Indian MALAYSIAN CALLS For GE13-Undo History redo Future - NIAT

INDIAN MALAYSIANS’ CALL FOR GE13 - UNDO the HISTORY and REDO the PLAN 

Indian Malaysians’ 

Call for GE13 (IMACGE13) 

UNDO the HISTORY- REDO the PLAN 

1957 – 2012 

Version 4 : October, 2012 

BADAN HAK A SASI KAUM INDIA MALAYSIA NATIONAL 

INDIAN RIGHTS ACTION TEAM 

KEBANGSAAN 

全国印裔权益行动组织 

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INDIAN MALAYSIANS’ CALLS FOR GE13 - UNDO the HISTORY and REDO the PLAN 

Equality and Justice for all in ISLAMIC 

Administration 

Al-Quran 49:13 (Surah Al-Hujurat) 

“O men! Behold, We have created you all out of a male and a 

female, and have made you into nations and tribes, so that 

you might come to know one another. Verily, the noblest of 

you in the sight of God is the one who is most deeply 

conscious of Him. Behold, God is all-knowing, all-aware.” 

49:13. 

Injustice Forbidden in Islam 

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Narrated Abu-Dhar (RA): The Prophet (PBUH) 

said that Allah SWT said: O My slaves! I have 

forbidden injustice for Myself, so it is forbidden 

amongst you. So, do not be unjust to each 

other...... 

(This Hadith is sound and reported by Muslim) 

** Injustice is one of the most bad qualities most widely 

practised among men since the dawn of history. Allah SWT 

made it HARAM (unacceptable) and whoever practises 

injustice cannot be a good Muslim. Allah SWT Who is All- 

Judicious and All-Just wants us all, to practise every justice 

among ourselves. 

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IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE COMPASSIONATE, THE MERCIFUL. 

PRAISE BE TO GOD, THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE AND MAY THE 

BLESSINGS AND PEACE OF GOD UPON HIS MESSENGERS 

WHEREAS the time has now arrived when the people of the Persekutuan Tanah 

Melayu will assume the status of a free independent and sovereign nation among the 

nations of the World. 

AND WHEREAS by an agreement styled the Federation of Malaya Agreement, 1957, 

between Her Majesty the Queen and Their Highness the Rulers of the Malay States it 

was agreed that the Malay States of lohore, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, 

Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Trengganu and Perak and the former Settlements of Malacca 

and Penang should as from the 31st day of August, 1957, be formed into a new 

Federation of States by the name of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. 

AND WHEREAS it was further agreed between the parties to the said agreement that 

the Settlements of Malacca and Penang aforesaid should as from the said date cease 

to form part of Her Majesty's dominions and that Her Majesty should cease to exercise 

any sovereignty over them. 

PROCLAMATION OF 

INDEPENDENCE 

AND WHEREAS it was further agreed by the parties aforesaid that the Federation of 

Malaya Agreement, 1948, and all other agreements subsisting between Her Majesty 

the Queen and Their Highness the Rulers or anyone of them immediately before the 


said date should be revoked as from that date and that all powers and jurisdiction of 

Her Majesty or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in or in respects of the 

Settlements aforesaid or the Malay States or the Federation as a whole should come 

to an end. 

AND WHEREAS effect has been given in the Federation of Malaya Agreement, 1957, 

by Her Majesty the Queen, Their Highnesses the Rulers, the Parliament of the United 

Kingdom and Legislatures of the Federation and of the Malay States. 

AND WHEREAS a constitution for the Government of the Persekutuan Tanah Melayu 

has been established as the supreme law thereof. 

AND WHEREAS by the Federal Constitution aforesaid provision is made to safeguard 

the rights and prerogatives of Their Highness the Rulers and the fundamental rights 

and liberties of the people and to provide for the peaceful and orderly 

advancement of the Persekutuan Tanah Melayu as a constitutional monarchy based 

on Parliamentary democracy. AND WHEREAS the Federal Constitution aforesaid 

having been approved by an Ordinance of the Federal Legislatures, by the 

Enactments of the Malay States and by resolutions of the Legislatures of Malacca and 

Penang has come into force on the 31 st day of August, 1957, aforesaid. Now in the 

name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful, I, TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PUTRA 

IBNI AL-MARHUM SULTAN ABDUL HAMID HALIMSHAH, PRIME MINISTER OF 

THE PERSEKUTUAN TANAH MELAYU, with the concurrence and approval of 

Their Highnesses the Rulers of the Malay States do hereby proclaim and declare 

on behalf of the people of the Persekutuan Tanah Melayu that as from the thirty first 

day of August, nineteen hundred and fifty seven, the Persekutuan Tanah Melayu 

comprising the States of lohore, Pahang, Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Kedah, Perlis, 

Kelantan, Trengganu, Perak, Malacca and Penang is and with God's blessing shall 

be for ever a sovereign democratic and independent State founded upon the 

principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its 

people and the maintenance of a just peace among all 

nations. 

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BADAN HAK ASASI KAUM INDIA KEBANGSAAN 

NATIONAL INDIAN RIGHTS ACTION TEAM (NIAT) 

全国印裔权益行动组织 

(Alamat Surat-Menyurat): 

No. F510, Block F, Phileo Damansara 1, No. 9, Jalan 16/11, (Off Jalan Damansara), 46350 Petaling Jaya, 

Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Tel: 6012-258 4390/ 03-7660 4988 Fax: 603 76604998 – Email: admin@myniat.com 

Kami mahu kepentingan hak kami dipertahankan selaras dengan 

Peruntukan Artikel 153 (1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia 

We want our legitimate interests safeguarded in accordance with 

the Provisions of Article 153(1) of Malaysian Federal 

Constitution 

Hentikan diskriminasi sistematik etnik minori 

Stop systematic discrimination of ethnic minorities 

“Racism continues to cause suffering for millions of people 

around the world.... I look to all people to join the United 

Nations in our drive to eliminate racism. We must, individually 

and collectively, stamp out racism, stigma and prejudice." 

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 


India’s Famous Tamil Philosopher Thiru Valluvar 

(‘A’ begins the alphabet and God, primordial, the world) 

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Contents 

A Note from the Chairperson 1 

Note of Gratitude 2 

Acknowledgements – “IMACGE13” Project Team 3 

The Indian Malaysian Story 4 

Part 1- 5 Major Requests to be implemented within 120 Days 5 

Executive Summary of the 5 Requests 6 

No 1 – New Department (Mother of All Request) 7 

Formation of a Jabatan Hal Ehwal Pembangunan dan Penyelidikan 

Kaum Minoriti Malaysia (DEMA) 8 

No 2 – Education/ Schooling 

2.1 Abolish “Peralihan” classes 12 

2.2 Abolish “SK” Requirement 14 

2.3 All Tamil School to be Sekolah Bantuan Penuh / Fully Aided 15 

2.4 MRSM Model – Full Boarding Schools For Indian Malaysian 

and other Minorities who perform exceptionally well at the 

UPSR 17 

2.5 Guarantee Minimum 8% intake of Indian Malaysian students 

in all Boarding / “Asrama” Schools 18 

No 3 – Alcoholism 19 


No 4- Zero “Indian Malaysian Statelessness: IC / BC by 1 st 

January 2014 20 

No 5 – Representation of Indian Malaysians in the New 

Government(s) / Cabinet Post GE 13 24 

Part 2 Requests to be implemented within the 5 year 

duration / before next election (GE14) ; 

2013 – 2018 26 

Request Summary 26 

I. Unification of Indian Malaysians 28 

II Indian Malaysians in the Economy 29 

A. National Economic Implementation Road Map 29 

a. I -Amanah 29 

b. EPU – Indian and Minority Socio-Economic Planning Unit 30 

c. Independent Statistics Commission 31 

d. Smart Agro Land Scheme 32 

B. Initiatives for the Micro Businesses 33 

a. Micro Loan – Problem Statement 33 

b. Proposal 33 

i. Micro Loan Delivery System 33 

ii. Loan Criteria 34 

iii. Blacklisted – Micro Business Credit Restoration 34 

iv. Permanent Micro Loan Scheme 35 

v. Indian Malaysian Micro Business Training 35 

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vi. Micro Loan for Home based Business “Cottage Industry” 35 

vii. Micro Business Information Dissemination Centre 36 

C. Initiatives for the Small Business 36 

a. Problem Statement 36 

b. Past solution 36 

c. Current Proposals 37 

i. Franchise Business Boost 37 

ii. Boosting Franchising at Global Scale 37 

iii. Vendor Development Program 38 

iv. Business Opportunities in GLC 38 

v. Technology Incentive 38 

vi. Malaysian Indian Women Participation in Business 39 

vii. Home Based Business 39 

viii. Graduate Business Community 39 

ix. Traditional, Cultural & Indian Art Business 40 

x. Young Indians Participation in Stock Market/Equity Market 40 

xi. Development of Malaysian Indian in Lacking Sectors 41 

xii. Scheme Partnership/JV – Take Over 41 

xiii. Permanent Business Loan 42 

xiv. Invite Reputable Business Associations to Assist 42 

xv. Uninterrupted Labour Supplies 43 

III Indian Malaysians in Education 44 

a. Education Blue Print (EDP) 46 

b. Review of 10 Subjects Cap in SPM 47 

c. Higher Education & Matriculation 48 

d. STPM Rebranding Pre University Year I & II 48 

e. New Tamil Schools with 1:2750 population 49 

f. New Tamil Private School Permission 49 

g. Tamil School Land Acquisition 49 

h. Relocation & “Cantuman” of SKM Tamil Schools 49 

i. Disparity Among Male & Female Teachers 50 


j. 8% PTD for Diplomatic and Government positions 50 

k. Indian Malaysian Counselor in Schools 50 

l. POC ( People Own Culture )in Secondary Schools 50 

m. DBP - Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka Tamil Translation Unit 50 

n. Government Study Loan for Studies Abroad Thru PTPTN 50 

IV Indian Malaysian and their Social Issues 51 

a. Alcohol Laws and Programs in Malaysia 51 

b. Youth Gangsterism 52 

c. National Service Additional Allocation 53 

d. Special Skill & Mindset Training 54 

e. Youth Organization : Permanent Annual Allocation 54 

f. Religious NGOs Program Funding 55 

g. Sports NGO & Sport Program Funding 55 

h. Wedding Courses & Counseling 56 

i. Domestic Abuse, Abuse Awareness and Rights 56 

j. Single Mother- Motherhoods 57 

k. Adult Community Night Classes 57 

l. Ex Convicts Special Programs 57 

m. Social, Entertainment, Media & Press 58 

V Indian Malaysian and Government Policies 59 

a. Policy in West Malaysia 59 

i. Civil Service Employment 59 

ii. PTD – Pegawai Tadbir and Diplomatic 59 

iii. Military / Police / Enforcement 60 

iv. GLCs : Employment, Business & Participation 60 

v. Education, IPT & Matriculation 60 

vi Skill & JPK 60 

vii. Federal Tenders 61 

viii. Unity Company “Status” Replacing Bumi Status 61 

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ix. APs 61 

b. One Malaysia Language 62 

c. Language Unity 62 

d. Public Listed Companies- Additional Requirement 62 

e. Estate Relocation Policy 62 

f. Malaysian Indian Term & Racial Terms 63 

g. Dasar Pandang Kehadapan 64 

VI Indian Malaysians and the Call for Corrective Action 64 

a. Royal Commission of Inquiry on the May 13 th 1969 incident 

and declassification of OSA on all documents related to the 

incident 64 

b. Kempen Sejarah Malaysia Sebenar 65 


c. Remove “Anak Lelaki” and Anak Perempuan” (a/l and a/p) 65 

d. REVIEW Biro Tatanegara (BTN)-CONTENT 66 

e. Civil Service needs to go Multi Lingual 66 

f. Resurrection of the Rukun Tetangga 66 

g. Removal of Race & Religion Column 67 

h. Repeal Act 114A 67 

i. Minority Protection Act 67 

Concluding Words 68 

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A Note from the 

Chairperson 

Assalamu’alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh, 

Salam Sejahtera, 

Vanakkam, Vaalga Valamudhan! 

All Praise to Almighty God 

Indeed, we are all blessed to be able to have this meaningful report titled 

“Indian Malaysians’ Call for General Election 13”, All Praise to Almighty 

God. 

NIAT’s primary objective is to send a crystal clear message to the Barisan 

Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leadership that Indian Malaysians 

should not be taken for granted. 

“GRANTS FOR TEMPLES AND PIECE MEAL GOODIES FOR 

TAMIL SCHOOLS ARE NOT SOLUTIONS TO THE INDIAN 

MALAYSIANS DILEMMA. STOP THIS DECEPTION GAME AND 

PROVIDE A HOLISTIC SOLUTION!” 


In order to assist the Barisan Nasional /Pakatan Rakyat leadership, this 

document has been painstakingly compiled by NIAT and a host of well 

wishes. Syabas to my team consisting of Mr. ARUN DORASAMY and several 

others for their commendable effort. Only Almighty God can reward all of 

them. 

“MISSION IMPOSSIBLE” IS POSSIBLE IF LEADERS ARE SINCERE 

We are praying that the Indian Malaysian leaders from Barisan Nasional 

and Pakatan Rakyat will put aside their political ideologies and read this 

document with an open mind and come together for a ‘BRAINSTORMING 

SESSION’. Be truthful to the people who voted all of you into either 

Parliament or State Assembly. 

THE VISION, HOPE AND DREAM OF EVERY INDIAN MALAYSIAN 

The “Indian Malaysians’ Calls for General Election 13” document is the 

‘PULSE’ and ‘NERVE CENTRE’ of every Indian Malaysian. NIAT on behalf of 

all Indian Malaysians humbly appeal to the Indian Malaysian leaders in 

Barisan Nasional / Pakatan Rakyat to consider this seriously and endorse it 

as a sign of agreement. It is your moral obligation to take up this document 

to your top leadership. 

As a God fearing Muslim, I urge the Muslim leaders not to treat Non- 

Muslims in Malaysia any different from Muslims. 

Humble Servant of Allah/ God, 

Muhibbul Ulama, Shamsul Umma, Tokoh Masyarakat, Tamil Thondar Maamani, 

Kalvi Chudar (Sri Lanka) 

DATO’ THASLEEM MOHAMED IBRAHIM AL-HAJ 

DPMP (Perak), PMP (Perak) 

Chairperson 

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A Note of 

Gratitude & 

Hope 

First of all, on behalf of NIAT 

and the wonderful team that 

came together to put up this paper, I would like to extend my 

gratitude to the numerous NGOs, MPs, DUNs not forgetting the 

courageous general public for their invaluable input in drafting this 

“Indian MALAYSIAN’s Call for GE13”, a substantial 5 year plan in 

line with our Political Landscape - GE13. 

In the past, the under-representation of the Indian minority 

interests in the economic planning and the poor consultative 

process has left the minorities’ concerns unattended – something 

that has gone on for many decades. Most of the solutions in the 

past were political and not need based solutions. 

NIAT with the help of many stakeholders have attempted to 

formulate requests and demands to be adapted as part of the 

election manifesto that reflects the real need(s) of Indian 

Malaysians, irrespective of their religious or other inclination. 

The time has come for all Political Parties to recognize the 

importance of Indian Malaysian minority’s votes and needs. This 

paper seeks to identify and clarify those needs without fear or 

favour. 


NIAT is grateful to our Political Leaders, who gave many inputs in 

drafting this document by way of recommendations, information 

and suggestions thereby facilitating this “Indian Malaysians’ Call for 

GE13 - Undo the History and Redo the Future”. We understand the 

dynamics of the political landscape towards GE13 and we want to 

put forward a comprehensive paper describing the Indian 

Malaysians’ needs and aspiration to both BARISAN and PAKATAN’s 

Leadership. We ask the leaders to come forward to endorse and 

make their promises based on Indian Malaysian needs with a clear 

view of their future direction. NIAT has also engaged with various 

individuals, groups and experts namely academicians, NGOs, 

students, youth groups, housewives, single mothers, micro business 

persons, civil servants, politicians, even school dropouts in 

formulating this paper. 

The success of this effort depends upon the implementation of 

these recommendations by respective Political Parties whose 

representatives are elected at the GE13. NIAT and other civil 

societies will back up and participate in the GE13 to promote 

candidates / parties who are willing to grant our wish list. 

Gayathiri Prayers : Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life, 

Remover of pain and sorrow, 

The Bestower of happiness, 

Oh! Creator of the Universe, 

May we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light, 

May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction 

Arun Dorasamy 

Project Director-IMACGE13 /Secretary-NIAT 

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“IMACGE13” Project Team 

Chairperson : 

Dato Al-Haj Thasleem Mohamed Bin Ibrahim j 

DPMP(Perak), PMP(Perak) 

Religious/Language/Social Activist 

Project Director: 

Mr. Arun Dorasamy BSc ME(USA),CIA,MSC 

Project Council 

Mr. Ramesh K. Kumaraguru MBA (MSM), LL.B(UK), CLP, Cert in Syariah(MU) 

Dr. Balatharmalinggam MBBS, MSc 

Mr. Vivekananda Raja Murugesu – BBA , Diploma in Law 

Mr. Reghu Devan Lopez, BSc Clinical Physiology 

Dr. Shatishkumar Govindaraju MBBS 

Mr. Balamurali Govindaraju BSc EE 

NGO Advisors 

MIYC – Malaysian Indian Youth Council 

MIETA – Malaysian Indian Education Transformation Association 

MIBA – Malaysian Indian Business Association 

1MIND – Malaysian Indian Networking Development 

Secretariat Administration 

Shallyza Hosni 

Heman Babu DHK 

Gobal Kali 

NIAT and IMAGE13 wish to express our gratitude and THANKS to the following 

Individuals and esteemed organizations whose input, reports and assistance has 

contributed to making this document complete and meaningful: 

Government Agencies-Committees 

Koperasi Suria (M) Berhad (Suria COOP) – Ravindran & Team 

Special Secretariat for Empowerment of Indian Entrepreneurs (SEED) – Dr.AT Kumaraja & 

Team 

Action Plan for Future of Tamil Schools in Malaysia – Prof Dr N.S. Rajendran 

Economic Planning Unit – Jabatan Perdana Menteri 

Public Service commission (PSC) - Tan Sri Mahmud Adam 

Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) – YDH Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haji Ismail bin Haji Omar, Inspector 

General 

NGOs , Politicians & Prominent Individuals 

Malaysian Hindu Sangam Central Council Members, 

Malaysian Hindu Sangam Youth Team: 2009, 

Malaysian Indian Metal Traders – MIMTA 

Malaysia Satya Sai Baba Association, United Indian Club ( UMiC ), MiCLUB, 

NUPW-Navamugunthan 

Mr Baskaran 


Dr Lim Teck Ghee, Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI) 

Mr. Sivakumar Ramachandran, Malaysian Indian Business Association 

Mr. Muthusamy, Malaysian Indian Restaurant Owners Association 

Mr Ravi,Malaysian Association of Hair Stylist 

Mr Aravin & Mr Sivajani, Artha Dharma 

Siva Krishnan MIC Youth Chief Pahang 

Dato Bhupat Rai, Gujerati Association Malaysia 

Dato Ambiga Sreenivasan 

Dato Arumugam 

Dato Randhir Singh 

Dato’ V.L Kandhan (who shared with us the MIC 1974 Blueprint) 

YB M.Kulasegaran, Adun Ipoh Barat, DAP 

YB M. Manogaran, MP Teluk Intan, DAP 

YB P.Gunasekaran, Adun Senawang, DAP 

Senator Ramasamy, DAP 

YB Sivarasa Rasiah, MP Subang,PKR 

YB S.Manikumar, Adun Bukit Selambau, PKR 

YB M.Ravi, Adun Port Dickson, PKR 

T-Mohan & Team – MIC Youth 

Ms. Jeyanthy Devi Balaguru, GERAKAN 

Dato Seri Dr. M.Kayveas,, PPP 

Tamil School Reform Group Prof Rajendran 

Tan Sri Raymond Navaratnam 

Tok Puan Huma Sambanthan 

Ms.Kurinji 

Corporate Companies/ Foundation 

E Sun Hospitality Consultancy Malaysia 

TMI Nusantara Consultants (M) Sdn Bhd 

Yayasan Social Strategic 

English Language Learning Centre 

Real Well Power Resource 

ASLI 

Yoga Federation of Malaysia, Intl 

University – Academic Institutions 

Multimedia University Malaysia 

Assc Prof Dr Murali, Nottingham University 

Dr. Maniam Kalianan, Nottingham University 

Prof Hazman Shah Vijayan (UiTM) 

Dr Sathiran, Maritime Institute of Malaysia 

Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil Simpang Rengam, Johor 

Public 

Ms Rajes, Mr MathivananMr Poobalan, Mr Ragunatha Mr Ramesh Rao 

Students: Mr Gunaseelan, Mr Murugan, Mr Vetha Kumar, Mr Harriswaran, 

Single Mother: Mrs. Mala. 

Scores of other individuals and well wishers. 

**We extend our apologies to those whose names have been omitted and is unintentional. 

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The Indian Malaysian Story 

The Nation must be reminded of this fact : That NO one race has 

DIED more than the Indian Malaysian in this country for making 

“SWARNABOOMI” a reality! 

A whopping 1.2 million Indian Malaysians died between the years of 

1850 to 1950. This is an average of approximately 33 persons per 

day. (The Malaysian Indian Dilemma Pg 11) 

Impossible! Some may deny; others may question : Is that true? 

Some question the veracity or some even try to hide the truth and 

spin it for their self engineered interest. 

However, the fact of the matter is that this is the truth and a fact. 

They died because of a host of calamities including snake bites, 

malaria, tropical diseases, mal-nutrition, exhaustion and slave like 

conditions to transform those thick Malayan virgin forests into the 

green (paradise) plantations that we have today. 

The same sacrifice happened one more time in modern times when 

another a million or more Indian Malaysians were displaced from 

estates nationwide since the 1980s. Look no further then the 

nation’s capital that swallowed many estates. These Indian 

Malaysians are still looking for justice for their displacement. These 

“shawarnaboomi refugees” are squartering all over for survival - 

seeking for just treatment. Many do not have special skills to do 

anything other than plantation works, they have no place to stay 

other then basic estate housings, they have no saving other than 

their children and they have no hope for the future: these 


neglected Indian Malaysians were the new phenomenon of urban 

poverty and become the victim of unsustainable urbanization. The 

social crisis taking place includes crime, high dropout rates, 

rebellious mind. Illiterate, behaviors, gangsterism, alcoholism, 

drastic drop in family values and morals. 

We can undo the history and learn from the mistake by 

acknowledging the true condition and accepting the proposed 

solution in a holistic and honest manner. 

NIAT and its affiliates are very happy to have been able to reach this 

juncture to play a civil society’s role in assisting the community 

through sharing our findings for fast, permanent and effective 

solutions. 

(Naalai Namathey Inthe Naadum Namathey) 

“MALAYSIA FOR MALAYSIANS” 

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Part 1 

120 Days: Major Requests 

On the Serious NOTE! 

Mother of All Request is 

No:1 

DEMA – Department of Minority 

Affair, Development & Research: 


NIAT strongly recommends the 

government to seriously consider 

setting up DEMA and announce it 

when the GE13 results are finalized 

and either BN/PR forms the next 

government. 

THAIPUSAM – Feb 7 th 2013 

The announcement of DEMA will be the 

greatest GIFT ever by any PRIME MINISTER in 

Malaysian History for Indian Malaysian. 

DEMA will be the best installation ever to 

address and to develop Indian Malaysian 

synonym to ETP-GTP: NIAT will render full 

support thru our expertise and experience in 

assisting JPM 

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No: 1 – Department-DEMA 

FORMATION OF A NEW DEPARTMENT: 

“JABATAN HAL-EHWAL, PEMBANGUNAN & 

PENYELIDIKAN KAUM MINORITI MALAYSIA” 

No: 3 – Alcoholism 

A. REMOVE ALL ALCOHOL FROM CONVENIENCE 

SHOPS & 

IMPOSE LIQUOR LICENSE REQUIREMENT TO ALL 

ALCOHOL DISPENSING OUTLETS 

- LAW AND REGULATION WITHIN 120 DAYS 

- ENFORCEMENT BY 1 ST JANUARY 2014 

B. ALCOHOL REHABILITATION CENTER WITH HOSTEL 

FACILITIES TO BE OPERATIONAL BY 1 ST JANUARY 

2014 

No: 5 – Cabinet 

REPRESENTATION OF INDIAN MALAYSIANS IN NEW GE 

13 GOVERNMENT/CABINET – STATE GOVERNMENTS 

No: 2 – Education 


2.1 ABOLISH “PERALIHAN” CLASSES (“REMOVE 

CLASSES”)EFFECTIVE 1 ST JANUARY 2014 

2.2 ABOLISH “SK” ONLY REQUIREMENT FOR ALL 

“ASRAMA” OR “ASRAMA PENUH” SCHOOLS 

2.3 TAMIL SCHOOLS TO BE MADE “SEKOLAH 

BANTUAN PENUH “/ FULLY AIDED 

2.4 MRSM (MAKTAB RENDAH SAINS MALAYSIA) 

MODELED – FULL BOARDING SCHOOL FOR 

INDIAN MALAYSIANS AND OTHER MINORITIES 

WHO PERFORM EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AT THE 

UPSR 

2.5 GUARANTEE MINIMUM 8% INTAKE OF INDIAN 

MALAYSIAN STUDENTS IN ALL BOARDING / 

“ASRAMA” SCHOOLS 

No: 4 - Statelessness 

ZERO “INDIAN MALAYSIAN STATELESSNESS : IC/BC” BY 

1 ST JANUARY 2014 

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NO: 1 – Department -DEMA 

Formation of a New Department: 

Jabatan Hal-Ehwal, Pembangunan & Penyelidikan 

Kaum Minority Malaysia – DEMA (Department of 

Minority Affair – Development – Research) 

A. Rationale 

We understand as a God fearing Malaysian, we want no one to be 

left behind from the current development and all issues must be 

solved effectively and quickly so that the adverse effect of socioeconomic 

imbalance of Indian Malaysians can be eradicated. 

Currently, political bodies are entrusted with the responsibilities 

and they are playing a major role in gauging, drafting, formulating, 

planning, executing, implementing and monitoring policies related 

to their respective group of representation like MIC for the Indians 

and such. However, all the policies, execution and implementation 

have been political and NOT need based decisions ; as the parties 

are a political outfit and not a government department. 


Thus, there are issues that have grown amounting to a crisis and 

now affect all walks of people. For example, “Stateless Issue”, 

alcoholism, gangsterism, school dropouts, joblessness, single 

motherhood, poverty and etc. each of which will be identified and 

solutions are recommended below. 

It should be noted here that even the Prime Minister understands 

that the need for an affirmative action thru specific machinery (if 

not earlier) and initiated the Special Implementation Task Force 

(STIF): SEED as a baby step. Unfortunately, the SITF/SEED has very 

limited year to date success in terms of reach, vision, planning, manpower 

and results in holistic and permanent manner because they 

are an ad-hoc setup. Quick fix methods adopted will not solve the 

Indian Malaysians who have been marginalized for the past 55 

years. 

Based on extensive studies and meetings that has been instituted by 

NIAT for half a year, it is our collective and collateral understanding 

that the Indian Malaysian community need a permanent built-in 

government structure to ensure an effective and collective 

approach to deal directly with issues in continuous and 

converging pattern. 

The need to do so is to blatantly exercise the rights enshrined in 

Malaysian Constitution under Article: 153(1) i.e. “…legitimate 

interest of other communities…“. It was on this promise that we 

obtained our independence. 

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B. Timeline/ Dateline 

It is proposed that the aspiring Government of post GE13 ADAPT 

this recommendation urgently and include in the election 

manifesto. 

C. Proposed Methodology 

A special committee which includes NIAT should be setup to 

formulate and institute the Department under JPM. 

The Department is to be established and parked under the Prime 

Minister’s Ministry while satellite offices to be established in all the 

state capitals to start with (within the first 5 years) before it goes to 

all districts particularly in the states of Johor, Perak, Penang, Negeri 

Sembilan, Selangor, Kedah, Malacca and Pahang. 

Funding to be allocated from annual budget by the Finance 

Minister; the employees are to be hired directly by the Department 

in consultation with the Board of Advisors (the composition of the 

Board is stipulated in the following page). In view of this, we 

propose creation of a Working Committee to setup this Department 

and to formulate the detailed task and KPI for this department. 

Vision: Safeguard and Promote the Welfare & Development of the 

Non-Bumi Minorities in Malaysia 

Ketua Pengarah : 

Period : 2 Year Term (Extendable) 


An Indian Civil Servant to be selected in consultation and 

recommendation of NGOs based on performance: 

Timbalan Ketua Pengarah: 

Period : 2 Year Term (Extendable) 

Board of Advisors: 

Special Officer from Prime Minister’s Department - 1 

Special Representative from an Indian Based NGO - 1 

2 Year Term 

Special Representation from the Ruling Political Party - 1 

2 Year Term 

Special Representation from the Other Minorities - 1 

2 Year Term 

The Departmental Divisions 

Education Development Unit 

Overseeing areas including Pre-School, Tamil Schools, 

Secondary Edcuation, Pre-University (STPM), Territorial 

Education, Skills/Vocational, Education Loans, Various Intakes ( 

Matriculation – Boarding Schools – Local University ), 

Scholarships, Skill Centers, Teachers , Infrastructure, POL, 

POC Alternative Education, Educational Policies/Blue Prints 

and National Service, PPD – MOE – IPT –Liaison and etc 

Current – Tamil School Reform Committee: is an outfit that is 

functional since May 2011 that can be synced under the 

DEMA to be the guardian committee for Tamil Schools in 

Malaysia in accordance to their current role and objectives. 

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Unit Head : Pengarah UNIT 

List of suitable candidates for the job will be submitted in due 

course 

Youth Empowerment Unit 

Overseeing national NKRA related with youth empowerment 

issues, development, engagement, opportunities and 

leaderships. Other Issues including Alcoholism, Gangsterism, 

Sexual Culture, Single Motherhood, Social Media, Nationalism, 

Violent Culture, Marriage (un)Employment, Inmates, Crime, 

Unity, NGO Assistance, Sports, Volunteerism, Politics, Policies 

and other Youth related matter:- 

UNIT Head: Pengarah UNIT 


course 

Economic Transformation Unit 

Overseeing areas including Micro Busines, Business Idea 

Incubators, SME, Micro Business, Cottage Business, Trading, 

Infrastructure, Business Start ups, Business, Loans, Training & 

Coaching, Permits, License, Business Education, 

Entrepreneurship, Cooperative, Franchise, Contracts, Programs, 

Polices, Research, catalyst implementation, bridge private 

sectors, monitoring, EPU, Mega-Project facilitators, Vendor 

Issue, GLCS, Credit facilities AKPK – Credit Issues, Investment, 

Equity building, information sharing, ensure the growth, 

participation in Nation Building, Policy watch dog, policy 

recommendation, banking/finance Liaison, MOF, Information 

collection and global-domestic business networking 


SEED – Secretariat for Economic of Empowerment of Indian: Dr 

At Kumarajah:- This outfit which mainly work as a bridge and 

facilitator in making sure all the credit facilitation and funding 

plans are been dispensed to the target group. This is part of 

Economic Transformation Unit 

UNIT Head: Pengarah UNIT 


course 

Research, Policy & Monitoring Unit 

Overseeing areas including Statistic, Polices, Implementation 

Monitoring, Feedback, Various Research, Monitoring, Policy 

Evaluation, Information Gathering, Public Relation, EPU, 

NEM,NEAC, Annual Budget Committee Member, RMK11 

Committee Member, Advisory in Indian statistic to PM-EPU-, 

Ministries, PEMANDU-ETP/GTP and agencies. 

UNIT Head : Pengarah UNIT 


course 

Cooperative & Civil Society Coordination UNIT 

Overseeing areas including coordination with NGOs, 

cooperatives, policy & program information dissemination, 

citizen empowerment and program funding: The role of 

SURIA COOP is very well part and puzzle of this Unit to 

facilitate in collective manner the issue and delivery the policy 

effectively. Manage and facilitate a setup MINDEF (Malaysian 

Indian Development Fund) . This unit also will be entrusted to 

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promote lead/encourage certain NGOs or cooperative to have 

consorted effort in managing community involvement in 

business growth: E.g. Indian Malaysian Contractors Association 

and etc : Also involve in policy/program advising, connecting 

with NGOs and Cooperatives in line with national aspiration, 

transformation, information dissemination, rapport building, 

information gatherings, engaging civil society in nation building 

directly and etc 

UNIT Head : Pengarah UNIT 


course 

Unity, Women & Family UNIT 

Overseeing areas including National Unity issue, Sports, Women 

Empowerment, Women Opportunities, Motherhood, Senior 

Citizens, Children, Physically Challenged People, Special 

Persons, Volunteerism, Marriage/Domestic issues, Drugs, 

Positive Behavior & Human Values, Crime Prevention and etc 

UNIT Head: Pengarah Unit 


course 

Cultural, Language & Religious UNIT 

Overseeing areas including Places of Worship, permit, land 

issues, new building, re-organizing, culture, mother tongue 

language, coordinate cultural-language-religious NGOs and etc 

UNIT Head : Pengarah Unit 



course 

The complete task, scopes, organization charts and structure that 

are based on check, balance and real result orientation will be 

submitted at a later time by the NIAT’s Team and various 

government agencies like MAMPU. 

D. Conclusion: 

Indian Malaysians request the post GE13 Government not to merely 

consider but to implement these suggestions for the betterment of 

all minorities. This request is not a political request but to 

understand that this is a true reflection of an existing need of the 

marginalized communities. This caters for a permanent 

institutionalized solution rather than throwing quick fixes for issues 

that need greater understanding and complex maneuvering 

pertaining to the minorities, especially the Indian Malaysians. A 

systematic approach to issues and needs will benefit the 

government greatly rather than having too many ad-hoc 

committees or having politic parties to dispense task without 

expertise or infrastructure. Political bodies are meant for political 

work and aspiration not for policy-program-welfare deliveries. 

It is important to setup this department as soon as possible. NIAT 

will render our full support and expertise in making sure the 

department is functional and delivers the result to end the 

minorities’ issues. 

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NO: 2 - Education 

2.1 Abolish “PERALIHAN” classes 

(“Remove Classes”) Effective 1 st January 2014 

A. Rationale 

While very few may have been indoctrinated to believe otherwise, 

“Remove” condition or policy has always been perceived by the 

majority of Chinese Malaysians and Indian Malaysians as a 

“punishment or deterrence“ to force parents / students to opt for 

National Schools. 

This condition of a remove class has been introduced and practiced 

despite the fact that Tamil Schools in the country have almost 200 

years of history. 

The 1 st Tamil School was established at Penang Free School 

by Rev Hutching in 1816; 


In 1850 – Tamil Anglo School was established in Malacca; 

In 1896 the Tamil Anglo School was set up in Kuala Lumpur 

by Rev Abraham; 

The legacy continued till the Colonial British Government in 

the year 1912 passed a Labour Code to allow Tamil Schools 

to be built in estates. 

(Professor Dr R Thadayuthabani –UM Indian Studies – The origin of Tamil Schools) 

Unfortunately the Ministry of Education (MOE) may not see it from 

that vantage point. Education Blue Print Sept 2012 itself perceive 

vernacular schools as UNITY hindrance : 

1. Tan Sri Wan – Former DG of MOE agrees that the 

fundamental perception of MOE must CHANGE before an 

COMPLIMENTARY Education System under a single vision 

can be achieved without sacrificing any system of schools. 

Synchronizing the English and Bahasa Malaysia between 

Vernacular Schools and SK school is definitely a good way 

forward. 

(Adapted GBM from meeting at UiTM; Date: Oct 2 nd 2012) 

2. 1974 MIC Indian Blueprint, it had been clearly highlighted 

that “remove” classes were ineffective and it fuels the 

60% dropouts among Indian Malaysian students – yet the 

cry for educational justice fell on deaf ears. 

3. Action Plan for Future of Tamil schools in Malaysian – 

JPM Prof Dr Rajendran: echoed the idea to remove the 

“remove” class as part of his future recommendation to 

reform Tamil Schools. 

4. Mr. Doraisamy of the Headmaster’s Association lauded 

the idea recently in July 2012, The Star: to remove the 

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“Remove” system because of is ineffectiveness and 

irrelevancy in modern Malaysian Society. 

5. The Malaysian Hindu Sangam submitted the same 

recommendation i.e. to scrap the “remove” system in its 

Rancangan Malaysia Ke-10 recommendations submitted in 

February, 2012 

6. Abolishing “remove class” 2017 -EBP – is too long and too 

late. The Language; Bahasa Malaysia and English in 

Vernacular School must be synchronized to the level of SK 

Schools. Education Blue Print – Sept 2012 

The time has now come to repeal the outdated policy or condition 

that essentially wastes a whole year of a child’s education. Based on 

the statistics available, it is clear that Tamils school population 

currently in 108,000 students and the number continuous to grow 

as more parents opt for Tamil schools for various reasons. MOE 

must treat Vernacular Schools – in particular the Tamil school as 

part of the National School Systems that compliments and delivers 

the National Education Vision. 

Additional Points 

Language Proficiency Argument: A student that has gotten 

undesirable grades in Bahasa Melayu, example an “E” grade has to 

go through “remove” classes if he/she is from the Tamil or Chinese 

Schools. A student with the same grade (Grade E) from the National 

school does not need to go through a similar requirement. It is 

imperative that the “E Grade” reflect the same language proficiency 

standing irrespective of the type of school of a student in that 


particular subject; yet the treatment of the students appears 

inconsistent – this inconsistency needs to be addressed. 

Medium of Language: Tamil School students are already 

learning most of the subjects in English or Malay. This is with the 

exception of the Tamil Language and Moral studies which are 

conducted in Tamil Language. Therefore it is undisputed that the 

students are used to non Tamil medium of instructions like the SK 

Students. 

Adaptation to Non Indian Students: We live in a plural 

society. NIAT does not see any need or justification for a special 

effort with a year’s sacrifice to or for adaptation – in fact it creates a 

further alienation not assimilation. 

The “Remove” class stereotyping the students as under 

achievers and group all of them as one big group of under achievers. 

Peer pressure and inferior complex mindset sets in and does not let 

them change any part of this progress or learning and teaching. As a 

matter of fact in RMK 10 recommendations: “Remove Class” was 

called as “Drop out Factory” by Malaysia Hindu Sangam Youth 

Team. 

“Remove” System is not working as idealistically 

imagined or envisaged. In reality these students are deprived of 

the special attention in many schools. At SMK Puchong, we 

personally interviewed the students and their grouses are the 

same. It is a “waste of time “. 

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It is proposed that the incoming government look into this proposal 

as urgent and work on the details immediately. The Directive for the 

abolishment of the remove classes must be announced and be 

effective within 120 days :- Taking effect 2014. 


Directive issued by the Cabinet to the relevant Ministry to take 

effect 2014 

D. Conclusion 

This proposal is in line with the NIAT’s believe that the objective of 

education and schools is NOT to create a division in education or 

society BUT to educate the next generation of Malaysian as 

expounded in the “Falsafah Pendidikan Negara” (a National 

Policy). 

2.2 Abolish “SK” only requirement for all 

“Asrama” and “Asrama Penuh” Schools 

A. Rationale 

According to research conducted, it has become apparent that the 

requirement for entry into “Sekolah Berasrama Penuh” / Boarding 

School after UPSR is that the student must be “ Sekolah kebangsaan 

student” 


Adapted from moe.gov.my 

http://www.moe.gov.my/?id=213 

SYARAT PEMILIHAN MURID TINGKATAN SATU (1) SBP 

1. Warganegara Malaysia 

2. Murid Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) 

3. Memperolehi 5A atau 4A 1B dalam Ujian Penilaian Sekolah 

Rendah (UPSR) dengan mata pelajaran Matematik dan 

Sains memperoleh gred A. 

4. Aktif dalam kokurikulum. 

The “SK” only requirement for entry or selection for Government 

Boarding Schools clearly denies the rights of more than 57% of 

primary schools Indian Malaysian students - those from the SJKT 

schools cannot even dream of entering or applying fully boarded 

government schools, even if they procure the illusive “7 As”! 

To date we have about 60 SBP (Sekolah Berasrama Penuh) in 

Malaysia. This requirement is seconding SJK Schools in the national 

agenda of educating tomorrows’ Malaysian. Yet it is in complete 

breach of the “Falsafah Pendidikan Negara” which preaches 

solidarity and equality in education for all. 

It is sad to note that many Malaysians; including politicians do not 

know the discriminatory practices of MOE (Ministry of Education)! 

We urge the post GE 13 Government to immediately drop the 

requirement and work towards making- up for the racial 

imbalance in those schools. 

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Year 1980 1990 1993 2000 2005 2011 2012 

Number of 

schools 

Number of 

Student 


as urgent and work on the details immediately. 

The Directive for the abolishment of the requirement of Sekolah 

Kebangsaan only for these consideration for the Boarding School 

must be announced and be effective within 120 days 


Through a Directive issued by the Cabinet and the relevant Ministry. 

D. Conclusion 

589 547 547 524 524 523 523 

73,958 96,120 104,600 90,280 98579 103400 102577 

It is the humble plea of NIAT that the one area in which politics 

ought not to operate is in education - education is the fundamental 

right of every child irrespective of any other consideration and in 

line with this, the requirement of “SK” only for consideration for 

Government Boarding Schools must be eliminated immediately. 


2.3 Tamil Schools to be “Sekolah Bantuan Penuh” 

/ Fully Aided 

A. Rationale 

Fact: 

Total Tamil Schools in Malaysia – 523 with 102577 students 

Total Fully Aided Tamil Schools - 148 with 25000 students 

Table 1 : Number of Tamil Schools and Enrolment 

Adapted from MyNadi Report 

http://mynadi.wordpress.com/tamil-schools/ 

It is amazing to know only 29% (152)-Oct 2011 of Tamil Schools in 

Malaysia are “Fully Aided Schools” (Sekolah Bantuan Penuh). 

These 152 Schools are educating only about 1/4 of Tamil School 

Students in Malaysia (average) : i.e. 25000 out of 102K Tamil School 

students nationwide(2012) 

(pg 299 Malaysian Indian dilemma, Janakey Raman Manikam). 

It might be surprising to many but it is no surprise to many of us in 

the Indian Malaysian society. A staggering number of Tamil 

Schools i.e.72% of Tamils Schools in Malaysia are only partially 

funded (Bantuan Modal and Separuh Modal). These schools 

educate more than 50% of the Tamil School Students. This is 

unacceptable by any standards. This injustice cannot be accepted 

nor can any explanation be accepted, howsoever! 

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Almost 85000 students are educated in sub-standard conditions or 

in schools that have sub-standard facilities and amenities – this 

includes the lack of trained teachers. While this is not a acceptable 

situation, NIAT takes this opportunity to thank Teachers, Parents 

and NGOs for playing a supportive and progressive role in 

overcoming many of the shortfalls and steadily accept all steady 

increase in the student intake. 

Under the 9 th Malaysia Plan, the Government has only allocated 

1.3% (RM62.88Mil) of the total allocation of RM4.8 Bil for Tamil 

Schools ( Adapted from 9 th Malaysian Plan) . We urge the GE 13 Government 

to explicitly agree to revise all Tamil schools as fully aided school by 

the year 2015. For this purpose, the new Government must 

immediately work on the directive to this extent. 

The effort of Action Plan for Future of Tamil Schools in Malaysia by 

JPM under Prof Dr Rajendran is a great move by Prime Minister and 

deserves applause; NIAT Projects the infrastructure upgrades, 

school relocation and new school buildings with full facilities: Would 

cost at least RM500Mil. 




conversion of all Tamil schools into Fully Aided Schools must be 

announced and the steps towards such an implementation must be 

announced and be effective within 120 days. 



It is undisputed that as it is currently in order to be classified or 

accepted as a Fully Aided School the School must self own the land 

etc. The hindrance to this is the fact that currently, the Education 

Department plays a non effective role in land negotiations or 

purchasing of the land. 

To make this proposal effective, this must be reversed in the 

interest of ensuring that all such schools become fully aided. For 

this to be possible the ineffective Education Act of 1995 needs to be 

repealed or amended to make way for MOE to convert all nontitled 

lands. Currently MOE does not get involved in any land 

negotiation of the schools. It is left in the hands of the school 

administration, PTA and NGO. That is why politics and unnecessary 

considerations make it almost impossible that these schools convert 

to “fully aided” schools. This position is neither right nor 

appropriate as the Government has a better leverage / power to 

acquire and resolve land issues like acquisition, purchase or long 

term lease. 

D. Conclusion 

NIAT implores that the MOE and the Government must play a 

more effective role to convert the schools into fully aided schools 

to ensure that the basic and fundamental right of children is given 

due recognition as per the “Falsafah Pendidikan Negara”. Looking 

forward to seeing a more progressive schooling system unscathed 

by politics. 

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2.4 MRSM (Maktab Rendah Malaysia) modeled – 

Full Boarding Schools for Indian Malaysian 

and other Minorities who perform 

exceptionally well at the UPSR 

A. Rationale 

In 2011 out of 16,800 UPSR Tamil School Students, 7% of them 

successfully procured 7As (1191): These 1191 Indian Malaysian high 

achieving students were merely not absorbed to SBP Schools. These 

high achievers are not given due recognition or opportunity to be 

educated through a boarding system, unlike Sekolah Kebangsaan 

(SK) students. 

Therefore besides the request to abolish the “only SK” requirement 

for Boarding Schools as illustrated above under 2.2 above, we 

request that a new Boarding school modeled after the MRSM to be 

set up. 

Prime Minister has given cabinet green light on 22 nd Feb 2012 for 

MRSM Modeled School with majority Indian Malaysian students 

from Tamil Schools. The directive still has not been materialized 

despite availability of infrastructure from newly vacated MARA- 

MRSM facilities that can be quickly renovated for this purpose and 

NIAT and the entire Indian Malaysians are waiting and expecting an 

announcement soon rather than later. 





establishment of this type of Boarding school exclusively for the 

Indian Malaysian High Achieving Students must be announced and 

be effective within 120 days if not before. 


Through a Directive issued by the Cabinet and the relevant Ministry. 

This school shall be fully funded by MOE with full boarding, sports 

facilities and state of art infrastructure. 70% of the intake of the 

students are to be from Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil Schools and 15% 

Indian Malaysian from Sekolah Kebangsaan while the balance 15% 

of the intake shall be open to others similarly qualified. 

The syllabus: Cambridge Syllabus and English Medium – Modeled 

after MRSM, while the schools should be located in any of the 

following states like: Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Johor or 

Penang. 

It is not an unreasonable request as currently there are at least 3 

MSRM in the country conducting classes completely based on the 

Cambridge syllabus. 

The main objectives of this proposal are: 

To give special attention to those with outstanding merit with 

challenged socio-economic conditions. 

To nurture a new “cream of the crop” students that can help 

the future generation with outstanding merit, leaderships and 

positive attitude for Indian Transformation Program - ITP 

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D. Conclusion 

This project is long overdue (since 197 – MIC Blueprint) as the 

outstanding students from Tamil schools do not get the attention 

they need to complete their SPM with confidence. This is a 

proactive measure to reduce dropouts in Menengah Schools by 

Indian Malaysian students and to boost more qualified students to 

be able to realize their full potential in line with the Falsafah 

Pendidikan Negara. 

2.5 Guarantee minimum 8% intake of Indian 

Malaysian students in all boarding / 

“Asrama” Schools 

A. Rationale 

There are 2 types of Non Religious Boarding Schools: 

Science/Full Boarding Schools : Sekolah Menengah Sains 

Technical/Vocational Schools : Sekolah Menengah Teknik 

This request been pending since 1974 – Blue Book: pg 36 : by Tan 

Sri Manikavasagam to Late Prime Minister Tun Razak to allocate 


10% of the Science School and Boarding intakes for Indian 

Malaysian students. The same request was echoed by MHS through 

RMK10-Proposal Feb 2009 : Unfortunately, the request been denied 

or forgotten or systematically set aside. We have about 60 

boarding schools nationwide but the Indian Malaysian 

representation in those schools is almost negligible. MOE must be 

proactive in bridging the gap of racial imbalance to seed unity 

through justified and balanced educational opportunities. 

Unfortunately, the intake is now predominantly dominated by 

Bumiputra students since 90% of the SK are Bumiputeras. It is 

NIAT’s contention that the composition must at the least reflect the 

racial population composition in Malaysia. MOE also must ensure 

the non-bumi students facilitated with food and other elements 

that is important for Indian Malaysian or Non Bumi to ensure the 

eco-system is welcoming to all to continue education smoothly. 


The Directive for the increase in Indian Malaysian Students in 

Boarding Schools to at least 8% of the intake must be announced 

and be effective immediately 


The GE13 Government to immediately direct MOE to all the SBP 

schools to boost the intake and work with PIBG and NGOs to 

make sure enough applications are obtained to have at least 8% 

of the intake allocated for Indian Malaysian students from SJK(T) 

& SK Schools 

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D. Conclusion 

It is the humble plea of NIAT that as education is the fundamental 

right of every child no other consideration is relevant other than 

merit, just affirmative action and therefore the requirement of “SK” 

for Government Boarding Schools must be eliminated immediately 

and opportunities must be given to all on just and fair manner. 

NO: 3 

Alcoholism 

It is the contention of NIAT that the following steps must be taken 

immediately: 

All types of Alcohol must be BANNED from Convenience Shops 

Impose a compulsory Liquor License Requirement to all Outlets 

with alcohol sales activities regardless of whether it comes in 

the form of bottle or drafts or other form. 

ALCOHOL Rehabilitation & Research Center with Hostel 

facilities to be established 

A. Rationale 

“Alcohol” has been the single biggest issue involving youth, 

especially Indian Malaysian Youths. 


Some of the related issues are underage drinking (below 21 years 

old), vandalism, violence, driving/riding under influence, addiction, 

absenteeism at schools, health issues, loitering at public 

parks/places (“lepak”) and family problems. 

Police record favors that the violent crime does have alcohol as the 

common denominator. 

Based on the research that has been conducted the public demands 

that alcohol be removed from all convenience shops or require 

them to procure a “retail liquor license” with current Municipality 

Laws with existing requirement. 

MHS Youth did get the consensus from the MIC Youth and PAS 

Youth on this matter as early as 2010. MIC Youth is revisiting the 

issue currently due to its seriousness. 

There were studies done with regards to this issue including the 

“ALiM-Alkohol Law in Malaysia” Project by Malaysia Hindu 

Sangam, in which 12 amendments to our existing laws had been 

proposed to protect the youngsters while simultaneously ensuring 

that the freedom of alcohol to adults is not infringed. I must stress 

no religion condone alcoholism or alcohol trades. 

Besides banning of Alcohol sale at Convenience stores, the other 

pressing issue is the lack of treatment for “alcoholism” and Indian 

Malaysian do have DNA prone to addiction to alcohol naturally 

suggest some studies. 

Currently in Malaysia, we have a growing number of adults and 

youngsters that are addicted to alcohol and it is common 

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knowledge that the problem needs to be addressed effectively 

through the proper implementation of corrective mechanisms. In 

fact, Malaysia is however amongst the top 5 highest alcohol 

consumers per kapita in the world. 

Yet, while many speaks of the ills of alcoholism and the social 

problems that are and have been in existence, to date there has 

been no effective remedy in place. 


The Executive Directive by Minister of Domestic Trade and 

Consumer Affairs 

An Announcement by Ministry of Health to identify spot and start 

Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre Project : Preferably in Selangor – 

Perak – Penang – Johor-Negeri Sembilan 


a. All alcohol sale at convenience shops must be banned 

immediately. 

Students and underage children are to be completely prohibited 

from purchasing any alcoholic items. 

Laws and regulations need to be in place and monitored and 

enforced effectively, through local municipalities and police. 

Mandatory jail sentencing must be put in place as a deterrent. 

b. Alcohol Rehabilitation & Research Centers 

Suitable rehabilitation centers for alcoholism treatment need to 

be established immediately to remedy the situation. 


Akin to the Drug rehabilitation centers, these centers need to 

be empowered to work with NGOs to educate and eradicate 

this problem. This may be established under the Ministry of 

Heath. 

D. Conclusion 

The problems illustrated are ongoing and needs urgent attention. 

The more the government closes its eye to the issue and the 

problem is swept under the carpet, the problem will surmount and 

it will be more difficult to tackle. The Government is urged to attend 

to this problem urgently in all states. 

NO: 4 

Zero “Indian Malaysian Statelessness : IC / BC by 

1 st January 2014 

A. Rationale 

The “statelessness” issue has been a sore thumb for the Indian 

Malaysian community since Independence – a good 55 years 

since! 

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The problem has grown to be a crisis because of sheer negligence 

on the part of authorities with no clear direction, run-around 

attitude of authorities, unclear policies and indefinite timeline on 

application. The use of “budi bicara” creates many small napoleonsproduct 

of BTN, bribery and alibi for giving long run around. How do 

you justify an application still in process for Mr. Govindaraju 

Muthuvelu, recently been awarded citizenship after a whopping 25 

years wait? 

Malaysia must emulate naturalization process and procedure in 

other countries using point system or other objective requirements. 

Immigration in Malaysia needs a total reform to accommodate 

global migration and social changes. 

The attitude/mindset of the authorities appears to be: 

“Review of the applications to find a reason to dis-approve“ 

rather than “Review the documents and seek reasons to 

approve”. 

One can deny or might give excuses, yet the fact of the matter is 

that this is a real problem and the problem needs an immediate 

solution that is both permanent and systematic in approach. NIAT 

Hopes the request of late Tun Sambathan as part of independence 

social contract need not to be reminded to all once again, 

CITIZENSHIP is God given right to all. We have to make it happen. 

The National Registration Department (NRD), JPM, Political Parties 

& NGOs jointly conducted MyDaftar campaign to assist those with 

NRIC/BC Issues is applause able. However, one time “Panadol” one 

time “exclusion” or one time solution is not desirable for any issue. 


A permanent and executable action plan must be drawn: It is 

important to acknowledge many of this issues are revolving not only 

on the government’s regulations and implementations 

incompetence but it is revolving around discrimination, conversion 

issues, polygamy, orphan, religion, and social issues. 

The MyDaftar drive garnered 9568 returned applications and almost 

6000 were granted citizenships till August 2012. Well done. 

This was a great achievement since Independence by the 

government: yet it was a stark eye opener that so many people 

born and living in Malaysia have no proper identification! And to 

think that many more who have yet to come forward! 

Further, accordingly to Dato Siva, the Coordinator of the Special 

Implementation Task Force (SITF) -, he received a letter from NRD 

stipulating that around 46000 Indian Malaysians who already have 

Birth Certificates (BC) have yet to apply for their NRIC-Identity card. 

NIAT finds this both alarming and frustrating! What have the 

authorities been doing about it, knowing this fact? Are we waiting 

for another HINDRAF to highlight the issue: We have to act before 

“ nasi jadi bubur ” I urge an immediate action to be taken by NRD 

or an action plan must be drawn by SITF. 

B. Timeline / Dateline 

We therefore propose the following measures immediately. The 

Directive to be issued within 120 days, with no delay. The 

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infrastructure and methodology must be in place. The one very 

clear directive to the National Registration Department is to honour 

the social contract of awarding all Indian Malaysians citizenship with 

minimum fuss and protocols. 


NIAT propose an IC/BC Committee to be setup to draw a action plan 

and coordination involves NRD, KDN, Immigration, JPM and NGOs; 

To recommend measure to avoid future problem, one time solution 

to dissolve the issue and to identify all the cause of the problem. 

All Indian Malaysians satisfying the following criteria must be issued 

citizenships and all relevant documentations on the following 

conditions: 

Either parent is Malaysia with DNA test, then the Child / 

Children must be given citizen regardless of their other papers : 

Children housed in orphanages and/or homes must be awarded 

citizenship unless it can be shown that they are not of 

Malaysian Origin. 

Schools, Hospitals, Police, Homes and NGO’s may facilitate the 

identification of all persons facing such problem. Concession 

can be given to personal history foot print, lifestyle and 

language accent. 

Relax the rules on national language and religion requirements: 

Brochures, advertisements in all local newspapers of all 

languages must provide detailed description of how one who 

has no documents to come forward to procure the IC / BC; 


All NRD staff must be appropriately trained to have the aptitude 

(in language and mannerism) and helping nature to assist all to 

obtain the IC / BC 

A System of point and objective must be drawn to avoid “budi 

bicara” of officers in awarding citizenships: Australia, Singapore, 

Britain, French, USA all follows the system. 

D. Conclusion 

The awarding of citizenship to all Indian Malaysian born and living in 

Malaysia would be the single most important historic event for all 

Indian Malaysians in Malaysia, many of who have been sidelined or 

casted aside by their own kin, other Malaysians – it will be the true 

Merdeka for all! It is rebelling to see a person from Indonesia- 

Muslim becoming Citizen-Bumiputera so fast then an Indian 

Malaysian that was born and bred here. Even though the fact is that 

the first wave of Indians came to Malaya to conquer (Palava), 

second was to trade and religious (Islam) propagation reasons and 

finally to work in British plantations. 

Stemming from the above, all students under the age up to 18 

years old should not and cannot be deprived of the right to 

education merely due to lack of documentation. 

Besides education, the more sensitive topic which has been 

unreasonably politicized is the choice of religion – which must be 

left to the children to choose / decide at the age of 18 and never 

earlier, if there is a doubt. 

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A concerted effort to refrain from any act or effort of child 

conversion must be enacted. Child conversion must be illegalized 

within the period of 5 years in government as per cabinet consensus 

during tenure of Prime Minster Pak Lah – May 8 th 2009 “cabinet 

has come up with a morally correct decision, that the 

children of such marriage breakups with split religious 

affiliation would be brought up in the religion of the parents 

prior to the marriage breakup” 

Statelessness must be a non –issue in the true spirit of Malaysia and 

Independence / Merdeka! 


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NO: 5 

Representation of Indian Malaysians in the New 

GE13 Government (s) / Cabinet Post GE13 

A. Rationale 

The Indian Malaysian had been sidelined and marginalized 

systematically for more than 15 decades by the English colonial 

masters, the Estate middle managements and then later by our own 

Government after Independence. 

This tragedy is a known fact and this has been acknowledged by 

many leaders including the former MIC President, the late Tan Sri 

Manikavasagam, Former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir 

Mohamad and Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. One of the main 

reasons of this situation is because of the non-effective 

representation of the Indian Community in the Government, in the 


true “representative manner” and failure of attacking the issue with 

a true care and share attitude that we preach about. 

B. Timeline / Dateline 

We therefore propose the following measures immediately. The 

several appointments must be made when the new Government 

and cabinet is formed; it is imperative that this must be within the 

120 days, with no delay. 


Prime Minster to appoint directly and the representative must be 

command the support of Indian Malaysia public Prime Minister 

must only select not one those affiliated with parties but connected 

with PEOPLE and able to perform. 

Federal – Putra Jaya Government 

Prime Minister Malay Malaysian 

Deputy Prime Minister Chinese Malaysian 

Deputy Prime Minister Indian Malaysian 

Deputy Prime Minister Alternate Term between Sabahan 

and Sarawakian Malaysian 

Other Indian Representation must include: 

At least 3 Full Cabinet Ministers - 30 Ministerial Post 

* 2 from MP Politician 

* 1 from NGO-Civil Society thru Senatorship 

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At least 4 Deputy Ministers - 40 Deputy Ministerial Post 

* 4 from MP Politician 

* 1 from NGO-Civil Society through Senatorship 

The appointments above should also include One (1) Indian Muslim; 

One (1) Punjabi and one (1) Lady 

All Ministers & Deputy Ministers must declare to PUBLIC their;- 

Asset & Property Ownerships detail : Individually, jointly 

and immediate family 

Must disclose their 3 years tax return and annual tax return 

State Government 

As for the State Governments, it is recommended that all State 

Governments include an Indian Malaysian Deputy Chief Minister, 

wherever possible. However, for states which have a significant 

Indian Malaysian representation in the voter segment, as in 

Selangor, Perak, Penang and Negeri Sembilan, the recommendation 

is rather mandatory to give proper cognizance to the Indian 

Malaysian community. 

State Indian Malaysian Representation: 

Selangor Deputy Chief Minister 

Perak Deputy Chief Minister 

Penang Deputy Chief Minster 

N.Sembilan Deputy Chief Minister 

D. Conclusion 


The recognition of the Indian Malaysian through the appointments 

as Deputy Prime Minister, additional Ministerial and Deputy 

positions would inadvertently increase the true representation of 

the Indian Malaysian voice in and within the Cabinet, Government 

and decision making processes. The new Cabinet must not be 

Barisan or Pakatan Cabinet but A TRULY PEOPLE’S CABINET with 

check and balance on self interest and graft. 

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Part 2 

Requests to be 

implemented within the 5 

year duration / before the 

next election (GE14) 

2013 - 2018 


Requests - To be implemented within 5 years of being elected into 

Parliament 

I Unification of Indian Malaysians 

II Indian Malaysians in the Economy 

A. National Economic Implementations 

a I Amanah 

b. EPU – Indian and Minority Socio-Economic Planning Unit 

c. Independent Statistic Commission 

d. Smart Agro Land Scheme 

B. Initiatives for the Micro Businesses 

a. Micro Loan – Problem Statement 

b. Proposal 

i. Micro Loan Delivery System 

ii. Loan Criteria 

iii. Permanent Micro Loan Scheme 

iv. Indian Malaysian Micro Business Government Training 

v. Micro Loan for Home based Business “Cottage Industry” 

vi. Micro Business Information Dissemination Centre 

C. Initiatives for the Small Business 

a. Problem Statement 

b. Past solution 

c. Current Proposals 

i. Franchise Business Boost 

ii. Boosting Franchising at Global Scale 

iii. Vendor Development Program 

iv. Business Opportunities in GLC 

v. Technology Incentive 

vi. Malaysian Indian Women Participating in Business 

vii. Home Based Business 

viii. Graduate Business Community 

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ix. Traditional, Cultural & Indian Art Business 

x. Young Indian Participating in Stock Market/Equity Market 

xi. Development of Malaysian Indian in Lacking Sectors 

xii. Scheme Partnership/JV 

xiii. Permanent Business Loan 

xiv. Invite Reputable Business Associations to Assist 

xv. Uninterrupted Labour Supplies 

III Indian Malaysian in Education 

a. Review of 10 Subjects Cap in SPM and Tamil as Mandatory 

b. Higher Education & Matriculation 

c. New Tamil Schools with 1:10000 population 

d. New Tamil Private School Permission 

e. Tamil School Land Acquisition 

f. “Sekolah Cantuman” and Grade “B” 

g. Disparity Among Male & Female Teachers 

h. 8% PTD for Diplomatic and Government positions 

i. Indian Counselor in Schools 

j. POC ( People Own Culture )in Secondary Schools 

k. DBP - Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka Tamil-Chinese Translation Unit 

l. Government Study Loan for Studies Abroad and Locally 

IV Indian Malaysian and their Social Issues 

a. Alcohol Laws and Programs in Malaysia 

b. Youth Gangsterism 

c. National Service Additional Allocation 

d. Special Skill & Mindset Training 

e. Youth Organization : Permanent Annual Allocation 

f. Religious NGOs Program Funding 

g. Sports NGO & Sport Program Funding 

h. Wedding Courses & Counseling 

i. Domestic Abuse. Abuse Awareness and Rights 

j. Single Mother 

k. Adult Community Night Classes 

l. Ex convicts Special Programs 

m. Social, Entertainment, Media & Press 

V Indian Malaysian and Government Policies 

a. Policy in West Malaysia 

i. Civil Service Employment 

ii. PTD – Pegawai Tadbir and Diplomatic 

iii. Military / Police / Enforcement 

iv. GLCs : Employment, Business & Participation 

v. Education, IPT & Matriculation 

vi Skill & JPK 

vii. Federal Tenders 

viii. APs 

b. One Malaysia Language 

c. Language Unity 

d. GLC Companies 

e. Estate Relocation Policy 

f. Malaysian Indian Term & Racial Terms 

g. Dasar Pandang Kehadapan 


VI Indian Malaysian and the Call for Corrective Action 


and declassification of OSA on all documents related to the 

incident 

b. Kempen Sejarah Malaysia Sebenar 

c. Remove “Anak Lelaki” and Anak Perempuan” (a/l and a/p) 

d. Restructure Biro Tatanegara (BTN) 

e. Civil Service needs to go Multi Lingual 

f. Resurrection of the Rukun Tetanga 

g. Removal of Race & Religion Column 

h. Repeal Act 114A 

i. Minority Protection Act 

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I. UNIFICATION OF “INDIAN MALAYSIANS “ 

A. Rationale 

The Current Classification of Indian Malaysians based on the 

Population survey done in 2011 by the Statistic Department is 

complete and the Indian community is now officially categorized 

under nine (9) codes listed as below: 

BIL. KOD NO. BANGSA 

1. 6110 India Muslim & Malbari 

2. 6120 Malayali 

3. 6130 Punjabi ( Kecuali Sikh) 

4. 6140 Sikh 

5. 6150 Sinhala 

6. 6160 Tamil India 

7. 6170 Tamil Sri Lanka 

8. 6180 Telugu 

9. 6998 Orang India Lain 

“In Malaysia, the Malay population is defined by Article 160 of the 

Malaysian Constitution as someone born to a Malaysian citizen who 

professes to be a Muslim, habitually speaks the Malay language, 


adheres to Malay customs and is domiciled in Malaysia. This 

definition is loose enough to include people of a variety of ethnic 

backgrounds which basically can be defined eventually as 

"Malaysian Muslims" and it therefore differs from the 

anthropological understanding of what constitutes an ethnic Malay. 

This understanding of the meaning of "Malay" in Malaysia has led to 

the creation of an ethic religious identity. Adapted from Wikipedia 

Definition of Indian 

Relating to India or to the subcontinent comprising India, 

Pakistan, Sri Langka and Bangladesh. Adapted Oxford dictionary 

Indian Malaysian is the ONLY race in Malaysia that consists of all 

religion – Hindu – Muslim – Christians – Sikh -Buddhist-Baha’i: The 

traditional Definition of Race and ethnicity is related to biological, 

geographical and sociological factors respectively. 

The Indian Malaysian all originated from the continent of Indian 

continent, thus with same argument as the MALAY: Indian must be 

unified under one code to strengthen unification for national unity. 

B. Proposal 

Unify the Indians under One Code: 6100: Bangsa India Malaysia. 

The Malay community is not sub-classified like Bugis, Jawa, Banjau 

Minangkabau and etc. They all come under a single “Malay” 

category as per the Federal Constitution definition. 

We have to assimilate the Indian Malaysians into one category as 

we are very minor category, even though we do have different 

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language in use, custom in practice, religion or looks but we all 

originated from the sub continent of India. 

Only through effective assimilation and recognition as one 

community, would all future efforts of progress be plausible! 

The “Divide and Rule” formulas will no longer work. What Malaysia 

needs is a strong united Malaysia – one that works together as ONE! 

It is in the name of National Security and Unity; we must do away 

with sub classifications and it is clearly counter productive towards 

unity. 

C. Time Line / Dateline 

Latest within 5 years or before the next elections. 

D. Proposed Methodology 

Jabatan Perdana Menteri to issue Directive to Statistics 

Department and National Registration Department to apply the 

changes accordingly: 

II. INDIAN MALAYSIANS IN THE ECONOMY 

A. National Economic Implementations 

Rationale 


Indian Malaysians are still trailing behind other races in terms of 

economic success. To reduce the development gap between races 

in Malaysia, which is the fundamental element of racial unity and 

social justice, the government has been inactive in tackling the 

economic imbalance issue among Indian Malaysian. Government 

effort since 2009 is applause able but not close to be enough. 

A holistic planning with political will, direct delivery and measured 

monitoring system are in absent to date. Secretariat for Economic 

of Empowerment of Indian (SEED) is a great move by Prime 

Minister Dato Seri Najib to facilitate the credit for micro, small and 

medium enterprises. However, SEED alone is not the answer for 

Indian Malaysian issues. 

The May 13 th 

1969 and Nov 25 th 2007 

were two big signs and reminder for the government on the 

seriousness of economic imbalance. Consequently, just as May 13 th 

created NEP the Nov 25th and the “Tsunami 8” inspired the 

economic transformation and political balance. 

To achieve the Malaysian dream, the following recommendations 

are made to reduce the economic imbalance among the working 

and challenged class of Indian Malaysians. 

a. I- Amanah 

The Government is to initiate an I-Amanah scheme to be parked 

under PNB or Khazanah National especially for Indian Malaysian 

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with its sole purpose “to catch up with equity ownership in 

Malaysia”. 

To date the Government is still unable to reach the 3% equity share 

for Indian Malaysians by 2010 as previously planned. The idea of 

Indian Amanah (I-Amanah) had been mooted by various quarters in 

the past but the idea was shelved or scraped due to various 

reasons. 

MAICCI under the leadership of Dato Pradeep Kukerja – 

Dato Bhupat Rai : 2007 mooted this idea to Dato Seri 

SamyVelu. However, this idea was buried for not known 

reason. 

MIC Blue book – 1974: Tan Sri Manikavasagam have 

mooted similar idea to the late Premier Tun Razak. ; MIC 

Blue book 33 page ( V): The idea see no day light and 

hijacked with simple allocation of RM10Mil 

In 1990 NECC- National economic Consultative Council had 

this Concept of “I-Amanah” recommended; however this 

recommendation was inadvertently left out for one reason 

or another by Tun Mahathir. 

It is perhaps the right time for the government to seriously address 

the equity imbalance through the creation of I-Amanah. 

The equity must be evenly distributed to working class Indian 

Malaysians. Rather than having the equity floating amongst only a 

few elite Indian Malaysians in this country. 

The Bank Simpanan Nansional (BSN) mooted the scheme 

“Simpanan BSN” in 1980s which was targeted at lower income 

groups with substantial return and ringgit to ringgit match by 

Government. 

Similarly, a total of RM250Mil as Seeding Fund should be set aside 

for this reason as part of this I-Amanah Initiative. Matching dollar to 


dollar: I-Amanah: Indian Malaysian earning less than 

RM3000/Household income and priority to those leaving in rural 

area, women and non-educated, minimum investment RM50 

monthly: This program can be parked very well under DEMA thru 

PNB or Khazanah 

A similar program was launched earlier in 2011 with an RM5000 

investment or loan through the Offering of Amanah Saham 

1Malaysia which is not directly inducing an increase in equity 

ownership but more targeted at reflecting positively in statistics. 

Unfortunately most of the lower income group could not qualify for 

the program through commercial loans, thus they are unable to 

benefit from it. 

The current proposed I-Amanah will work exactly the way it worked 

for the Bumiputra through BSN Investment. 

Clearly these ideas have not been newly conceptualized. This idea 

that has been pleaded many times before– but has unfortunately 

fallen on deaf ears! Time is Now. 

b. EPU – Indian and Minority Socio-Economic Planning Unit: 

The Government needs to setup an expert group within the 

Economic Planning Unit (EPU) consisting of experts specialized in 

the Indian Malaysian issues – called the Minority Socio-Economic 

Planning Unit. 

It would seek to understand and champion the Malaysian Indian 

issues and needs. NIAT is aware that to date such a Unit is not in 

existence. 

This unit should be responsible for drawing up action plans and 

policies to eradicate poverty and create opportunities for the 

marginalized Indian Malaysian society. Currently, EPU does not 

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have a deep understanding of issues pertaining to Indian Malaysians 

leave alone the strategies and methods of deliverables. Such a Unit 

would assist in highlighting the needs of the Indian Malaysian in an 

effective and timely manner. 

Despite recommendations of programs and policies in the past by 

many quarters, it has rarely been adopted. It is time that a special 

group of economists and policymakers are placed within EPU with 

the particular interest in dealing with the social economic imbalance 

of the minorities. 

Although, in the past, the political parties/organizations purportedly 

representing the minorities were consulted on case to case basis, it 

appears to be more a formality rather than an exercise that was 

beneficial to those in need. 

Based on our studies and inquiries, we found that firstly, due to lack 

of expertise, the parties/agencies themselves (without the help of 

experts from within EPU) were not in a position to exclusively 

formulate action plans. Secondly, recommendations by the 

respective parties to include certain programs or policies rarely saw 

the light of day in terms of implementation 

c. Independent Statistics Commission 

Currently, the reliability of the statistical data(s) with regards to 

Indian Malaysian’s participation rate in various economic activities 

is questionable and this is a source of disbelieve, complaints and 

dissatisfaction. 

The unreliability is NOT only on Indian issues but on many issues 

generally. 


For the general public, some of the published data are not the true 

reflection of what is experienced on the ground. As such, an 

Independent Statistics Commission should be formed which is both 

transparent and independent. 

The data collection methodology should be placed for public 

scrutiny to ensure societal trust in the data. Currently, based on the 

several encounters with the Commission, there appears to be some 

serious doubts placed on the Indian Malaysians population data, 

economic activities data, poverty data, education data, equity of 

Bumiputera ownership data, crime data, demographic data, just to 

name the few. 

In essence it creates a host of doubts on the true and real status 

quo. 

Besides this, in Malaysia in recent years there appears to be a 

general lack of public trust on the Bumiputera ownership data. 

The Government cannot afford to take this lightly as this is the 

primary indicator for policy makers and there is a pertinent need for 

public to trust the government with their future and development. 

A more transparent and realistic Independent Statistic 

Commission is seen as essential for this purpose. 

It is to be noted that the Indian Malaysian Population has seen a 

“suspiciously” symmetric decline despite the notable increase in 

the total Malaysian population since 1970 which stood at 10.8 

million(1970) to 29.1 million in 2011. 

The population in Malaysia has increased in 3 folds while ironically 

the Indian Malaysian population has only doubled from about 

900K in 1970 to the current population of 1.8 Million. 

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Since 1970 the percentage of Indian population, according to the 

official statistics have dwindled by more than 30% “magically” to 

about 7.9% (2010) currently. 

Taking into consideration of fertility rate, population growth, socio 

economic status and mortality rate those numbers are quite hard to 

neither accept nor digest. 

d. Smart Agro Land Scheme 

The Massive forced/circumstantial migration of Indian Malaysians 

from estates to urban areas due to rapid industrialization in search 

of better opportunities without any urban skills has been a catalyst 

for the urban poverty phenomenon in the past decade. 

Perhaps, now (since not earlier!) it is the right time for government 

to drive these groups into technological base farming sectors in the 

urban skirts through land incentive initiatives. 

Agricultural activities like cattle farming, hydroponic farming, 

flower, white water fishery and many more lucrative areas could be 

some of the answers to address the Malaysian Indian urban poverty 

phenomenon. 

The scheme will work almost like FELDA but the scheme must be 

spelt out more clearly and carefully to attract Indian Malaysians 

through 10 acre land for smart agro activities complete with capital 

and technological assistance. 

This will mark the beginning of this scheme by giving out 5000 acres 

from 2013 – 2017. 


Based on statistics about 1 Million (plus) acres of land had been 

given out to 118K Settlers from 1956 to 1990; Yet Indians only 

obtained 1.83K or approximately 1.5% of the total amount: 

Perhaps it is cogent to note that 1974 MIC Blueprint indicated that 

almost 3300 (end of 1973) Indian Malaysian applications were 

received and recommended FELDA to give more opportunity for 

Indian Malaysian Settlers; which means that just based on the 

statistics, almost 7000 possible opportunities of Indian Malaysian 

were ignored or blatantly “snatched” away from them! 

If 8% of the total land (and nothing more) were distributed to 

rightful claimants amongst the Indian Malaysians, that would have 

constituted over 70000 Acres of freehold plantation land schemes- 

which would have benefited over 7000 Indian Malaysian 

households. 

The Urban Poverty Phenomenon –was highlighted and warned in 

1974 through the MIC Blue print: Pg 26 (57) 63800 (45000 families) 

mass moving out of estates/mining quarries that needed urgent 

attention; 

The then MIC recommended FELDA/RISDA/FELCRA Scheme to 

used to replace those displaced from estates with at least 10% of 

the settlers, with a rate of 700 Families per year for 20 years (1970 

– 1990). 

Unfortunately the recommendation was ignored or rejected by 

Former PM Tun Abdul Razak’s Administration. 

NIAT merely seeks to revisit this blueprint after almost 4 decades 

to start all over again and seek the Government’s open review of 

the problem and adapt a long overdue recommendation that was 

formulated under the able leadership of the late Harvard Alumni 

Datuk K Padmanaban who led the Economic Team as early as 

1970. Better late than never! 

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B. Initiatives for the Micro Businesses 

a. Micro Loan - Problem Statement: 

Although the micro Malaysian Indian businesses contribute to the 

economy at large, these businesses still face significant challenges. 

These challenges are faced at every stage of business processes 

ranging from getting the premises, application for licenses and 

permits, startup capital, loan for operation, even in areas such as 

knowledge and know-how. 

Previous Solution that was made available : TEKUN (Tabung 

Keusahawanan National)- Thru SPUMI 

1. Access to friendly information regarding application process 

has been highly inadequate. It is presently coordinated through 

Yayasan Social Strategic/MIC which is ill equipped to reach the 

Malaysian Indian micro businesses and its operators. The 

hierarchical procedures and processes significantly delay the 

application process and increases the waiting time which these 

businesses can ill-afford 

2. Requirements for the loans ; significant delays deter businesses 

from getting their loans on time. There is a serious mismatch 

between the micro-business credit time of less than 30 days 

and the processing time for loans which exceeds 6 months. The 


loans application cycle should be synchronized with the 

business cycles for it to be useful and practical for business 

purposes. 

3. The funds get exhausted really fast and late disbursement of 

fund does not serve the purpose of nurturing the real needs of 

micro businesses over a longer term. The funds must be 

designed, funded and operated as a sustainable and long term 

project and not as an ad hoc initiative. 

4. In certain cases, the owners have excellent business ideas but 

lack the requisite skills and training. In this aspect, training of 

prospective businessmen with regards to businesses is 

important. MARA has been quite successful in training owners. 

The same approach / methodology can be extended or 

duplicated to Indian Malaysians as well. 

5. Blacklisting of Indian Malaysian Businessmen especially Micro 

and Small enterprises are alarming and very concrete action 

plan must be designed to tackle; Suria Malaysia Coop, and SEED 

also echoed this concern. 

b. Proposal 

i. Micro Loan Delivery System 

Micro loans to be disbursed through BSN, License Money 

Lenders, TEKUN and/or selected NGOs for a faster 

delivery of the services. Currently accessibility and 

processing time is the problem. 

Currently the Micro Loan Scheme through Bank Negara 

and RM180Mil loans for entrepreneurs-SEED through 

political infrastructures are not reaching those 

businessmen who really need it due to misappropriation 

or procedural improprieties or just plan improper 

dissemination. 

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It must be noted that most of these current loans further 

create NPL and CRSS issues that will haunt micro business 

owners for many years to come. 

Excerpts from discussions and findings (Names have been 

omitted to safeguard the participants in the research) : 

- Mr.G, an entrepreneur from Kajang, who attended the 

briefing on SEED recently on 2.8.2012 informs NIAT “ … it is 

same story different scene” 

- Mr K, a young graduate from Klang (SKM Level 3 – INPENS 

Automotive under the scholarship of YSS 2007). He decided to 

embark on his own operation after 4 years of experience. 

Found himself a suitable place and to secure location, he 

procured an “along” type of loan which requires him to pay 

RM2K interest per month for a loan of RM20K. NIAT referred 

the matter to Suria Cooperative – Infrastructure to assist 

Indian Malaysian Micro Businessmen. However it failed to be 

of relevant assistance as the assistance they render is only in 

the form of equipment and not for capital or running capital: 

He applied for the Bank Negara Micro Loan and is pending 

approval. Meanwhile he is has no alternative but to service 

the loan at the interest of RM2 per month! 

- Mr V, a local artist applied for a loan under TEKUN to setup a 

Dance Studio in 2010 through YSS in the 2010 by MHS – Youth 

Assistance Team. He never received any reply nor call for 

interview. 

- Ms ABC, (name was refrained upon request) another local 

artist that made many famous debuts in Malaysia and India, 

applied for a loan through the Creative Fund from the 

Ministry of Culture and Heritage but never got a helping 

hand. 

ii. Loan Criteria 


The requirements for the loan to be relaxed and there must be 

an introduction of more innovative payback schemes if 

necessary. MARA Scheme could be used as model. 

In this respect, perhaps we should emulate the proposed micro 

schemes of Nobel laureate, Dr. Mohd Yunus of Bangladesh who 

proposed that “more importantly, priority should be given for 

loans to business women”. 

Conversely, despite the ALONG’s negative image, the ‘ALONG’ is 

more successful in attracting micro business for loans due to 

their fast delivery system. 

As such, the current systems need to be revised especially in 

terms of information, processing time, and methods of 

application. 

NPL, CRSS, CTOS are the biggest hindrances for getting loans 

approved. This is despite the help of LKPK. 

iii. Blacklisted – Micro Business Credit Restoration 

CRISS – CTOS-NPL credit standing are very important for any 

businessmen. Thus, Indian Malaysian is facing great challenge 

with credit scores, credit excess and reckless finance 

behavior. NIAT recognizes the problem and had confirmation 

of the problem from various agencies that are dealing with 

Indian businesses including PEMANDU/SURIA & SEED. We 

propose to initiate a fund in which a micro businessman with 

credit issues will be able to benefit thru good finance 

behavior. The fund size is RM30, 000 or less. A doable 

payment scheme will be drafted with debtor(s) with 

assistance of SEED and the payment scheme will be endorsed 

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by JPM-SEED-debtor(s)-Creditor(s) with specific terms and 

legally binding: This is a re-imbursement credit restoration 

scheme “carrot & stick” approach. The plan is modeled after 

SBA-USA: Objectives of this scheme are; 

To rendering hand to micro businessmen/women to 

move forward in business: 2 nd Chance 

To coach and initiate responsible financial planning and 

fiscal habits. 

iv. Permanent Micro Loan Scheme 

Micro-Loan should not be limited for an allocated amount. 

Like PTPTN, micro loans should be made available for those who 

want to start a business. It should be continuously given to 

ensure the success of the businesses and it should be based on 

a payback scheme. 

It is clear that Micro business companies represent 87% of the 

entire count of companies incorporated in Malaysia in 2010. 

The current setup of SME Bank and etc works exactly like 

commercial banks. For example the Micro Loan Scheme from 

Bank Negara is not easy to get by despite many attempts. This 

deters micro business owners to expand or even starting 

businesses in the first place. 

The role of SEED is right on dot, however the SEED service must 

be translated into rural areas with more systematic 

infrastructure: SEED seems a temporary outfit for now. NIAT 

emphasizes on creation of DEMA as permanent outfit that can 

facilitate SEED in every district for assistance. 

v. Indian Malaysian Micro Business Training 


An allocation of RM 5 Million per year set aside for training the 

owners of micro business. Blanket requirement for loan to go 

thru a week PAID training- especially of those of Micro & Small 

Businessmen/Women. 

Training and loans should come hand in hand, so that relevant 

and potential micro business can be selected. Upon successful 

completion of the training, the owners could assess loan 

schemes. This will ensure business sustainability as well as 

better loan recovery. 

The training should include issues on business law and 

legislation, company setup processes, banking requirements, 

labour law, taxation, management, marketing, purchasing, 

customer relations, customer services and other areas as shall 

be suitable for the specific businesses in its operations of micro 

businesses. 

This training need to be continuous and can be conducted on a 

part-time basis, as night classes or weekend classes. The 

training may be delivered through INSKEN – Institute 

Keusahawanan Negara : It is recommended that the Training 

must be conducted in Tamil & Malay. 

vi. Micro Loan for Home Based Business “Cottage Industry” 

Indian Malaysia community to be given priority for Home 

Based Business Loans 

The Indian Malaysian has not fully tapped the home based 

business as it is hard for them to get loans from commercial 

banks or the government. 

Loans should also be disbursed for ladies, single mothers and 

housewives who intend to start home based businesses. The 

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approval and selection criteria need to be revisited to attract 

more ladies to be involved in home based business activities 

which include traditional businesses. 

Examples of business : Garland/Flower Service, Baby Sitting, 

Handicraft, Tailoring, Snack Food, Bridal Services, Jewelries 

Repair & Crafts, Mobile Hair Stylists, Home SPA, Morning 

Market, Home Tuition, cleaning Maid Services etc. 

Budget 2013 – GMBO – Get Msian business Online – 5000 to be 

set aside for Indian Malaysian Women: 

vii. Micro Business Information Dissemination Centre 

Training NGO to do the work: 

We must adapt the USA concept of SBA – Small Business 

Administration system where the government provides 

infrastructure for Micro/Small Business to use. Such a service 

may include printing services, conference – seminar rooms and 

providing avenue for volunteer or NGO to use to coach or 

disseminate information to the public. SEED idea could very well 

serve as SBA: SEED need to expand its objectives and role from 

just a credit facilitator. SEED need to expand to all districts at 

least to reach the target group effectively and directly. 

Due to the lack of effective information dissemination, society 

at large feels that their interest has been left out in the process 

of mega brand development. 

Centers to disseminate information regarding loan facilities and 

other opportunities provided by the government should be 

intensified. 


A one stop center to facilitate this process is required at 

strategic locations so that the facilities and information can 

reach the Indian society at large. SME Corp is still unreachable 

for many. In addition, temples and Indian NGOs should be 

roped in to tap and push information closer to the target 

groups. The SBA (Small Business Administration) in USA consists 

of businessmen or retired staffs. 

Currently the SME Corp is ineffective in counseling micro 

businesses. 

C. Initiatives for the Small Business 

a. Problem Statement 

The biggest segment of Indian Malaysian businesses fall into 

the small business category. The challenges of these 

businesses are definitely the startup capital, investments for 

expansion activities and working capital. 

b. Past Solution: SMIDEC/MIDF/SME 

1. Reimbursement Basis: For Example the Start Up Grants by 

SME Corp, Marketing/ Promotional Grants etc. 

2. Process and Decision Time : 6 months or more 

3. Inaccessibility particularly in remote areas 

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4. Lack of transparency in the process. 

Limited transparency allows and provides room for every 

failed application to be perceived as based on racial 

biasness to have been an application by Indian applicants. 

This phenomenon must be stopped. 

c. Current Proposals 

i. Franchise Business Boost 

There is an urgent need to expand the franchise business 

schemes to Indian Malaysians. 

A realistic target is to create 50 Malaysian Indian Franchise 

Businesses in a year with 100 Local Indian Business 

Franchises in the next 5 years. 

Currently, PNB through PNS have been working on a similar 

concept. 

It is recommended that the Franchise programs that are 

currently allocated only for Bumiputra be opened for Indian 

Malaysian as well. 

Since, the Indian Malaysians are involved in different types 

of business; the expansion of franchise concept to Indian 

Malaysian business generally, will create more spillovers 

effect to the economy between 2013-2017. 

- Ms Vanaja, a housewife with reasonable education 

background fought many years to acquire a local convenient 

shop franchise Kwik Shop 

She failed to have neither SEEDing fund nor the support to 

nurture her interest in franchise business; 


She was not qualified for the PNS program as she do not have 

a Bumiputra status: 

She struggled for almost 2.5 years with Business Plans and 

Other information before she gave up and accepted her fate 

for being from an helpless Indian Malaysian. MHS Youth – 

was in consultation with her from 2008-2010 

ii. Boosting Franchising at Global Scale 

8% of the funds allocated for National Franchise program 

should be assigned to Malaysia Indian businesses 

The Malaysian Indian businesses in Malaysia are not getting 

enough help, expertise or know-how in franchising their 

business on a global scale. Nevertheless, currently the 

number of Malaysian Indian businesses that have great 

potential to be franchised can benefit the nation as a whole. 

With adequate planning this could be the beginning of a 

establishment of a global franchise presence. 

Therefore, it is recommended that 100 new Malaysian 

Indian franchise businesses to be assisted under various 

programs like PNS and others. Currently, Indian Malaysians 

do not have the awareness and incentives to move 

forward in this direction. The incentive can be delivered in 

the form of Consultation, Grants, Loans and Franchise 

Development Training. 

Hence, 8% of the funds allocated for National Franchise 

program should be assigned to Malaysia Indian businesses 

to make the effort a reality. 

Budget 2013 – PNS Allocation Rm25000 for franchisees 

and RM500000 franchisor: Set aside for Indian Malaysian 

Business men/women 

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iii. Vendor Development Program 

8% of the vendors in GLCs must be Indian Malaysian. 

GLCs and MNCs, among others, train and develop vendors 

under the vendor development programs. This in return has 

created successful local businesses. 

It is recommended that 100 qualified Indian Malaysians per 

year to be trained under a similar scheme. This will 

ultimately create more business spillover for the nation. 

Currently, GLCs such as Proton are not willing to share their 

information and are not transparent to share the 

information of their vendors. This has to change with a view 

to work together towards making the 8% target a reality. 

iv. Business Opportunities in GLC 

GE13 Government need to use the GLC machineries to 

allocate opportunities thru GLCs in order to increase the 

equity of Indian Malaysians. It is recommended that 8% of 

contract value to be set aside for Indian Malaysian 

businesses /vendors /contractors. 

This is more feasible, both politically and economically, to 

correct the economic imbalance than just having contracts 

on an Ali-Baba basis. It is important to make sure the 

businesses that have gotten approval through Indian 

Malaysian quota to be made known and they have an 

obligation to create a cascading effect. 

In the past the Malaysian Businessmen/women refuse to 

actively participate in eradicating poverty among Indian 

Malaysians and leave the whole burden to the government. 

Thus, moving forward we need to create a more favorable 


business environment built on trust and responsibility. We 

need a standing policy on hiring and business opportunities 

of 8% in place. 

The trickling down approach by the government through 

the “helping” of some Indian Malaysian company failed: 

example West Port – Maxis – Astro and many others 

v. Technology Incentive 

The government has to provide loans and incentives to 

ensure modernization. 

The 5 industries that the Indian Malaysian is presently very 

active in include: 

(1) Food/service 

(2)Metal/Precious Metal; 

(3)Transport/Logistic; 

(4)Newsstand/Printing; and 

(5)Retail/Textile. 

These industries are labour intensive and have potential for 

modernization; the government has to provide loans and 

incentives. 

Currently, the incentive programs under various ministries 

are hard to come by for the Indian Malaysian Businesses 

that are not savvy and not too well organized. 

Hence, it is recommended that a special allocation be 

given for technological and equipment improvement 

specifically for these pillars industries. The grants and 

incentives should include technology consultation 

activities, training and equipment upgrading and the like. 

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For instance, restaurant owners could implement the POS 

systems to enhance the management quality. 

Representatives from respective association must be 

encouraged to participate actively in technology 

transformation in their industry in establishments like 

PRIMAS, PRESMA, MIMTA and etc. 

vi. Malaysian Indian Women Participation in Business 

It is recommended that the government create at least 500 

new enterprises for Malaysian Indian women graduates. 

Malaysian Indian women are left behind compared to their 

counterparts in other races and to eradicate this it is 

recommended that the government create at least 500 new 

enterprises for Malaysian Indian women graduates. 

A Special Program or Scheme could be developed under the 

Ministry of Women Affairs and Community Development to 

boost awareness and to provide training, grants/loans as 

well as supervision. 

The industries of interest should include marketing services, 

beauty, training, food/service, green technology, small scale 

manufacturing activities, human resource services, cottage 

industries and others. 

One possible introduction is similar to the concept of PINK 

TAXI like in UK-London: Special Taxi Services. 500 Taxi 

permits may be allocated to the Indian Malaysians Women 

(graduates) with a RM5000 down payment or full Loan 

Scheme for a new Taxi. 

vii. Home Based Business 


Creating 1000 home based businesses under various 

programs specifically for Women (Example, housewives, 

single mothers and the disabled). 

A specific program by the relevant ministries e.g. Ministry of 

Women Affairs and Community Development is needed at 

each level. The home-based businesses must be supported 

by grants, training, supervision and facilitation. The Chinese 

model of such program can be absorbed in this case. 

Industries such as food/service, catering, crafts, bakery, 

internet-based business, florist , online and telemarketing 

should be encouraged. 

Additionally, the Ministry should also create more 

awareness programs on the issues of home-based 

businesses. 

Amanah Ikhitiar may not be the appropriate solution to the 

Indian Malaysian. It creates a support system of 5 women to 

start a business and NIAT may give a list reason why this is 

not the remedy for Indian Malaysian: 

- Indian Malaysian – Traditional Business Ideas 

- Culture, Distrust & Language : Barriers 

- Infrastructure 

- Officers 

viii. Graduate Business Community 

It is recommended that the government assist and 

support the Malaysian Indian graduates to start up new 

businesses 

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Young entrepreneurs are the engine of growth of the 

economy. Likewise, it is also a tool to reduce 

unemployment among graduates. 

It is recommended that the government assist and support 

the Malaysian Indian graduates to start up new businesses 

in areas like financial services, healthcare, consultation 

services, R&D related services, and others. 

A target of assisting 1000 new Indian Malaysian graduates 

in these new businesses is an important and necessary 

beginning. 

The program should be specifically tailored towards 

graduates who are less than 35 years old who have 

successfully undergone training and consultation. They 

should be given a loan facility of not less than RM500K to 

start and to develop their businesses. Additionally, during 

the training, the graduates need to be paid living allowances 

not less than RM1500/month and this is should be part of 

the loan. 

The loan should be flexible enough to be converted to a 

grant of equal amount, upon paying taxes or employing 

certain number of employees within 10 years of operation. 

Even though currently there are programs with few 

government agencies but these are not reachable to 

Indians. Special quota and directive much be made. 

Budget 2013 –, Agro Tech Ventures possibilties, and 

Graduate Employability Blue Print by 2012 ; 

However, government must initiate afund for business 

START UP. Similar program to “Groom Big” -SME Corp : It is 

ONLY for Bumiputera-need to liberalize. 

ix. Traditional, Cultural & Indian Art Business 


It is important to develop and catalyze the traditional 

businesses. Cultivate new enterprises that are related to 

cultural and traditional-based business or services. 

These businesses include Dance Academies, Cultural sports, 

Cultural craft, Musical Equipment Manufacturing, Cultural 

Skill Training Centre, Sculpture, Theater Shows and Jewelry 

manufacturing. 

These industries are important for tourism and unique 

attraction for Malaysia. Currently, most of the supplies are 

imported from India and it will be an added advantage if 

Malaysians were to venture into these industries. 

The programs to develop these industries should be specific 

and parked under the Ministry of Heritage and Culture. 

The programs should include training, study scholarships to 

India perhaps or other suitable country for consultation as 

well as loans/grants. 

Other than this support Study Abroad Loan Scheme may 

be made available for example – priest and artists or 

talents interested in cultural musical instruments which is 

difficult to nurture locally. 

x. Young Indian Participation in Stock Market/Equity 

Market 

More effort is needed to engage the Indian Malaysian to 

participate in the stock and equity market. 

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The lack of participation is due to funding constraints and 

knowledge. Traditionally, Indian Malaysian doesn’t have 

the mindset for portfolio investments. 

It is recommended that the government provide training for 

200 qualified Indian Malaysian Youths to participate in stock 

and equity markets as stock brokers and remises. The 

program is to be conducted by Bank Negara or other 

affiliated agencies. Adequate exposure, training and 

coaching will ensure the Indian Malaysian participation in 

this sector. 

Congrats: Budget 2013 – Address the program ; Securities 

Commission to Coach and offer fund for youth graduate to 

involve in Securities business. Fund for Indian Malaysian 

must be set aside. 

xi. Development of Malaysian Indian in Lacking Sectors 

The government and private sector need to implement a 

broad range of assistance programs to facilitate the entry of 

Indian entrepreneurs into manufacturing and modern 

services sectors, particularly in the SMIs. 

As clearly indicated, the Indian Malaysian community 

participation in certain sectors, namely manufacturing, 

agriculture, utility, green tech, construction, finance, 

wholesale and retail is grossly lacking. Through such efforts, 

the Indian Malaysian participation in these areas will see a 

marked increase. These initiatives may include the 

following: 

Specially packaged programs currently implemented for 

the participation of Bumiputra entrepreneurs should be 

extended to the Indian Malaysian entrepreneurs. For 


example the vendor development programs for privately 

owned companies in automotive, motorcycle and Halal 

food industries including government owned companies 

such as Petroleum Nasional Bhd, Tenaga Nasional Bhd, 

Telekom Bhd and MISC. 

Issuance of Licenses and Permits to Indians should be 

given priority for example 8% of taxi, bas persiaran and 

lorry permits; 8% allocation of businesses in petrol 

stations and Proton dealership. 

A request for the Ministry of Entrepreneurial 

Development to set up a special fund of RM500Mil for 

Indian entrepreneurs similar to the RM 2 billion fund for 

the Bumiputra Providing Seed Capital for start ups and 

business expansion. 

Open avenues for Indian Malaysian contractors to 

participate in Class A & B schemes in infrastructure and 

construction sector. 

Adequate Allocation of Seeding/incubator funds to 

intensify the Indian Malaysian participation in 

Manufacturing, Green Technology, Bio tech, Information 

& Communication Technology (ICT), Education, Health 

Tourism, professional and consultancy services. 

Budget 2013 – Incentive for Green Tech Business is 

highly anticipated. 

xii. Scheme Partnership/JV -Take Over 

A program to create 500 potential partnerships and JV 

To grow, Indian Malaysian businesses are actively seeking 

partnerships and joint venture arrangements as a source 

of fund and knowledge transfer. 

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It is proposed that the government facilitate these 

businesses to engage in partnership and Joint ventures. A 

program to create 500 potential partnerships with 

established business owners in selected industries like Halal, 

Export/Import service, Technology Intensive Industries, 

Green Technology and Finance is proposed. 

The program includes creating awareness, training, 

coaching, consultation, loan/grant and supervision. The 

program can be parked within the SME Corp under 

Malaysian Indian Partnership scheme. 

With a loan allocation of up to RM1million, it is possible to 

create 500 new businessmen within 5 years. 

xiii. Permanent Business Loan 

Small business should be able to access permanent loan 

programs. 

Currently SME Corp does have few products for small 

business but it is on reimbursement terms. This type of 

schemes might not work for capitally challenged owners. 

Therefore the government has to setup a moderate term 

business loan for small businesses with relatively short 

processing time, like 2 weeks. 

Loan facilities are the fertilizer for the growth of small 

enterprise in any country. 

Unfortunately the SME Banks in Malaysia do business more 

like commercial banks. Micro/Medium owners with CRISS or 

CTOS problem are unable to seek financial help. Efforts 

must be made to change or reverse this predicament. 


Permanent Loan Products needed: 

- Business Start Fund 

With limited and simple loan requirement 

- Running Capital Fund 

Running business and Starting Up business 

- Other Fund 

Equipment, Renovation, Marketing, IT, Certification, 

Consultation, R&D and Training 

SURIA COOP – can play a positive role to expand the 

services to service business loans for start ups, 

expansion, take over, and running capital. 

xiv. Invite Reputable Business Associations to Assist 

To recommend that the government should offer funding for 

any proven nationwide business association on 

Entrepreneurial Development and Skills Training Centre 

(EDSTC). 

The centre should guide Indian Malaysian youths in basic 

skills training, advise on starting a small business, licensing 

arrangement and credit facilities. It should be set up at 

every state with full accreditation from the government 

so that banks and other agencies can assist them for loan 

facilitation and project approvals. 

The EDSTC need to offer consultancy services to 

overcome typical problems of the Indian SMEs that 

include:- 

Small family owned business 

Labour intensive with low capital 

Limited production capacity 

Limited Capital 

o Utilizing simple technology 

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o Limited specialization 

o Inappropriate marketing literature 

Non competitiveness in terms of price, service quality, 

packaging etc. 

Limited Market Accessibility due to lack of marketing 

expertise, lack of R&D unattractive packing and labeling 

Technological levels 

xv. Uninterrupted Labour Supplies 

To ensure the continuous growth of the Pillar Industries of 

the Indian Malaysian, the government must ensure and take 

great care of the labour supply issues. 

In the past 15 years Indian Malaysians have made great 

progress in 5 prominent Pillar Industries, thanks to 

government policies on foreign labours. 

The industries are 

Service & Food Industries 

Recycle, Metal & Precious Metal 

Newsstand and Printing 

Transport and Logistic 

Retail & Textile 

To ensure the continuous growth of these industries, the 

government must ensure and take great care of the labour 

supply issues. The survival of these industries highly 

depends on uninterrupted labour. 

In the past decades, there were constant changes in the 

labour policies that have cost the Malaysian Indian 

businessmen millions as well as in business growth in 

general. 


Since the entire pillar industries of Indian Malaysians are 

labour intensive, thus the degree of dependency towards 

foreign labour is slightly higher and any disruption on labour 

supply will directly affect the livelihood of thousands of 

Malaysian Indian businessmen. 

It is imperative that the government establish a long term 

policy measure with regards to foreign and local workers. 

Some of the long term measures that require serious 

attention include the following: 

• Serious attention towards tackling the wide spread 

corruption in the supply and demand chain of foreign 

labour in the country. It has been so long that the issue is 

been pushed under the carpet and it is time, now, to 

address it with a permanent solution; 

• Weak and ineffective enforcement due to 

corruption, unclear guidelines and too many overlapping 

authorities; 

• Simplification and standardization of procedure for 

foreign worker’s new applications, renewal process, 

replacement and cancellations. 

• Lack of enforcement and crack down on illegal 

workers: Projected to be around 2mil in the country by 

labour department 2011. It is time to intensify the 

enforcement on the crackdown of illegal workers. 6P is 

a stagnant pram so far. 

• Review the Levy Policies which is viewed to be 

main course of VISA abuse. For example, the 

plantation workers annual levy is RM400 while service 

industry is RM1800 annually. The levy for all industries 

must be synchronized. Tax Exemptions for local hiring 

companies would be a great move toward localizing 

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our work force. USA and Singapore uses this method to 

protect their local labour force. 

• Intensify JPK Skill Training and Private Training 

Centers on the pillar industries to reduce the 

dependency on foreign workers by 25% in the next 5 

years without interrupting the labour supply while 

simultaneously maintaining a healthy growth of the pillar 

industries. 

• Awareness of Labour Laws, employer’s 

responsibilities and unyielding enforcement will surely 

make this industry more attractive and rewarding for 

local job seekers. 

• Government must also engage the pillar industries’ 

representative to draw a comprehensive blue print with 

regards to foreign labour issues. Without a proactive, 

sincere and consultative move between the government 

and the pillar industries, there is a fear of unnecessary 

outflow of investment to India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and 

other Asian countries. 

• Double Tax Incentive for employers that hire local 

workers. Through this employers will have a greater 

interest and attraction to recruit local workers. The 

additional labour cost shall be absorbed through tax 

relief. 


III INDIAN MALAYSIAN IN EDUCATION 

Rationale 

Education is the single most important driver of poverty eradication, 

political stability, unity, and economic development. It is also 

important to bridge the gap between the poor and the rich. 

The education system is constantly used for a political agenda that 

deprives one’s right to freely choose their path especially in public 

education. 

Currently, the Indian Malaysian is very much dissatisfied with the 

overall provision of education in Malaysia, what more the 

consistency in the inconsistency in education systems in Malaysia. 

The Indian Malaysians recognize the importance of societal 

integration and the unity of the nation and nation building while 

simultaneously believe that this should be achieved without 

infringing the rights enshrined in the constitution and social 

agreement. 

The government and EPU should not think that Tamil School 

educated citizens are any less patriotic compared to their 

contemporary from a national school. 

Policies unfortunately seem to favour the national schools, 

making the vernaculars school unattractive and inadequate. 

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The GE13 Government has a golden opportunity to show the Indian 

Malaysians its noble and sincere intention to solve impending issues 

on education in Tamil school on “Mega Impact Policy Shifts” within 

3 months. We are sure this will win the hearts and minds of every 

Indian Malaysian and build toward a healthier and stabile Malaysia. 

In the Past 

1. Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 10 Subject Issues 

This policy created suspicion among all Indian Malaysians about 

government’s real intention and sincerity. The decision was 

taken unilaterally by the ministry without consulting the society 

or the vernacular educationists. 

2. Merit System & Matriculation 

This system is proven to be flawed and has caused distrust in 

the government’s intention to make sure the system is based on 

merit and not race. The latest fiasco of additional 1000 seats 

(2012) for Indian Malaysian students in additional to previous 

intake of 559 (2011): We are know the 1559 is not fulfill and 

MIC flip flop information dissemination is the cause much 

uproar among Indian Malaysian: Till today: MIETA (Malaysian 

Indian education Transformation Assoc) the NGO that spear 

headed this issue never was given the list of matriculation 

students or called for consultative. Matriculation intake is 

conducted under great secrecy by MOE and political bodies, 

why? 

3. Tamil Schools are ill aided, under-funded 

Tamil Schools are generally inadequately funded and not 

expanded in line with their growth and this has left Indian 

Malaysians disappointed. 


The Tamil school issues have historically and continually used as 

a political tool with a hidden agenda while to date no long term 

workable solution is available. 

The formation: Action Plan for Tamil School Reforms – Prof Dr 

Rajendran is a great move forward : However, any plan without 

action or implementation will only make the issue worst or the 

deception deepen. 

4. UPSR – Tamil School and the “Peralihan / Remove Class 

“Peralihan” classes for under achievers in UPSR are the main 

cause for dropouts and no effective solution is available to help 

the students to catch up in education. Stringing from this issue 

is the issue or concerns on student discipline; sufficiency of well 

trained teachers to handle under achievers, proper curriculum 

specifically designed for under achievers, and others add to the 

ultimate purpose and agenda behind the current education 

system. EDB- Education Blue Print 2012 – removing “remove” 

2017 is too late. 

5. Issues of Tamil School Classification 

The numerous school classifications eg SKM (Sekolah Separa 

Model), SBM (Sekolah Bantuan Modal) Grade B, Grade A 

(Sekolah Bantuan Penuh) add to the dissatisfaction amongst 

the Indian Malaysians 

6. Issues of Attachment Teachers and Training 

Inadequate and inappropriate teachers and training of 

teachers and the consistent changes ill-afford consistent 

improvement of the Tamil Schools 

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Education Blue Print (EBP) 

EDP is a safe passage to educational reform without much twist and 

turn. The committee totally ignored or stayed away from real 

reform on POLICY and POLITIC Levels; 

Infrastructure Improvement is pretty much understood and 

can never go wrong 

Improving the teaching Talent – How can one can go wrong 

with that 

Improving the MOE – department Red Tapes and empower 

the ground to perform. 

Etc 

Some of REAL Reform TALK must ADRESS the following:- 

1. TOF – Term of reference of the Education Blue Print (EBP): 

Sept 2012: Vernacular Schools and SK are Equal in carrying 

the mandate of National Education Mission- This means SK 

schools must not see Vernacular school as a historical 

nuisance that segregate or divide Malaysians: TOF – 

EQUALITY – MOE must accept not TOLERATE that Malaysia 

is built base upon multi educational system and no one 

system is above any. REMOVE all Policies that sideline the 

Vernacular Schools as off system. 

2. The Base line for the EBP is a “fear” of Tamil and Chinese 

Schools growth of 7% and 4% accordingly among Indian 

Malaysian and Chinese Malaysian: That kind of fear or 

mindset is totally 180’ degrees against the UNITY Code 


propagated by “Falsafah Pendidkan Negara” : MOE – must 

not envy or fear the popularity and performance hike in 

vernacular schools. EBP intro gives a chilled effect on EBP. 

3. Abolishing “Remove Class” 2017 – is too long and too late. 

The Language; Bahasa Malaysia and English in Vernacular 

School must be synchronized to the level of SK schools in 

terms of syllabus: especially in Bahasa and English 

4. Tamil Schools must be given options to do Math and 

Science in Tamil or English; Rather than pushing it all for 

Tamil Language/Chinese. Tamil Schools showed a great 

performance in Math and Science thought in English 

compare previously in Tamil Language. So, aren’t broken 

don’t fix it. 

5. Permanent Assessment System that is TRANSPARENT for 

all School; - The biggest shortfall of Malaysian Education 

System is the inconsistency and affirmative action enforced 

upon our national exam assessment system. Current, bell 

curve system is used under great secrecy. The A grade 

score of the year 2010 is not necessarily same as the A 

Grade quality of year 2009: because the grading is based 

on year and locality and possibly race/religion. This 

discriminatory grading deprived the teachers of knowing 

their real performance and achievement, depriving the 

children of their real knowledge level of standing in 

reference to the rest and yester years and refuse the 

system a credibility assessment to improve and move 

forward with reliable and universal standard. For 

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example, If the 80 percentile is the level for an A grade then 

it should be left as 80 percentile and affirmative action’s 

should be exerted toward students to facilitate them to 

reach that competency level without lowering the bar for 

political or affirmative reasons. This is the Single self – 

destructional REASON of education system in Malaysia 

since NEP: English grading of getting an A in Kelantan or 

Sabah may very well lower then Selangor for the same year 

and same exam questions. This is a political-social reasons 

rather than an academicals evaluation. Compare that with 

GCE O Level or A Levels. PBS-Penilaian Beraraskan Sekolah 

– it is scary path in terms of readiness but right move in long 

run. 

6. Vocational Reform : Vocational education must be inserted 

in Primary School itself rather than waiting to be a last 

resort for DROPOUTS – That is a fundamental Policy and 

Principle Change should be address in EDP – total missing 

7. Vocational Education must be migrated to MOE- 

immediately to ensure the effectiveness synchronizing with 

academic process. MOE – IPT to follow thru the idea 

University Kemahiran Malaysia is been pending for ages 

now. 

8. EQUAL ACCCESS – Tamil Schools must be given equal and 

propionate fund allocation equal to SK Schools : Including 

the upgrades of Infrastructure – ICT excess – Teachers 

Upgrades – ETC 

9. POC – People Own Culture Studies is part of Malaysian 

Value Driven Growth – must be included: Cross culture 


learning will only strengthen the unity, understanding and 

the diversity further. 

10. MUSIC/ARTS element is totally ignored from the Education 

System: Many countries emphasize in Music – Art Education 

right from Primary to cultivate both size of the brain : Art / 

Science to create and well balanced individual – Falsafah 

Pendididkan Negara 

Proposals 

Review of 10 Subjects Cap in SPM 

A review of the policy is a must - This is a policy that appears to 

have been made in haste to hush a more important predicament 

without proper thought being put into it. 

It has had a deep impact on Tamil Language & Tamil Literature 

which needs to be given equal treatment in University / other 

intakes. 

We urge the Government to instruct the Ministry of Education 

(MOE) to review this policy and revert to old policy to ensure that 

Tamil and Tamil Literature be made mandatory for all Indian 

Malaysian Students. 

The new Review Panel set up by the Ministry of Education to do 

the framework for Malaysian Education system till 2025 must look 

into and consider this issue seriously. 

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Higher Education & Matriculation 

We urge the government to do away with the merit system for IPT 

intakes including for the matriculation programs and install 

affirmative action base on quota. 

Currently, due to lack of transparency, intakes for matriculation and 

IPT sideline the Indian Malaysians. 

The evidence is apparent in universities where Indian Malaysians 

have limited opportunity in getting the courses they prefer although 

their results appear to be suitable and sufficient to qualify them to 

take up such a course or program. 

In addition, treating STPM and matriculation as the same entry 

qualification for university intake is not justifiable. 

It is important that the government establish one university entry 

system. 

It is recommended that a 8% quota for Indian Malaysians be given 

for all courses in matriculation and IP 

STPM –Rebranding – Pre University Year 1 & Year II 

STPM – Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia is manage by MPM – Majlis 

Pelajaran Malaysia : STPM revamp of the system and concept is 

overdue as the pre-entry qualification to public universities and 

equating Matriculation to STPM as an entry for University is gravely 

an oversight. NIAT congratulates the move by MOE July 2011 to 

introduce semesterly exam format. However, the rebranding is not 

complete without the following addendums; NIAT is recommending 

this changes due to high percentile of Indian Malaysian students 


resorting to STPM as their path of choice to University while most of 

the Bumi students will go through matriculation or other simplified 

form of entry to higher education. 

1. Conditional Entry Requirement for Government : 

FREE education thru Pre-University-STPM to be made 

2 credits: If without Bahasa Malaysia or English Credit: 

They are required to sit for July papers/December 

paaper to earn credits before Pre-University Certificate 

can be released or University Application can be 

processed: Basic – We are recommending conditional 

Intake for those pass SPM with at least 2 credits. This 

move will ease the following issues 

Reducing the dropouts from SPM – as one of the 

concern in education Blue Print 2012 

Reducing the financial burden of students and 

parents trying to seek private education. 

2. Do away with UNIFORM in Pre- University – impose 

concept dress codes like some of the University – UUM 

This move will mentally liberate the school like culture, 

behavior and give renewed perspective of carrier 

and life outlook for students after 11 years of 

uniform education system. 

3. Increase number of school-centre offering 

Government and Private Pre-University by 25% by 

2018 that offers Tamil and Tamil Literature: The 

boost of Tamil and Tamil Literature will help 

government in effectively to fulfill qualified Tamil 

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Teachers needs in the country not only in Primary 

Level but mostly for Secondary levels. 

4. Pre-University to Opted for full English Medium: To 

boost our English standard among our graduates and 

expose the potential graduates into global knowledge. 

New Tamil Schools with 1:2750 population 

New Fully Aided Tamil to be build in areas which have a population 

average of more than 10000 Indians within a 5KM radius in a given 

district. 

This is particularly relevant in Selangor (especially in Klang and 

Petaling Jaya), Perak, Johor, Penang and Kedah. 

With better Tamil school performance records and an increasing 

demand for the Tamil schools in these areas, new schools are 

urgently needed. 

7 New Tamil School permission is great move, however, relocation 

of Sekolah Kurang Murid (SKM) schools is equally important. 

New Tamil Private School Permission 

The Ministry of Education (MOE) must allow for a more competitive 

and open transparent system to set up and establish New Tamil 

Private Schools at locations that are appropriate e.g. Selangor, 

Johor, Penang. 

Tamil School Land Acquisition 

The Ministry of Education (MOE) must participate in land acquisition 

and make all Tamil school fully aided schools. The Primary role of an 


effective government is to provide basic education free to society 

irrespective of race, religion or segmentation howsoever. Tamil 

schools are facing many daunting issues with land aqusation and the 

fund for land purchase. MOE must take over the role and adapt all 

school for SBP – Sekolah Bantuan Penuh. 

Relocation and “Cantuman”of SKM Tamil Schools 

No Negeri Bil.Sek 0- 

10 

11- 

25 

26- 

50 

51- 

100 

101- 

150 

1 Johor 70 6 8 18 10 6 48 

2 Kedah 58 0 9 11 11 8 39 

3 Kelantan 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 

4 Melaka 21 0 0 2 9 2 13 

5 N.Sembilan 61 0 5 9 18 8 40 

6 Pahang 37 2 6 6 12 5 31 

7 Perak 134 7 24 29 21 10 91 

8 Perlis 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 

9 P.Pinang 28 0 0 1 6 3 10 

10 Selangor 90 1 6 7 17 14 45 

11 WPKL 15 0 0 0 1 2 3 

(Adapted from Tamil School Reform – Prof DrN.S. Rajendran) 

Jum 

Jum 523 16 58 84 105 59 322 

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Approximately 61% of the 523 Tamil schools are under SKM 

(Sekolah Kurang Murid) especially in estates. 

To overcome this Tamil School can go thru relocation into more 

populated and strategic areas that meet the basic needs of the full 

infrastructure. Otherwise, “cantuman” too is good idea to 

consolidate the resources for better performance in certain 

geographical area. However, combination of one school must be 

followed of relocation of another one. So, the number of school will 

maintained. 

Sekolah Cantuman Chaah Johor is one of the successful examples of 

“Sekolah Cantuman”. 

Disparity Among Male & Female Teachers 

Currently, Tamil School is overwhelmingly dominated by female 

teachers. 

While naturally inclined towards education and the skills of 

nurturing, the female teachers are finding it difficult to impose 

discipline, to engage in sports activities and other activities that are 

generally regarded as more male friendly activities. 

It is important to achieve gender equality in this aspect. 

We need to reduce the female: male ratio to 60: 40. 

8% PTD for Diplomatic and Governmental positions 

Recruitment for PTD positions has been overwhelmingly limited for 

Malay Malaysians in the past. 


It is recommended that the government ensures 8% of the PTD 

recruitment for suitably qualified Indian Malaysians. 

Indian Malaysian Counselor in Schools 

The Primary and Secondary schools with significant Indian 

Malaysian population need to appoint a qualified Indian 

Counselor(s) to deal with disciplinary and other issues. 

Tamil School (Grade A and Grade B) must also appoint counselors 

to deal with problematic students. 

It is proposed that for every 200 students a fulltime counselor 

should be appointed – a fair ratio of 200:1. 

POC ( People Own Culture ) in Primary & Secondary Schools 

All secondary/Primary school must be given a POC program apart 

from the POL (People’s Own Language). 

Cultural studies is equally if not more important than secular or sex 

education which is gaining support now among all quarters, which 

we agree is important for a balanced growth of students and could 

can prevent unwarranted activities. Yet cultural activities are also 

important to ensure a well rounded growth as per “Falsafah 

Pendidikan Negara” 

DBP – Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka : Tamil Translation Unit 

Tamil schools are facing acute shortage of reference books in 

science and technology related subjects such as computers, 

biology and mathematic for students’ reference and general 

knowledge. 

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Although these books can be imported from India, a more proactive 

measure would be to provide incentives for the local publishers to 

publish or to assign DBP to appropriately translate from other 

languages into Tamil language. 

Government Study Loan for Studies Abroad Thru PTPTN 

Students should be able to seek loans to pursue studies locally and 

abroad. 

Currently, the PTPTN loans are only for those recognized local 

studies. However, in certain cases important critical areas of study 

are only available overseas. 

The Government must identify fields of studies and type of schools 

for candidates to be eligible for study loans. Example of field of 

study include Green Technology, Indian Culinary arts, 

Manufacturing Technology, Aerospace, Piloting, cultural, acting and 

others. 

The loan repayments can be similar to that of commercial banks 

which is always difficult to obtain. 

Loan from the government or suitably appointed Government body 

can be guaranteed by parents with a mandatory requirement to 

return home or full payment failing which their passports could be 

revoked. 

Presently studies that is gaining popularity amongst the Indian 

Malaysian Students include a vast area including Medical, Pilot, 

Accrual Science, Engineering, Cultural Degrees (Singing, Musical, 

Acting, Sculptures, Architect) Indian Culinary, Bridal, Jewelry 

Engineering/art, Textile, even Hindu Priesthood. 


Therefore the loan disbursement ought not to be based on the type 

of study but primarily based on making the facility available. 

IV INDIAN MALAYSIAN AND THEIR 

SOCIAL ISSUES 

a. Alcohol Laws and Programs in Malaysia 

The Government has to recognize that alcohol consumption is a 

growing problem among youths and especially Malaysian Indian 

youths. 

This is in need of an urgent attention. Ministry of Youth need to 

take this initiative. The Malaysia Hindu Sangam with a coalition of 

NGOs had initiated the effort to check this scourge, but with the 

lack of enforcement by the authorities, all efforts will be of no 

use. 

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NIAT has recognized the importance of creating KRAs and prepare 

KPIs for ministry on the following issues particularly for a review of 

the alcohol laws and regulation in Malaysia particularly to deter 

youth from alcohol. 

1. 21 to Drink – Change the current age limit of 18 to above 21 

2. Criminalize Public Drinking, Displays and Intoxicated Person 

3. Setting up of a Malaysia Alcohol Research and Rehabilitation 

Centre 

4. Legislate Under Aged Alcoholism & make it an arrest able 

offence for Minors To Consume Alcohol 

5. Restricted Alcohol Retail whereby all Alcohol Retailing should 

be confined to Liquor Shops with controlled business hours 

6. Liquor Licensing at all eateries that dispense alcohol of any type 

inclusive of cocktail and beer. 

7. Banning of Alcohol Advertisements – Glorification in all 

mainstream Media - Electronic, Alternative and Printing Media 

completely. Including in Movie – Songs 

8. Mandatory Jail Terms for Alcohol Smuggling, illegal trade and 

Law Breakers : 

9. Banning the Manufacturing, trading and retailing of local illegal 

brands such as Samsu & Toddy 

10. Taxation System based on Alcohol content which will 

simultaneously increase government’s tax revenue by another 

RM200Mil 

11. Anti Alcohol Slogan on all labels including reminders from 

major religions 

12. Alcohol & Drug Test in Colleges/University - IPT & 

College/University administration to do random alcohol and 

drug test in campus. 

Alcohol and drug is rampant is colleges especially in private colleges. 

Random tests need to be carried pout particularly on Mondays. 


ICE, Weed and many other enhancer drug pills/substance used in 

colleges/universities for various reasons and excuses must be 

eliminated. The University, Police and Ministry of Higher Education 

must work in coordination. 

NIAT random test yielded very dramatic results in one of the private 

Universities. The usage of ICE and its availability to college students 

is a generally known and unfortunately accepted culture. 

b. Youth Gangsterism 

The Government has to recognize the seriousness of this issue. 

The Government has to allocate appropriate funding of up to 

10Million for NGOs to be involved in preventive measures especially 

in curbing Gangsterism. 

Creating of Peace Clubs in Schools through KPM as part of their cocurriculum 

etc. is one of the many initiatives that need to be 

undertaken. 

The Police must hold more talks in school on the issue with students 

and children. 

Further, the Schools need to work closely with the police in 

respect of the following: 

Placement of Police in secondary schools with serious 

discipline issues could be seen as a deterrent to curb 

discipline problems. 

Schools in many western countries have adopted this method 

widely and have been effective. 

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NIAT urges MOE to look into having Permanent Police Presence 

in crime prone schools or locations like Puchong, Sentul etc. 

BAN GANGSTERISM – “Funeral or Celebration of Matcha” 

During the several inquires it was learnt that when a member of 

a gangster group died due to accident or victim of violence, his 

funeral has become stage of glory whereby his history of 

violence (including killing, fighting and etc) will be glorified, fire 

crackers will be burnt and alcohol will flow freely. “Rempit” 

motorbike motorcades, sign of gangster group like 8, 36 and etc 

will be displayed. 

So what happens after a Macha had passed away? 

The guy’s friends will immediately be informed and a few teams will spread out 

to inform the rest. The Facebook communication team will immediately set up 

a fan page for the Macha and pictures of him, his gang activities, and the full 

statistics of his crime records are displayed. The rest of the gang members will 

immediately shout their slogan ‘Hidup,Hidup’. Some will start preaching about 

these criminals as though they’re heroes of the society. Ugly Meenachis on the 

other hand will comment a common thing which is ‘RIP Anne’. 

Depending on their gang numbers, a few banners will be printed out by their 

media team. The media team is also responsible to hang the banners around 

the funeral location. Few examples of the banners and decorations below 


Adapted from raggedindian.com 

This practice is not only for funerals but at birthday 

celebrations. Most of the time the family members have very 

little say or say nothing due to fear. 

This practice must be BANNED immediately and action must be 

taken to curb this practice as it is against public morals and the 

police must be given full authority to take appropriate action. 

c. National Service Additional Allocation 

National Service is known for its effective methods in shifting 

mindset of our young youths. 

We also urge the government to place all the Malaysian Indian 

students with disciplinary issues, dropouts and gangsterism 

problems into Special NS programs. 

We are requesting that the Government make an additional 5000 

places allocation for Malaysian Indian students; spread into 5 

years. 

The program should be fine-tuned to fit the challenged nature of 

the students. The same concept can be used for similarly inclined 

students from all races in the country. 

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d. Special Skill & Mindset Training –Shorten Jail Term 

Ex-convicts and dropouts and have no or no other serious crime 

records, should be enrolled in SPECIAL SKILL & Mindset Training 

while in castration especially, inmates under 30 years old. The Skill 

Training Certificate requirement can be exchanged for shorter jail 

term. 

The Skills Training inclusive of MINDSET Training for a duration of 6 

months (a package) should be done before the embark on the SKM 

Level 1 studies. Subsequently, they can be absorbed as general 

workers in government and in the private sectors. 

The government can provide incentives for a year to encourage the 

hiring of ex-convicts. Additionally, they can be requested to attend 

frequent counseling in assigned counseling centers or registered 

NGOs with counseling programs. 

These efforts will reduce the tendency of those involved in crime to 

go back to the similar activities in the future. Such programs have 

been found to be successful in the US and have shown dramatic 

improvements. 

In addition, upon successful completion of the program, they should 

be eligible for micro loan programs to start a business or relocation 

assistance. 

We ask the government to set aside 1000 Spaces to this group: They 

must be given loan incentives to undertake the course and if 

suitably qualified to take appropriate loans for business 

development 

e. Youth Organization : Permanent Annual Allocation 


Youth Organizations should be provided with adequate funds 

annually, particularly all Malaysian Indian Youth NGOs. 

Currently, the allocation comes from MBM (Majlis Belia Malaysia) 

and limits the NGOs to conduct effective programs. The allocation is 

difficult to obtain by Malaysian Indian Youth NGOs. 

Since these programs are an integral part of Youth development in 

Malaysia, it is recommended that the allocation of RM 10 million be 

allocated to register NGOs for their various approved programs. 

This should be done at national, state and district levels. 

Programs related to Education, Culture, Sport, Alcohol, Gangsterism 

eradication, Violence Crime and School Dropouts eradication should 

be emphasized since these are the striking issues among Indian 

Malaysian youth. 

The government should set KPIs to monitor these NGOs. Current 

Indian Malaysian Youth organization does not get enough funding 

for them to do vigorous programs on Youth issues. 

We therefore urge their funding to be increased to assist 

government in curbing crime, dropouts, gangsterism and 

alcoholism. 

We recommend that the permanent allocation be made based on 

Memberships, Activities, Effectiveness and National Image. 

For an immediate purpose, the MIYC – Malaysian Indian Youth 

Council : KBBT – Kelab Bell Belia Tamil : with more than 200 

branches national wide may be chosen as the ambassador to bring 

about change in youth outreach. 

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f. Religious NGOs Program Funding 

Religious Organizations should be provided with adequate funds 

annually, particularly those who have proven track record of 

facilitating and encouraging proper and good social conduct and 

decorum. 

Currently, most of these organizations derive their funding through 

charity fund raisers and philanthropists. The funding from the 

government is minimal and rather on a piece meal basis. 

A permanent and structured formula of funding must be created 

and monitored. 

Since religious and social programs are an integral part of a 

structured development of the people of Malaysia, it is 

recommended that the allocation of RM 10 million be allocated to 

registered NGOs for their various approved programs. 

This should be done at national, state and district levels. 

Programs related to Religious education, Culture, Culture, Cultural 

sport, Alcoholism and Gangsterism Eradication, Violence Crime and 

School Dropouts Eradication should be emphasized since these are 

the striking issues among the Indian Malaysian youth currently. 

For an immediate purpose, the Hindu Sangam with its extensive 

channels in Malaysia may be chosen as the ambassador to bring 

about change in youth outreach through religion. 

g. Sports NGO & Sport Program Funding 

The Indian Malaysians used to be leading the sports arena of 

Malaysia at one time. Yet today not only the Indian Malaysian’s 


participation is limited but at a national level the performance is 

undeniably below expectation. 

Sports is one of the most effective ways to channel the energy into 

good causes, preventing the youths from any major inappropriate 

or unwanted activities. 

It is recommended that more allocation be channeled to boost the 

creation of more SPORTs NGOs in the likes of the Futsal Club 

Petaling Jaya, Persatuan Sepak Takraw and others. 

- In addition, we are urging the government to consider giving 

incentive for creating 100 new Malaysian Indian cultural and 

sport NGOs nationwide which can be parked under the Ministry 

of Youth. 

- As a long term measure, the creation of NGOs will eventually 

distract youths from engaging in illegal activities which is costing 

the government a significant amount – ‘prevention is better and 

cheaper than cure”. 

The Prime Minister’s announcement on the 3 rd of August 2012 

on grants for Sports NGOs was a commendable one. 

However, a onetime grant will not do anything or will not be 

able to reflect on a tangible effect on the ground. 

A special grant scheme must be introduced. 

- The Government must REVIVE immediately the SPORT 

infrastructure in all housing, township, rural, and public 

places to encourage more youth to be pulled into sports ; 

examples :- Basketball courts, Badminton courts, Futsal court, 

skating ring, public swimming, park equipped with gym 

equipments. 

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- We also propose “Pusat Gym Rakyat” : with subsidized gym 

service. Free for Students and Public RM50/Month. 

h. Wedding Courses & Counseling 

Divorce and Parenting flaws is costing the society and government 

millions on the expense of their kids. 

Currently, Muslim weddings are to be solemnized only after the 

couple has attended a certified wedding course but the same is not 

applicable to non-Muslims. 

This wedding course is proven to be effective and imposing such a 

pre requisite condition for registration is important for the non- 

Muslims too. 

This course can be conducted by the religious NGOs while the main 

framework of the course should be drawn up and provided by the 

Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development and 

should incorporate issues such as : 

- HIV & Health: test a must for all wedding registration. This is 

also a way to impose and implement responsibility on health 

and child support issues. 

- Parenting: Mandatory marriage courses are implemented 

before the legal marriage registration. Example Malaysia Hindu 

Sangam can engage in Wedding Courses for all Hindu/Christian 

couples. Couples also will be reminded of children needs for 

birth certificates, medical vaccination and etc. 

- Religious Competency Training : Sikh – Hindu – Christian – 

Buddhist – cooperation of Inter religious Council 

- All Divorce must have gone thru counseling. If children and 

custody issues are involved additionally divorce couple must 


attend appropriate counseling session. It is important that 

before the couples are eligible for divorce application, the 

couple must have obtained a certificate / letter from the 

counselor. This may deter or reduce the number of divorces as 

it has been recorded in the USA, UK and France 

i. Domestic Abuse, Abuse Awareness & Rights 

Indians from lower economic strata are primarily the victims of 

domestic abuse. 

Although the law requests an arrest, seldom the abusers get 

punished. Little is done by the Police and the Ministry to overcome 

this problem. The domestic abuse assistance is purely left to NGOs . 

The situation gets really bad in rural and estate localities. 

Moreover, the children’s and the mothers of such abuse are left 

without any support. As such, it is recommended that serious steps 

be taken in terms of allocating hostels for the mother and the 

children at least as temporary refuge. Consequently, financial 

support is needed for such cases. 

The Ministry of Women Family and Community Development 

must also formulate even more harsh laws to protect these 

children, enforce child support laws and alimony for mothers. 

Usually alcohol, drugs, unemployment, and financial conditions 

are the main reasons for the problem. 

One in 4 poverty prone families are affected by this phenomenon. 

Two in 3 kids from these families are dropouts. 

Two in 4 kids that are dropouts are involved in illegal activities 

that may involve violent crimes. The statistic must be changed 

urgently 

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j. Single Mother - Motherhoods 

The “Single Mother” must be redefined to include, OKU husbands, 

separated women, and widows. 

Single mothers must be given the opportunity to own their own 

house through the government’s low cost housing programs. 

Indian Malaysian single mothers are to be assisted to own houses 

with at least a target of 1000 low cost houses set aside for this 

challenged group with Welfare Assistance. 

E-Kasih can be used as a platform to identify these poor families. 

The rental payment approach could be implemented for the 

purchase of the houses. 

In the past, these practices failed due to corruption, unethical 

political motives and huge amount of red tape. The right platform is 

to set the KPI on the basis of house ownerships and the rightful 

owners must be identifiable and justifiable. 

k. Adult Community Night Classes 

Once a week classes revolving around unity, business opportunities, 

parenting, government programs, racial integration and others is 

needed. The attendees of this program could be given allowances 

like the Train & Place Program according to their attendance. 

NGOs or welfare department should organize these classes at 

strategic areas especially within the vicinity of the poor and 

uneducated society as well as crime prone areas. Examples, Taman 

Dato Harun. Taman Sri Sentosa, Sentul, Taman Sri Andalas, and 

others. 


This would be an effective effort in integrating the people and 

educating them substantially lifting them up in society 

l. Ex convicts Special Programs 

Program to Hire Convicts direct from prison itself 

It is part of Social Integration Program for convicts. Usually the 

final year of their sentence for good behavior. 

The USA has implemented this program very successfully - 

restaurants, construction and manufacturing sectors uses this 

special program. The salary will be paid to inmates through 

prison system. 

Research shows 70% of the inmates eventually joined the 

company in which they were working during this special 

program. 

SKM – JPK Program – Level 1 – 4 to be offered for convicts 

under 30 years old as mandatory for those that do not have 

Diploma or Higher education. 6 Month SKM MINDSET 

program before they are enrolled into SKM Lev 1-4 Programs. 

Make it a mandatory requirement and shorten their 

monitoring period so that they can get on with life. 

NGO-Prison – Mentoring & Monitoring Program: example 

Tamilan Uthavum Karangal is a great value NGO helping Ex- 

Convicts to find new path of life and role model. 

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Religious, Welfare & Social – Monitoring of their Family & 

Children must be added as part of this program. 

We ask the new government to have NKRA to reduce the Indian 

Youth Crimes by 50% and Repeat Offenders by 75% in 5 years. 

The Government must work with relevant NGO and the society 

to ensure the right and effective solution is identified to reverse 

the current trend. 

Gang Buster Hotline – Open Line for public input and their 

activities 

Monitoring of certain Areas of Gang Activities 

Separate Juvenile Offenders from adults in castration 

School – Campaign ; Primary School 

Busting Gangster Heads 

Criminalize certain Signs – 08, 03, 36 and etc 

etc 

The biggest cause of the problems surrounding the Indian 

Malaysian includes: 

1. Urban Poverty – Anger/Inferior Complex 

2. School Dropouts & No Skill 

3. Gangsterism Influence 

4. Alcohol & Violence Eco System 

5. Glamorizing Violence-Alcohol in movies 

m. Social Entertainment, Media & Press 

Indian Malaysians are the highest spender in terms of per capita for 

movies and this is a known fact. The entertainment has a great 

influence in the behavioral aspects of Malaysian Indian youth 

ranging from the fashion influence, language influence and to the 

attitude influence. Thus, we urge the government to : 


Censorship Policies on Tamil movies, especially movies from 

India and subject them to the same level or standard in respect 

of violence and sexual content. 

In recent years, Tamil movies have become one of the main 

contributors of gangsterism, violence and morals decay 

amongst the youths. 

Censorship board has been very relaxed on foreign Tamil movies 

and the rating is questionable and inconsistent if compared with 

our values and moral. 

In the recent days movies like Naan Mahan Alla, Mangatha, 

Billa, Kandasamy, Goa and Ayirathil Oruvan were proof of failed 

censorship in sexual- alcoholism - gangsterism content. 

Censor all the drinking glorifying scenes – songs or gestures not 

for PUBLIC VIEWING 

Censor and impose Special Tax on Movies Glorifying 

Gangsterism : Billa, Mangattha 

Censor all the violent scene involving “Aruva” or instruments 

Sexual Content & Women exploiting Scene or gestures to be 

removed 

Limit showings of “Indian Tamil serial” Impact – ASTRO: 1 hour 

or less in Local Channel : Syndicated – higher tax 

Mute Foul Language & Double Meaning Dialogs 

We recommend Higher Taxes on Violence and sexual content 

movies and limit violence and sexual content movies for 

private viewing only. 

Ban on Gambling and Alcohol Companies Sponsorships on 

youth based programs. Example, Astro Vanavil’s Aatam 100 

Vagai is sponsored by Damacai and THR Magnum Concerts 

are sponsored by Magnum. 

Mandatory requirement for Private Media to Allocate 2% of 

their airtime/space for Community Development Programs 

and disseminating information for NGOs or Government 

agencies. 

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V. INDIAN MALAYSIAN AND GOVERNMENT 

POLICIES 

Government Policy should forcefully ensure that it allows all society 

members to participate in the economy especially with regards to 

government programs and initiatives. However, the government has 

been a little slow in making the necessary policy to show its 

commitment on certain issues. NIAT recommends that the new 

Government work towards a more open door policy and in 

particular the following areas. 

a. Policy in West Malaysia 

It is recommended that the government declares 8% allocation for 

the Malaysian Indian for critical areas of interest so that 

proportionate participation is achieved at every level. The 8% 

allocation for Malaysian Indian such includes areas as follows: 

i. Civil Service Employment 


The Government has to proactively meet the participation 

quota of Malaysian Indian in Civil Services at the minimum of 

8% across the board. 

It is recommended that an additional 60000 employments be 

made available in the civil services. Currently, Indian Malaysians 

represent less than 4% of civil servant force. 

This area was overlooked for a long time and it’s time now to 

act fast and effectively. 

Almost 56000 government jobs including 1350 “executive” level 

jobs that should have been given to Indian Malaysians have 

been “diverted”. This must be changed immediately. 

3500 Indian Malaysian must be recruited into civil service per 

annum to fill the quota. It is interesting to note that even so it 

will take 16 years before we can make the population 

composition 

ii. PTD – Pegawai Tadbir & Diplomatic 

We are recommending that at the end of 5 years, the 

government achieves a target of 8% of Malaysian Indian 

participation for PTD. 

The Government must fix the disparity in opportunities in 

every government sector to ensure the success in winning the 

hearts of the people and moving forward with trust and 

respect. 

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iii. Military/Police/Enforcement 

8% of the new recruitment must be filled with Indian 

Malaysians and by 2020 these sectors must individually show a 

8% participation by Indian Malaysians. 

According our meeting with IGP on August 2 nd 2012 – only 3.4% 

of the total Police Force are current Indians; the force must 

reach out to reduce the gap. Police has to add at least 750 

Indian Malaysian officers on various levels annually to the Force 

for 5 years to fulfill the racial composition. 

Currently Police have shortfall of about 5000 Officers to match 

the population composition. By adding 750 officers per year will 

take 7 years to fulfill; 

Current Statistic example: 4500 Applications: 473 Applications 

were from Indian Malaysian, 213 were qualified for interviews 

while 54 were offered a job as Inspector. This info was rendered 

to NIAT during our meeting with IGP on Aug 2 nd 2012. 

iv. GLCs: Employment, Business & Participation 

Government has to engage and erase some of the unwritten 

and unspoken policies. All GLCs including TNB. Telekom, 

PETRONAS and etc must now openly employ Indian Malaysians. 

Government must make an affirmative policy to all GLC to meet 

the quota. GLCs are seen to be Malay oriented companies based 

on public perception. 

We need a Government policy stating and requiring 8% Indian 

Malaysian employment across the board just like the 30% 


requirement for private listing company to have Bumiputera 

stake. Please amend it to include the minorities including the 

Sabah & Sarawak 

v. Education, IPT & Matriculation 

Intake for Matriculation and IPT must be synchronized with 

national policy of 8% and the merit system need to be 

discontinued. 

JPA Scholarships must be awarded according to the 8% quota, 

so the Malaysian Indian student does not get sidelined by the 

purported merit requirement which is highly questionable and 

not transparent. 

The opportunities in Engineering, Biotech, Medicine, Law, 

Finance, Oil & Gas, Chemical, Pilot, and etc must be safe 

guarded and the Indian Malaysian must be given the 8 % of the 

seats in each of the area of studies. 

vi. Skill & JPK 

We propose that the government allocate RM50Mil as study 

loans with “saradiri” of RM350/month allowances through 

PTPK for Malaysian Indian’s Skill Training Scheme up to DKM 

level. 

Budget 2013 – Rm50Mil – 3200 Skill training for Indian 

Malaysian. 

The FUND is scholarship only for those complete up to DKM 

Level. Other level education should be treated as loan as part 

deterrence to be dropout in skill education.. 

Government needs to make policies and ruling for private 

MLVK/JPK institutions to offer up to Level 3 in disciplines of 

their choice. This means, they should not be allowed to do 

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Level 3. Currently there are great number of private operators 

offering only Level 1 and 2 and upon completion the students 

are left to find another institution to continue their studies. 

This has resulted in only 20% or less pursuing all the way up to 

level 3. The 80% of those who have completed Level 1 and 2 are 

found to be inadequate for the employment entry level in the 

market. Additionally, without sufficient push to Level 3, this 

path is less viable as carrier options that will enhance socialeconomic 

wellbeing of the Indian Malaysians. 

Likewise, we also urge JPK to look hard into MQA accredited 

Skill University for those wanting to continue further to diploma 

and degree level. These ideas have been bouncing around for a 

while at the MOHR because of unresolved coordination 

between IPT & MQA. We urge that the Government sets a firm 

date on the Skill University issue with 8% allocation for 

Malaysian Indian students in various and demanding fields like, 

healthcare, oil & gas, aerospace, automobile, green tech, civil & 

construction, networking and etc. 

vii. Federal Tenders 

Malaysia belongs to all Malaysian; so does the government 

business. However due to lack of transparency or clear policy 

direction the Federal business has been a “jackpot lottery” only 

to few Malaysians who fall under the favored category or 

extremely limited Indian Malaysians contractors. 

All qualified Indian Malaysians should be allowed to register as 

Class F Contractors at the Central Works Registry and this 

registration should not be reserved for Bumiputra contractors 

alone. 


An Indian contractor should not be forced to obtain only subcontract 

jobs from Malay contractors who are registered, as it is 

currently practiced. 

Most Indian Malaysian contractors do not have the financial 

capacity to wrestle jobs from the more established Chinese 

contractors and they need assistance at the starting blocks as 

Class F contractors. 

Besides these factors, currently, there is a requirement for 

BUMIPUTERA STATUS for companies to qualify for certain 

tenders; requirement of 30% Bumiputera employees or equity 

ownerships in public listing company and etc. this is against the 

very notion of Malaysianism. 

viii. Formation New Status: Unity Company “Status” replacing 

“Bumi” Status Company 

We recommend a new company composition is created. This 

category of company will be called “Unity”, the companies 

ought to have a 30-20-10 ratio in respect of ethic participation. 

The balance 40% can be held by any one or more of the ethnic 

population. This will give a true reflection of a Malaysian 

company. 

It could be made a requirement that all Government projects 

be awarded to these companies as a remedial action instead 

of Bumi status companies alone. 

ix. APs 

We seek 8% APs to be given to Indian Malaysians 

accordingly, so that the wealth is distributed equally among 

all law abiding citizens of the land. The transparency in AP 

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awards will reduce the suspicion of “RAKYAT” on the 

government. 

b. One Malaysia Language 

Recognize and declare Mandarin and Tamil as forming part of the 

Malaysian Language. 

Multi-Lingual Information dissemination is a great and effective 

communication mode. The Government should look into additional 

choices on Mandarin and Tamil. 

“Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa” - it is the best way to imprint, penetrate and 

ensure smooth flow of information to all quarters regardless of their 

proficiency in English and Malay languages. Singapore has done a 

great job in creating a multi-lingual environment and yet they have 

a great sense belonging as “Singaporean”. 

It is undisputed that the Patriotism is not degenerated due only to 

additional languages being recognized as Malaysian Languages 

while simultaneously upholding the privileged position of Bahasa 

Malaysia as our National Language. 

We recognize our National Language’s privileged position but we 

also must ensure the information and connectivity through 

languages remain strong by all means. 

Establishing Multi-Lingual signage in the true spirit of Malaysia 

should be a good starting point. 

Sign boards will become a constant reminder that we all are 

recognized, respected and the diversity of its citizens is being 

celebrated under the proud stripes of the “Jalur Gemilang”. 

c. Language Unity 


The Government has to encourage more Malays to learn Mandarin 

and Tamil, and vice versa Malays and Indian Malaysians to learn 

Mandarin and more Malays and Malaysian Chinese to learn Tamil. 

A Chinese that speaks Tamil naturally will be closer to Indians and 

accordingly others who understands another language and their 

culture would be closer with each other. 

Unity by language integration is the fastest approach in reducing the 

growing unity gap. 

d. Public listed Companies – Additional Requirement 

Require all Public Listed Companies to allocate a 8% employment to 

the minority Indian Malaysian just as there is current policy on 

Bumputera requirement of 30%. 

It is only with the government policy to enforce such a requirement 

on the corporate sector to join hands with the government to reach 

balance economical progress, can such an exercise be a success 

e. Estate Relocation Policy 

All Malaysians including Indian Malaysian relocated from the 

estate for any reason must be awarded the following:- 

- Re-Skill program for not less than 6 months before the 

relocation take place. 

- People Housing Ownership: Offered for those who worked 

for more than 10 years or 

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- People Rental Program for those who have less than 10 years 

but more than 5 years to enable them to rent a home 

- Compensation for those who have worked for less than 1 year – 

a salary or RM3000 per household, whichever higher. 

- Medical & Life Insurance for the ex-employees, including for 

the 32 critical illnesses 

- Education Scholarship for those who makes it to Pre-University 

or University programs, locally or abroad 

Malaysia has been in the pocket of the MNC companies for decades 

and continues to be neglected. 

NIAT – interview ( Oct 10 th 2012) with NUPW former President Mr. 

Navamugunthan, indicated British was very clear in awarding 

independence and not to have their interest in terms of plantation 

business to be disturbed by any legislation or enforcement by 

incoming Alliance government. It is clear that no permanent plan 

was ever in place to defend the poor condition of estate workers. 

In the 1970’s, 65% of national wealth were owned by foreign 

holdings and during the rapid urbanization, Malaysia has either 

forgotten or conveniently neglected the fair share for those chased 

out of estates. 

One example is Madam K & Mr. S worked in an estate for 3 decades 

and exited the estate with nothing in hand, with 9 children on tow. 

They were only “gifted” RM2K called service money. 

Squartered on a KTM Land for years before their children pulled 

them out of poverty through education. 


While this is a story with a happy ending many were not so lucky 

and end up in the iron grip of the new phenomenon called Urban 

Poverty. 

Situation must end and the Government must take proactive steps 

to ensure that when families are uprooted from their home base, 

adequate steps are taken to ensure their livelihood and continued 

sustainability to ensure all round development – and not a lop-sided 

one in the name of urbanization or development. 

f. Malaysian Indian Term & Racial Terms 

The Indian Malaysian must not be referred as “Indian”. Indian refers 

to the citizen of India. 

Reference of “Orang India” is an insult and questioning our 

Malaysian Citizenship. 

We urge the Government to correct this overlooked term of 

reference and officially announce the correct use of the reference 

as “Indian Malaysian” or Malaysian of Indian roots. 

In the same token we strongly recommend the government to 

classify a series of words that are deemed to be sensitive, racially 

motivated and unity destroyer. Example “Kaum Pendatang”, 

“Keling” and etc. 

A legislation should be drafted to spell out clearly and in the 

strongest way possible to punish those who use such phrases or 

terms intentionally or unintentionally, racially and religiously 

sensitive words, name callings, race implication and racist terms 

to create sensitivity in the country. 

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We have survived enough race based controversies in the country 

before and we cannot afford to let it go on any longer. 

The Seditious Act must be amended to include a clear definition of 

those acts and make it a mandatory crime to utter such terms and 

insinuations, whether intended or otherwise. Intention is irrelevant 

when it hurts the very base of humanity. 

g. Dasar Pandang Kehadapan 

Enough of finger pointing, enough of blaming, enough of hating and 

enough of racial based division. 

Let us move forward in a friendly and positive manner, putting all 

our differences behind and our future in front, we Malaysians can 

make it happen. 

In the past, it was our courage, unity and trust that moved the 

country forward and without a doubt it is going to be the unity and 

togetherness regardless of race and religion that will thrust the 

economy and country into the next millennium fundamentally 

resting on a common interest of living in harmony and mutual 

prosperity. 

VI INDIAN MALAYSIAN AND THE CALL FOR 

CORRECTIVE ACTION 


and Declassification of OSA on all documents related to the 

incident 

After more than 3 decades the May 13 th seems to be the biggest 

mystery while many others argue as to whether it was the biggest 


conspiracy theory. Whatever it is, the document and report 

submitted by the government and amount of contradiction with 

other reports and studies do give us reasonable doubts to propose 

that it warrants a non-partisan and fair investigation into the 

incident. 

The reason why a RCI is needed:- 

Objectives 

- To clear the doubts about one of the biggest (negative) 

historical event in Malaysia 

- To exonerate the Malaysian history which has been 

manipulated by certain individuals or parties. 

- Those responsible need to be identified and be brought to 

justice 

- Identify and recognize those unnecessarily murdered in those 

events 

- Truth must be revealed as there is a need for the “real lesson” 

for the future while all the conspiracy and doubts must be put 

to rest once and for all. 

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b. Kempen Sejarah Malaysia Sebenar (KemSMS) 

It is learnt that the Government is planning on implementing the 

proposal for History to be made a compulsory pass for the SPM 

2013 examination. 

Since the government made the announcement for this plan, 

KemSMS have had many meetings and discussions with parents and 

members of the public throughout the country. Based on these 

discussions NIAT proposes that there should be no stipulation for a 

Compulsory Pass for the History Subject – 2013 

Yet at the same time, there must be a review the History Lesson to 

be inclusive of the contribution and role of all races including the 

role of east Malaysia. 

History must be true reflection of what actually happened and 

distinguished from opinion, preaching, non-collaborated legendary 

stories, brainwashing, misleading, political tactics, racial division, 

religious propagation, government propaganda and other nonhistorical 

matters. 

c. Remove Anak Lelaki and Anak Perempuan (a/l and a/p) 

It is interesting to note that Muslims can use the term “Bin’ and 

“Binti”, while the Chinese use the surname without the need to 

have an additional “A/L” or “S/O”. 


It is now proposed that for all others including the Indian 

Malaysians – the use of the phrase “A/L” or “S/O” or “A/P” or “D/O” 

be dropped or at least be at the discretion of the Parents and not a 

mandatory requirement. 

Instead the father’s name or family name if any, should be included 

at the end of the name; therefore if the father’s name is Ramasamy 

and the child is being named Anjali (a girl) the child’s name on the 

Birth certificate should read “ANJALI RAMASAMY” instead of 

‘ANJALI A/P RAMASAMY” 

NIAT believes this gives more credibility to the name and form 

rather than the previous style. The use of the phrase “A/L” or “S/O” 

or “A/P” or “D/O” is not existent in any of the developed or modern 

societies around the world. 

As a country aspiring to reach developed nation status Malaysia 

must also drop the use of such unnecessary additional phrases etc 

which does not in any way improve the or benefit the situation – it 

not only looks but sounds odd! 

- The usage is single out Indians/minority and leave (AL or AP) as 

middle name in international documentation that creates 

confusion when we enter foreign countries eg USA, Britain etc 

- Cultural and religious believe to use numerical addition which 

does not sync well with A/P or A/L. 

- In reality, the A/P, A/L is rarely used in public and only in 

formal documentation. 

Malaysians deserve to have their name they was they want 

without having to comply with abbreviations and oblique(s) (“/”) 

just for the sake of purported administrative convenience 

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d. REVIEW Biro Tatanegara (BTN) - CONTENT 

Based on its vision and mission – it was to “formed to nurture the 

true spirit of Malaysian in a professional and ethical manner”. 

To reflect this intention, the Biro needs to uplift its current efforts to 

ensure a more wholesome effort is made to uplift the patriotism of 

all Malaysians towards Malaysia. All activities carried out by the Biro 

must ensure proportionate enrolment and participation by all the 

communities esp the minority communities including the Indian 

Malaysian 

The process of unifying all Malaysians cannot be achieved merely 

through mediocre efforts involving primarily the Malays. Unification 

by its very intention means uniting all the people of the land – 

which necessarily includes the Chinese, the Indians and all other 

races in the country. Based on the current effort, the programs are 

primarily centered around the Muslims and the Malay Community 

only. 

Building a “Developed and Happy Nation” cannot be successful if 

only one part of the society benefits. It is the aspiration of NIAT that 

all communities are involved in the projects organized by BTN. To 

this extent, the BTN must engage with the numerous NGOs and 

seek assistance and ideas to ensure that it can reach all, irrespective 

of race, language and economic standing. 

e. Civil Service needs to go Multi Lingual 

It is proposed that all documentation at the Civil Service and Public 

sector should include columns and explanations in Tamil and 

Mandarin. 


NIAT believes this would be a short term process as we are certain 

that in the next 20 years (or less), all Malaysians will be proficient in 

both English and Bahasa Malaysia with no doubt. 

However, there is no reason why we cannot include Tamil and 

Mandarin presently to ensure that all Malaysians irrespective of 

educational background have adequate knowledge and 

understanding of all public documentations and application / forms 

etc. 

f. Resurrection of the Rukun Tetangga 

The RUKUN Tetangga was implemented to foster togetherness in 

eradicating nuisance of petty crimes etc through a communal effort. 

This effort saw tremendous support from all walks of life especially 

from amongst the older residents in given locations. 

It enabled the residents within a specific location to come together 

and work as a team to fight against the negative elements – and 

given the opportunity, it can serve as a proper forum of solidarity 

and unity amongst all residents. 

The Government must resurrect this avenue to muster the old and 

the young to work together as one irrespective of race or religion. 

g. Removal of Race & Religion Column 

As an extension of the previous proposal, it is undesirable to have 

the columns “Race” and “Religion” / “Bangsa” and “Agama” in all 

formal documentation – except for statistics purposes including 

NRD, Police and Census and data collection. 

The need to verify the race and religion of a person should be 

limited to areas that need such information. 

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For example, for the purposes of making a complaint at a local 

municipality, NIAT does not see the reason why RACE and RELIGION 

is required. 

Does it in any way imply that if the person complaining is of a 

certain Race or Religion, his or her complain may or may not be 

acted upon. If the answer is “NO” (as it should be) – then the need 

for such a column cannot be justified. 

Therefore the inclusion of such columns and all public documents or 

inquiries including government job inquiries and scholarship 

applications must be removed immediately. 

This will give more credibility and reliability on all Census 

immediately thereafter. 

h. Repeal Act 114A 

Section 114A is the second of two amendments made to Malaysia’s 

Evidence Act 1950. 

Law Minister Nazri Aziz tabled the second amendment, formally 

known as Evidence (Amendment) (No2) Act 2012, in Dewan Rakyat 

on 18 April. James Dawos Mamit supported the motion, and Section 

114A was passed after the second and third reading. On 9 May, 

Dewan Negara passed the amendment. 

The newly-introduced provision, which came into force on July 31 

2012, also goes against a fundamental principle of law that a person 

is considered innocent until proven guilty. To the contrary this 

provision reverses the situation. 

Section 114A is problematic for a number of reasons: 


i) “Section 114A violates the human rights principles of freedom 

of expression as enshrined in Article 19 of both the Universal 

Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International 

Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). 

ii) It disproportionately burdens the average Internet user who 

may be accused of publishing seditious or defamatory content 

(whether the accusation is substantiated or otherwise). 

iii) It makes Internet intermediaries – parties that provide online 

community forums, blogging and hosting services liable for the 

content that is published through their services. 

iv) It allows hackers and cyber criminals to be free by making the 

person whose account/computer is hacked liable for any 

content/data which might have changed. 

v) it is a bad law passed in haste and does not take into account 

public interest and participation. 

i. Minority Protection Act 

The term "minority" is still ambiguously defined in specialized 

literature as well as in the political debate. 

According to Capotorti's definition for the UN (Pan/Pfeil, 2003, p. 

XV) "minority" means a community that is “Compactly or 

dispersedly settled on the territory of a state; which is smaller in 

number than the rest of the population of a state; whose 

members are citizens of that state; which have ethnic, linguistic 

or cultural features different from those of the rest of the 

majority population; Whose members are guided by the will to 

safeguard these features”. 

In Malaysia Article 153 of the Malaysian Constitution reads 

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"Provision should be made in the Constitution for the safeguarding 

of the special position of the Malays and the legitimate interests of 

the other Communities”. 

While the scope of Article 153 is limited by Article 136, which 

requires that civil servants be treated impartially regardless of race. 

Keeping that constitutional mention in mind ; NIAT on behalf of the 

minorities seek a clear and well spelt out “Minority Protection Act” 

like many other countries like Australia, United Kingdom to ensure 

their future and to build their confidence and erase the anxiety of 

the minority against the majority ruling. The laws must specifically 

spell out affirmative action on: 

Educational opportunities 

Economic representation and help 

Public Service Opportunities 

Social Representation 

Political, & Religious Rights 

In Conclusion… 

NIAT recognized many proposals, memorandums, conferences, 

consensus and rhetorical plans have come and gone without traces. 

We recognize the issue right from the bottom and we propose the 

solutions right from the top. 

Without doubt the Indian Malaysians should be and are entitled to 

all benefits enshrined in our Federal Constitution. 

It is now the political will of the post GE13 Government to make 

good on promises and the promises must be based on the needs. 


NIAT stresses again: DEMA is the mother of all requests and it is 

the only fair start in addressing Indian Malaysian issue for long term 

sustainability. 

To all Muslim leaders and administrators, please bear in mind that 

all of us are answerable to Allah SWT in the hereafter on the Day of 

Judgment. Any injustice to Non-Muslims under a majority Muslim 

dominated rule is not permitted as per Holy Al-Quran and Hadith. 

Vanakkam, Vaalga Valamudhan, All Praise to Almighty God! 

tzf;fk;> tho;f tsKld;> vy;yhk; GfOk; ,iwtDf;Nf 

Let’s Move Forward Together as Friendly Malaysians 

Terima Kasih, Thank You, kpf;f ed;wp 

With The Very Best Compliments and Hope 

from 

IMACGE13 Project Team 

NIAT Secretariat 

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