Malaysian Government urged to give Indians more opportunities

September 30th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has directed the relevant government departments and agencies to address several long-standing social, economic and educational issues affecting the Indian community. "We raised several issues for approval and many of them received the nod from the Prime Minister," said Malaysian Indian Congress vice-president Dr S.

September 29th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indian Congress vice-president M. Saravanan has urged Indians to stay united and be watchful of those who want to split the community.

September 12th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak Saturday urged the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) to reach out to the Indian community and regain the support it had lost in the elections in March last year. Addressing the 63rd general assembly of the party that has traditionally spoken for the nearly two million Indian community in Malaysia, Razak told the MIC leaders that they will have to get the support of the people.

August 22nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Government companies and government-linked companies (GLCs) in Malaysia have been urged to appoint more Indians as directors. According to a Tamil Nesan report, the Social Entrepreneurs Network (SeNet) has issued this appeal.

August 8th, 2009 PETALING JAYA - Malay Indians will stand to lose if the community is divided, Malaysian Indian Congress deputy president hopeful S. Subramaniam has said.

July 31st, 2009 KUALA TERENGGANU - The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has said that it wants at least a 7.4 per cent quota in employment for Indians in Government-Linked Companies (GLC), including positions in senior managerial and executive front. This was conveyed by MIC president Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu, who was opening the Terengganu MIC delegates' conference here.

July 21st, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) National Youth council member S.P. Muthu Veloo has urged the Government to ensure there is at least one Indian in every department at district level to handle problems faced by the Indian community.

July 12th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has announced funds equal to over $400,000 to assist ethnic Indians set up small-scale industries, marking a five-fold increase in the annual allocation. Razaks former cabinet colleague and president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) S.

July 11th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Accepting a request by the Malaysian Indian Business Association (MIBA), the Indian government has decided to set aside a quota for Malay Indians, who want to invest in India. The Star Online quoted Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia Ashok Kantha, as saying that MIBA had become the bridge between India and the Malay Indian community.

June 4th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Indian Congress has urged the government to take immediate action against a writer of Mingguan Malaysia for indirectly referring the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia as immigrants. MIC president S.

May 1st, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Hindu Youth Organization has said that Indians should promote the Tamil language and ensure it is not tainted by foreign cultures. It also said that only if people are united are not jealous of one another can the nation propser.

April 28th, 2009 JOHOR BARU - The Malaysian government has exhorted the country's Indian community to emulate the ethnic Chinese in grabbing investment and business opportunities. The Chinese have snapped up the 999 million units reserved for them under an investment fund, the Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM).

April 27th, 2009 KLANG - Malay Indians are generally unaware of economic opportunities made available to them by the government, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department T. Murugiah has claimed.

April 23rd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has asked the Malaysian Government to reserve at least 25 percent of the 100 million units of the free Amanah Saham Wawasan (ASW 2020) shares for the Indians to realise the community's 1.5 percent equity participation target, as outlined in the Ninth Malaysia Plan, by next year. In a front page report, the Tamil Nesan daily quotes MIC president S.

April 18th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Under the Malaysian Human Resources Ministry's Train-and-Place program, a hair academy is offering a chance for Malay-Indians to pursue fully-funded hairstyling courses. The course is initiated by Persatuan Pengusaha Jurugaya Rambut India Malaysia (PPJ-RIM) and Akademi Antarabangsa Clipso (AAC).