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- Devamany willing to quit MIC post if stateless Indians allegation proven
- Wanita BN wants review of foreign maid recruitment
- It's DAP's attempt to widen influence, chauvinistic approach, says Muhyiddin
| Devamany willing to quit MIC post if stateless Indians allegation proven Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:26 AM PST GEORGE TOWN: MIC vice-president Datuk S. K. Devamany is prepared to resign from his party post if the opposition pact proves that 300,000 Indians are stateless. He said the opposition deliberately played with non-existent figures and untruths to confuse the people and fan their hatred towards the Barisan Nasional (BN) government. "I ask them (opposition pact) to bring forward the so-called 300,000 Indians, supported by documents, as proof of their allegation. If those are available, I will relinquish my post (MIC vice-president)," he said. Devamany, a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Cameron Highlands MP, was speaking to reporters after opening the 45th delegates conference of the Malaysian Tamil Youth Bell Club Council here. |
| Wanita BN wants review of foreign maid recruitment Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:21 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Wanita Barisan Nasional wants a review in the recruitment of foreign maids which is currently complex and causes difficulties to employers, especially women. Its chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the present system only benefited the employment agencies which imposed high charges that were burdensome to employers and the maids. "A new system should be introduced to ensure the cost of hiring a maid is brought down to a reasonable level. "This is to prevent profiteering by the agencies and to reduce the burden of potential employers," she said in a statement. Shahrizat said Wanita BN also proposed, if necessary, the setting up of a unit or special agency under a ministry, to facilitate the system of recruiting foreign maids and monitoring of issues involving them. |
| It's DAP's attempt to widen influence, chauvinistic approach, says Muhyiddin Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:09 AM PST PORT DICKSON: The DAP's request for more seats in the next general election boils down to arrogance in wanting to lead the opposition and widen its influence and chauvinistic approach, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said if the DAP central executive committee (CEC) election on Saturday was anything to go, the effect would not be good for the society if the party were to contest more seats. "This is because they will widen their influence and chauvinistic approach and will not give more consideration to the interests of the Malays," he told reporters here. He was commenting on the DAP's request to contest three more parliamentary and 10 more state seats in the peninsula in the next general election. Muhyiddin, who is Umno deputy president, said the chauvinistic approach adopted by the DAP was not appropriate for a multiracial country like Malaysia, and he doubted whether PAS and PKR would be willing to compromise over seat allocation. |
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