Saturday 06/30/2001
7:02:56am PALANIVELL
MARDAVERAN
THE CHANCES GIVEN 4 THE INDIANS ARE TOO LOW.WE
MUST NOT MISSUSE IT. AS MENTIONED 40% DOCTORS WERE INDIANS ON
70S. WHERE ARE THEY? ACTUALLY WE HAVE POWER BUT WE ARE NOT GIVEN
CHANCES.INDIANS ARE GREAT THANK YOU - PALANIVELL ARDAVERAN, PELAJAR
DIPLOMA RDIOGRAFI, UNIVERSITI MALAYA.
Wednesday 06/17/1998
6:17:00am K.Ramadass
Malaysia (Penang)
You have a fantastic web page.It is a must for all Indian to visit
your site.Keep Up the good work.Best Regards.
Ownership
of share Capital (%) in Malaysia
1970
1990
1995
1999
Indians
1.1
1.0
1.5
1.5
Bumiputera
2.4
19.3
20.6
19.1
Individuals
& Inst.
1.6
14.2
18.6
-
Trust
Agencies
0.8
5.1
2.0
-
Chinese
27.2
45.5
40.9
37.9
Others
-
.3
1.0
0.9
Nominee Companies
6.0
8.5
8.3
7.9
Foreigners
63.4
25.4
27.7
32.7
Poverty
by Ethnicity
1970
1976
1984
1990
1992
1998
1999
Indians
39.2
27.3
10.1
8
-
-
-
Bumiputera
64.8
46.4
25.8
20.8
-
-
-
Chinese
26.0
17.4
7.8
5.7
-
-
-
Others
44.8
33.8
22.0
18.0
-
-
-
All
49.3
35.1
18.4
15.0
13.5
7.8
7.5
Source:
Third & Seventh Malaysia Plan
Poverty
cut off point based on household income survey (1995)
RM
516 per month for Peninsular Malaysia involving an household size
of 4.6 people.
RM 601 per month
for household size of 4.9 in Sabah.
RM 516 per month
for household size of 4.8 in Sarawak.
US
$1.00 = RM 3.80
4.18 In
view of the low level of corporate equity ownership among Indians,
attention will be given to increase their participation during
the OPP3 period. Efforts will thus be undertaken to increase Indian
equity ownership to 3 per cent by 2010. At the same time, a study
to review the status of the Indian participation in the economy
will be undertaken to formulate appropriate strategies and programmes.....Third
Outline Perspective Plan (OPP3)
Employment (%)
Occupation
Indians
Bumiputera
Chinese
Others
Professional
& Technical
7.3
64.3
26.2
2.2
Teachers &
Nurses
6.6
72.3
20.5
0.6
Administrative
& Managerial
5.1
36.1
54.7
4.1
Clerical
7.7
57.2
34.4
0.7
Sales
6.5
36.2
51.9
5.4
Service
8.7
58.2
22.8
10.3
Agriculture
7.5
63.1
12.9
16.5
Production
10.3
44.8
35.0
9.9
1998 Registered Professionals
(%)
Occupation
Indians
Bumiputera
Chinese
Others
Lawyer
26.2
30.9
42.0
0.9
Engineer
5.1
42.1
51.6
1.2
Accountant
5.8
15.2
77.9
1.1
Doctor
30.3
35.8
31.1
2.8
Dentist
19.2
34.1
44.8
1.9
Architect
1.7
40
58
0.3
Veterinarian
30.9
40.8
25.8
2.5
1998 Registered Professionals
(%)
Occupation
Indians
Bumiputera
Chinese
Others
Lawyer
26.2
30.9
42.0
0.9
Engineer
5.1
42.1
51.6
1.2
Accountant
5.8
15.2
77.9
1.1
Doctor
30.3
35.8
31.1
2.8
Dentist
19.2
34.1
44.8
1.9
Architect
1.7
40
58
0.3
Veterinarian
30.9
40.8
25.8
2.5
50 per cent of private companies
do not employ an Indian.
80,000 or 60 per cent of Indians
who make up 135,000 or 10.8 per cent of Penang's 1.25 million
population were lower income earners.
30 per cent of Indians are squatters
or live on temporary occupation licence land.
75 per cent of Indian workers in
the manufacturing sector are low level workers while only
25 per cent are in professional and technical fields.
80 per cent of Indian pupils become
dropouts after Form Five.
40 per cent of suicide cases yearly
involved the community.
"60% of employment in Malaysia is in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but 90% of the people employed by local industrial SMEs are Malaysian Chinese.
SMEs take up about 40% of the gross domestic product (GD P) Dr. Jeyakumar
New
Economic Policy (NEP)
Borne
aftermath of May 13 1969 the worst racial riots in Malaysia.
Designed
as an affirmative-action that sets specific quota for Malays in equity
ownership, employment and education.
What
happened?
Adam
and Cavendish (1994): NEP hindered economic growth by the emergence
of cronyism or the distribution of rentier opportunities to companies controlled by politicians , retired bureaucrats,
parties in the ruling coalition and politically connected businessmen.
Maika Holdings
Launched by MIC in 1980 with RM100 million raised
from Indian Community. Involved in banking, manufacturing, insurance
and media.
Address: # 16-3, Jalan 14/48A, Boulevard Sentul Raya, Jalan
Sentul, 51000 Kuala
Lumpur. Tel:03-4041-5488 Fax:03-4042-3720
Sunday 07/15/2001 5:14:56am Patricia Devi I really
hope that sites like this become an eye-opener to the government.
How long are Indians going to be denied equal rights just becoz
of their skin colour?
Dwindling Indian
Professionals
In 1970, 40% of doctors
and 35% of lawyers were Indians.
Tuesday 05/01/2001 2:26:01am RASIDA Petaling Jaya, Selangor Indian
Muslim
Very nice site ... good work ..keep it up.
Imagining
the Indian Malaysian Middle-Class By:
P. Ramasamy .....During the two decades of the NEP, the Indian
middle class grew only by 3.9 percent whereas the growth rate
of the middle classes among Malays and Chinese were around 13
percent and 6 percent respectively.
