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HINDRAFS 100 DAY

PROGRESS REPORT CARD

IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS REPORT

ON THE AGREEMENT INTHE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWE

BARISAN NASIONAL AND HINDRAF

12th Sept 2013


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The Report CardHindraf is presenting to the public this report with the aim of informing on the status

implementation of the plans in the Memorandum of Understanding that was arrived a

Barisan Nasional and Hindraf on the 18th of April 2013.

We deem this report an important communication exercise to the people whom we se

whose behalf we are participating in Government. This is a precedent we want to set

governance and we hope other organizations in Government will take the cue from th

This 100 day report is the first one. We will be presenting this report periodically. We e

submit our next report 12 months into our participation in Government.

This exercise will increase accountability of all parties concerned to the pledges made

into office. The people can use this report card to make their future decisions about th

government.


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PROGRESS REPORT CARDON PERFORMANCE ON

THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN BARISAN NASIONAL AND HINDRAF OF THE

5th June 2013 to the 12th Sept 2013MOU PERFORMANCE AREA STATUS COMMENTS

ITEMS THAT REASONABLY COULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THIS PERIOD

1SET UP A NEW UNIT WITHIN THE PM'SDEPARTMENT AND APPOINT A HINDRAF

ASSIGNEE AS ITS HEAD WITH THE CHARTER TO

IMPLEMENT THE MOU

A NEW UNIT HAS BEEN SETUP AND P WAYTHA MOORTHYHAS BEEN MADE THE HEAD OF THE NEW UNIT CHARTERED

TO IMPLEMENT THE MOU

THE NEW UNIT HAS YET TO BE NAMED AND THE CHARTER PUBLICLY

2DEVOLUTION OF FULL EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY

TO THE UNIT HEADFULL EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY HAS NOT BEEN DEVOLVED

NOT ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY OPERATE YET - THE PM HAS TO BE IN

TIME WITH THE PM IS ALSO LIMITED SO, MATTERS ARE ALL HELD UP

3ALLOCATE ADEQUATE BUDGET FO R THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOU PLANS FOR

2013

BUDGET IS YET TO BE ALLOCATED TO THIS NEW UNIT FOR

2013.

A BUDGET REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BUT HAS YET TO BE

BUDGET REQUISITIONED RELATE TO FIRST PASS EXPENDITURES FOR

RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS, FOR PRIMARY SCHOLL REBUILDING, RE

ACQUISITION

4ESTABLISH THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

TO CARRY OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION

THE UNIT'S ORGANIZTION STRUCTURE HAS YET TO BE

ESTABLISHED

A PROPOSAL FOR THE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF THE UNIT HAS

REJECTED BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED TOO ELABORATE

5ESTABLISH AN EXPERT STEERING COMMITTEE

(ESC)

THETWO MEMBERS FROM HINDRAF SIDE HAVE BEEN

IDENTIFIED FOR THIS COMMITTEE, WAITING FOR THE

GOVERNMENT'S SIDE IDENTIFICATION OF THE CHAIRMAN

AND TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS,

THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS A MAJOR ELEMENT IN MANY SUBSEQ

THE DELAY IN SETTING UP TH IS COMMITTEE WILL DELAY MANY OTH

6 SET UP AN ARBITRATION COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT BEEN SETUP YETIF A DISPUTE ARISES IN THE COURSE OF OPERATIONALIZING THIS MO

STALEMTATE AND TO OTHER UNDESIRABLE CONSEQUENCES

7SET UP A SUBCOMMITTEE UNDER THE

PURVIEW OF THE ESC TOADDRESSISSUE OF

TEMPLES AND BURIAL GROUNDS

THIS SUBCOMMITTE HAS NOT BEEN SET UP AS IT IS

DEPENDENT ON THE ESC SET UP.

TEMPLE DEMOLITION ATTEMPTS ARE STILL OCCURRING AND IF THIS

JEORPARDY PERIOD FOR SUCH OCCURRENCES IS INCREASED.

8RSERVE 7.5% OF PLACES IN MATRICULATION

AND SKILLS TRANING INSTITUTES

2013 QUOTA FOR THE MATRICLUALATION PLACES HAVE NOT

BEEN MET..

IT IS ALSO NOT CLEAR WHAT 7.5% WORKS OUT TO. NEXT YEAR ONW

TRANSPARENT SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE SETUP TO PREVENT THIS FROM

9DEVELOP PROPOSALS FOR THE ELIMINATION

OF STATELESSNESS AMONG INDIAN

MALAYSIANS

A SAMPLE STUDY HAS BEEN DONE AND 10 CATEGORIES OF

CAUSES OF STSTELESSNESS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ANDRECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPED. THIS IS PENDING

DISCUSSION FOR ENDORSEMENT

IMPLEMENTATION CAN ONLY HAPPEN AFTER THE RECOMMENDATIOF INFRASTRUCTURE HAS SLOWED THIS EFFORT DOWN.


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THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN BARISAN NASIONAL AND HINDRAFOF THE 1

5th June 2013 to the 12th Sept 2013MOU PERFORMANCE AREA STATUS COMMENTS

ITEMS THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ONLY AFTER THE SETUP OF THE ESC OR ALLOCATION OF

REASONABLY REQUIRE TIME BEYOND 100 DAYS.

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THE ESC SHOULD COMPLETE THEIR STUDY AND DEVELP A PLAN

TO ADDRESS THE DISPLACED ESTATE WORKER (DEW) INCOME

DOUBLING PLAN, RETRAINING AND RESKILLING PLAN,

HOUSING PROGRAM FOR THE DEWS AND CONFIRMATION OF

ALL TARGETS SET IN THE MOU.

SINCE THE ESC HAS YET TO BE SET UP NO

WORK HAS BEGUN ON THIS PLAN.THE

INPUTS FOR THE BUDGET MAY NOT ALL

REACH THE BUDGET PLANNERS

THE 2014 BUDGET PLANNING CYCLE HAS BEGUN. UNLESS THE CO

WORK VERY SOON IT IS LIKELY THAT THE BUDGET INPUT FOR TH

PLAN MAY BE IN JEOPARDY. IN ADDITION THIS PLAN DRIVES THE

SET UP FOR THE UNIT AND SEVERAL OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE PL

BOTTLNECK FOR THE PLAN AT THIS STAGE.

2ESTABLISH THE BUDGET NEEDED FOR THE PLANS ESTABLISHED

BY THE ESC FOR 2014THIS PLANNING HAS YET TO BEGIN AS ABOVE

3HOUSING PROGRAM FOR 100,000 DEW HOUSEHOLDS TO BE

IMPLEMENTED PER PROPOSAL BY THE ESCNO WORK DONE ON THIS YET

THE ESC HAS TO COMPLETE ITS STUDY AND MAKE THE RECOMM

WORK ON THIS CAN BEGIN.

4RESKILLING AND RETRAINING PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR

DEW YOUTH TO BE DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED BASED ON

THE ESC PROPOSAL

NO WORK DONE ON THIS YETTHE ESC HAS TO COMPLETE ITS STUDY AND MAKE THE RECOMM


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SET UP OF A NEW DIVISION WITH THE NEW UNIT TO PROVIDE

SUPPORT TO NEWLY TRAINED DEW YOUTHS FOR SMALL

BUSINESS SETUP ALONG THE LINES OF TEKUN OR AS AN

EXTENSION OF THE TEKUN PROGRAMS.



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SET UP A COUNCIL OF ELDERS TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES

ANDTO FOR THE IMPLEMENT THEM FOR THE STREAMLINING

AND RESOLUTION OF VARIOUS COMPLEX PROBLEMSRELATING

TO HINDU RELIGIOUS PRACTICE



7IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSALS TO ELIMINATE STATELESSNESS

AMONG MALAYSIAN INDIANSNOT YET

THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERMAMNENT AND COMPREHEN

THE PROBLEM HAVE FIRST TO BE ENDORSED AND ONLY THEN W


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THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN BARISAN NASIONAL AND HINDRAFOF THE 1

5th June 2013 to the 12th Sept 2013MOU PERFORMANCE AREA STATUS COMMENT

ITEMS THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ONLY AFTER THE SETUP OF THE ESC OR ALLOCATION OF

REASONABLY REQUIRE TIME BEYOND 100 DAYS.

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ALL TAMIL PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO

NATIONAL STANDARDS WITH THE ALLOCATION OF

ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE

BUDGETS

HAVE REQUESTED FUNDS FOR THE

REBUILDING OF SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE

2013 BUDGET ALLOCATION, WAITING FOR

RESPONSE

THE WORK HERE WILL JIVE WITH THE EFFORTS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY D

9CONVERT ALL TAMIL SCHOOLS THAT ARE WILLING TO

FULLY AIDED SCHOOLSNO WORK DONE ON THIS YET

AFTER THE PM ANNOUNCES THE CHARTER OF THE NEW UNIT, IT WILL HELP

AMBIGUITY CONCERNING EDUCATION POLICY ISSUES AS IT PERTAINS TO THE AGR

MOU VERSUS WHAT IS THE TRADITIONAL JURISDICTION OF THE EDUCA

10ETABLISH PROGRAMS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR THE

PERFORMANCE OF TAMIL SCHOOLS.NO WORK DONE ON THIS YET

A SEMINAR WAS HELD IN LATE JUNE INVOLVING VARIOUS NGOS ON THE SUBJE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIAN COMMUN ITY THROUGH EDUCATION. VARIOUS B

HAVE COME UP. WE AWAIT THE ROLLOUT OF THIS MOU FOR US TO IMPLEMENT

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TO ESTABLISH A RING FENCED QUOTA SYSTEM TO

ATTAIN 7.5% ADMISSIONS FOR INDIAN STUDENTS INTOSPECIFIC COURSES AND FOR OVERALL ADMISSIONS IN

PUBLIC TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

NO WORK DONE ON THIS YET THIS REQUIRES WORKING WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. WHAT WILL HECONFIRMATION OF THE CHARTER OF UNIT UNDER P WAYTHA M

12RSERVE 10% ALLOCATION OF PLACES IN GOVERNMENT

POLYTECHNICS FOR INDIAN STUDENTSNO WORK DONE ON THIS YET

THIS REQUIRES WORKING WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. WHAT WILL HE

CONFIRMATION OF THE CHARTER OF UNIT UNDER P WAYTHA M

13RSERVE 7.5% ALLOCATION OF PLACES IN RESIDENTIAL

SCHOOLS FOR INDIAN STUDENTSNO WORK DONE ON THIS YET



14SET UP 9 NEW MIXED RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS WITH A

MINIMUMINDIAN STUDENT ENROLMENT OF 20%NO WORK DONE ON THIS YET



157.5% OF JPA, FEDERAL AND STATE SCHOLARSHIPS TO

BE GIVEN TO INDIAN STUDENTS.NO WORK DONE ON THIS YET

THIS REQUIRES WORKING WITH THESCHOLARSHIP AWARDING AGENCIES. WHAT

PUBLIC CONFIRMATION OF THE CHARTER OF UNIT UNDER P WAYTH

16SET UPSCHOLARSHIP FUND AMOUNTING TO RM 25MILLION FOR DEW CHILDREN NO WORK DONE ON THIS YET THIS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 2014 BUDGET.


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THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN BARISAN NASIONAL AND HINDRAFOF THE

5th June 2013 to the 12th Sept 2013

MOU PERFORMANCE AREA STATUS COMMENTS

ITEMS THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ONLY AFTER THE SETUP OF THE ESC OR ALLOCATION OF B

OR THAT REASONABLY REQUIRE TIME BEYOND 100 DAYS.

17ALLOCATE RM500 MILLION TOWARDS ACHIEVING A MALAYSIAN INDIAN

EQUITY OWNERSHIP OF 3 %NO WORK DONE ON THIS YET NO COMMENTS YET

18ESTABLISH AND OPERATIONALIZE QUOTA OF 7.5% ALLOCATION FOR

SMALL BUSINESS LOANS, MICROCREDIT, GOVERNMENT LICENCES AND

PERMITS AND GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED FRANCHISES.

NO WORK DONE ON THIS YET NO COMMENTS YET

19ESTABLISH AND OPERATIONALIZE QUOTA OF 7.5% ALLOCATION FOR

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AT FEDERAL,STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

LEVELS.

NO WORK DONE ON THIS YET NO COMMENTS YET

20RSERVE 7.5% OF ALL JOBS CREATED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE, STATUTORY

BODIES AND GLCS FOR QUALIFIED INDIANS.NO WORK DONE ON THIS YET NO COMMENTS YET

21COMMIT AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO INDIAN ENTREPREUNERS AN

ADDITIONAL RM200 MILLION IN TEKUN LOAN FUNDINGNO WORK DONE ON THIS YET NO COMMENTS YET

22RESERVE MICROCREDIT ALLOCATION FOR INDIANS PER ESC

RECOMMENDATIONSNO WORK DONE ON THIS YET NO COMMENTS YET

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TO MAKE AVAILABLE ALL STATISTICS AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATING

TO THE BLUEPRINT AREAS ON REQUEST BY THE NEW UNIT CHARTEREDFOR THIS TASK.

NO WORK DONE ON THIS YETTHIS IS KEY TO AVOID AMBIGUITIES AND CL

MISUNDERSTANDING AND TO BUILD TRUDT WITH


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Performance SummaryWe have presented the report on 32 performance areas. 100 days is a fairly short repo

all of this but because of the opacity of the situation we have decided to make a first d

answer the many questions and doubts people are having about the progress of the im

of the Agreement.

We have made positive progress in only one of these areas and that is in the set up of

the PMs department and in the naming ofMr. P Waytha Moorthy as its head.

The performance in the areas of devolution of full executive authority to the Unit Head

of the budgets for 2013 , in defining the organization structure for the unit, in the set u

Steering committee and in the planning for the 2014 budget are all unsatisfactory.

Performance is an ongoing thing. Our performance in this period is certainly unsatisfac

believe this has much to do with the learning curve involved of this unprecedented eff

from the Agreement. We believe that performance will certainly pick up with the appr

taking or planning to take.


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