Changes since 25 Nov 2007

1. A special committee under the Home Affairs Ministry will be set up to handle the plight of 40,000 Indian children nationwide who do not have a birth certificate. [Bernama: Jan 21 08]

2. First time in History, Malaysian Hindus, boycotted the Thaipusam celebration in Batu Caves. The boycott was the responses and a dissatisfaction signal towards the temple management especially Chairman Nadaraja and MIC President Samy Vellu. The temple management made a police report towards Hindu's who was in Bt Caves on 24 Nov 2007 in the name of vandalism which was untrue. Police also detained 31 of them and charged them under attempted murder but later drop the charge's due to the irrelevant evidence. (23 January 2008)

3. Selangor tubuh badan selaras agama bagi menangani permasalahan yang timbul di kalangan bukan Islam. Badan berkenaan akan menumpukan kepada isu-isu yang berkaitan dengan agama Hindu. (Utusan Malaysia, Selasa 29 Januari 2008)

4. Civil service told to hire more non-Malays. We want to see more non-Malays and we want them to be working at the front lines of the civil service," said Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity chairman Datuk Dr Wan Hashim Wan Teh yesterday. (NST 1 Feb 2008)

5. UMNO leader and Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak called MIC to re-engineer itself to remain relevant to the Indian community. (Indirectly the call is a prove that MIC is irrelevant for the present Indian community) – Perjumpaan khas MIC in PWTC 3 Feb 2008

6. Najib said that the Government has taken various measures to uplift the socio-economic standing of Malaysian Indians.

1. INCREASING the intake of Indians in the civil service;
2. PROVIDING more scholarships to Indians entering public universities;
3. SENDING qualified Indians to foreign universities for tertiary education;
4. INCREASING the microcredit loans for Indian businessmen;
5. IMPROVING the quality of education at Tamil schools; and
6. ORDERLY relocation of temples
   - Perjumpaan khas MIC di PWTC 3 Feb 2008

7. Najib berkata, beliau telah mengarahkan Kementerian Pelajaran supaya memastikan tidak ada anak kaum India yang lahir di negara ini dinafikan hak untuk mendapat pendidikan secukupnya. - Perjumpaan khas MIC di PWTC 3 Feb 2008 (before this even the Tamil school will reject the application if the kids has no birth certificate)

8. For the first time: Regarding the controversial demolition of a temple in Padang Jawa, Shah Alam, last year, Najib said it was a mistake to take such action a week before Deepavali. "They waited three years. Why couldn't they wait for another few more weeks before starting the demolition work? "But we have to admit our mistake if we have committed a wrong and, if need be, apologise." - Perjumpaan khas MIC di PWTC 3 Feb 2008

9.  The government announced allocation a total of RM20 million to build and repair national Tamil type schools nationwide. On top of that, Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo approved RM1.2 million to build a new building for SJKT Seaport in Taman Medan. Feb 5 2008, BERNAMA

10. Dr Mohamad Khir said the issuance of licence for scrap metal business had been relaxed to give more opportunities for members of the Indian community to venture into the business. Police would interfere only when they involved in the sale of stolen items. Feb 5 2008, BERNAMA
    

...... more to come......