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RM100m in micro-credit for Indians

April 9th, 2007
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RM100m in micro-credit for Indians http://www.nst.com.my/NST/Article/vArt?did=20070409075324
2007/04/09
SUNGAI SIPUT: A micro-credit scheme to create “a new community of Malaysian Indian entrepreneurs” is in the pipeline, MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said yesterday.
The party is in discussion with the government to set up a RM100 million fund which will be used to provide financial assistance to at least 4,000 Indians to start small businesses.
Samy Vellu said feedback received from meetings held between the party’s representatives and the Indian community in at least 12 states showed that a large number of Indians were interested in becoming entrepreneurs.
“Some of them already have business experience while others are just starting. But, they don’t have access to low-interest capital to allow them to expand their businesses,” he said after opening the 61st Perak MIC convention here.
He said many had gone into business by borrowing from private sources but failed to nurture their ventures as they had to pay high interest on their loans.
He said businesses which had been identified for eligibility under the special micro-credit scheme included food, transportation, tailoring, laundry, catering and vendor.
Samy Vellu, however, added that a special monitoring committee would be set up to check on the progress of the entrepreneurs provided with loans.
“In this way, the party hopes to assist the entrepreneurs to raise their sales figure to RM250,000 per year or about RM20,000 per month compared to about RM50,000 per year they are earning annually now,” he said.
In the previous micro-credit scheme launched by the government which was disbursed through Bank Pertanian Malaysia and Bank Simpanan Nasional, Samy Vellu said 4,000 Indians were given loans totalling RM40 million.

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NEWS:Indian youth urged to study to help improve Indian community

April 9th, 2007
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Indian youth urged to study to help improve Indian community
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/8/nation/20070408150605&sec=nation
BY A. LETCHUMANAN
SEREMBAN: Indian youth should strive to enrich themselves with education as it is the gateway for the betterment of the community, MIC Youth chief S.A. Vigneswaran said here.
He said education is important to upgrade the socio-economic and living standards of the community.
Speaking at the 14th state MIC Youth convention here late Saturday, he said it is also the agenda of MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu to champion the Tamil schools as well as to reduce the number of dropouts from these schools.
“It is the MIC’s wish to ensure that the Tamil school students, mainly from the low-income group, were given an opportunity to compete on a level playing field with the national schools,” he said.
Vigneswaran, who is the parliamentary secretary of the Youth and Sports Ministry, said poverty, lack of infrastructure facilities and lack of teachers should not be a barrier for students to succeed in education.
He said that more Indian youth have been allowed to participate in vocational courses in government skills training institutes in the country.
He also urged the youth to provide proper guidance to the younger generation to ensure that they were in the right path.
“Today’s youth should have awareness, education, vision, spirited, creative, leadership qualities and good character,” he said.
Vigneswaran said the youth should be committed in taking the opportunities available for youth in the country.
“They should not be sloppy, lazy or have a tidak apa attitude. Many still hope for the opportunities to come to them,” he said.
State MIC chairman Datuk T. Rajagopalu, who was the guest of honour, said the youth wing had played a crucial role in attending to the problems of the needy.
He said that Teluk Kemang youth division had organized more activities last year and announced a RM2,000 incentive for them.
“I hope this would encourage the other seven divisions to have more activities and try to win the special incentive next year,” he said

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Samy says he will not be influenced in choosing candidate for Ijok seat

April 9th, 2007
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Samy says he will not be influenced in choosing candidate for Ijok seat
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/8/nation/20070408151711&sec=nation
By A. LETCHUMANAN
KUALA LUMPUR: I will not be influenced – that is what MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu said of the thousands of SMS he has been receiving concerning the candidate for the Ijok state seat.
“Everyday I have been getting these SMS. They think they can influence me.
“It won’t happen. I always make my own decision,” he said.
In fact, Samy Vellu, who is also the Works Minister, said he had not thought about the potential candidate as the nomination for the by-election has not been fixed.
“Let them (the newspapers and people) speculate. I will decide when the time comes,” he said.
The Ijok seat became vacant following the death of incumbent state assemblyman and state executive councilor Datuk K. Sivalingam in Chennai on April 4.
Samy Vellu said the MIC will field a candidate who is hard working and will be looked up to by the people, especially the Ijok electorate.

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NEWS:Race on to be candidate in Ijok

April 9th, 2007
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Race on to be candidate in Ijok http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/8/nation/17382446&sec=nation
By A. LETCHUMANAN and WANI MUTHIAH
KLANG: The clamouring has started among MIC members aspiring to be the candidate in the up-coming Ijok by-election, causing information chief M. Saravanan to warn them against pressuring the leadership.
“Pressure will not go down well with the leadership,” he said, adding that party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu will evaluate all prospective candidates.
He added that Samy Vellu knew who, among the hopefuls, had served the community well or otherwise.
“Given this, they (the hopefuls) should leave it to the party to pick the most suitable candidate,” said Saravanan.
Speculation has begun on the potential candidate for the Ijok state seat, which fell vacant following the death of Selangor MIC deputy chairman Datuk K. Sivalingam.
Although the date of the by-election and the nomination day have yet to be fixed by the Election Commission, some Tamil and Chinese newspapers have already reported on the likely candidates.
Among the names mentioned are MIC Youth social and welfare bureau chairman T. Mohan, who is known for his philanthropic work and said to be in the president’s good books.
Another possible candidate is former Youth secretary S. Murugesan, who was voted into the party’s central working committee last May despite a fall-out with Youth chief S.A. Vigneswaran.
Three-term Shah Alam city councillor R.S. Maniam is also regarded as a prospective candidate.
Sivalingam, 61, died of a heart attack in Chennai, India, on Wednesday.

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Subashini files appeal to Federal Court (The Sun version)

April 3rd, 2007
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Subashini files appeal to Federal Court

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PUTRAJAYA (April 2, 2007): A Hindu housewife, who was told to go to the Syariah Court to fight for her matrimonial rights, wants the Federal Court to decide whether the High Court has exclusive jurisdiction to grant a civil divorce to a couple, where one spouse has converted to Islam.

This was one of the nine questions of law contained in R.SubashiniÂ’s application for leave for the Federal Court to determine.

Subashini had filed for leave from the Federal Court to appeal against the Appellate CourtÂ’s 2-1 majority decision on March 13, telling her to battle out her divorce and custody claims in the Syariah Court.

On that day, the Court of Appeal rejected the former secretaryÂ’s appeal against a High Court decision last Sept 25, setting aside the exparte injunction order granted to her to restrain T.Saravanan, 31, from commencing proceedings in the Syariah Court to dissolve their marriage and to convert their second son.

The 28-year-old woman filed the leave application together with a certificate of urgency through law firm Kanesalingam and Co. last Friday (March 30, 2007).

It will be the end of the road for Subashini if she fails to get leave from the Federal Court to appeal. If that happens, the Court of Appeal decision would be final, reports Bernama today.

Last Friday, Subashini obtained a temporary injunction from the Court of Appeal preventing Saravanan from initiating or continuing with any proceedings in the Syariah Court or converting their younger son pending the hearing of her leave application.

Among the other questions proposed for the Federal CourtÂ’s determination:

  • whether it is an abuse of process for a spouse in a civil marriage to unilaterally convert the religion of a minor child without the consent of the other parent; and
  • whether Article 121 (1A) of the Federal Constitution prevents the High Court from granting interim injunctions, where the abuse of process is effected at the syariah court through unconstitutional and jurisdictionally incompetent filing of proceedings in the syariah courts and unilateral conversion of a minor child from a civil marriage, by the converted spouse.

Article 121 (1A) states that the civil courts do not have jurisdiction over matters within the jurisdiction of the syariah courts which, constitutionally, only has jurisdiction over Muslims.

The couple, who have yet to finalise their divorce, have two children, Dharvin Joshua, three, and one-year-old Sharvind.

Saravanan, whose Muslim name is Muhammad Shafi Abdullah, had claimed that the elder child had converted to Islam with him in May last year.

In seeking an early hearing, Subashini gave the following grounds: 

  • the issues raised in the leave application pertained to the imposition of Islamic law on non-Muslim citizens, which fundamentally affects the lives of the entire non-Muslim community;
  • the leave application raised issues regarding the relationship between the Civil High Courts and Syariah Courts established by various state legislatures which will have a significant impact on the proper functioning of the judicial arm of the government and the maintenance of the rule of law in Malaysia

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