09-05-2025
Bid to move school closer to families intensifies
Compiled by ZULKIFLI ABD RAHMAN, and R. ARAVINTHAN
THE school board of SJK (T) Ladang Simpang Renggam has intensified its efforts to relocate the school to an area with more Indian families, Malaysia Nanban reported.
The student population grew to hundreds of students at its peak but shrank over time as families left the plantation, leaving fewer than 20 students currently.
School board chairman P. Jeevakumar said it is important to relocate the school nearer to population centres to secure the school's future in the long run and to meet the students' needs.
He said the application to relocate has begun and the school will seek the assistance of MIC Sim-pang Renggam and MIC Johor.
> The Chennai High Court has upheld a ban on the practice of devotees prostrating on used banana leaves known as 'pradakshinam', Makkal Osai reported.
Meanwhile, lawyers for the original petitioner highlighted that a similar ritual in Kerala state has been banned by the Supreme Court.
The Chennai High Court then upheld the original ban as a precedent had been set by the Supreme Court.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
