Samy Vellu Quotes

Samy Vellu Quotes

Tun Samy Vellu s/o Sangalimuthu, ; is a Malaysian Indian politician. He is the seventh president and the longest-serving President of the Malaysian Indian Congress , a component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition, holding the position from 1979 to 2010, for 11 consecutive terms. Beginning in 1979, he held a succession of ministerial portfolios in the Cabinet of Malaysia, including two long stints as Minister of Works, until he lost his parliamentary seat in the 2008 general election; by that time he was the longest-serving minister in the Cabinet. He subsequently announced his intended retirement in December 2010, paving the way for his deputy G. Palanivel to succeed him as party leader. Wikipedia

✵ 8. March 1936

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“I have also directed the Kedah Public Works Department to immediately supply poped water to 50 households at Kilang Lama Village. They have been without this basiuc amenity for about 43 years.”

Samy Vellu

Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things

Water

“The people who bought the houses are from the lower income group and they have been waiting for their houses to be ready for the last 12 years.”

Samy Vellu

on an abandoned housing scheme in Sungai Limau, as quoted in The Star, 21 November 2000
Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things

People , Waiting , Housing