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Murugiah with new foundation for Tamil schools

May 28th, 2008
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The new minister Murugiah announces something interesting – a foundation for tamil schools. Not to be confused with Tamil Foundation. The Tamil School Foundation (TSF)  will “look into the welfare and maintenance” of the 523 schools. Many questions arises from this statement:

– why are the public expected to use their money when its the responsibility of the government to “look into welfare and maintenance” of the schools? Unless of course, this is a supportive body and not meant to relieve the relevant bodies of their responsibilities

–  Would the foundation come under any particular authorities or be an NGO kind of entity?

– is it a registered body?

– Why not use existing channels like EWRF, Tamil Foundation, PTAs, Tamil School Headmasters Association, etc?

I guess we have to wait for more details, but hopefully it will answer the questions above. Of course, there’s still the question on who will handle the money. We’ll leave it for another day. » Read more: Murugiah with new foundation for Tamil schools

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MIC solves Bukit Raja estate workers problem

May 28th, 2008
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Samy likes to use “I” all the time. Its always about him. If he is not around, no more MIC. Samy is MIC. MIC is Samy. Anyways, congrats for solving this problem. Next election got little bit of hope now. Sime Darby also did not drag this for long, just 12 years.

A 12-year resettlement dispute between property developer and plantation giant, Sime Darby Bhd, and workers of Bukit Raja Estate in Klang, finally came to an end when both parties reached a settlement following the intervention of MIC.
MIC President Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the workers had accepted the land offered by Sime Darby to build their homes.

“I met the representatives of the workers and Sime Darby yesterday and they agreed that the workers will be provided with their agreed choice of house on the land,” he said in a statement today. Samy Vellu said Sime Darby would soon issue offer letters to the workers.

Before the last general election, Samy Vellu said he and Putera Umno chief Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim visited the estate following complaints that the Bukit Raja Tamil School was without a playground.  I requested Sime Darby to allocate a two-acre (0.8ha) land to build the playground and a two-storey building for the school,” he said. “I also asked the company to hand over the land where the school is currently located to the Education Ministry for the school to be converted into a fully-aided school.

“All the requests were agreed to by Sime Darby but the housing problem was not solved as the estate workers did not want to accept the land offered by the company. “But now the housing issue has been resolved and I urge the workers to cooperate with Sime Darby,” he added.

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HINDRAF supports Bangsa Malaysia

May 28th, 2008
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BUTTERWORTH: The Government should implement the Bangsa Malaysia concept to give equal opportunities to all Malaysians, Hindu Rights Action Front national co-ordinator R.S. Thanenthiran said. He said the concept, which recognised a citizen not by his colour, religion or his cultural background, could help promote greater unity.

“We should give the Bangsa Malaysia concept a chance. Political parties should no longer be race-based. “Politicians should also stop using racial and religious sentiments that could disunite the people,” he said yesterday.

On Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said it was important for Malaysians to identify themselves as Bangsa Malaysia and not by their race.

Thanenthiran also called on Indian youths to continue using tolerance, patience, love and peace in their approach to resolve problems.

“Similarly, we wish the Government will accept our requests to sit down and talk amicably about Hindraf’s concerns,” he said.

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goblok, oops go blog MIC

May 28th, 2008
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From a scenario where bloggers were either stupid or bored housewives, it has become a fashionable “in” thing. Ex menteri besars, ex prime minister, election losers,  election winners,  political wannabes, all have taken the plunge. But  its not easy to blog. We have seen how Ali Rustam cheated by saying his blog had problem when in fact he blocked all comments on his posting. And the replies Toyo got for his postings. Now, MIC is planning to do the same! God bless them.

MIC should be informed that having blogs is not the issues, but how the media is used, the honesty and the willingness to accept criticism. A domain name is not a guarantee of winning back the lost respect and name.

First, MIC needs to update its website. Its latest news (when i wrote this piece) was dated 3rd March.

As for blogging, I hope it does not backfire and totally humiliate MIC in cyberspace. They must remember that they can’t bully nor intimidate anyone in cyberspace. Selective comment approval also will be easily exposed.

Samy should try to get some prominent bloggers to give they leaders a thorough course on blogging. Unfortunately, all the prominent bloggers seems to be pro-Malaysian and anti-BN. They have MIC leaders like Murugesan and Kamalanathan who blog, so should ask these guys to knock some sense into Samy’s plans before it becomes an utter disaster. Of course, I’m available as well 🙂

Or would they make use of third persons to run blogs on their behalf?

Err..before going on to cyberspace, it would be great if MIC organises language courses for its elected reps, branch and division heads! Let them communicate well in real world before venturing into cyberworld. » Read more: goblok, oops go blog MIC

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Interview with John Fernandez MP Seremban

May 28th, 2008
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MP Writes: Seeking solutions for the people
By : John Fernandez (DAP-Seremban)
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I AM a founder member of the DAP and have been struggling for Malaysians since the party’s formation in 1966. I joined the late Devan Nair, Dr Chen Man Hin, Lim Kit Siang and Liew Ah Kim to found DAP but left the party for 14 years following differences with the leadership. I rejoined in 2000.

I served as state assemblyman for the then Rasah state seat from 1974 to 1978, have lost several elections as both a DAP candidate and an independent, and now serve as Seremban MP on a DAP ticket.

In all this time, I have seen, and continue to see, many issues come to head – issues afflicting my constituents as well as Malaysians in general. » Read more: Interview with John Fernandez MP Seremban

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