Compiled by AUSTIN CAMOENS, BEH YUEN HUI and R. ARAVINTHAN
THE Negri Sembilan government has allocated 0.6ha of land for a Hindu crematorium, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Malaysia Hindu Sangam’s Negri branch chairman Dr Gobi Achuthan Gurukkal said the 160,000-strong Hindu community in the state requires cremation services about 800 times a year.
“The existing crematorium has not been maintained well and is not suitable,” Gobi said.
He said the new facility will feature all the necessary amenities, besides an electric cremation system.
“The Negri Sembilan Eemasadanggu Sangam (NS Funeral Rites Associaiton) will operate and maintain the new crematorium,” he said.
> A teenager from Dengkil has earned praise for voicing her desire to learn Tamil and asking Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek to help students like her, the daily also reported.
Abhinaya Mahendran had raised the matter during a dialogue session with the minister held in Shah Alam.
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.
