IS DATO' SERI G PALANIVEL AND FOUR OTHERS STILL MEMBERS OF M.I.C.?

Surely, not a difficult question to answer.

I am convinced that based on Article 91 of the MIC constitution, Dato' Seri G.Palanivel and four others who instituted a judicial review application against the Registrar of Societies (ROS) have ceased to be members of the party.

Article 91 of MIC’s constitution reads: "Every member shall be bound by the decision of the Central Working Committee in matters relating to his rights, obligations, duties and privileges as a member of the Congress.

RMK11 & MALAYSIAN INDIAN COMMUNITY - THE WAY FORWARD

I am humbled and happy to share with you the concern and kindness offered towards the Indian community by our beloved Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak when announcing the 11th Malaysia Plan (RMK 11) recently.

Humbled, because a few of us from the community were able to provide good suggestions for the prosperity of the community, and happy because the Honourable Prime Minister listened to the feedback from the Indian community when he was developing the RMK 11.

Many of our proposals were considered and included in the RMK 11 by the Honourable Prime Minister. This proves that the government is committed to listening to solutions and ideas that originate from the Indian community.

In fact, the RMK 11 proposal is an extension of the Special Cabinet Committee on Indians Affairs initiative that delves deep into the areas that most impact and affect the Indian community in Malaysia. The committee which is chaired by the Honourable Prime Minister himself and ably assisted by Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam, the Minister of Health and Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), is responsible and accountable in managing the multiple dimensions of mainstream development in the country.

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INDEX 2014 (MALAYSIA)

I refer to the numerous comments that have been circulating in the social media on the standard of our English which has been taken out of context.

I was specifically referring to the EF English Proficiency Index for Companies (EF EPI-c) which is an evaluation of global workforce English skills.

The EF English Proficiency Index for Companies (EF EPI-c) is an evaluation of global workforce English skills. This is the second edition of the study, following an earlier report in 2012. It measures English proficiency levels in 22 industries and 63 countries, in companies with an annual turnover ranging from under $1 million to over $100 billion.

The report aims, first, to set national and international benchmarks for workforce English, against which individuals and companies can evaluate their communicative competitiveness; and second, to assess why companies in some countries and sectors perform better than others, and to highlight examples of best practice.

In their latest rankings for English Proficiency, Malaysia was ranked higher than Singapore under the High Proficiency category.

Please refer to this link for details of the rankings -> www.ef.edu/epi