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Bathmavathi triumphs even with disabilities

April 27th, 2008
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‘You cannot legislate attitude’
By : Heidi Foo
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PETALING JAYA: Bathmavathi Krishnan was a University of Malaya undergraduate in the bloom of life when she was mowed down on campus by a bus chartered by the university and left a paraplegic.
It was 1975 and the 21-year-old was paralysed from the waist down. Her world, as she knew it then, came crashing down. In building life anew, Bathmavathi determined that although she was broken in body, she was whole in spirit. » Read more: Bathmavathi triumphs even with disabilities

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Ministry to channel funds via MARA for Pakatan led states

April 27th, 2008
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I’m quite surprised to hear this. I thought MARA is mainly (99% or 100%?) for Malay community, so how can funds from the Ministry is channeled to them? Does that mean that the Ministry only have funds for Malays all this while? Or is MARA’s role being expanded?

If it is the first case, that means the SEDC is for certain community only? That is quite bad. Imagine all the none PR states using funds for SEDC for benefit of certain race only. » Read more: Ministry to channel funds via MARA for Pakatan led states

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51 years without piped water

April 26th, 2008
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And MIC still wonders why it lost! And others wonder why Makkal Sakthi has full support of the people on the ground. This is in relatively developing Kedah, not yet interiors of Pahang, Sarawak, Sabah, Kelantan, or Perak. » Read more: 51 years without piped water

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no water no electricity for last 60 years

April 23rd, 2008
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Well, if areas in Gombak also can be like this, what more of places like Sg Petani or interiors of Sabah, Sarawak, Pahang etc!

60 years means the since before election until now! If we can get worked up over Astro signal loss or short power breakouts, imagine families that don’t have televisions, fans, air-conds, etc. throughout their lives…Permanent power failure for 60 YEARS? » Read more: no water no electricity for last 60 years

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Don’t ignore Tamil schools says Santiago

April 17th, 2008
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The minister is for all Malaysians, and in this contact, if he wanted to coordinate vernacular schools issues, then he should not just focus on Chinese schools as well. Even though Dong Jiao Zong were the ones who pushed for the initiative, the minister could have thought a bit further and extended this to Tamil schools as well. Don’t think  he should wait for those representing Tamil schools to make an appeal to consider them. Kind of elementary step, isn’t it? so how can Tamil schools were left out? » Read more: Don’t ignore Tamil schools says Santiago

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