics papers for next year’s Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examinations should be in Chinese for Chinese schools, with teachers posted there being fluent in the language.

These were among 12 resolutions passed at the 44th MCA Youth Convention here yesterday.

Some of the other resolutions called for:

• action against teachers who gave tuition to be stopped;
• more places in matriculation to non-Bumiputeras;
• a serious look into the methods of calculating co-curriculum points for STPM students;
• support for moves by the MCA to get more Public Services Department scholarships for Chinese students;
• a proper method of selecting contractors to prevent cases of shoddy workmanship in government offices and buildings with Chinese contractors encouraged to participate in tender exercises, and
• the Internal Security Ministry and the police to be more effective in public safety.

Meanwhile, Wee Meng Chee, the Malaysian undergraduate in Taiwan, whose infamous rendering of the Negaraku thrust him into the limelight, featured prominently in debates at the meeting.

MCA Youth head Datuk Liow Tiong Lai called on Malaysians to allow the attorney-general to study the case.

"We do not want this matter to be used as a racial issue. We want it to be resolved amicably," he said.

Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin, who was a guest, agreed that the issue should be resolved amicably

"We in Umno have our opinion while our counterparts in MCA Youth have their opinion. We can sit down and talk it over while allowing the law to take its course."

MIC welcomes Abdullah’s rebuttal to allegations

August 18th, 2007
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KUALA LUMPUR: The MIC has welcomed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's rebuttal to allegations that the Government had failed to help the Indian community. 

Its president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the party thanked Abdullah for giving the true picture that Barisan Nasional had always assisted the Indian community to advance economically and socially. 

Abdullah had on Thursday expressed disappointment that there were groups still claiming that the Indian community was 50 years behind the others, despite continuous efforts by the Government to address its needs. 

He was commenting on a memorandum submitted by a group saying that the Government had failed to help the Indian community. 

Samy Vellu, who is also the Works Minister, said any fair-minded person could acknowledge the many achievements of the Indian community in economics, religion, education and social aspects. 

“Thousands of temples were constructed or rebuilt, all with the help of the Barisan government.  

“Thousands of Indian students have also undergone and are undergoing tertiary education in public and private universities while the MIC alone has created 32,000 semi-professionals through its TAFE College in Seremban,” he added.  

Samy Vellu said the MIC would safeguard the legitimate rights of the Indian community with the continuous support of the people and party members. 

Education and Crime to top MCA AGM

August 17th, 2007
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both the Sun and Star focused on MCA’s AGM coming Sunday. Among the hot topics expected are related to education, crime prevention and economic opportunities. In fact, education matters are paramount to them till it takes up more than half of the resolutions proposed.

MCA is also worried about the support from the community since tension rising from antics of UMNO. In the end, MCA suffers since the chinese voters are not like the malays or indian voters who follow blindly. DAP will gain when MCA has a problem. Only option is for BN to field non-chinese candidates to fight DAP in their areas. But that would mean exchange of seats which will not go down well with other components.

THE STAR: Crime among the hot topics at MCA annual general assembly

By LOONG MENG YEE and NG SI HOOI
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KUALA LUMPUR: Fighting crime will be among the main topics for debate by delegates to the 54th MCA annual general assembly, said party secretary-general Datuk Ong Ka Chuan.

He said the rising crime rate was also likely to be discussed. “People are very concerned about the crime rate in areas such as Johor Baru. We want to come out with crime prevention programmes as well as work with police to combat crime,” he said in an interview.

Ong added that many of the resolutions received from the grassroots touched on public safety. “The community is worried. They are calling for a stronger police presence. There are even suggestions of starting night patrols. “The high presence of foreign workers is also very worrying, especially the ease with which they can gain employment as security guards.”

On Sunday, 2,341 delegates will attend the assembly, which is expected to be opened by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, at the Dewan San Choon here.

There have been many resolutions submitted on the economic sector calling for equal opportunity to participate in national economic programmes such as the Iskandar Development Region in Johor and Government projects under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

“Another area of potential for the Chinese community is the modern agriculture sector. This will especially be attractive for rural youth and get them to stay in their home towns.”

THE SUN: Chinese support to dominate MCA debates
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Giam Say Khoon
PETALING JAYA (Aug 16, 2007): Chinese support for the MCA is expected to dominate the debates at the party’s annual general assembly (AGM) on Sunday.
According to an aide of MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, the party chief will focus on topics relating to the political strength of the Chinese community.

The source said the Chinese community always voted for opposition parties when it wants to disagree or show dissatisfaction to the ruling parties and “current sentiments don’t look good”.

“If the support (of the Chinese community) continues to split half for MCA and another half for the opposition parties, it is very worrying because they may vote emotionally just to disagree with Umno,” the source said.

The source said such sentiments of the community will weaken MCA’s voice in the Barisan Nasional, leaving the opposition to deal with Umno.

“The political relationship between the Chinese and Malays may worsen as Umno will never agree with the opposition. It is time for the Chinese community to think deeply,” the source said.

Selangor MCA organising secretary Lee Wei Kiat said the delegates would want the central leadership to five more attention to fighting crime.

“Increasing crime rates have been worrying delegates. They hope to raise the issue with central leaders so that the matter can be given priority by the Cabinet to look for more effective measures in crime prevention,” he added.

Couple dissolves marriage after wife embraces Islam

August 14th, 2007
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problem is, is the divorce via syariah court binding on the non-muslim couple and does the court has the authority? notice that the husband had filed for divorce in civil court on his behalf. of course he won't want to be caught committing bigamy if he marries again, if the registration dept does not acknowledge the syariah courts ruling.
 
thus, the couple have to divorce twice 🙂
 
anyway, this was a "happy" divorce; not one filled with children custody claims and forced conversion of children, plus the lady is the one who converted.

Couple dissolves marriage after wife embraces Islam
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By M. MAGESWARI

PETALING JAYA: A teacher and a hotel manager became the first couple in the country to dissolve their marriage amicably through the Syariah lower court after she embraced Islam.  

Today, Aishah Sandhera Abdullah @ Sandhera Debbie Kimbi, 27, from Sibu, Sarawak, applied to the Syariah lower court here to dissolve her marriage because of the change of religion.  

She made her application under Section 46(2) of the Islamic Family Law Enactment (Selangor) 2003.

The court granted the application to dissolve the marriage.  

In confirming the dissolution of the marriage for her, Syariah court judge Ghazali Ahmad praised the couple for settling the matter good-naturedly.  

According to the statement of claim, Aishah, who is the plaintiff, had married Reynolds Chua Guan Teck, 28, on May 5, 2004.  

The marriage was registered under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 as both were Christians during the period. The couple has no children.

Aishah converted to Islam on Feb 2 while the defendant was still a Christian.

The couple then could not live together under Islamic law because of the difference in religions.

She filed the summons and statement of claim on Aug 1 for the dissolution of the marriage.  

The defendant had filed a divorce petition on July 20 at the Shah Alam High Court (civil) under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act.

The Shah Alam Court has not set a date to hear the divorce matter.

Speaking to reporters later, Aishah's lawyer Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar said the case set a precedent for couples to dissolve their marriages amicably when one party converts to Islam.

He said such settlements should be encouraged as it resulted in a win-win situation for both.  

Earlier, Aishah informed Ghazali that she would attend the divorce case proceeding for Chua at the Shah Alam High Court.

Foreign workers outnumber indian community

August 13th, 2007
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The article below is from today's Berita Harian – special report. It focuses on foreign workers outnumbering the Malaysian Indians. There are 1.91 million foreign workers and only 1.88 million Indians. So, there are roughly 30,000 more foreigners now, not including the estimate 400,000 illegal workers and another 10,000 in immigration detention depots.
 
According to the report as well, the Indian community's growth is slow due to late marriages and reduction in fertility among Indian women. However, the foreigners are expected to increase due to the demands for labor in 9th Malaysian Plan, with an estimated 1.2 million new workers needed.
 
In 2009, it is expected that foreign workers will be more than 2 million, while Indian population will be at 1.93 million. According to Immigration Department, there's an influx of 7,000 new foreign workers every month and is expected to increase regularly.
 
The report also stated that the current population stands at 27.17 million (Malays – 13.77m/50.68%; Chinese – 6.3m/23.19%; Other Bumiputras – 2.9m/10.67%; Indians – 1.88m/6.90%; others – 326,000/1.20%; foreigners – 1.91m/7.03%)
 
In 2009, the population is expected to reach 28.306 million (Malays – 14.409m/50.90%; Chinese – 6.437m/22.74%; Other Bumiputras – 3.128m/11.05%; Indians – 1.939m/6.85%; others – 340,000/1.20%; foreigners – 2.051m/7.25%)
 
Q: What does this comparison mean?
 
A. time to move on to greener pastures?
B. Time to reduce foreign workers?
C. Foreigners will start to demand more rights/privileges?
D. Foreigners will overtake Indian-monopolied crime rates?
E. Country have to fork out more $$ to handle foreigner workers – hospitals, public transport, schools, housing, etc.?
F. We are now officially "lain -lain"?

Laporan Khas: Pekerja asing melebihi masyarakat India

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Oleh Azrul Affandi Sobry

KUALA LUMPUR: Jumlah pekerja asing dalam pelbagai sektor di negara ini kini lebih ramai daripada masyarakat India, iaitu kaum ketiga terbesar di Malaysia.

Berdasarkan statistik sehingga 30 Jun lalu yang dikeluarkan Jabatan Imigresen dan Bahagian Perangkaan Demografi Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia, jumlah pekerja asing mencecah 1.91 juta manakala masyarakat India 1.88 juta.

 
Jumlah itu tidak termasuk lebih 400,000 pendatang asing yang dipercayai memasuki negara ini secara haram serta hampir 10,000 tahanan di depoh imigresen.

Malah, menurut sumber Bahagian Perangkaan Demografi, pertambahan penduduk India di negara ini agak perlahan berikutan beberapa faktor termasuk pengurangan tahap kesuburan wanita dan perkahwinan dalam usia lewat.

 
Pertambahan pekerja asing pula dijangka meningkat secara mendadak berikutan pelaksanaan pelbagai projek pembangunan sepanjang Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9).

Statistik unjuran kadar pertambahan penduduk menunjukkan menjelang 2009 pekerja asing di negara ini akan melebihi dua juta orang, sedangkan masyarakat India ketika itu hanya seramai 1.93 juta.

Kenyataan itu disokong statistik Jabatan Imigresen yang menunjukkan pengambilan pekerja asing bertambah 7,000 orang setiap bulan dan dijangka terus meningkat dari semasa ke semasa.

Unjuran itu juga menunjukkan penduduk Malaysia kini berjumlah 27.17 juta orang dengan masyarakat Melayu masih menjadi kaum majoriti, iaitu 13.77 juta, Bumiputera lain (2.9 juta), Cina (6.3 juta), India (1.88 juta), lain-lain (326,000) dan bukan warga negara atau pekerja asing ( 1.91 juta).

Pada 2009 pula penduduk negara ini dijangka meningkat kepada 28.306 juta orang dengan masyarakat Melayu berjumlah 14.409 juta, Bumiputera lain (3.128 juta), Cina (6.437 juta), India (1.939 juta), lain-lain (340,000) dan bukan warga negara atau pekerja asing ( 2.051 juta).

Timbalan Menteri Sumber Manusia, Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakar, berkata pertambahan pekerja asing memang tidak dapat dielakkan, terutama dalam RMK-9 yang memerlukan lebih 1.2 juta pekerja baru bagi memastikan semua sektor dapat digerakkan dengan lancar.