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15000 MIC supporters to gather on Jan 20

January 3rd, 2008
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Just 3 days before Thaipusam? Hmmm…i hope they serve ample vegetarian dishes 🙂 if they can get 15,000 people to attend in the first place. All division leaders + 1000 members from each state should be just about enough.

MIC members set to pledge support for Barisan Nasional and PM Abdullah

BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Thu.:

More than 15,000 MIC members and supporters will gather here on Jan 20 to pledge their support to the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the gathering, to be held at the Cheras Badminton Stadium, would be the first in a series of gatherings throughout the country aimed at bolstering the party’s strength and support for the Barisan Nasional (BN) ahead of the ninth general election.

He said that besides Abdullah, who is also BN chairman, and Deputy Prime Minister and deputy BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak would also be invited to the gathering.

“Similar meetings will be held in all the states in stages,” he said in a statement here today.

He said the prime minister will also deliver an important address at the Jan 20 gathering.

“The prime minister is expected to emphasise the importance of staying united in a multi-racial and multi-religious country,” he added.

He said the gatherings are also aimed at explaining to party members and the Indian community the struggles, achievements and challenges confronting the community to send a loud and clear message to the opposition that the Indian community would always stand solidly behind the BN.

Samy Vellu said MIC members are united in thwarting attempts by certain quarters to stir up racial and religious issues for their own political agenda.

He expressed disgust at some opposition parties for using Hindu temples to flare up racial and religious issues.

“This is a new trend where they get a few Indians to hold political ceramah in temples because they know that people (Hindus) will come for prayers,” he said.

Samy Vellu urged the Indian community not to be fooled by the opposition.

“The Indians must think of their future and the country’s well-being and not allow themselves to be hoodwinked by the opposition,” he said.

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NESA did not allocate land for temple

January 3rd, 2008
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Residents urge Perak to give land for temple

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RESIDENTS of Ipoh’s Tasik Taman Manikavasagam, which was built by the Nesa Multi-Purpose Cooperative society in 1976, have appealed to the Perak government to allocate a plot of land to build a new temple, Tamil Nesan reported.  

The residents, comprising about 80% Indians, had built the Sri Muniswarar temple with the hope that Nesa would eventually allocate the land for the temple. 

The residents were surprised that Nesa would use the land to build houses instead and had not allocated any alternative land to them for religious purposes. 

They submitted their request to Perak MIC chief and state executive councillor Datuk G. Rajoo who attended the annual religious celebrations at the temple on Tuesday.  

Rajoo said it was surprising to note that Nesa, a cooperative for the Indian community, had failed to allocate the land for religious purposes. 

He assured the residents that the temple would not be demolished till the alternative land was found.  

He also promised to talk to Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali to approve a plot of land. 

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putera MIC global ambassador Vighneswaran

January 3rd, 2008
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Vighneswaran on journey of a lifetime

By K. Harinderanharinderan@nst.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: At 9.35am today, Vighneswaran Vithiatharan will begin a journey that may make him the most travelled Malaysian.

The first Putera MIC Malaysian Global ambassador will go on a 12-month tour that will take him to 93 universities in 69 countries.

This works out to an average of eight universities in six countries a month for the 28-year-old, who is working on a doctorate in economics at University Malaya.

He will also promote Malaysia besides trying to change the global perspective on Malaysian Indian students.

"My objective is to conduct a fact-finding mission to lay the groundwork for education and career development opportunities for Malaysian Indian students," he said after the launching of the Putera MIC Malaysian Global Ambassador programme yesterday.

He will also promote cultural exchange and educational development by initiating talks with student bodies and universities in the Asian, European and American regions.

Vighneswaran has been allocated slots at all the universities to talk about unity and racial integration. "The response has been good from Fortune 500 companies, where I hope to initiate student exchange and apprenticeship programmes for Malaysian students."

Among the universities on his itinerary are Jawaharlal Nehru University in India, University of Teheran in Iran, Kiev University in Ukraine, University of Geneva in Switzerland, Oxford University in England and Harvard University in the United States. His first port of call is Chennai, where he will apply the plans that he has pored over for months.

He has invested RM16,000 in the project, "with the rest coming hopefully from individuals or organisations". Vighneswaran, from Pontian, Johor, expects his travels to cost RM120,000.

Putera MIC national co-ordinator P. Kamalanathan said Vigneswaran would not only create opportunities for Indian youths but also dispel the belief of racial unrest in the nation. For more information on Vighneswaran's mission, visit puteramic.net/duta

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Man claims wife did not convert

January 3rd, 2008
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Man applies for wife's body

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KUALA LUMPUR: A husband filed an interim injunction application at the High Court yesterday to stop the Federal Territory Islamic Council from claiming the body of his late wife who he claimed was a practising Christian at the time of her death.

Ngiam Tee Kong, 53, filed the ex-parte application, which also named the director of Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) as the first defendant.

The application filed through Messrs Karpal Singh & Co yesterday is expected to be heard today.

The body of Wong Sau Lan, 54, who died on Dec 30, is at the HUKM mortuary.

In his affidavit, Ngiam said when he went to HUKM to claim his wife's body, he was informed that it would only be released to him if he confirmed that she was a Muslim at the time of her death.
He was also told that the body would be released to him only for having Christian rites to be performed, after which it was to be returned to the hospital for it to be buried according to Muslim rites.

Ngiam claimed that on Dec 31, a day after Wong died, he received a declaration of conversion dated the same day signed by the Federal Territory Religious Department director, stating that Wong converted to a Muslim on Dec 24 at a flat in Jalan Siakap, Cheras.

Ngiam, a manager of an entertainment outlet, said the letter given to him did not state his wife's Muslim name. He said she was a practising Christian at the time of her death.

He said the letter of conversion was not in compliance with the provisions of Section 90(1) of the Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories) Act, 1993, as it was not given to Wong before her death.

Ngiam is seeking, among others, declarations that:

– Wong was a Christian at the time of her death;

– she did not fully embrace Islam before she died;

– she was not a Muslim at the time of her death.

He also wants the court to issue an order that he had the right to his wife's body and for the hospital director to release it to him immediately.

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samy vellu plans MIC revamp

January 2nd, 2008
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"ella plaaaan panni seyinum" says samy vellu 🙂 that means "everything must be planned before executing".
 
seriously, this kind of statements makes one wonder if Hindraf is a success (to a certain extent). Just imagine if double or triple the number came, MIC might have even thought of changing its name! 🙂
 
 

Samy Vellu plans to revamp MIC

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KUALA LUMPUR: The MIC will be reorganised to make it more effective and efficient in meeting the needs and demands of the Indian community, its president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said. 

He said the 62-year-old party would undertake a “cleaning exercise” to make it more relevant to the Indians. 

“The party will change its course to move more effectively to resolve the problems facing the community,” he said. 

Samy Vellu said although the methods adopted by the MIC have been successful in resolving the community’s woes, a more concerted effort was needed for the “more difficult and sensitive problems.” 

In a statement from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, he said the party would be managed in a different style with a higher efficiency towards serving the people. 

Samy Vellu, who is the Works Minister, is in Tamil Nadu en route to New Delhi to attend a three-day conference for People of Indian Origin (PIO), hosted by the India, beginning Jan 7. 

He said recently that new faces would be introduced to contest the next general election. 

“The people’s expectations have changed and we also need to make changes to remain relevant,” he said. 

“We will work in a manner that will benefit the community,” he said, adding that MIC understood the mode of being efficient by “doing the right things”, while at the same time, striving to “do things right”. 

Samy Vellu said education would continue to be the main thrust of the party this year, with the official opening of the RM580mil Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST), a university owned by the MIC. 

“The creation of more Indian graduates will be our main objective in 2008,” he said, adding that the party’s educational arm, the Maju Institute of Educational Development (MIED), has been supporting 1,200 medical students overseas annually.

 

Making MIC more relevant to Indians

BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, WED:

The MIC will be further reorganised to make the 62-year-old party more effective and efficient in meeting the needs and demands of the Indian community, said its president Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu.

He said the MIC would undertake “a lot of cleaning exercise” to make it more relevant to the Indians.

He added that the party would change its course to move more effectively to resolve the problems facing the community.

“While acknowledging that past methods adopted by the MIC have been successful in resolving the community’s woes, a more concerted effort is needed to resolve some of the more difficult and sensitive problems,” he said without elaborating.

“We will manage the party in a different style with a higher efficiency towards serving the ordinary people,” he said in a statement from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, today.
The Works Minister is in the southern Indian state en route to New Delhi to attend a three-day conference for people of Indian origin hosted by the Indian government, beginning Jan 7.

Recently, Samy Vellu said he would introduce new faces to contest the upcoming general election.

“The people’s expectations have changed and we also need to make changes to remain relevant,” he said, adding that the MIC had always been reorganising itself to meet the expectations of the Indian community.

“We will work in a manner that will benefit the community,” he said.

He said MIC understood the mode of being efficient by “doing the right things”, and at the same time striving to “do things right”.

“We will continue to safeguard the interests and rights of the Indian community in the right manner and right way,” he said.

He said education would continue to be the main thrust of the party this year with the official opening of the RM580 million Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology, a university owned by the MIC.

“The creation of more Indian graduates will be our main objective in 2008,” he said, adding that the party’s educational arm, the Maju Institute of Educational Development, supports 1,200 medical students overseas annually.

 

 

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