It wants BN to make a promise in its election manifesto.
NIBONG TEBAL: The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has asked Barisan Nasional to turn Taman Puteri Gunung into an Indian township if it recaptures Penang in the coming general election.
Loga Bala Mohan, who heads Penang PPP, said his party was pushing for the agenda to be included in the BN election manifesto for Penang.
“We want it to be an election promise to show that BN would walk its talk for the Indian community,” he told FMT today.
“It’s important to develop an Indian settlement where the community has facilities for Tamil education, religious and cultural activities, business opportunities and so on.”
Taman Puteri Gunung has the largest Indian community in Penang, with nearly 2, 000 households headed mostly by former estate workers who moved out from the nearby Chersonese Plantation when its management changed some 20 years ago.
PPP also wants the BN manifesto to promise to build a facility that would make it easy for disabled persons, senior citizens, children and pregnant women to get to the hilltop Arulmigu Balathandayuthabani temple.
Currently, devotees who do not own four-wheel-drive vehicles have to climb 554 steps to reach the temple.
Loga said PPP had asked Penang BN to lobby with Putrajaya to fund the project.
Arulmigu Balathandayuthabani Kovil has the reputation of being the largest temple outside India that is dedicated to Lord Muruga Perumaan. It is a major tourist attraction.
PPP is also asking BN to set up a foundation to provide financial aid to needy Indian families to enable them to pay for their children’s tertiary education and another foundation to build houses for the poor and establish a vocational institution for Tamil school leavers.
It also wants BN to carry out a comprehensive programme to upgrade the knowledge and skills of Indian youths to ease their way into higher education, employment and business.
These requests were contained in two resolutions passed at Penang PPP’s annual convention last month.
NIBONG TEBAL: The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has asked Barisan Nasional to turn Taman Puteri Gunung into an Indian township if it recaptures Penang in the coming general election.Loga Bala Mohan, who heads Penang PPP, said his party was pushing for the agenda to be included in the BN election manifesto for Penang.
“We want it to be an election promise to show that BN would walk its talk for the Indian community,” he told FMT today.
“It’s important to develop an Indian settlement where the community has facilities for Tamil education, religious and cultural activities, business opportunities and so on.”
Taman Puteri Gunung has the largest Indian community in Penang, with nearly 2, 000 households headed mostly by former estate workers who moved out from the nearby Chersonese Plantation when its management changed some 20 years ago.
PPP also wants the BN manifesto to promise to build a facility that would make it easy for disabled persons, senior citizens, children and pregnant women to get to the hilltop Arulmigu Balathandayuthabani temple.
Currently, devotees who do not own four-wheel-drive vehicles have to climb 554 steps to reach the temple.
Loga said PPP had asked Penang BN to lobby with Putrajaya to fund the project.Arulmigu Balathandayuthabani Kovil has the reputation of being the largest temple outside India that is dedicated to Lord Muruga Perumaan. It is a major tourist attraction.
PPP is also asking BN to set up a foundation to provide financial aid to needy Indian families to enable them to pay for their children’s tertiary education and another foundation to build houses for the poor and establish a vocational institution for Tamil school leavers.
It also wants BN to carry out a comprehensive programme to upgrade the knowledge and skills of Indian youths to ease their way into higher education, employment and business.
These requests were contained in two resolutions passed at Penang PPP’s annual convention last month.
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