Liar Samy Vellu condemns Mahathir, yet again

/* June 19th, 2008 by poobalan | View blog reactions 4 comments »
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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 by poobalan | View blog reactions No comments »
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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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Devamany criticises Hishamuddin over Tamil schools land

/* June 18th, 2008 by poobalan | View blog reactions 5 comments »
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Looks like Devamany has the same opinion as me 🙂 He subtly hits back at Hishamuddin by saying that:

THE ruling Barisan Nasional Government should work proactively to allocate land for Tamil schools first, before asking Pakatan Rakyat state governments to allocate such land.

He said many Tamil schools were situated on private land and the Barisan Government should take over these schools and convert them into fully aided ones.

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Earlier, Hishamuddin was questioning non-action by Pakatan states on land allocation for vernacular and religious schools.

Hopefully he is not reprimanded again.

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infants suffer due to price hike

/* June 18th, 2008 by poobalan | View blog reactions No comments »
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Aiyoo…very sad to read about this! Babies also suffer since infant formula is quite expensive. I went for grocery shopping last week (first time after price hike) and found many things are more expensive. Even toilet tissue and tissue paper increased about 25%!

The idea of ration card as proposed by MHS Penang is worth considering. Maybe some sort of smart card that can verify the owner and remove chance of forgery. In this way, those who are below poverty rate can be helped directly.

Pricey infant formula forces substitute feeding

BUTTERWORTH: Some poor parents are substituting pricey infant formula with diluted condensed milk, rock sugar water, black coffee and plain tea, to feed their infants and toddlers.

Malaysia Hindu Sangam (Penang) Social and Welfare Committee chairman P. Murugiah said parents with low income of under RM1,500 and with an average of three children, have reduced feeding infant formula from five times a day to only twice a day.

“They substitute the remaining feeding periods with other drinks,” he said.

He claimed that poor mothers could not produce breast milk as they were undernourished. “The price of infant formula has gone up by about 80% in the last two years, with one brand rising from RM9 to RM16.50 per 650gm,” Murugiah said.

He said the sangam and a few other non-governmental organisations have been giving milk powder aid to at least 30 families since last year.  “We believe there are more families who need such aid,” he said.

Murugiah urged the Government to help set up a scheme to make infant milk more affordable to such families.

He said the plight of these families would worsen if the Government removed essential grocery items from its price control list.”Basic items, such as rice, sugar and flour should be made affordable especially to this group of people.

“The Government should introduce a ration card system, such as is practised in India, to allow the lower income group to buy essential food items at reduced prices,” he said.

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Kids without birth cert expelled from tamil schools

/* June 17th, 2008 by poobalan | View blog reactions No comments »
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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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