Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Similar stuff since I started going to school. Every AGM or general assembly will have similar requests – special units/agencies, convert Tamil schools status, more allocation for PNB shares, more places in public service, more airtime for Tamil programs, more allocation for entrepreneurs, public holiday for Thaipusam, and so on. Some were successful, others not. Let’s see if this one succeeds.
The MIC has asked the Government to set up units in several departments to resolve the problems of the Indian community.
Party deputy president Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said this was necessary as the Government’s delivery mechanism was too slow in coping with the increasing problems of the community.
Dr Subramaniam, who is also Human Resources Minister, said the party had briefed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on the MIC request.
One request is to set up an agency in the Finance Ministry to increase the participation of Indians in the national economy, Dr Subramaniam said after opening the joint MIC Youth, Wanita, Puteri and Putera convention here yesterday.
In his speech, he told the four wings to reach out to professionals, the business community and university students.
“These people have distanced themselves from the party and have now become our biggest critics. If we can convince them, they will become our biggest supporters.”
“We must also have expert groups and knowledge squads to collect and disseminate information on Government projects and programmes to the ground,” he said.
In a resolution passed at the end of the MIC Youth assembly, the movement requested the Government appoint an Indian officer in ministries to handle the community’s affairs.
It was among nine resolutions approved at the meeting, which also included a call for stern legal action against Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali who had allegedly made racially-biased statements.
The wing also called for increased alllocations for the improvement of the 523 Tamil schools in the country as well as a religious department to handle non-Muslim affairs.
It also asked for an additional Cabinet post as well as a seat in the Pahang state executive council for the MIC.
source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/7/18/nation/9120795&sec=nation
