In another report, the paper said UMW Holdings Bhd and RV Global Sdn Bhd have signed a deal to build medium-cost houses for 136 former estate workers on a 3.71ha piece of land in Serendah Estate in Selangor.
The deal, signed on Wednesday, provides for UMW to allocate the land and for RV Global to build the homes.
Women. Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Datuk G. Palanivel witnessed the signing.
He urged other plantation companies to emulate UMW, which, he said, has the interest of the workers at heart.
Palanivel, who is MIC deputy president, said the Government and the party welcomed the move, which would help poor estate workers.
He hoped UMW would provide an addition 0.9ha of land for a Tamil school.