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Padang Jawa temple to be rebuilt

April 25th, 2011
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Remember this temple?

The controversial Sri Maha Temple in Kampung Rimba Jaya, Padang Jawa which was demolished in November 2007 is set to be rebuilt on 15,000 sq feet of land near the Keretapi Tanah Melayu quarters.

seri maha mariamman temple replacement land pronouncement 210910 01The groundbreaking ceremony took place today at the site in Padang Jawa and was attended by Selangor state excos, community leaders and the Indian settlers from the former Kampung Rimba Jaya.

The temple was ordered to be torn down by the authorities as it stood in the vicinity of the Rimba Jaya squatter settlement. Its controversial demolition by the state government in 2007 had led to many Indians turning their backs on BN.

The Hindu groundbreaking ceremony started at 9.00am with bricks coupled with religious paraphernalia arranged in a four foot-deep hole, which will sit right below the main altar of the soon to be built temple.

Land ceded by developer

According to the Selangor State Health, Plantation Workers, Poverty and Caring Government Committee Chairman, Dr A Xavier Jayakumar, the land was donated by the developer, Ken Rimba Jaya.


“The land was given to state government, and was ceded by the developer. Then we, the state government will decide, whom, and how much of the land will be given,” said Xavier (left) when queried on how the land was allocated to this temple.

He also said that all the land for places of worship in Selangor is gazetted under the state secretary.

Xavier also announced that RM300,000 had been allocated by the Selangor state government for the building fund and the land will be managed by the temple association.

Xavier the ‘temple saviour’

The temple committee and community leaders in Padang Jawa honoured Xavier with garlands and gave him the title “temple saviour”.

According to the temple committee chairperson, Madhu Manogaran, the Selangor state government and Xavier has worked tirelessly to help save temples in Selangor.

“We are very grateful to the state government, Tan Sri Khalid and Xavier for helping us to rebuild this temple, which means a lot to us,” said Madhu during his speech.

Xavier also said that the state government had managed to help around 70 temples by giving them land.

“We are prepared to do more for the Indian community, last year we spent RM2.5 million for Hindu places of worship,” said Xavier in his speech.


The Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, along with the squatter settlement of Rimba Jaya, was demolished in 2007 by the then BN-led state government as part of its Zero Squatter programme.

The demolition of the temple led to a massive protest by Indian groups and helped trigger the historic Hindraf rally on Nov 25 that year.

source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/162336

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non-Muslim place of worship for housing project bigger than 40ha

April 5th, 2011
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Wonder why no masterplan. Should have one right? Then there won’t be inconsistent decision or flip-flops.  Or is it different rules for lesser citizens? Without proper legislation it will also be firefighting activity  – solving problems instead of avoiding creating problems in the first place.

 

A DEVELOPER must allocate places of worship for non-Muslims for housing projects involving more than 40ha under the Selangor government policy.

State Health, Plantation Workers, Poverty and Caring Government committee chairman Dr A. Xavier Jeyakumar said the developer had to abide by the rules after the project plan for a housing project was sent to the local council for approval.

He said there was no masterplan for the building of non-Muslim places of worship like Buddhist and Hindu temples, tokong, churches andgurdwara.

“However, from time to time, the state will monitor and resolve the situation on these places of worship,” said Dr Xavier.

He said there was also discussion on the status of the land at the places of worship.

“From 2008 to now, the state has allocated 90 non-Muslim places of worship covering 127.76ha — tokong (114.6ha), temples (7.67ha), churches (4.74ha) and gurdawara (0.75ha),” said Dr Xavier.

The state also approved a temporary building permit for a temple in Section 23, Shah Alam in October last year.

Dr Xavier was responsing to a question by Mat Shuhaimi Shafiei (PR-Sri Muda) at the Selangor state assembly on the status on the non-Muslim places of worship.

Meanwhile, the state government reiterated that the 30% sales quota for each housing development and 7% discount for houses for bumiputras will remain and not be abolished.

State Housing, Building Management and Squatters committee chairman Iskandar Abdul Samad said the quota and discount would ensure that people staying in Selangor would be able to afford houses in the state.

“Besides the 7% bumiputra discount on homes, a 10% bumiputra discount is also given on commercial and industrial plots.

“With the discounts, the bumiputra buyers can afford to own land and houses.

On a rumour that the state will abolish the 30% sales quota and the 7% discount, Iskandar said it was not true.

Iskandar was responding to a question by Datuk Marsum Paing (BN-Dengkil) on whether the state wanted to abolish the 30% quota and 7% bumiputra discount on houses.

source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/4/5/central/8381818&sec=central

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Tamil School HM caught between two sides

April 1st, 2011
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I received an interesting news from a school teacher in Selangor recently. The teacher’s school has been allocated land for new building after considerable effort by various groups. They have been given x ha of land, but are trying to get a bit more to allow for more facilities.  In the mean time,  the school has been asked to raise money for new building construction as the Education Ministry is not able (read: won’t) to fund the construction cost.

Now, the interesting bit is that the state government is willing to chip in (I think to be monitored by EWRF), but the school’s HM is not willing to accept the offer for fear of reprisal from politicians affiliated to the ruling coalition in the federal government. The HM is worried that unhappy leaders may intervene and transfer the HM to other school as punishment for working with the “enemy”. The HM is reaching retirement age and don’t want any “problems” that may affect pension, relocation etc. Whether the fear is real or imaginary, or just an excuse, who knows.

But the situation is that the intervention of political parties in various aspect of the society has become so engrained that it manipulates, corrupts and distorts systems and structures.  Some people fear the system, while others use backdoors to manipulate system (direct tenders, recommendation letters, overruling panels). Tamil schools are also vulnerable as the HMs are trapped between political parties who rule at different levels. The enimosity between two groups only cause more misery for the Indian community, especially the Tamil schools. And yet these political people want to talk about “championing the community” or “working for the rakyat”.

Those in the know, can guess which school this is, so let them figure out the solution. If I get to know (and I will) that the HM is being transferred then I shall reveal more. Let the Indian community see who is the culprit.

So, what’s the next step? How to persuade the HM to accept the fund from state government? Will the HM be punished if does so?

Maybe the school just have to wait until some “saviour” politician comes over and announces that government will give RMxxx to building new building.  Perhaps nearer to election time.

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land problem, house problem

March 23rd, 2011
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Two recent news about land and housing caught my attention:

The first story is about land sale. These folks been staying there for ages, and yet the land sold to third party. Of course its the land owner prerogative to sell to whoever they like, but I think should have at least asked the current occupants. In fact the folks made many application (but not mentioned whether to buy or to just get the land).

MALAYSIA Nanban reported that 21 families from Kampung Gunung Cheroh in Ipoh, Perak, have filed a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as the land they are staying on has been sold to a private developer.

The report was lodged by village committee chairman S. Mogan, who accused the state government and MIC leaders of abusing their power in selling the land to a private developer.

He said the families, who had been staying there for the past three generations, had submitted numerous applications to obtain the land title from the district land office.

“We found out that the land had been sold after receving a lawyer’s notice demanding vacant possession,’’ said Mogan.

He added that they were surprised the Government, which was aware of the villagers’ application, had ignored it.

source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/16/nation/8274408&sec=nation

Second case is about uncompleted housing project and crime by contractors.  PJS longhouse case been going on for many years, still no solution.

SOME 30 residents of longhouses in Petaling Jaya Selatan 1 held a demonstration to voice their dissatisfaction with the local authorities, reported Malaysia Nanban.

The group claimed that they had no choice but to protest because both the Selangor government and Petaling Jaya Selatan MP Hee Loy Sean had turned their backs on their plight.

The residents alleged that many were still paying their monthly instalments for low-cost flats which were promised to them in 2000 by a developer of a condominium project near their area although the flats were yet to be completed.

The group had also accused the developer’s contractor of intentionally clogging up the drains behind their homes with debris, causing sewage water to rise and flood the area when it rained, in an attempt to get rid of them.

source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/23/nation/8324523&sec=nation

 

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SJKT Seaport relocation

February 12th, 2011
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This time, the state government managed to fulfill something. The previous state government offered only 1 acre (0.4ha) but the current government managed to increase it to 0.6ha (1.5 acre) and also increase the classes from 10 to 18.

This was the school that was among the contentious issues during GE2008. Read about the protest of the parents here. Khir Toyo and Samy Vellu were booed.

Read the relevant reports in Selangorkini and also the aspiration of the PIBG to have 24 classes instead of 18 here at Komunitikini. The below is news from The Star.

AFTER much controversy, the Seaport Tamil school in SS7, Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, will be relocated to Kampung Lindungan after the Parent-Teachers Association (PTA) agreed to the new site.

In 2008, parents and the community in the area had protested against the relocation of the school to a 0.4ha site.

During a recent meeting with the PTA members, Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said the Selangor government had in December last year approved a 0.6ha site in Kampung Lindungan for the school.

The school now sits on a temporary site owned by PKNS.

“After the approval, Petaling district officer Datuk Zulkepli Ahamd had called for a meeting in January between all relevant government agencies that I attended with (Selangor executive councillor) Dr Xavier Jayakumar.

“During the meeting, we were told that the PKNS have already contributed RM1.2mil towards the building of the school and the plans for the 18-class school have been approved,” he said.

He hoped that the school would be built soon so that the residents from Kg Lindungan, Desa Mentari, Desaria and Dato’ Hormat would be able to send their children to a school with better facilities.

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