Kuala Lumpur, July 29 : National Council of Tamil Youth Bell Club (TYBC) has urged Malaysian Education Ministry to not deregister schools with 50 or fewer children.

TYBC president P. Ponniah said that many estate Tamil schools had fewer than 50 children per school and should be allowed to continue and not merged.

Malaysia Nanban quoted him as saying that the schools’ management should open the schools to families in nearby new housing estates.

Ponniah said that at present many parents were forced to send their children to national schools, as there were no Tamil schools nearby and also because of the transportation problems.

Kuala Lumpur, July 25 : Tamil schools in Malaysia need to be brought on par with other schools in the country in terms of funding and facilities, the president of the Malaysian Indian Business Association (MIBA), P. Sivakumar, has said.

The football practice match between India and Malaysia remained draw on Tuesday. This practice match was played ahead of the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament which is scheduled in the end of month. The match was aimed to make both teams aware about ground conditions and to raise their confidence level before Challenge Cup football tournament. The match is likely to come from July 30 to August 10.  

The first half was not much impressive without any goal by players of both teams. A free kick taken by Climax Lawrence was worth mentioning.

Kuala Lumpur- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday insisted that sodomy allegations against him have not changed his plans to take over the country's government on September 16.

Anwar's rising political star appeared to have hit a glitch last month when a former male aide accused him of sodomy.

Anwar rejected the accusations as a plot to end his political career, and claimed that talks and plans by the three-party opposition alliance to replace the government were still underway.

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby and Thailand's PTT Chemical on Wednesday signed an agreement to jointly own a major producer of oleochemicals in a deal costing the Thai company 104 million euros (164 million dollars).

PTT Chemical, the largest chemicals producer in Thailand, agreed to buy a 50-per-cent stake from the German chemicals maker Cognis in the Malaysian firm Cognis Oleochemicals, one of the world's leading producers of oleochemicals, or chemicals derived from biological oils or fats.

The other 50 per cent of the venture is held by Sime Darby, the world's largest listed palm-oil producer. The two companies would now share ownership and control of Cognis Oleochemicals.