New Committee Set Up To Take The Indian Community Forward

It will work with the civil service, collect feedback and assist those less advantaged

- Ng Wei Kai

A new committee, chaired by political office-holders Murali Pillai and Dinesh Vasu Dash, has been set up to take the Indian community forward over the next five years.

It will work with the civil service, collect feedback and look at areas to help the community progress and assist the less advantaged within it, said Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam on Aug 7.

Mr Shanmugam, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security, said the pair will be supported by other Indian political office-holders such as himself, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah, and Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment and Education Janil Puthucheary.

Speaking to community leaders at a reception organised by the People's Association's Indian Activity Executive Committees Council at HomeTeamNS in Khatib, Mr Shanmugam said: "We hope that we will get your support, and you've got to look at this as the start of a new phase. (The) community is in a good place. It's ready for a further take-off."