Category: Agama

  • Anak Melayu Singapura – Memang Handal Taraf Dunia Atau Setakat Jaguh Kampung Sahaja?

    Anak Melayu Singapura – Memang Handal Taraf Dunia Atau Setakat Jaguh Kampung Sahaja?

    Kekuatan anak Melayu di Singapura ada, dari dunia korporat hingga pengusaha, baik di dalam negeri Dan luar negeri. APA yang mungkin kita perlukan adalah seorang pemimpin yang berjaya bersatukan semua untuk tujuan membawa Anak Melayu Singapura ke lebih maju lagi. BOLEH? Antara Kita perlu di hilangkan sifat curiga, ego dan bersatu untuk maju

    Adakah Melayu Singapura hanya mampu menjadi Penjual Kuih Hari Raya, buka cafe, salon Dan Penjual Kain? Atau Hanya rasa puas, bangga Dan glamour jadi Artis tempatan? Anak Melayu kurang daya berfikir secara kritikal Dan kurang pandai beranalisa. Betul tak?

     

    Source: Mohd Farid Mohd Nor in Suara Melayu Singapura

  • Lions Always Had Chinese Players, What’s Stopping Them Now?

    Lions Always Had Chinese Players, What’s Stopping Them Now?

    Singapore had the Quah brothers, then came Au-Yeong Pak Kuan, David Lee & Tay Peng Kee playing in the Malaysia Cup, Steven Tan, Lee Man Hon, Lim Tong Hai, Stephen Ng & Amos Boon followed into the national set-up.

    Now we have Gabriel Quak and Gymkhana FC have Hong & Jonathan playing…

    There are many Chinese players playing (see Katong FC & Tiong Bahru FC) but are they scouted and deemed good enough for our country for international exposure…

    Many more Chinese players in the COEs and Prime League. I personally dont think getting the Chinese boys to play and have a career in football is the problem…

    I will leave this notion open…peace & out!

     

    Source: KhaiZana Zam

  • Why Can’t Suntec City’s Information Counter Staff Understand Common English Words And Religious Tenets?

    Why Can’t Suntec City’s Information Counter Staff Understand Common English Words And Religious Tenets?

    Hi Suntec 🙂 So I just casually walked up to your information counter at Level 1, nearest Tower 4, to a smiling staffer – Li Yuwei. I asked if there were any halal bakeries around. And after repeating myself a couple of times, I discovered that she doesn’t know what Halal means.

    Of course I was a little surprised but it was far from a rude shock. I tried to explain it as a concept (in a very clumsy way, because in truth, the last time I had to explain what it meant was in a weekend madrasah exam, 20 years ago). After fumbling over myself, I asked for just any bakery or pastry shop. Then I actually found myself also trying to explain what a bakery or pastry shop is.

    So I also wrote down on a piece of paper the words “bakery” and “pastry shop”. She dutifully went on to search it in her system. And with that same smile (now just a little bit more pursed) she wrote down and presented to me this attached piece of paper with the details of a bakery at Middle Road. a 20 minute walk away!

    I gave a smile back as I took the piece of paper and said my thanks for the help she was able to provide. As I walked away from the counter, I couldn’t help but wished she was a cute, cuddly cat instead – so that I could pet my frustrations away and forgive it for not being able to understand some commonly-used human words and religious tenets.

    I hope you take this seriously and get some cats on your information counters soon. Thank you Suntec.

     

    Source: Haikal Haditall

  • Nura J Buka Salon Muslimah Pertama Di Orchard Rd, Mahu Dampingi Pelanggan Luar Negara

    Nura J Buka Salon Muslimah Pertama Di Orchard Rd, Mahu Dampingi Pelanggan Luar Negara

    Niat awalnya untuk mengisi jurang dalam pasaran jagaan rambut muslimah ternyata berjaya dilaksanakan. Namun kini, beliau maju lagi setapak dengan menawarkan khidmatnya di kawasan utama Singapura pula.

    Malah, buat julung-julung kalinya, beliau memberi nafas baru dan berhasil membuka salon Muslimah yang pertama di kawasan Orchard Road!

    Pemilik salon muslimah terkenal Pearlista dan juga personaliti tempatan, Nura J, bahkan mengorak langkah berani dengan membuka cawangan ketiganya itu di kawasan bandar tersebut.

    Nura J memberitahu BERITAMediacorp: “Idea itu tercetus sekitar dua bulan lalu selepas saya selesai makan malam bersama suami di Far East Plaza. Kami sudah merancang untuk membuka cawangan ketiga, tetapi pada awalnya tidak begitu pasti tentang lokasinya.

    “Bagaimanapun, setelah melihat banyak salon rambut biasa yang dapat bertahan, kami berpendapat salon muslimah kami juga mungkin dapat berkembang maju di sana.”

    BERPOTENSI DAMPINGI SEGMEN PASARAN BERBEZA

    Terletak di Far East Plaza, Nura J malah merasakan bahawa cawangan tersebut dapat mendampingi segmen pasaran yang berbeza selain menyasarkan kepada mereka yang tinggal di bahagian tengah Singapura.

    Ini memandangkan pusat beli-belah itu terletak berhampiran dengan Hotel Grand Hyatt dan Royal Plaza on Scotts.

    “Cawangan Pearlista Orchard mungkin berhadapan dengan sasaran pelanggan yang berbeza. Malah kini, ia mungkin dapat mendampingi para pengunjung dari Brunei, Indonesia dan Malaysia yang menginap di hotel-hotel yang berdekatan. Dan tentunya, peluang ini tidak akan disia-siakan,” kata Nura J.

    Meskipun begitu, beliau bertekad untuk tidak memberikan kelebihan ketara kepada cawangan terbarunya itu, berbanding dengan cawangannya di kawasan kejiranan.

    Menurutnya, ini agar beliau dapat mengekalkan tahap konsisten bagi khidmat salonnya di kesemua cawangan yang disediakan.

    “Kami tidak boleh mempunyai pemikiran bahawa, hanya kerana ia terletak di Orchard, ia harus diberikan keutamaan atau kelebihan tambahan. Malah, kami harus memastikan khidmat kami diselaraskan di kesemua cawangan agar tidak menjejas mutu yang ditawarkan kepada pelanggan tetap di cawangan-cawangan lain,” katanya kepada BERITAMediacorp.

    Pertama kali dilancarkan pada hujung tahun 2014, Pearlista kini sudahpun berjaya membuka tiga cawangan dalam masa kurang tiga tahun, selain giat menjalankan operasi di cawangan Icon@Changi di Eunos dan CityVibe di Clementi.

    GENERASI ‘M’ PACU PENGEMBANGAN PASARAN MUSLIMAH

    Nura J, yang juga berkhidmat sebagai seorang ejen hartanah, bahkan menjangkakan pasaran jagaan rambut muslimah akan terus berkembang pada masa hadapan.

    “Kaum muslimah kini datang dari Generasi M (“money”), yang mampu dan lebih rela untuk berbelanja. Selain memastikan khidmat yang diberikan haruslah bermutu tinggi, kami juga harus menyerlah dan mencari tukikan sendiri, seperti khidmat ‘Creambath’ kami,” katanya.

    “Bagaimanapun, kami tetap memberi tumpuan khusus kepada masalah rambut sebenar seperti keguguran rambut dan kelemumur, dan berhasrat membantu kaum muslimah menyelesaikan masalah tersebut,” tambah Nura lagi.

    Meskipun begitu, Pearlista masih harus tetap mengikut arus trend gaya rambut dan rawatan yang terkini, selain sering menghantar pasukan pendandan rambutnya ke kursus-kursus bersama rakan syarikat rasmi, Wella Academy, menurutnya.

    “Peluang untuk bertemu dengan wanita dari segenap bidang pekerjaan, dan bagi mereka untuk terus menyokong dan kembali semula, ia sesuatu yang sangat saya hargai. Setiap maklum balas yang diterima juga membuat kami merasakan bahawa ia suatu pekerjaan yang mulia juga,” katanya.

    (Gambar-gambar: Nura J/ Instagram)

    PESAING PEARLISTA ADALAH… DIRINYA SENDIRI

    Dengan bertambahnya perniagaan salon muslimah di negara ini, Nura J juga merasakan bahawa pesaing terhebat Pearlista adalah, Pearlista sendiri.

    “Saya sudah lama bekerja sendiri dan saya percaya pada etika bisnes. Jika kita menjejas perniagaan orang lain, kita seperti tidak percaya pada rancanganNya.

    “Pesaing Pearlista adalah dirinya sendiri, kerana jika kita sering melihat kepada pesaing lain, kita mungkin akan menjejas kebolehan sendiri. Malah, kita seharusnya berkongsi kegembiraan bersama-sama dan mendakapi persaingan dalam bidang ini,” kata Nura, berkongsi sekelumit falsafah perniagaannya kepada BERITAMediacorp.

    Salah satu cara untuk terus menarik perhatian golongan muda, menurut Nura, adalah untuk mengekalkan sistem online yang cekap. Bahkan, Pearlista juga giat menghasilkan produk rambut jenama sendiri sebagai sebahagian daripada rancangannya untuk memperluaskan perniagaannya.

    “Harapan saya adalah agar Pearlista akan terus bersinar, berkembang maju melalui produk dan cawangan barunya serta dapat terus memberi peluang pekerjaan kepada golongan gadis yang membantu membangunkan jenama Pearlista,” katanya.

    Pearlista Orchard di Far East Plaza mula beroperasi hari ini (2 Mei) dan tempahan boleh dibuat melalui lamannya atau aplikasi Booksy.

    Pelancaran rasmi Pearlista Orchard dijangka diadakan menjelang hujung bulan Mei.

     

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    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg/

  • Experts Not Convinced Malaysian IS Terrorist Muhammad Wanndy Is Dead

    Experts Not Convinced Malaysian IS Terrorist Muhammad Wanndy Is Dead

    KUALA LUMPUR: Security officials, reacting to a Facebook post by the wife of notorious Islamic State (IS) terrorist Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi that he is dead, doubt its accuracy.

    “This is probably a ruse by Mu­­hammad Wanndy to escape from those on his heels,” said a source.

    The source said Muhammad Wann­dy, 27, had probably staged his own death to “emerge as a new person” and avoid detection.

    “He is really desperate and will try anything,’’ the source added.

    News of Muhammad Wanndy’s alleged death on Saturday was triggered by a Facebook post by Nor Mahmudah Ahmad, 28, that day.

    She said Muhammad Wanndy could have been killed in Syria in a drone strike.

    Stating that she accepted her husband’s fate, she vowed to carry on with his struggle in Syria.

    “My Mujahid, finally it is your time to go. I will remain here and carry on with the work you started. I accept this as fate,” Nor Mah­mudah wrote in her latest posting.

    (A mujahid is one engaged in a jihad, especially as a guerrilla war­rior.)

    Muhammad Wanndy, who is from Durian Tunggal in Malacca, left for Syria in 2014 with Nor Mahmudah.

    Known as a top IS recruiter, he is on the United States’ most wanted list for his involvement in funding and providing operational support for the terror group.

    In an exclusive report in The Star on Wednesday, intelligence sources were quoted as having said that Muhammad Wanndy had lost the faith of IS militants as he had failed to carry out attacks in Malaysia as planned.

    The report stated that Muhammad Wanndy had “limited time” to try and con­vince his Syrian leaders of his ability to conduct terror attacks.

    One source had said that he had until the end of the year to prove himself, or risk having his status as the IS’ Malay­sian leader stripped.

    Sources said yesterday that seve­ral Malaysian and Indonesian militants were unhappy with Muham­mad Wanndy as he had used up sympathisers’ donations.

    “Fellow IS fighters in Raqqa are looking for him. He has been on the run for about two weeks,” said a source.

    Other militants also took to social media to post pictures of the car that Muhammad Wanndy allegedly was in when the drone attack happened.

    “Even the wordings in his wife’s post sounds more like Muhammad Wanndy’s writing,” said a source.

    The source added that Muham­mad Wann­dy was the mastermind be­­hind many failed IS attacks in Malay­sia “and he is not a fighter in Syria”.

    “It was long suspected that he used funds donated towards the IS cause to settle his family expenses in Syria and other debts.

    “He cleverly used the IS platform for his own gain. His cover has been blown open,” said the source.

    It is believed that Muhammad Wanndy, also known as Abu Hamzah Al-Fateh, had accumulated RM100,000 in donations from sympathisers.

    “He used some of it to fund attacks in Malaysia but most was for his own use.

    “It can be said that he enjoyed life in Syria while others did the fighting for him,” another source said.

    Bukit Aman Special Branch director Comm Datuk Seri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said they were trying to find out whether Muhammad Wanndy was in fact dead.

    “We are checking. We want to know quickly,’’ he added.

    Comm Mohamad Fuzi had said earlier that the Counter Terrorism Division was working closely with the United States to hunt down Muhammad Wanndy, who has been on Bukit Aman’s wanted list for the past two years.

     

    Source: www.thestar.com.my

     

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