Indian quota for civil service

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KUALA LUMPUR: MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu wants at least eight per cent of civil servants to be Indians. He said the number of Indians hired as civil servants fluctuated between 3.5 per cent and less than five per cent every year. “It is only fair if we have about eight per cent representation in the civil service as that should be sufficient to look into the problems plaguing the Indian community,” he said after chairing the party’s central working committee meeting at the MIC headquarters here yesterday. » Read more: Indian quota for civil service

HINDRAF 5 appeal hearing Day 2

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the hearing continued today with Gani Patail making his submission. the judgement panel deferred the verdict to another undetermined date. more waiting time for the community! » Read more: HINDRAF 5 appeal hearing Day 2

non malay assistant penghulu in Kedah

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We can see the duel between BN and opposition enter another area – the villages. This crucial component of development aid focus promises business opportunity and platform for publicity/political career.  The state goverment will try to hire their own people, while the federal government will try to keep their appointees one way or another. We may end up seeing more red tapes, job titles, overlapping duties, power struggles etc, when each coalition puts up its own people. » Read more: non malay assistant penghulu in Kedah

new secretariat to handle non Muslim worship places in Selangor

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The [Selangor] executive council has also today set up a three-member secretariat comprising executive councillors Teresa Kok, Dr Xavier Jeyakumar and Liu to handle issues relating to non-Muslim places of worship. According to Xavier, the secretariat has already received numerous complaints from temples representatives as well as trustees regarding problems involving land.  He said the secretariat will work with non-government organisations and religious bodies on the issue of building new temples and would bring the matter to the exco meeting for the final decision. “We will study whether there is a need for them. If they are necessary, we will give approval (to build them),” he said.

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Pahang to review non Muslim worship place

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What caught my eye was the word ‘liberal”. The article implies things were not so rosy before this in Pahang. On one side we have applications being rejected, and on the other hand we read the “committee on places of worship” will meet more regularly (not to reject more application i guess). So if anything goes wrong now, we can blame the State Secretary. » Read more: Pahang to review non Muslim worship place