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Ex- Judge addresses Putera MIC

July 5th, 2007
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Aim high, youths advised

By A. LETCHUMANAN

RETIRED High Court judge R.K. Nathan has urged Putera MIC members to set their goals very high so that even if they did not quite reach their target, they would have achieved something.  

Nathan, who was addressing 300 Selangor Putera MIC members in Kuala Lumpur recently, told them about his early days.  

He said he was inspired to take up law after seeing Englishmen dressed in lawyer's robes, complete with wigs, rushing to court as he was on his way home from St John’s Institution in the early 1950s.  

Treasured advice: Nathan (right) studying a document shown by Selangor Putera MIC chief S. Kamaleswaran. Looking on are Putera MIC chief coordinator P. Kamalanathan (partly hidden) and secretary Mahaganapathy Dass (second from left).

“I set my goal then that I would become a lawyer. After completing the ‘O’ Levels, I told my father that I wanted to study law but my father, who was a clerk, said he did not have the money.  

“When I was in Form Six, there was an elocution contest but I was not considered. So I decided to train on my own with the help of a teacher. 

“I managed to win the elocution contest and the following year, had the honour of being appointed a prefect, a post usually reserved for students whose parents made donations to the school,” he said. 

He later attended a teacher-training course in Liverpool and was posted to a rural school in Dungun, Terengganu upon his return. 

Nathan never forgot his ambition of becoming a lawyer. He sat for an entrance examination for mature students wishing to study law at the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore in 1960. 

Informed that he was placed second and offered a place to study law he rushed to Kuala Terengganu to get approval from the state education director but was told to pay back RM10,000 before taking up the course. So, Nathan studied law part-time and qualified as a lawyer in 1969. 

Nathan called on youths not to waste the facilities and opportunities they had.  

Earlier, Putera MIC coordinator P. Kamalanathan said about 3,100 youths had signed up as members since its inception in February.  

Selangor Putera MIC chief S. Kamaleswaran said various programmes would be held for the benefit of the members as well as the Indian community. 

“We are also planning for an Internet bloggers workshop for Indians in Kuala Lumpur next month,” he said.

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Malaysian Poverty Rate is 5.7%

July 5th, 2007
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from 60% to 5.7% is good achievement considering it took only 50 years to do that.
 
 Now, has our poverty bar remained the same or moved minimally only. If i'm not mistaken poverty line is around RM600 in urban area. is this an acceptable level? Should it be raised, and if yes to what amount? If we raise the poverty line, surely the percentage will increase.
 
Should we have different rates for bumi and non-bumi since bumis get privileges, subsidies, and discounts in many areas?
 
 
 
Pak Lah: Be a caring society

By JANE RITIKOS

KUALA LUMPUR: Be a caring society. Do not think twice about doing charity for the poor, regardless of their race and creed. 

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi made this plea to all Malaysians to help the Government wipe out poverty in the country. 

The Prime Minister wants everyone to progress together. 

"I am proud to see, throughout the nation, people of all races and religions, who show a caring attitude towards those who are less fortunate than them.  

"When giving charity, they do not think of the poor in terms of race or religion. 

"They give whatever they can, whether the amount is big or small. 

"I would like this to continue to be a part of the Malaysian attitude," he said at the Poverty Eradication Foundation (Yayasan Basmi Kesmiskinan) dinner here last night. 

The Prime Minister also launched a fund-raising drive for the foundation's special children's education centre. 

Abdullah said the fight against poverty had always been a serious matter for the Government. 

"This is reflected in the poverty level, which has significantly reduced from over 60% of the population at the time of Independence to 5.7% of the people at present," he said. 

"The Government's poverty eradication policy has always disregarded race and religious factors," he said, adding that the country's achievement was recognised by the United Nation's Millennium Development Report that named Malaysia as the best country in efforts to eradicate poverty.  

"We will continue to wipe out poverty.  

"Our aim is zero hardcore poor people by 2010 and I hope we can achieve this together," he said. 

Abdullah presented the foundation's first award to a personality who had championed the cause of eradicating poverty.  

The award, Anugerah Tokoh Basmi Kemiskinan YAB Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan, was given to Rural and Regional Development Ministry advisor Datuk Paduka Rahmah Abu Kassim. 

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Sivaji The Boss – Rajini 2.0

July 2nd, 2007
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Rajini 2.0 : The modern, IT savvy, hip and cool updated version of Rajini.

Sivaji the Boss, or Bachelor of Social Service was in the making for a long time, and its arrival was hugely talked about all over the world among the Indians. It was released about three weeks back. This movie created a few records – costliest Indian movie ever (60++ millions rupees), Rajini’s 100th Tamil movie, first movie combining Shankar, AR Rahman, and Rajini, and many more.

I was at One Utama, in a half full Cineplex. And it was the most quiet Tamil movie crowd I have ever heard. We were all fascinated and enthralled by various aspects of the movie – fairer Rajini, Shreya, the settings etc. » Read more: Sivaji The Boss – Rajini 2.0

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More committees to solve temple and Tamil schools problems

June 29th, 2007
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only word that stands out is committee. i remember MHS having a committee to discuss temple demolition. Then followed by Perak or Penang which asked its EXCO to lead a committee for temple relocation etc. Now, MIC want to have another set of committee…
 
Assume 3 schools merge into one -> 150 schools become 50 schools. 523 – 150 + 50 = 423 schools. We also seem to hear MIC always discussing with education ministry. What is the outcome of these discussions so far?
 
 
 
MIC wants space in new housing estates for temples
Minderjeet Kaur
source
KUALA LUMPUR, Fri:
 

MIC will ask for space for Hindu temples at new housing estates where there are a lot of Hindus, to stop the sprouting of illegal temples nationwide.

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said illegal temples were becoming a major issue within the Indian community.

"They will continue building illegal temples unless we provide them space in their housing estate," he said after chairing the MIC central working committee here yesterday.

He said MIC also wanted to combine smaller temples and would propose that the government provide additional land for this purpose.

For a start, he said MIC state Exco members from each state would be asked to set up a committee which would be directed to meet every temple head and compile the feedback.
 

"The committee will also inform the temple heads not to build any illegal temples."

Samy Vellu said the party was looking at merging partially-aided schools with fewer than 50 pupils.

"Some schools have three teachers with four pupils. We are proposing to merge some of the smaller schools to increase the number of pupils," he said, adding the party would work on merging some 150 small schools.

"With the increase in number of students, we can ask for government assistance to provide more facilities in these schools."

He said the move would allow them to monitor and enhance the educational level of the students and provide transport for those staying far from their schools.

On the discussions by party leaders with Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein on the future of these schools, he said: "We discussed problems faced by some of these small schools. Some teachers do not receive salaries and schools are running without any facilities."

He said MIC would organise talks with headmasters and the parent-teacher associations from these schools to get their feedback and ways to improve the standards of the schools.

He added some of schools saw a decline in the number of students after most of the former estate workers migrated to cities.

"Previously, these schools had 120 to 150 students. But after the migration, the number has dropped drastically."

There are 523 Tamil schools nationwide.

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Schoolgirl’s heavy burden – works to support family

June 28th, 2007
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Schoolgirl’s heavy burden
 

KUALA LUMPUR: With ailing parents and two school-going siblings to care for, Form Four student R. Yogeswary is forced to work as a part-time sales promoter.  

After classes, she would return to her Desa Mentari home at Old Klang Road, complete her homework and rush to work in the city centre.  

“I earn RM16 working four hours as a sales promoter. I spend RM2 for bus fare and the balance is used to buy food for the family,” she told a press conference.  » Read more: Schoolgirl’s heavy burden – works to support family

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