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Jiba Event : Financial literacy for the Indian Community The Johor Indian Business Association (JIBA) is holding a half-day briefing on Financial literacy for the Indian Community on the delivery of AKPK’s financial education programmes.

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Joint Statement By Mr. P. Sivakumar & Dato Mohana Krishan Joint statement by Mr P Sivakumar, President Malaysian Indian Busieness Association (MIBA) and Dato Mohana Krishnan, President, the Malaysian Indian Entrepreneurs and Professionals Association (MIE)

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Special Dialogue at Bank Negara Special Dialogue at Bank Negara on improving access & building capacity to micro credit by small and micro Indian entrepreneurs Mr Sivakumar (MIBA President) and Dato Mohan Krishan (NIE) lead a small delegation to Bank Negara Development Finance & Enterprise Department on May 30, 2012 for a discussion on improving access and building capacity for micro Indian entrepreneurs.

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Info on current MIBA Activity MIBA is to meet Bank Negara Officials on 30th May 2012. The Meeting was arranged by Dato Dr Denison Jayasooria. MIBA will be represented by P.Sivakumar, Dr S.Sivamoorthy , Mr Andy along with Mr Nesan also in the team will be the Malaysian Indian Entreprenuer’s Association President Dato Mohana Krishnan and former Hindu Sangam President Dato Vythialingam.

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Cares for Indian Society

To synergise business ventures by networking with one another for the progress of the Indian community.

Creates Business Path

To raise the business standards of the Malaysian Indians to meet both local and global market need.

Empowers Businessmen

To provide effective training, business consultancy and secretarial services to eligible and aspiring Indian enterpreneurs.

Malaysian Indian Concerns In Building a better Malaysia for all

Contributors:Indian based NGO’s , NGO’s and concerned Individuals as follows:-

1. Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria & Mr.Teo Lee (Institute of Ethnic Studies)
2.Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam (CPPS, ASLI)
3.MIBA (P.Sivakumar ,Dr Sivamoorthy, Latch & Shan)
4. Tan Sri Ajit Singh(Member of the Indian Minister’s Global)
5. Dr Xavier Jayakumar (PKR)
6. Ragunath Kesavan (Former bar Council chair)
7.K.Arumugam (Chairman Suaram)
8.S.Pasupathi (Tamil Foundation)
9.Prof Emeritus Dato CP Ramachandran
10.Dato Pardip Kumar Kukreja(Pemudah)
11. V.Kumeresan (Builders Association)
12.Dato Siva Subramaniam (SITF)
13.Dr Michael Jayakumar(PSM)
14.Prof Dr Terence Gomez (Eco Faculty ,UM)
15. Prof KS Nathan (IKMAS-UKM)
16.Datuk Vathlingam (Former Hindu Sangam President)

Date: 14.10.2011 (PJ Lotus Restaurant)

MIBA hosted two public discussions on Indian community concerns on Sept 11, 2011 in English and subsequently on Oct 2, 2011 in Tamil (Klang). There was active participation from a cross section of the society especially among civil society leaders, politicians, business community and academicians.
There was overall consensus that there have been major attempts especially since March 2008 from both Federal & state governments to address the concerns of the Indian community. However it is also felt that these attempts are still ad hoc and service focused rather than addressing root causes and structural aspects which continue to widen the income gap disparity between the rich and the poor.
The meetings felt that many sections of the Indian community continue to feel a deep sense of alienation and strongly feel that political leadership and its achievements continue to fall short of the Indian communities rising expectations. There is therefore a serious gap that has to be addressed more effectively
Persistent Dilemmas
It was felt that there are major issues pertaining to access and equal opportunities . These are ongoing issues and has persisted over the years since independence. Some examples are:-

Access to poverty eradication programs (ekasih and Azam)
Access to public sector employment and promotional opportunities
Access to micro credit loans and business training
Access to places in post secondary education/training scholarships
Access to housing