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Statistics on 2008 public university intake

June 19th, 2008
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Breakdown of critical course intake for local universities 2008/2009.

Field Bumiputra Chinese Indian Total
No. % No. % No. %
Medicine 491 52.80 359 38.60 80 8.60 930
Dentistry 119 58.05 79 38.54 7 3.41 205
Pharmacy 145 50.00 140 48.28 5 1.72 290
Electronic Eng 570 56.32 389 38.44 53 5.24 1012
Chemical Eng 501 61.93 272 33.62 36 4.45 809
Law 203 58.67 116 33.52 27 7.80 346
Accountancy 386 39.59 543 55.69 46 4.72 975
Total 2415 52.88 1898 41.56 254 5.56 4567

some of the data taken from The Star  (hard copy)

My analysis:

– For critical courses, Indian students make up 5.56% of the overall intake, which is 254 students out of 4567.

– Overall Indian intake is 6.84%. Meaning out of 40,184 students,  about 2749 students are Indians.

– Total Indian students who are offered non-critical courses is 2749-254 =  2495 (90.76% of total students)

– Overall Bumiputra intake is 62.19%, which is 24,990 out of 40,184 successful students.

– Total Bumiputra students offered non-critical courses is 24,990 – 2415 =  22,575 (90.33% of total students)

– Overall Chinese intake is 30.97%, which is 12,445 out of 40,184 successful students. » Read more: Statistics on 2008 public university intake

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HINDRAF unhappy with Penang Government

June 19th, 2008
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It looks like all the struggle by Hindraf leaders to highlight the problems of marginalised Indians in the country have gone unnoticed.

Hindraf should initiate a meeting with Lim Guan Eng, and come out with some proposals as well if possible. Perhaps they are looking for some sort of affirmative action, like special allocation for the community when distributing licenses, permits, shop lots, funds etc.

Penang Govt can do more, says Hindraf

GEORGE TOWN: The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) is disappointed with the DAP-led state government for not coming up with any firm plan to help Indians since coming to power 100 days ago.

Its national coordinator R.S. Thanenthiran said the Indian community was “sad and frustrated” over the lack of commitment by state government leaders.

“Yes, the state government has ushered in changes on several fronts but it has not significantly improved the socio-economic standing of the Indian community,” he said when contacted here yesterday.

“It looks like all the struggle by Hindraf leaders to highlight the problems of marginalised Indians in the country have gone unnoticed.”

Thanenthiran, who congratulated Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng in conjunction with his 100 days in office, said the Indian community still had high hopes that something would be done soon for the community.  “We are still waiting to see how the state can help Indians in areas such as creating more business opportunities,” he said.

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Liar Samy Vellu condemns Mahathir, yet again

June 19th, 2008
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just before the elections, Mahathir condemned Samy Vellu, saying Samy never did much for the community. Samy still kept quiet.  If one can recall all the way back to 2006, Samy was quoted By Nanban and Makkal Osai as saying in his speech during Johor MIC Convention that:

Mahathir had promised ‘this and that but in the end told the community nehi (‘no’ in Hindi)’.

He later denied making such statements, and planned to sue the two dailies. MIC supporters also burnt the newspapers and threatened the offices of the dailies. He called up Mahathir and explained the situation to him. The following day, he clarified via Malaysiakini:

MIC president S Samy Vellu today said that former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad had done a lot for the Indian Malaysian community during his 22-year tenure.

The veteran politician, who telephoned malaysiakini from Sarawak, claimed that his statements were distorted by Tamil dailies Makkal Osai and Malaysia Nanban.  The dailies reported that Samy Vellu told MIC delegates at a party convention in Johor on Tuesday that Mahathir did not do anything for the community and had failed to keep his promises made under the Eighth Malaysia Plan (8MP).

“For the information of malaysiakini readers, I hold Mahathir as a high-esteemed leader in my heart. Anything he ordered, we did right away,” said Samy Vellu, who is also works minister.  “He (Mahathir) is a great leader who has helped us (the Indian Malaysian community) a lot,” he added.

Among others, Samy Vellu said, the former premier had given the community RM120 million to build a university, RM8 million for the Tafe college in Seremban and money to build 60 Tamil schools nationwide.

“On several occasions, he (Mahathir) had done his best for the community,” he stressed  “It was unfortunate that down the line some of these were not carried out and we did not achieve the three percent equity target under the 8MP,” he added » Read more: Liar Samy Vellu condemns Mahathir, yet again

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Prof Ramasamy for all community

June 19th, 2008
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Reiterating his earlier statement, Prof Ramasamy clarifies that he represents all community, not only Indians. There have been heavy criticism from Indian DAP members themselves, which Prof attributed to a minority voice of discontent. There were also unhappiness when he supposedly said that “he did not represent the indian community”, which Prof Ramasamy denied.

 “However, they cannot expect us to resolve all the problems involving Indians overnight. We have to handle the situation delicately.

“I have been trying hard to change the mindset of not only the Indians, but also other races. We have adopted a multiracial approach to handling issues. I am an Indian, but I don’t hold an Indian affairs portfolio.

“Many Indians still come and see me because of their mindset that Rama (Ramasamy) is an Indian and he must be in charge of Indian affairs.

“I tell them, look, the state government represents all communities and if they have problems involving local government issues, they have to see the executive council member in charge of that.

“It is difficult to satisfy every wish of all segments of society, but we are trying our best. We are taking a gradual approach to right the wrongs and make Penang a glorious place to live in once again.”

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Kids without birth cert expelled from tamil schools

June 17th, 2008
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Well, i think the community should learn from illegal immigrants on how they go their PR and other documents. Interested parties who are concerned for the community can set up a fund to pay for such documents. I’m sure there are many syndicates who can help 🙂 Depending on the relevant agencies will take forever, so might as well look for alternative avenues. The foreigners are enjoying more benefit due to their “initiatives”. Why not learn from them?

Remember just before election, MIC Youth hijacked an independent group’s (Makkal Sakthi?) programme and went around the nation to register Indians without identity documents? Wonder what happened to those applications. Wait for next election campaign is it?

Since Pakatan had taken over Selangor, Perak, Penang and Kedah, all states with high number of Indians, perhaps they should re-initiate action to get people without proper identification documents registered. Even when MIC Youth held the program in Klang, many people from other races also turned up. So, this is a common problem among the poor and rural inhabitants.

School kids expelled for not having birth certs
Indrani Kopal | Jun 17, 08 2:08pm

http://malaysiakini.com/news/84592

Human rights and social welfare groups are increasingly concerned that up to 40,000 ‘paperless’ Indian Malaysian children in Selangor may be deprived of an education.

Last year, 13 students who failed to produce their birth certificates were expelled from their Tamil primary school – the SRJK (T) Vallambrosa in Kapar. » Read more: Kids without birth cert expelled from tamil schools

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