KUALA LUMPUR-CHENNAI BUSINESS COUNCIL TO PROMOTE CULTURE

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 (Bernama) -- A Kuala Lumpur-Chennai Business Council
will be formed soon to promote business and culture between the two cities.

Deputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing M.
Saravanan said the council would be headed by the Federal Territories
Development Foundation with members comprising businessmen from Kuala Lumpur and
Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu in south India.

"The main objective of the council is to implement various projects that can
promote culture, education and the traditions of the Malaysian communities in
Chennai and at the same time introduce their culture here," he said at a media
conference after a visit to the Little India project in Brickfields, here
together with Chennai Mayor M.A. Subramaniam Friday.

He said the council would also endeavour to widen information communication
and technology, tourism and business where small entrepreneurs from Chennai
would be brought to Malaysia to trade and vice-versa.

"We will also look after the welfare of the Indian workers so that they can
carry out their business smoothly," he said.


Subramaniam is leading a 10-member delegation to finalise the proposal to
make Kuala Lumpur and Chennai as twin cities.

Chennai, which is categorised as a 'global city' because of its importance
in terms of international economy, has a population of about 4.6 million people.

The city, which was formerly known as Madras, is popularly known as India's
Kollywood because of its dynamic film making industry which has a large
following in Malaysia.

-- BERNAMA