NUS Tami
l Language Soci
ety'
s (
NUSTLS) º¢
í¸ôâ÷ò §¾º¢
 Àø¸¨Äì¸Æ¸ò ¾Á¢
úô
attempt i
n reachi
ng out to the
§ÀèŠþó¾¢
 ºã¸ò¾¢
ÖûÇ « ¨ÉòÐ
communi
ty i
s further mani
fested i
n
ž¢
ÉÕìÌõ ¯¾Å §Åñ Îõ ±ýÚ
i
ts efforts to provi
de i
nterest-
free
¿õÒ¸¢
ýÈÐ ±ýÀ¾¢
ø ±ûÇÇ×õ
loans through the NUSTLS Trust
Fund to needy Indi
an undergraduates ³ÂÁ¢
ø¨Ä. ź¾¢ ̨Èó¾ NUS þó¾¢
Â
who are currently pursui
ng degree
Á¡½ Å÷¸û ¾í¸û ÀÊô¨À §Áý§ÁÖõ
courses i
n the Nati
onal Uni
versi
ty
º£
á¸ò ¦¾¡¼Ã, ¾Á¢
úô §À芸øÅ¢
of Si
ngapore. Si
nce i
ts i
ni
ti
ati
on i
n
¿¢
¾¢
¾Ţ
ò ¾¢
ð¼õ ´ý¨È 1999-
õ «ñ Î
1999, NUSTLS Trust Fund,
¦¾¡¼í¸¢
ÂÐ. þÐŨà $2000 ÅðÊ¢
øÄ¡
admi
ni
stered by Si
ngapore Indi
an
Educati
on Trust (
SIET)
, has
¸¼ý ¯¾Å¢ ¦ÀüÈ ÀòÐìÌõ §ÁüÀð¼
supported more than 10 needy Indi
an Á¡
½ Å÷¸Ù ìÌ þò¾¢
ð¼õ §ÀվŢ
¡¸
undergraduates.
þÕóÐ ÅóÐûÇÐ. $30,
000 ¦ÅûÇ¢
Ӿġ¸î ¦¸¡ñ Î ¦¾¡¼í¸¢
Â
The i
nterest free loan of $2000 has
þò¾¢
ð¼ò¾¢
ü¸¡É ¿¢
¾¢ §º¸Ã¢
ôÒ "
ºí§¸
surely made a di
fference to these
undergraduates' terti
ary educati
on. ÓÆíÌ" ¿¢̧ú
¢
ý ãÄõ¾¡ý ±ýÀÐ
It i
s notable that repleni
shi
ng the
ÌÈ¢
À¢
¼ò¾ì¸Ð.
the trust fund i
s hi
ghly faci
li
tated
through the proceeds that the
soci
ety recei
ves from i
ts bi
enni
al
producti
on, Sangae Muzhangu.
Àø¸¨Ä¸Æ¸ô À¼ôÀ¢
ÊôÒ측É
¦ºÄ×ò¦¾¡¨¸ ¯Â÷óÐ ¦¸¡ñ Î §À¡Ìõ
þ측Ä측ð¼ò¾¢
ø ±í¸Ç¡ø þÂýÈŨÈ
Wi
th the cost of educati
on ri
si
ng
ÀÄ ¯¾Å¢̧¨Ç ¦ºöÐ ¦¸¡ñ Î
over the years, NUS Tami
l Language
ÅÕ¸¢
§È¡õ. « ÅüÚû þó¿¢
¾¢
ԾŢ
ò
Soci
ety hopes to allevi
ate these
ð¼Óõ ´ýÚ. ¿¡¨Ç ¾¨ÄӨȢ
ɨÃ
costs, to a small extent, by provi
di
ng ¾¢
these i
nterest-
free loans to needy
¿øÄ ¸øÅ¢
ò¾¢
ÈÛ¼ý ÅÇ÷ì¸ ¾Á¢
úô
Indi
an undergraduates so that they §ÀÃ
¨Å ¦ºöÐ ÅÕõ þò¦¾¡ñ Î
may experi
ence a smoother j
ourney
¯Ú¾¢
¡¸ ÀýÁ¼íÌ ÅÇÕõ.
i
n thei
r varsi
ty experi
ence. Thi
s
i
ni
ti
ati
ve allows the soci
ety to hold
steadfast i
ts obj
ecti
ve of reachi
ng
out to all borders of the communi
ty.
NUS Tami
l Language Soci
ety si
ncerely
hopes to conti
nue thi
s small gesture
i
n the years to come i
n order to help
as many Indi
an undergraduates
as possi
ble.