Malaysian Indians birth rate declines

According to a report by the Malayasian Indian Congress (MIC) Malaysian Indians birth rate has dropped from 10 per cent in the 1990s to 7.5 per

Birth rates among Malaysian Indians are dropping. According to a report by the Malayasian Indian Congress (MIC) Malaysian Indians birth rate has dropped from 10 per cent in the 1990s to 7.5 per cent by 2000. The report was deliberated at the 59th annual congress of MIC at Kuala Lumpur the other day.

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According to New Strait Times, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, Works Minister and president of the MIC said there was no need for alarm as the drop in birth rate among Indians in Malaysia was in line with the global trend.

Addressing the MIC, Samy Vellu said MIC is setting up a monitoring unit to keep track of Malaysian Government's programmes to increase the economic share of Malaysian Indians. He said said plans were also in place to increase Indian corporate equity ownership from 1.5 to 3.0 per cent by 2010.

The report also said the MIC also took note of the declining number of Indian civil servants in Malaysia and decided to submit a proposal to the Government to increase the number of Indian civil servants.

An economic convention would be organised in October to fine-tune activities for the Indian community to be included in the Ninth Malaysia Plan.