KULIM, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- The Indian community in the country should be
grateful for the help extended to build new Tamil schools and repair old ones by
the Barisan Nasional government, said former MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy
Vellu.
He said through the RM300 million allocated for the purpose, a total of 75
new Tamil schools were being built while 50 more were being planned.
“With the allocation, Tamil schools in the country will enter a new phase of
history and we have to thank the government for this," he told reporters after
opening an additional school block for Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SRJKT)
Ladang Henreitta in Padang Serai near here today.
The three-storey block costing RM1.8 million, which was completed last
December, can accomodate 290 pupils.
Samy Vellu, who is also Special Envoy (Infrastructure) to India and South
Asia, also thanked Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak for the
concern he was showing for the Indian community in the country.
“MIC''s leadership now is working very hard to uplift the economic status of
the Indian community so that they are not left behind the other races as
Malaysia strives to be a high income nation," he added.
-- BERNAMA
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