PUTRAJAYA: Many long-standing social, economic and educational issues involving the Indian community have been resolved with the timely intervention of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, MIC vice-president Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said yesterday.
He said Najib, who chaired the special Cabinet Committee on Indian Affairs meeting here on Monday, had directed the relevant government departments and agencies to address the issues urgently.
“We (MIC) raised several issues for approval and many of them received the nod from the prime minister,” said the human resources minister in a statement.
He said his ministry, which acted as the secretariat for the cabinet committee, would immediately undertake follow-up action with the relevant departments and agencies.
On the re-development of Tamil schools, he said Najib had approved in principle an extra allocation in view of the increased cost incurred in the redevelopment work.
He said the prime minister had directed the relevant ministries to discuss with the Economic Planning Unit ways to overcome the extra RM65 million cost over the RM100 million allocated for the purpose.
He said Najib had also asked the Higher Education Ministry to consider recognising other existing pre-university courses to allow more Indians, especially, to enter public universities.
The target of 7.4 per cent intake of Indians into the civil service would be expedited and more employment and promotional opportunities would be created for Indians in government-linked companies (GLCs).
He said there were now only seven Indians in the boards of 130 GLCs and the MIC had requested that at least two Indians be appointed to the board of each GLC.
He added that temporary teachers in Tamil schools had been allocated a minimum of 300 seats for courses during the holidays this year, while more loans and business opportunities would be allocated to the Indian community. — Bernama
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