{"id":2857,"date":"2008-12-03T16:34:09","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T08:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=2857"},"modified":"2008-12-03T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T08:34:09","slug":"hindraf-welcomes-funds-for-tamil-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/others\/2008\/12\/03\/hindraf-welcomes-funds-for-tamil-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"HINDRAF welcomes funds for Tamil Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Extracts from Malaysiakini<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Funds set aside for Tamil schools by the Penang and Selangor governments have convinced the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) that the strong support it lent to Pakatan Rakyat during the last general election was not in vain.<\/p>\n

MCPX\"\"<\/div>\n

“It proves that Hindraf\u2019s campaign urging people to vote for a change was a correct decision. At least Pakatan governments have demonstrated that they care for Tamil schools, unlike the previous state Barisan Nasional administrations,” Hindraf national co-ordinator RS Thanenthiran told Malaysiakini<\/em> yesterday.<\/p>\n

“Pakatan has fulfilled its electoral pledge to provide financial assistance, irrespective of race and religion.”<\/p>\n

The movement\u2019s vociferous campaign for change was the main reason Indian voters who were pro-BN had switched en bloc to the Pakatan coalition in the March general election.<\/p>\n

Under its 2009 budget<\/strong>, Penang\u2019s Pakatan government set aside RM1.5 million as development funds to be disbursed to 28 Tamil schools in the state.<\/p>\n

In the budget tabled at the state legislative assembly earlier this month by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, the state government also set aside RM4.5 million for 124 Chinese and missionary schools, RM1.5 million for 15 religious schools, and RM1 million for five private secondary schools.<\/p>\n

The Selangor government, headed by Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, alocated RM4 million for Tamil schools in the state, besides setting aside RM6 million for Chinese schools.<\/p>\n

“Our campaign to switch Indian support from BN to Pakatan was not a waste after all,” said Thanenthiran, adding that the previous administrations had neglected Tamil schools in both states to the extent that they were left to “rot and meet a natural demise.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s another example of the Umno-led government\u2019s marginalisation of Indians,” he said, referring to Hindraf\u2019s 18-point memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last year.<\/p>\n

The memorandum included a demand to the government to set aside yearly development funds for Tamil schools.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Dr Ramasamy said the state allocation was being dispersed accordingly by a state-level Tamil school co-ordination committee overseen by him.<\/p>\n

Previously, the state government had difficulties communicating with the Tamil schools due to federal political intervention, but Ramasamy said the relationship had vastly improved since the committee was formed.<\/p>\n

“The committee would disburse the funds fairly and priority would be given to needy schools,” he said, adding that land has also been earmarked for the construction of new buildings for Tamil schools, SRJK Azad, SRJK Batu Kawan and SJK Ladang Valdor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We have to see if this will a continuous support or a one-off funding. we have to look at land availability, building construction, infrastructure etc. as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Extracts from Malaysiakini: Funds set aside for Tamil schools by the Penang and Selangor governments have convinced the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) that the strong support it lent to Pakatan Rakyat during the last general election was not in vain. MCPX “It proves that Hindraf\u2019s campaign urging people to vote for a change was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[84,21,143,225,147,20],"class_list":["post-2857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","tag-funds","tag-hindraf","tag-penang","tag-politicians","tag-selangor","tag-tamil-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2858,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions\/2858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}