Hindraf demands Penang state government to be more sincere in addressing the Indian community woes and not placate them with Deepavali hampers
GEORGE TOWN: Hindraf Makkal Sakti presented three hampers to Lim Guan Eng in Komtar here this morning, in an apparent cynical jibe to remind the Chief Minister to stop deceiving the Indian community with “hamper politics.”
The four-person Hindraf team also handed over a letter to Lim, in which the civil rights movement told the Pakatan Rakyat state government that its Deepavali “hamper politics” would never be a substitute for the debilitating and chronic poverty that many Indians have to endure in Penang.
“What they do really need is not generosity of this form, but a generosity of a more enduring and dignifying type,” stated the letter signed by Penang Hindraf chief K Kalayselvam.
The Hindraf team, comprising state committee members M Selvam, S Sundramoorthy, P Ponni and M Krishnamal, handed over the hampers and letter to Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) information assistant officer Nazleen Najeeb.
For past few days, Kalayselvam noted that the state government and its elected representatives had been delivering hampers to Indian families in Penang.
He said Hindraf was delighted with the state government’s efforts to make Deepavali festival a happy event for these suffering poor Indian families.
He said the food hampers can be considered goodwill on the part of the state government to Indians.
“We would like to return favour by delivering food hampers to the state government on behalf of the Indian community in Penang,” said Kalayselvam.
In the letter, Kalayselvam reminded Lim’s government to address the real needs of ethnic Indians in Penang as following:
Not to be evicted from their homes by the state development policies or in more concrete form, by the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) and by the property developers sanctioned by the state government.
Proper relocation from their former estate homes into houses which are purpose built for the displaced estate workers of the state.
Tamil primary schools and pre-school facilities which are consistent with the standards of all other such schools in the country. The land for these schools needs to be provided for by the state government in adequate sizes.
Employment and small business start-up assistance for single Indian mothers.
Life building opportunities for the adolescent Indian youth coming into the job market.
The Indian community in Penang on numerous occasions has forwarded their grouses to the Chief Minister on wide ranging issues. They claim that the Pakatan government has been ignoring the plight of the poor Indians for far too long.
GEORGE TOWN: Hindraf Makkal Sakti presented three hampers to Lim Guan Eng in Komtar here this morning, in an apparent cynical jibe to remind the Chief Minister to stop deceiving the Indian community with “hamper politics.”The four-person Hindraf team also handed over a letter to Lim, in which the civil rights movement told the Pakatan Rakyat state government that its Deepavali “hamper politics” would never be a substitute for the debilitating and chronic poverty that many Indians have to endure in Penang.
“What they do really need is not generosity of this form, but a generosity of a more enduring and dignifying type,” stated the letter signed by Penang Hindraf chief K Kalayselvam.
The Hindraf team, comprising state committee members M Selvam, S Sundramoorthy, P Ponni and M Krishnamal, handed over the hampers and letter to Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) information assistant officer Nazleen Najeeb.
For past few days, Kalayselvam noted that the state government and its elected representatives had been delivering hampers to Indian families in Penang.
He said Hindraf was delighted with the state government’s efforts to make Deepavali festival a happy event for these suffering poor Indian families.
He said the food hampers can be considered goodwill on the part of the state government to Indians.
“We would like to return favour by delivering food hampers to the state government on behalf of the Indian community in Penang,” said Kalayselvam.In the letter, Kalayselvam reminded Lim’s government to address the real needs of ethnic Indians in Penang as following:
Not to be evicted from their homes by the state development policies or in more concrete form, by the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) and by the property developers sanctioned by the state government.
Proper relocation from their former estate homes into houses which are purpose built for the displaced estate workers of the state.
Tamil primary schools and pre-school facilities which are consistent with the standards of all other such schools in the country. The land for these schools needs to be provided for by the state government in adequate sizes.
Employment and small business start-up assistance for single Indian mothers.
Life building opportunities for the adolescent Indian youth coming into the job market.
The Indian community in Penang on numerous occasions has forwarded their grouses to the Chief Minister on wide ranging issues. They claim that the Pakatan government has been ignoring the plight of the poor Indians for far too long.
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