It is pointless to talk about the Malaysian Indian Blueprint (MIB) if identity cards cannot be issued to stateless Indians, said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.
In a statement, the Penang chief minister said that only with "meaningful" reforms like the approval for Tamil secondary schools, good university courses for Indian students and the setting up of a Hindu Endowment Board in every state to look after Hindu temples, can Malaysian Indians be confident that BN's MIB is not just another election gimmick.
"There is no reason why the Education Ministry refuses to permit a secondary Tamil school even though there are secondary schools that use Arabic, English or Mandarin as a medium of instruction.
"The federal government only needs to spend on building the schools since the Penang state government is willing to offer land for free," he stressed in the statement in conjunction with Deepavali celebrations which falls on Wednesday.
According to Lim, the success of Penang's Hindu Endowment Board should also be emulated in every state throughout Peninsular Malaysia,
On the additional 700 spots in public institutions of higher learning, promised for Indian students by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Lim said it would only be a Deepavali "gift" if the placements are for courses like medicine, engineering, accountancy, law and dentistry.
The MIB was touted as the first-ever federal government-initiated blueprint document to address needs and concerns of the Indian community.- Mkini
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