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	V.T. Sambanthan fifth president of the MIC
		The MIC's main challenge was to reconcile the political aspirations of the middle class with the poverty and needs of the labouring class, who in 1938 comprised 84% of the plantation labour force.
		Therefore, the MIC's overriding concern was to remain a partner in the Alliance (the Umno-MCA-MIC Alliance that had won the first elections in 1955, and that was subsequently renamed Barisan National) and obtain whatever concessions it could from the dominant Umno.
		Sambanthan served as president of the MIC from1955-71 and was largely responsible for the transformation of the party from an active, political organisation to a conservative, traditional one, emphasising Indian culture, religion and language.
	www.indianmalaysian.com /sambanthan.htm (1673 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Assessment for East Indians in Malaysia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Indians are primarily the descendants of Tamils who were brought to the Malayan peninsula from southern India during British colonial rule as a source of cheap labor for the plantations on the west coast.
		The Indians are seeking a greater share of public funds, more employment and educational opportunities, improved working conditions, especially in the plantation sector, and the protection of their land and jobs from being diverted for the benefit of other communities.
		However, the MIC is a junior partner in the ruling coalition and has not been able to influence policy to benefit the Indian community in Malaysia.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=82003 (911 words)

	Ethnic Tensions in Malaysia
		the Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and the Sri Lankans.
		Indians rank lowest in national elementary school examinations and the maximum drop-outs are from the Indian community Since the bulk of the Indians are poor, gangsterism and drug trafficking are also common with this community.
		One of the major reasons for the low percentage of Indian origin students in the tertiary institutions in the country is the lack of merit and as a result, even the quotas set for Indians remains unutilised.
	www.saag.org /papers3/paper213.htm (1172 words)

	V. T. Sambanthan - Malaysian Politician
		The MIC's main challenge was to reconcile the political aspirations of the middle class with the poverty and needs of the laboring class, who in 1938 comprised 84% of the plantation labor force.
		Therefore, the MIC's overriding concern was to remain a partner in the Alliance (the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance that had won the first elections in 1955, and that was subsequently renamed Barisan Nasional) and obtain whatever concessions it could from the dominant UMNO.
		Sambanthan served as president of the MIC from 1955-71 and was largely responsible for the transformation of the party from an active, political organisation to a conservative, traditional one, emphasizing Indian culture, religion and language.
	forum.moonlightchest.com /malaysian_politician/vt_sambanthan.asp (1173 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| From Sapporo to Surabaya \| A Heritage Denied \| 8/21/2000
		The Indian community's politics are dominated by the Malaysian Indian Congress (mic) and its leader of more than two decades, S. Samy Vellu, who happens to be the only Indian in Mahathir's cabinet.
		One area in which Indians have prospered is the professions, particularly medicine and law, and Indian names stud the rolls of professional societies.
		Indian doctors, for instance, complain that they are increasingly excluded from the lists of approved doctors whom civil servants or company employees can use.
	www.time.com /time/asia/features/ontheroad/malaysia.dilemma.html (1114 words)

	MALAYSIAN INDIANS: The third class race
		The Indians themselves are to some extent responsible for their present unenviable and ignominious status, and the policies of the Malaysian Government since independence had not been helpful either.
		Despite their economic backwardness, the Indians were a peace loving people and were not involved in any racial riots either in May 1969 or later except for a few incidents of clashes on account of religious sentiments.
		There is a significant and emergent need for a change in the leadership of the Indian parties in power to take up the cause of the Indians to get them their due rights free from racial discrimination and have full access to jobs and education.
	www.saag.org /papers7/paper618.html (1606 words)

	Political Parties and Associations (Malaysia)
		MIC sponsored the Nesa Multipurpose Cooperative and the MIC Unit Trust as part of its programme for economic ventures, and also set up the MIC Education Fund for members children and the Malaysian Indian Scholarship for higher education as well as acquiring an Institute for training Indians in technical and trade skills.
		In 1996, Indians represented 7.2% of the population of Malaysia.
		The flag of the Malaysian Indian Congress is made of 16 horizontal stripes: the seven red and seven white stripes from the Malaysian national flag and a blue stripe on top and bottom of the flag.
	flagspot.net /flags/my}.html (2058 words)

	Military.com Content
		The Malaysian government is downplaying a weekend of ethnic Indian-Malay fighting that left at least six dead and more than 190 arrested.
		While the ethnic Chinese and many ethnic Indians are counted among Malaysia's economic elite, the recent violence in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur occurred in poor neighborhoods of ethnic enclaves that had previous gang problems.
		Malaysia's population is made up of 8 percent ethnic Indians and 30 percent ethnic Chinese, with the remainder comprising ethnic Malays and indigenous groups.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=SG14march01 (816 words)

	Courting the Swing Vote
		Indians make up only about 7% of Malaysia's population, but they could be a critical "swing vote" in many constituencies.
		In past elections, the Indians have largely voted down the line for the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), which, along with the Malaysian Chinese Association and United Malays National Organization, are the main components of the Barisan.
		The MIC is collecting reports from its division chiefs on the hot local issues and tooting its own horn instead of just loyally backing the coalition.
	members.tripod.com /ris20204/_disc2/00000344.htm (949 words)

	Ethnic Tensions In Malaysia : A wake-up call for the Malaysian Indian Congress - C.S.Kuppuswamy
		The Indians themselves are to some extent, responsible for their present unenviable and ignominious status, though the policies of the Malaysian Government since independence had not been helpful.
		Indians rank lowest in national elementary school examinations and the maximum drop-outs are from the Indian community Since the bulk of the Indians are poor, gangsterism and drug trafficking are also common with this community.
		The MIC is steadily losing its credibility in Malaysian politics which is polarised on racial lines despite claims to the contrary.
	www.tamilnation.org /diaspora/malaysia/010320kuppuswamy.htm (1230 words)

	Congress - Free net encyclopedia
		Congress is the name of the main legislative body in a state that operates under a congressional system of government.
		The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislative branch of the Philippine government.
		The National Congress of Ecuador is the unicameral legislature of Ecuador
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Congress (321 words)

	Singapore Indian Voice: Malaysian Indians - the Third Class Race
		The Indians themselves are to some extent responsible for their present unenviable and ignominious status, and the policies of the Malaysian Government since independence had not been helpful either.
		One of the major reasons for the low percentage of Indian origin students in the tertiary institutions in the country is the lack of merit and as a result, even the quotas set for the Indians remain unutilised.
		As of now the problems faced by the Malaysian Indians are not being attended to by the Malaysian Government nor does the community have the economic or political clout to demand their redressal.
	singaporeindianvoice.blogspot.com /2007/12/malaysian-indians-third-class-race.html (1747 words)

	Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
		Founded in 1946, MIC has been plunged with leadership struggle from its inception.
		At that time, unemployment and eviction from homes occurred when estates were sold to locals cheaply who in turn fragment them and sell it for profit.
		Founded by M. Pandithan, an expelled former MIC vice-president in 1988.
	www.indianmalaysian.com /mic.htm (140 words)

	Malaysian Indian Congress (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The MIC is on track to realise its vision of transforming the Indian community towards self-reliance, dignity and progress in a modern and developed nation.
		KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- The MIC Tuesday launched a roadshow on its entrepreneur development programme for small and micro Indian businessmen in a bid to raise the level of Indian equity in the country which has dropped from 1.5 per cent to 1.2 per cent.
		Indian students who perform poorly in school fail to take advantage of the numerous government-funded skills training programmes and end up working as unskilled workers with meagre incomes, a sociologist said Monday.
	www.mic.org.my /home.php (238 words)

	Malaysian Indian Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Se-Malaysia, MIC) is a Malaysian political party and is one of the founder members of ruling coalition that has been in power since the country achieved independence in 1957.
		The MIC joined the National Alliance comprising the United Malay National Organization and the Malaysian Chinese Association in 1954 which became the Barisan Nasional in 1973 with further expansion in the number of component parties.
		In 1954, the MIC under its fourth leader K.L. Devaser (1951-1955) became the third partner in the Alliance with the Malay-based United Malays National Organization and the Malaysian Chinese-based Malaysian Chinese Association after realising that political alliances were fundamental to success in Malaysian politics of the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaysian_Indian_Congress (1157 words)

	Malaysian Indian Congress - Malaysian Political Party
		The Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Se-Malaysia, MIC) is a Malaysian political party and is one of the founder members of ruling coalition that has been in power since the country achieved independence in 1957.
		In 1954, the MIC under its fourth leader K.L. Devaser (1951-1955) became the third partner in the Alliance with the Malay-based United Malays National Organization and the Malaysian Chinese-based Malaysian Chinese Association after realising that political alliances were fundamental to success in Malaysian politics of the time.
		In the recent Ninth Malaysia Plan for example, while the MIC wanted to have a plan for Indians to achieve 3% equity in the business sector by 2010, the Malaysian Government responded with deferred target to be reached by the year 2020, with no specific action plans in place to make it possible.
	forum.moonlightchest.com /malaysian_political_party/malaysian_indian_congress.asp (1031 words)

	The Hindu : A neglected minority
		But the Indian involvement this time - five of the six killed were Indians, the other was of Indonesian origin - is a sharp reminder that in Malaysia's progress towards prosperity, the Indians had been left behind.
		The Malaysian Indians, who number 1.8 million (8.0 per cent of the total population of 22.0 million), are not a homogenous group.
		Though the Malaysian Government has expanded educational facilities in a big way since the attainment of independence, the fruits of education have not yet percolated to the most disadvantaged sections of Indian population.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/04/20/stories/05202524.htm (1270 words)

	Malaysian Education Policy : Azman Mohd. Yusof's Short Essay (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Since Malaysian community is a multi-ethnic society; therefore, any public policy formulation has to be carefully studied by taking into consideration many factors such as political, social and economic factors to give an acceptable norm of satisfaction among its citizen.
		Malaysian political system is based on Parliamentary Democracy and is ruled as a Constitutional Monarchy with his Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (the King) as the Supreme Head of the country.
		The Chinese and the Indian felt dissatisfaction about such recommendation and voiced out that their system of education should also be emphasized.
	members.tripod.com /~azman97/essay8.html (2248 words)

	Vellu vows to rebuild Malaysian Indian Congress
		Vellu, the lone ethnic Indian minister in the outgoing Malaysian government, lost his own parliamentary seat which he had held for eight terms while his MIC could retain only three of its nine parliamentary seats and seven of the 19 state seats allocated to it.
		MIC is a component of the ruling Barisan Nasional party which has come back to power but with only a simple majority in its worst electoral peformance.
		The party was expected to fair badly in the wake of the growing discontent among a majority of the ethnic Indians in this country, who account for 7.8 per cent of the population of 27 million.
	news.indiainfo.com /2008/03/10/0803101355_malaysia_vellu.html (232 words)

	'Drunken youth disturbing Malaysian Indian Congress rallies'
		Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief S. Samy Vellu has blamed the opposition for providing alcoholic drinks to Indian youths to create a 'ruckus' at his party's functions.
		He said the MIC has launched an advertising campaign in the newspapers in the run-up to the March 8 general elections to counter the charges that it has not done enough for the two million-plus Malaysians of Indian origin.
		MIC owns educational institutions that cater to the Tamil speaking populace that is its principal vote base.
	www.malaysianews.net /story/332109 (787 words)

	Palanivel leads in Malaysian Indian Congress nominations
		Besides, relations between incumbent deputy president Subramaniam, an MIC veteran, and Velu have been strained ever since the latter defeated the former for the party vice-president's post over two decades ago.
		Meanwhile, another report quoted vice-presidential candidate and MIC veteran M. Muthupalaniappan as saying that MIC needs to be more democratic and transparent with a united leadership to propel the Malaysian Indian socio-economic agenda.
		In another development, the MIC election steering committee has decided to relax the period for withdrawal of nominations though the deadline expires at noon Wednesday.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /india/printer_1170732.php (460 words)

	AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media
		Malaysians were in full force at the 34th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, which ran from April 5-9 in Geneva, Switzerland.
		There was some drama when a Malaysian NGO, the Malaysian Public Service Association (PPRM) and the Nayagan magazine organised a "Who is the Favourable Candidate For the Post of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) deputy president" SMS poll.
		The MIC is one of the component parties of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
	www.agoravox.com /mot.php3?id_mot=279 (778 words)

	Malaysian Indian Congress demands full aid to Tamil schools
		Kuala Lumpur, may 5 : The malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has demanded that the Government should stop using the excuse that it cannot help 373 Tamil schools because they are partially aided.
		MIC central working committee member M. Saravanan said the Government should not run away from its commitment to build or upgrade these schools because of their status.
		There is no chinese school or indian school in Singapore and yet all the Singaporean live in one society and call themselves a Singaporean.
	www.malaysianews.net /story/355643 (811 words)

	The Hindu : Malaysian Indian gangs on prowl
		Malaysian Indians make up just about seven per cent of the Malaysian population, but contribute to 55 per cent of the country's crime.
		It is common place for Malaysian Indians, who first came to the region as plantation labour, to be involved in murders and robberies.
		Nearly 80 per cent of all Malaysian Indians are Tamil speakers.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/12/15/stories/03150007.htm (233 words)

	Asiaweek.com \| Forgotten Community \| 1/26/2001
		About 54% of Malaysian Indians work on plantations or as urban laborers, and their wages have not kept up with the times.
		Indians used to be well represented in the civil service, but their numbers dropped in the wake of NEP quotas for bumiputras.
		Contributions by the Malaysian Indian Congress, a member of the ruling coalition, include small-business loans and financial aid for students.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/magazine/nations/0,8782,95655,00.html (579 words)

	Political Parties and Associations (Malaysia)
		MIC sponsored the Nesa Multipurpose Cooperative and the MIC Unit Trust as part of its programme for economic ventures, and also set up the MIC Education Fund for members children and the Malaysian Indian Scholarship for higher education as well as acquiring an Institute for training Indians in technical and trade skills.
		In 1996, Indians represented 7.2% of the population of Malaysia.
		The flag of the Malaysian Indian Congress is made of 16 horizontal stripes: the seven red and seven white stripes from the Malaysian national flag and a blue stripe on top and bottom of the flag.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/my}.html (2331 words)

	HindustanTimes-Print
		Malaysian Indian Congress plans rally to support ruling coalition
		The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is planning a rally in Kuala Lumpur to garner support for the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, party chief and Works Minister Samy Vellu has said.
		The largest political party of the more than two million ethnic Indians hopes to explain, "the struggles, achievements and challenges confronting the community" to party members and the people, Vellu said in a statement on Thursday.
	www.hindustantimes.com /StoryPage/Print.aspx?Id=8ead051c-f932-49ac-bc18-612607df13ef (282 words)

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