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hishamuddin says tamil schools not neglected

November 21st, 2007

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One good thing out of HINDRAF's actions, which no one can deny is the damage control by MIC. Suddenly, all kinds of statements are being issued. the latest by Hishamuddin at a Tamil Schools HM symposium.

I also heard Minnal FM's news yesterday night and today morning, in which it is claimed that RM16 million have been allocated under 9th Malaysian Plan for Tamil schools (16mil/523 = Rm30.592/per school/5 year) which in fact is not stated in the plan (read it here, here or here), while Komala mentioned a figure of RM64 million (read it here).

Todays NST and Star both quote Hishamuddin and give prominence Tamil Schools.

NST : Source

Minister: Tamil schools not neglected

KUALA LUMPUR: Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein yesterday lashed out at quarters who claim that Tamil schools are being marginalised, saying huge funds have been allocated to uplift the standard of vernacular schools.

He said if it was true that Tamil schools were regarded as a second-class institution in the education system, the government would not have introduced Tamil language in 70 national schools.
[70 out of ? schools? The issue is poor physical condition of the schools as well as provision of support materials etc., not just the language teaching]

"I would like to question these critics. If what they are claiming is true, why is it that Tamil schools have been chosen to be part of the cluster school project?
[Cluster school project has only 1 tamil school, no?]

"Also, why did the government allocate huge sums to manage Tamil schools plus the millions under the Ninth Malaysia Plan?" he asked when closing a symposium for Tamil school headmasters in Seri Kembangan yesterday.
[RM30,592 per school/5 years or RM6118/school/year is huge sum?]

The minister also defended MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who had been accused of not doing enough for Tamil schools. "Every time we meet, he will bring up issues related to Tamil schools," he said.
[err…how many times is that?]

Hishammuddin said what needed to be addressed was the problem of low enrolment in some Tamil schools. "We have to look at how best to utilise the resources of these schools. It has nothing to do with wanting to close them down," he said, adding that the Indian community must be wary of attempts to politicise Tamil school issues.
[Sure, when the schools can't be relocated when estates close down, or better still located next to cemeteries and sewarage tanks, I'm sure parents will be competing to enrol their kids]

Hishammuddin said Tamil schools had progressed, as evident in the overall improved results in the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah examination this year.
[2006 was 568, 2007 is 571, an increase of 3 7As students. Well, still an improvement, I guess]

He said the number of trained teachers in Tamil schools had also increased, with 90 per cent of the 7,000 teachers possessing formal training.
[What training? – degree? diploma? short courses?]

The Star: source

Hisham: Up to under-enrolled schools to decide

KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has no plans to close under-enrolled schools. Instead it would leave it to the schools to decide on what they wanted to do.

[Err..we want to shift to better location, can or not?]

Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said: "They know their abilities. It's not my job to ask them to close or move," he said. The minister added that he was prepared to consider options for such schools. "If they want to, they can see me," he said yesterday after closing the national symposium for Tamil school headmasters.

Hishammuddin said the matter should not be politicised as the pupils who might suffer. He said that it was untrue Tamil schools had been marginalised.

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Tags: Education Funds Hindraf MIC Politicians Tamil school

Government urged to repair Tamil schools

November 21st, 2007

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3mil/70 schools = Rm42,857!

Government urged to repair Tamil schools

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JOHOR BARU: The Johor Indian Welfare Association has urged the Government to repair damaged facilities in Tamil schools in the state. Association chairman M. Subramaniam said the 70 Tamil schools in the state had not been given enough funds and lacked facilities.

“We hope the Government will repair the damaged facilities such as toilets and staff rooms,” he told newsmen yesterday after handing over a memorandum on the matter to Lukman Abu Bakar who is senior private secretary to the Mentri Besar.

State MIC chairman Datuk K.S. Balakrishnan said the Government had allocated RM3mil for Tamil schools here this year.

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Samy says MIC members can attend Hindraf memo submission!

November 21st, 2007

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We will not tell them (not to) says Samy.

– indirect support???

anyway, MIC said they will monitor if any members are attending it, so they themselves should be sending many people to do the "monitoring". Finding excuse to attend? 🙂

Indians ‘lured by reward’

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By JANE RITIKOS

KUALA LUMPUR: The Indians here have been led to believe that they will each get a huge sum of money as compensation in the class action suit filed by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) against the British Government, said MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu. Samy Vellu said this was how Hindraf had been gathering support from the Indians here for its plan to hold a gathering in front of the British High Commission this Sunday.

The gathering is to submit a petition with 100,000 signatures to Queen Elizabeth II to appoint a Queen’s Counsel to represent the Indian community in the suit.

“According to them (Hindraf), the Indians in the country are still deprived. They are dreaming of big support (for the rally) and told the people that they would get RM1mil compensation per Indian from the British Government. “Many Indians are thinking that they will get RM1mil from them. Let them get RM1mil. I also want to join them and take RM1mil from them,” he told reporters after attending a Deepavali gathering organised by Tenaga Nasional Berhad yesterday.

The class action suit was filed at The Royal Courts of Justice in London in August against the British Government for bringing in Indians as indentured labourers into Malaya and exploiting them for 150 years and thereafter failing to protect the minority Indians rights in the Federal Constitution when independence was granted. It was reported that the sum sought was US$4tril (RM13.5tril) or US$1mil (RM3.4mil) for every Indian residing in Malaysia.

To a question, Samy Vellu said he would not stop any MIC member from joining the gathering. “Those who want to join anything, that’s their business. We will not tell them (not to),” he said, but added that the people “must use their own head” in deciding whether joining the gathering was the right thing to do.

Meanwhile, the police said they have rejected Hindraf’s application for a permit to hold the gathering on Sunday. Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Ahmad Amer Mohd Hashim said he received the application letter on Nov 7 but decided on Nov 16 not to issue a permit as the rally could pose a disturbance to the public. He said Hindraf could appeal again through city police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Zulhasnan Baharuddin by today.

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Tags: Hindraf MIC Politicians

nazri says civil and syariah powers are clear

November 20th, 2007

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(In the case, the Federal Court held that the civil and syariah courts must determine first whether either had jurisdiction over a matter. Judge Abdul Hamid Mohamad ruled that if one of the parties in a dispute was non-Muslim, the syariah court did not have jurisdiction over the case even if the subject matter fell within its jurisdiction.)

what does this mean? Subashini ( here and here too) can pursue her case in civil court?

No need for clarification on civil, syariah laws: Nazri
http://sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=20007
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19, 2007): The government will not amend the Federal Constitution to clarify the position of syariah and civil laws in the country because there is no necessity to do so, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said today.

He said this was because the powers of both civil and syariah courts are clearly provided for by the Federal Constitution, particularly under Article 121(1) and (1A), and in the Federal List and State List of the Ninth Schedule. "Based on several decisions of the Federal Court, it is clear that there is no necessity for the government to amend the Federal Constitution," Nazri said. Replying to a question from Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar (PAS-Tumpat), he said the matter was quite clear as was decided by the Federal Court recently in the case of Latifah Mat Zin v Rosmawati Sharibun and Roslinawati Sharibun.

(In the case, the Federal Court held that the civil and syariah courts must determine first whether either had jurisdiction over a matter. Judge Abdul Hamid Mohamad ruled that if one of the parties in a dispute was non-Muslim, the syariah court did not have jurisdiction over the case even if the subject matter fell within its jurisdiction.)

"The Federal Court decided in this case that matters involving Muslim law falls under the power of the Syariah Court as is clearly provided under List II of the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution, as well as subsection 61(3) of the Islamic Administration Enactment (Selangor) 2003," Nazri said. He added that in this case the matter of overlapping jurisdiction between the syariah and civil court did not arise at all.

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Tags: CFM MIC NGO Selangor Subashini Syariah Law

Deepavali with Kids

November 20th, 2007

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Deepavali with Kids was held in Klang last Sunday (18 Nov 2007). The event was organised by a group of friends and their families for the last 10 years or so. UMIC were invited to sponsor some of the items and also to help out at the event, since about 250 children were expected this time.

I went there on Saturday evening to help pack the school bags full of goodies – stationery, towel, food stuff, shoe polish etc. However, most of the work were already done. We also helped to do the “thoranam” (decoration made from young coconut tree leaves) and pack gifts for children.

On Sunday morning, myself and Then reached the venue at 9.30am. Had breakfast and started with arrangement and allocation of groceries to be distributed to the various groups. Then, there were some decoration work – putting up balloons etc. My duty was to be photographer, so i basically hung around pretending to be busy while others were huffing and puffing away 🙂

Most of the UMIC members started to arrive after 10am, while the children started arriving around 12pm in buses and vans. There were children from Klang Utama, Anbe Sivam, St Barnabas Home, Destiny Home, Padmasambava, etc. and also disabled children. 4 poor families previously identified by the organisers also attended the event.

After a brief opening ceremony, food was served. And what food it was! Nasi goreng, nuggets, chicken burger, mee goreng, fried chicken, sausages, fresh popcorn, satay and candy floss to name a few. They kids dug in and had a great meal. At the same time, we had a clown who went around entertaining the children. But i think what the children loved the most were the two air-filled playpen. Kids were jumping up and down, really lost in their own little worlds!

Then some of the children danced and sang, and were rewarded with prizes by the organisers. Amidst all this, the superbikers came! They took the children for a ride around the block, and left the kids wanting for more. The bikers were sporting enough to take nearly all the children around, taking turns with their bikes.

Following this was a special appearance by ChaCha the clown magician, who entertained the kids with his antics. The rain made us move under the canopies and ChaCha continued his show.

After that it was gift session where every child was given a gift. Finally, schools bag were handed over to the children and representatives from the homes took the provisions.

The event ended at around 4.15pm. The organisers then cleaned up the area and most of the left by 5.30pm.

Thanks to UMICians – Rajj, Mr Gopal, Then, Mamba, Muru@Ritesh, Shirley, Ananthi, Guru, Ms Rahimah, Capt and Mrs Asohan, Mr and Mrs Kannan, and Perumal for helping out with this event.

Thanks too to the organisers for extending the invitation to UMIC to take part in this year’s Deepavali with Kids. Hope to have the same fun next year!