Seminar Kesedaran 1Malaysia bagi Pekerja-Pekerja Ladang kawasan Parlimen Bagan Serai

Petang tadi jam 5 petang telah diadakan suatu program Seminar Kesedaran 1Malaysia bagi Pekerja-Pekerja Ladang kawasan Parlimen Bagan Serai bertempat di Dewan Mariamman, Ladang Gula, Kuala Kurau, Perak. Seminar ini adalah anjuran Persatuan Kebajikan & Sukan India Bagan Serai dengan kerjasama Pemuda MIC Perak dan Pusat Khidmat ADUN Alor Pongsu.

Seminar ini telah dirasmikan oleh YB Dato' Sham Bin Mat Saat, ADUN kawasan Alor Pongsu, Perak.

Hadir dalam seminar ini adalah Sdra Sivaraajh, Setiausaha Pemuda MIC Kebangsaan, Sdra Jeyagopalan, Ketua MIC Bahagian Bagan Serai, Sdra Ponnalagen, Timbalan Ketua MIC Bahagian Bagan Serai dan Sdra Sargunan, Ketua Pemuda MIC Bagan Serai. Turut hadir, Sdra M. Veeran, Ketua Pemuda MIC Perak.

Mesyuarat AJK MIC Bahagian Taiping dan Pemuda MIC Taiping Menyokong Dato' Seri G. Palanivel sebagai Pengerusi Perhubungan MIC Perak

Mesyuarat AJK MIC Bahagian Taiping dan AJK Pemuda MIC Taiping pada petang 18 Februari 2012 dengan sebulat suara menyokong YB Senator Dato' Seri G. Palanivel sebagai Pengerusi Perhubungan MIC Perak.

Hadir dalam mesyuarat adalah Ketua MIC Bahagian Taiping, Sdra M. Rajasingam dan bekas Ketua Bahagian MIC Taiping Sdra V. Raman dan Dr. Rajaram. Turut hadir, Sdra M. Veeran, Ketua Pemuda MIC Taiping.

Program Penyampaian Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia (BR1M) di DUN Pokok Asam 14 Feb 2012

Dato' Ho Cheng Wang, dua dari kiri bersama pemimpin lain

Program penyampaian bantuan rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) berjalan dengan lancar pagi tadi di DUN Pokok Asam, Taiping Perak. Sejak awal pagi tadi jam 8.30pg, orang ramai yang berjaya menerima BR1M ini telah hadir.

Dato' Ho Cheng Wang akan menyampaikan baucer tersebut bagi pihak kerajaan kepada penduduk Taiping pada 14 hingga 16 Februari 2012 mulai jam 9pg bertempat di Gelanggang Bola Keranjang Pokok Asam

Bagi memastikan kelancaran program ini, mantan YB yang juga penyeleras DUN Pokok Asam, YBhg Dato' Ho telah hadir bersama lain-lain pemimpin BN. Turut hadir, Ketua Pemuda MIC Perak yang juga Ketua Pemuda MIC Taiping, Sdra M. Veeran.

Penyampaian BR1M ini telah dijadualkan selama 3 hari dari 14 Feb hingga 16 Feb 2012 bagi mengelakkan kesesakan kaunter dan memudahkan orang ramai menerima bantuan tersebut.

Only a word of support given to school authorities - The Star

THE Ipoh City Council did not promise a plot of land in Ampang for the relocation of SJK(T) Gunung Rapat as claimed by the Opposition, said Datuk S. Veerasingam.

He said Datuk Bandar Datuk Roshidi Hashim had merely told the school authorities that he would put a word of support for their application for the land to the state executive council.

Veerasingam, who is Perak Mentri Besar’s special adviser, revealed that the Ampang land was one of three plots listed by the school in a memorandum to the Mentri Besar in May last year.

Lack of space: A file picture of SJK (T) Gunung Rapat pupils waiting to go home

“Nothing has been finalised yet. The state government knows that the school desperately needs land, but we need to evaluate all the options and decide on the best location for the school,” he said in a press conference to respond to allegations by state DAP deputy chief V. Sivakumar.

Sivakumar had said that Roshidi had tricked the Indian community by giving away the land initially promised to the school last year to the Perak Football Association (PAFA).

According to a Malay daily on Feb 12, PAFA president Datuk Zainol Fadzi Paharudin confirmed that the association had applied for the land but had not received any reply from the authorities yet.

Veerasingam also slammed the Opposition for failing to help the school during its 11-month stint as the state government.

“They are turning this into a political matter when all Barisan Nasional wants to do is to help the teachers and students who are suffering in a cramped condition,” he said.

During his press conference last Saturday Sivakumar had showed media representatives a copy of a letter from Roshidi to Veerasingam stating that the 0.97ha land was given to PAFA.

“Last October during his visit to the school, the Datuk Bandar had promised that the land owned by MBI would be allocated to the school.

“Even the Deputy Prime Minister promised to give the school RM2.5mil for its development project during his Deepavali visit to Perak,” Sivakumar had said.

He did not accept MBI’s claims that it learnt the land was given to PAFA only after the school visit on Oct 19.

Sivakumar had also said that the school had applied for a land three times and that there was no other suitable land in the area for it to move to.

State Opposition chief Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin who was present at the same press conference said: “There are 300 students and teachers suffering due to lack of infrastructure at their current location, yet the Datuk Bandar has betrayed the Indian community by going back on his promise.”

On Sunday, Sivakumar accompanied Persatuan Dravidian Malaysia representatives to lodge a police report against the Datuk Bandar over the land issue.

Sungai Siput MIC wants Palanivel to contest seat - Malaysiakini

The MIC Sungai Siput division today expressed support for party president G Palanivel or any candidate of his choice to be fielded in the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat in Perak in the next general election.

Its chairperson, R Ganesan, said the party would work hard for the Barisan Nasional (BN) to recapture the seat. The MP now is Dr D Jeyakumar of PSM who beat incumbent S Samy Vellu, the former MIC president, in the 2008 general election.

“We welcome Datuk Seri (Palanivel) to contest the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat in the 13th general election. This is a historic seat for the MIC. Our priority is for the president (to contest). If he selects someone else, we will accept the decision and work hard to ensure the candidate’s victory,” he told reporters in Ipoh.

Ganesan said the agreement for Palanivel to contest in Sungai Siput was not only a unanimous decision of the MIC but had the agreement of Umno, MCA, Gerakan and PPP as well as the support of IPF and Makkal Sakthi.

He hit out at a statement issued by former Sungai Siput MIC Youth head K Manimaran in a Tamil newspaper today that the seat should be handed over to Umno.

Umno had not asked for the seat, and neither has any other BN component party, he said, adding that such a statement can undermine harmony within the BN.

Palanivel recently took over the post of Perak MIC chairpeson from S Veerasingam, which is seen as a positive move to bolster the MIC’s position in facing the next general election.

He also said that as at September last year, Sungai Siput had 11,066 Indian voters and MIC now had 7,500 members in the area.

Ganesan said the MIC Sungai Siput division had applied to open 23 new branches, and added that this indicated the growing Indian support for the party and the BN.

Villagers to have a road link to Kamunting soon - The Star

VILLAGERS of Anak Kurau in Kuala Kurau near Kamunting are inching closer to their dream of having a road linking their village to Kamunting.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir who performed the ground-breaking ceremony for a 11.5km-long road costing RM75mil on Monday, said villagers had been asking for the project for over 30 years.

“With this road, travelling time will be reduced by half from the 30 minutes currently taken when travelling on the old stretch,” he told reporters.

Great start: Dr Zambry (at the driver’s seat) during the ground breaking ceremony.

The project, he added, would be carried out in two phases.

“Phase One, which is 2.5km, cost RM8.5mil and is scheduled for completion next year,” he said.

Earlier, Batu Kurau assemblyman Kapt (Rtd) Datuk Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz, who was also present, said it was a dream come true for villagers to finally have the road.

“Since I was elected the assemblyman here, I will raise the matter without fail during each assembly sitting,” he said.

Warm welcome: Dr Zambry greeting Anak Kurau villagers during his visit to the village.

He added that the spill over effect from the project would be huge as there are several pristine rivers along the route, which could be turned into tourist destinations.

Earlier in his speech, Dr Zambry described the ground-breaking ceremony as historic.

“The project has been around since Anak Kurau was under the Kamunting state constituency until today it was put under the Batu Kurau constituency,” he said.

He brought further cheer to the villagers when he announced several allocations for the village.

Besides the RM130,000 to repair the village drains, Dr Zambry also approved RM70,000 to build a religious school.

Penyampaian Sumbangan kepada Seorang Pesakit Bagan Serai

Petang tadi Ketua Pemuda MIC Perak, Sdra M. Veeran dan Ketua Pemuda MIC Bagan Serai, Sdra Sargunan serta Ketua Bahagian MIC Bagan Serai Sdra Jeyagopalan telah pergi ke rumah seorang pemuda India di Bagan Serai yang telah diserang penyakit virus.

Penyakitnya telah menyebabkan pemuda tersebut En. Kogulankrishnan lumpuh sementara dan memerlukan sejumlah wang sebanyak RM12,000 untuk dirawat.

Satu cek bernilai RM1,500 telah disampaikan Sdra M. Veeran bagi pihak Yayasan Pemulihan Sosial kepada En. Kogulankrishnan bagi membantunya mengubat penyakitnya. Semoga dengan sumbangan ini dapat membantu keluarganya bagi merawat penyakit yang dialaminya sekian lama.