Ethnic Indians in Malaysia to be trained in technical skills origin man dies

After racial attack in London

Sep 17, 2009

Aiming to reduce the country's dependence on foreign workers and create a pool of skilled people, Malaysia will train more ethnic Indian youths in various technical skills to free them from poverty and unemployment.

Malaysia’s Human Resources Ministry has allocated more than one million ringgit (USD 285,000) for training 150 ethnic Indian youths as mechanics and another 25 as installers, under the Train and Place program, Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramaniam said..

Another 150 Indian students would be trained in aircraft materials and workshop practices, he said. The training will be held through partnerships with local private colleges.

Meanwhile, Commissioner of Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM), Siva Subramaniam has urged ethnic Indian NGOs to inform the Prime Minister on what they have been "unhappy" for over 50 years. The NGOs should raise issues plaguing the community in a memorandum and hold a discussion with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to find a solution, local Tamil daily 'Malaysia Nanban' quoted Subramaniam as saying.

Ethnic Indians feel they have been left out in job opportunities and seats in local universities, he said. Indians form eight per cent of Malaysia's total population of 27 million. Their forefathers had been brought by the British to work in rubber plantations.

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