Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21 : The Malaysian Indian Congress has urged the Government to set up a committee to co-ordinate the rebuilding and refurbishing of Tamil schools using a 50million ringgit allocation under the stimulus package.
MIC president S. Samy Vellu said the proposal would be tabled by party’s secretary-general S. Subramaniam, who is also the Human Resources Minister at the next Cabinet meeting.
“We want 60 percent of the Tamil schools to be rebuilt or refurbished before 2011,” The Star quoted him, as saying.
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 20: Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan won’t be able to fly down to Malaysia to receive his Datukship on November 29 owning to his tight schedule.
According to sources, state officials are trying to arrange for an alternative date so that the actor is able to receive the prestigious title conferred on him by the state of Malacca.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said he had got wind of it but made no comments.
Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 20 : The new School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews in Scotland has been named the B. C. Sekhar School of Medicine, reports the New Strait Times.
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 19 : Two to three Malaysians are either barred from leaving for India or deported daily due to fake visas issued to them. The Indian High Commission has uncovered a scam following the loss of 2,000 visa stickers from its visa centre at the Jalan Duta Chancery.
So far, 50 Malaysians have been redirected back here since October after landing at Indian airports, The Star reported.
It is learnt that the High Commission informed airline companies of the loss and revocation of the said visa stickers.
Newspaper advertisements were also placed, stating that Malaysians and other foreign nationals could not use the lost visas (serial numbers published) to travel to India.
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 19 : The Malaysian Indian Congress Youth has proposed the setting up of a Tamil League in a move to attract international attention to the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Adviser S. Vell Paari said the league should be a United Nations-recognised body, similar to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
“I believe a new league of Tamils representing their resident country should be established in Tamil Nadu to diligently and vigilantly guard over the political, economic and social agenda of Tamils living all over the world,” he said in a statement.
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 20: Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan won’t be able to fly down to Malaysia to receive his Datukship on November 29 owning to his tight schedule.
