KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 An aide to the late Tun S. Samy Vellu has suggested the government rename Jalan Ipoh or Jalan Raja Laut in the national capital after the former MIC.
The 26-year-old had always wanted to be a doctor and had the grades to pursue her dream.
But she could not get funding or a scholarship to study medicine.
She scored A1s in all eight subjects in the 2014 All India Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, a pre-university level exam.
Her achievement was recognised by the Kerala state chief minister, who presented her with a trophy and certificate.
Appeal for help: Givianaa’s plight was highlighted in ‘The Star’ on Nov 15, 2015.
(Givianaa, who was born in Ipoh, Perak, moved to India when she was 13.)
Despite being a merit student, she was not accepted into any public universities in India because she was not an Indian citizen.Neither could she gain admission into Malaysian public universities because she did not have local qualifications.
Opportunities to improve road safety sunpix
I read with great distress the news of a policeman who died while chasing a drug addict on a motorcycle in Penang recently.
Have we become immune to the news of road traffic deaths (though eminently preventable) in this country?
Motorcycle deaths continue to account for about 60% of the 7,000 or so (pre-Covid) total road deaths a year. Malaysia has one of the highest road deaths per 100,000 population in the Western Pacific Region, according to the WHO Global Status Reports on Road Safety.
The author had the opportunity to work for WHO in collecting data for these reports.