Oleh P.Vijian
NEW DELHI, 9 Jan (Bernama) -- Perdana Menteri India, Dr. Manmohan Singh kagum dengan kejayaan yang dicapai dalam bidang sosial dan ekonomi oleh masyarakat keturunan Sikh yang berjumlah kira-kira 100,000 orang di Malaysia.
Presiden Pergerakan Kebangsaan Sikh Malaysia (GERAKSIKH) Tan Sri Darshan Singh Gill berkata Perdana Menteri itu memuji pencapaian dan sumbangan masyarakat itu di Malaysia.
Darshan bersama Setiausaha Agong, GERAKSIKH, Datuk Amarjit Singh Gill, menyampaikan sebuah buku bertajuk 'Sikh Community in Malaysia' kepada Manmohan di kediamannya di New Delhi.
"Perdana Menteri itu berkata Malaysia dan India berkongsi banyak persamaan, sebuah masyarakat pelbagai budaya," kata Darshan kepada Bernama ketika menghadiri Persidangan Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Kelapan di sini.
Buku bergambar setebal 266 muka surat tulisan Darshan mengisahkan sejarah kemasukan kaum itu sebagai anggota pasukan keselamatan semasa pemerintahan British, kepercayaan agama, budaya dan sumbangan mereka kepada Malaysia.
-- BERNAMA
Sunday, January 10, 2010
GERAKSIKH President meets with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal for a dialogue
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Darshan Singh Gill (left) with Sukhbir Singh Badal
New Delhi, 9 Jan - Tan Sri Dato' Seri G. Darshan Singh met with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal in Vigyan Bhawan at New Delhi, India today.
Darshan, who is the President of Malaysia National Sikhs Movement (GERAKSIKH) among others expressed his strong sentiments on the predictament of Young Sikh men from Punjab who come to Malaysia and finally getting stranded without any money with them to feed themselves.
Sardar Sukhbir Singh Badal, took the issue seriously and said that he will get his Ministers to look into laws to make sure that genuine employment agents are used for those seeking to come to Malaysia and work.
During the said discussion, Tan Sri Darshan Singh, who is a lawyer by profession also presented a Coffee Table Book, entitled Sikh Community in Malaysia to Sardar Badal Ji. This 266 full colour book was launched in June, 2009 by HRH Sultan Azlan Shah and is published by MPH Group.
Tan Sri Darshan Singh Gill presenting the Coffee Table Book, Sikh Community in Malaysia to Sukhbir Singh Badal. In the centre is Minister, Sewa Singh
Friday, November 27, 2009
GERAKSIKH Executive Council paid a courtesy call to SPB YDP Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on 25th November, 2009 at 3.00pm at Istana Negara, KL
Pic shows: Delegation from GERAKSIKH in the Audience Room with SPB YDP Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin
From L-R: Manjit Singh, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Darshan Singh (President), Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Dipertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, Dato' Amarjit Singh Gill (Secretary General), Jit Singh (Treasurer)
GERAKSIKH serah buku Sikh Community in Malaysia kepada SPB YDP Agong
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Nov, 2009 (Bernama) -- Pergerakan Kebangsaan Sikh Malaysia (Geraksikh) pada Rabu menyerahkan 'coffee table book' bertajuk 'Sikh Community in Malaysia' kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.
Buku setebal 266 muka surat yang ditulis dalam bahasa Inggeris itu disampaikan kepada Seri Paduka Baginda oleh Presiden Geraksikh Tan Sri Darshan Singh Gill di Istana Negara, di sini, pada Rabu.
Kandungan buku tersebut termasuk paparan mengenai latar belakang dan sejarah awal kedatangan kaum Sikh ke negara ini termasuk gaya hidup, kebudayaan, tradisi, perayaan dan pendidikan mereka.
Buku berharga RM89.90 itu telah dlancarkan oleh Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, pada 28 Jun lepas dan kini boleh didapati di semua cawangan kedai buku MPH di seluruh negara.
Sebagai tanda hati daripada Geraksikh, buku itu juga akan diedarkan kepada semua kedutaan asing di negara ini dan kedutaan Malaysia di seluruh dunia.
-- BERNAMA
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
All round support for race-less forms proposal
National Sikhs Movement (Geraksikh) president Tan Sri Darshan Singh Gill said the move would put an end to the community’s problem in having to choose between putting themselves as Indian or “others” in official forms, saying it promoted the 1Malaysia concept.
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PETALING JAYA: The proposal to drop the requirement to state one’s race in official forms has received wholehearted support.
United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) secretary-general and former MP Datuk Wilfred Tangau said that currently, the ethnic communities in Sabah and Sarawak felt they were just an “afterthought”.
“I’m happy this whole ‘lain-lain’ (others) category for race is done away with,” he said.
Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjum said such a move was long overdue, adding that the “lain-lain” category should not have been in official forms in the first place.
MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said the party had been championing this for a long time and that it was time for the Government to do away with it.
“We support such a move because it is dear to our heart,” he said, adding that this was in line with the 1Malaysia concept.
In Malacca, the Portuguese Settlement’s Regedor panel’s vice-president Michael Benerji said the 1,200-member community had long felt alienated whenever filling in official forms because they had to place themselves under the “others” column.
“Previously, our youths were not given an identification code in entry forms when applying to local universities. We had to write to the universities to point this out and they finally agreed to give us the numeral 0000 as our code,” said Benerji, whose sentiments were also echoed by the Portuguese-Eurasian Association president Michael Singho.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the move would make everybody feel “more Malaysian”. Associated Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Datuk K.K. Eswaran said the proposal should be welcomed by all Malaysians and that it would help in enhancing cooperation between the various races.
In Johor, Pulai MP Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the column for religion must also be removed from official forms.
“It will ensure there is no bias when people deal with government staff as in the past, I received complaints that Malay civil servants tended to put documents from non-Malays last,” he said.
National Sikhs Movement (Geraksikh) president Tan Sri Darshan Singh Gill said the move would put an end to the community’s problem in having to choose between putting themselves as Indian or “others” in official forms, saying it promoted the 1Malaysia concept.
Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin also said it was a step towards realising 1Malaysia and would “put away whatever racial barriers there may be”.
However, Deputy Education Minister Dr Fuad Zarkashi said race and religion columns should be maintained in official forms for identification purposes, adding that nobody should have a problem with stating his or her own race - Star 19/8/2009
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PETALING JAYA: The proposal to drop the requirement to state one’s race in official forms has received wholehearted support.
United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) secretary-general and former MP Datuk Wilfred Tangau said that currently, the ethnic communities in Sabah and Sarawak felt they were just an “afterthought”.
“I’m happy this whole ‘lain-lain’ (others) category for race is done away with,” he said.
Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjum said such a move was long overdue, adding that the “lain-lain” category should not have been in official forms in the first place.
MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said the party had been championing this for a long time and that it was time for the Government to do away with it.
“We support such a move because it is dear to our heart,” he said, adding that this was in line with the 1Malaysia concept.
In Malacca, the Portuguese Settlement’s Regedor panel’s vice-president Michael Benerji said the 1,200-member community had long felt alienated whenever filling in official forms because they had to place themselves under the “others” column.
“Previously, our youths were not given an identification code in entry forms when applying to local universities. We had to write to the universities to point this out and they finally agreed to give us the numeral 0000 as our code,” said Benerji, whose sentiments were also echoed by the Portuguese-Eurasian Association president Michael Singho.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the move would make everybody feel “more Malaysian”. Associated Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Datuk K.K. Eswaran said the proposal should be welcomed by all Malaysians and that it would help in enhancing cooperation between the various races.
In Johor, Pulai MP Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the column for religion must also be removed from official forms.
“It will ensure there is no bias when people deal with government staff as in the past, I received complaints that Malay civil servants tended to put documents from non-Malays last,” he said.
National Sikhs Movement (Geraksikh) president Tan Sri Darshan Singh Gill said the move would put an end to the community’s problem in having to choose between putting themselves as Indian or “others” in official forms, saying it promoted the 1Malaysia concept.
Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin also said it was a step towards realising 1Malaysia and would “put away whatever racial barriers there may be”.
However, Deputy Education Minister Dr Fuad Zarkashi said race and religion columns should be maintained in official forms for identification purposes, adding that nobody should have a problem with stating his or her own race - Star 19/8/2009
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