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Interesting statistics on Indian community

September 13th, 2009
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Not sure if the statistics are from 2002 or have been updated.

Academicians and professional Indians took pains to seek solutions to the long-standing problems among Indians at the Millennium Conference for Malaysian Indians in 2002.

Working papers and proposals of an action plan were passed to MIC, but nothing fruitful came out of it. [Its obvious where these papers end up; Samy said nothing much happened for past two decades.]

“There are proposals we want MIC to take up… to get things moving.

“There’s got to be implementation of specific policies to introduce change, not just mere talk,” says academician Professor Datuk Dr C.P. Ramachandran.

While listing the negative statistics that Indians feature highest in his keynote address at the conference, Ramachandran also highlighted statistics that are far from depressing, like the Indians constituting 15.5 per cent of professionals in the country, including doctors (28.4 per cent), lawyers (26.8 per cent), dentists (21 per cent), veterinary surgeons (28.5 per cent), engineers (6.4 per cent), accountants (5.8 per cent), surveyors (3.0 per cent), architects (1.5 per cent), scientists and of successful individuals in telecomunication, media, construction and other businesses.

Among the negative statistics are the Indians recording the second-highest infant mortality rates; the highest school drop-out rates, best seen in the data that only five per cent of Indians reach the tertiary level compared with the national average of 7.5 per cent; the highest incidence of alcoholism, that cuts across all classes; the highest incidence of drug addiction in proportion to population; the highest number of prisoners in proportion to population and the largest number of gangs. Sixty per cent of serious crimes are committed by Indians.

From NST

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Employer and Eve

August 19th, 2009
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Nope this is not some salacious romance story, folks.  Sorry to disappoint 🙂

I wonder if anyone have experienced situations where your organisation (the Employer) decides to hold a meeting/talk/discussion etc on the Eve (I bet you guys thought of a lady, eh?) of an important date or public holiday or long weekends. And this meeting/talk/discussions will take place as late as possible – 5pm, 6pm or even at night.

Imagine, coming Thursday is a public holiday, and a memo arrives today from your boss, saying there’s a compulsory talk on “How to save money by switching of lights” by a consultant at 6pm on the eve (Wednesday).

Or how about a meeting to discuss “company trip” on eve of first day of the fasting month?

National Day falls on a Monday, so you’ll have a long weekend, and most of us will have planned for a trip. Imagine on Friday evening, the CEO wants to meet the employees and give his monthly talk.

I guess you get the point.

If happens one time, OK la. But if all the time – Chinese New Year, Deepavali, etc pun sama.  People want to go back and try avoid jam, but employer has other ideas.

Is it a rarity or normal thing that happens everywhere?

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local cooks and barbers on the way

August 16th, 2009
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This is one of the good things organised so far. By relying less on foreigners, we are reducing social problems and also providing job opportunity to locals. As it is, restaurants are employing lots of foreign workers –  managers, cashiers, waiters, cooks, cleaners etc. In a way, it also helps to preserve our culinary heritage. I’m thinking that in 10-20 years, Indian delicacies will end up being “owned” by other races. Nowadays,  thosai, muruku, achi-muruku, athirasam etc, are being hijacked slowly.

Secondly, there’s an issue of wage. Locals will demand and expect better wages and perks, simply because their living expenses are higher than foreign workers. Employers will cite cases where locals are not able to perform as well as foreign workers, while workers will point to the wages and working conditions. While this conundrum exists, it won’t be easy to improve the restaurant industry.

Anyway, its a bit far-fetched to say that “Once they graduate, they will be able to open their own restaurants”.  Opening a restaurant is not like opening a a bank account. Need lots of cash, proper survey, planning etc.

As for barbers, this is a good field indeed. I know that some locals are venturing into this business, but there’s something to consider – which market you want to capture. There’s the “working man” market – no frills service for fees between RM5 – Rm10. Second is the “affordable” market – where more frills and services are provided.

I know that courses involving food and hair styling are offered under MLVK, Kolej Komuniti, and in private colleges as well. Perhaps more accessibility should be provided for these graduates to learn a variety of skills.

KUALA LUMPUR: In future, Indian restaurants will mostly have Malaysian cooks, and not cooks from India, Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said.

He said there had been encouraging response from locals to be trained as cooks under a ministry programme.

“We hope to reduce the number of cooks from India in stages, especially in Indian restaurants, once the first batch of locally-trained chefs graduate,” he told reporters after visiting the CQ Tec College here yesterday.

The college received its first batch of 25 trainees for an intensive, six-month programme in June.

Dr Subramaniam said the fees for the trainees were borne by the ministry through the Human Resources Development Fund, adding that they would also receive monthly allowances.

“Once they graduate, they will be able to open their own restaurants,” he said, adding that the future was promising for Indian youths.

He said the idea was mooted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who wanted the ministry to train local chefs and not depend on cooks from India.

Another training programme undertaken by the ministry was hair-styling, to replace barbers from India.

“We want the two sectors (restaurants and hair salons/barber shops) to rely less on foreign workers and employ locally-trained people,” he said

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Jobs in Indian Restaurants for youths

May 14th, 2009
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From the Star:

Two major restaurant owners associations will organise a training and placement programme to encourage Malaysians to work in Indian and mamak restaurants.

The “Train and Place” programme, organised by the Malaysian Indian Restaurant Owners’ Association (Primas) and the Malaysian Muslim Restaurant Owners’ Association (Presma), is targeted at local youths and retrenched workers in a bid to reduce the dependence on foreign workers.

“We are trying to meet the Government’s policy of reducing foreign workers and this is our first step in achieving that goal,” programme director D. Arun told a press conference yesterday.

He said the three-month course would begin in June with 200 applicants targeted.

“The Human Resources Ministry will sponsor the participant’s tuition fee of RM4,500 and if the response is good we will take in more trainees at the next intake,” he added.

He said the training would be held in various institutes in the Klang Valley in English, Bahasa Malaysia and Tamil.

Those who complete the course would be quickly placed in restaurants around the Klang Valley, with the Government paying them RM800 each, Arun added.

Presma president Datuk Jamarulkhan Kadir said it was the right time to launch the programme as the Indian food and beverage industry was in need of more manpower.

“We are working to hire locals instead of foreigners but the problem is that most locals have a negative impression of being a restaurant worker,” said Jamarulkhan.

Primas president Datuk R. Ramalingam Pillai said that there were currently 75,000 foreign workers in the industry, and the ultimate aim was to get locals to replace them.

Primas and Presma are also setting up a Centre for Innovative Restaurant Skills to better train workers by the year end.

Those interested in joining the “Train and Place” programme can download the application form at www.restaurantjobregistry.com or call 03-7954-9270 for enquiries. Registration starts on May 19.

This is the way to go. Instead of relying on foreign workers, its time to train our own youths, give them decent salary and work environment. Of course, there will be some bad hats and hiccups, but in the long run it will be good for the economy as more money is generated in the country and increase consumer spending power. Remember, “a youth who is preoccupied won’t have time to cause trouble”.

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Train and Place scheme for unemployed grads

April 17th, 2009
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Go to:

http://www.jobsmalaysia.gov.my/jcs/jcs_jobseeker/login.faces or

http://www.mohr.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1607&Itemid=564&lang=en

Ada 2 kategori pemohon iaitu:
A. Pencari Kerja yang belum berdaftar– Pemohon perlu membuat pendaftaran sebagai pencari kerja baru.
B. Pencari Kerja yang telah mendaftar di JobsMalaysia untuk sektor swasta Sila pilih kategori yang berkaitan.

guide to apply is here (PDF file):

http://static.jobsmalaysia.gov.my/html/jcs-resources/CaraPohon_train&place.pdf

Some basic info:

PROGRAM TRAIN AND PLACE SECARA PERCUMA
KEMENTERIAN SUMBER MANUSIA (KSM) mempelawa warganegara Malaysia yang berkelayakan untuk memohon bagi mengikuti Program Train and Place yang dilaksanakan bagi mempertingkat dan menjamin peluang pekerjaan kepada warganegara Malaysia.

Syarat dan Kelayakan

1. Program ini terbuka kepada :
i. Pekerja yang diberhentikan
ii. Siswazah menganggur
iii. Belia Menganggur

2. Pemohon perlu terlebih dahulu berdaftar dengan portal JobsMalaysia di www.jobsmalaysia.gov.my
Tempoh Latihan
Latihan akan dijalankan pusat latihan yang dilantik oleh Kementerian Sumber Manusia bagi tempoh 1 hingga 6 bulan


Cara Memohon
Permohonan hendaklah menggunakan Borang Permohonan yang disediakan seperti dilampirkan atau secara on-line melalui portal www.jobsmalaysia.gov.my

Yuran Latihan / Elaun Sara Diri
1. Yuran latihan adalah ditanggung oleh Kementerian Sumber Manusia
2. Pelatih akan diberikan elaun sara diri minima RM500.00 sebulan. (But HR Minister Subra said can be up to RM800 per month)
Alamat
Borang Permohonan yang telah lengkap diisi hendaklah dikemukakan ke alamat berikut :
Ibu Pejabat
Jabatan Tenaga Kerja Semenanjung Malaysia
Aras 5, Blok D3, Parcel D
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan
62530 PUTRAJAYA

Pertanyaan
Sebarang pertanyaan boleh dikemukakan melalui talian 03-88889111 (Bahagian Perkhidmatan Pekerjaan)

The list of courses available is in this PDF file, but I guess better to check at JobsMalaysia website for the latest info.

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