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  • Five Immediate Tasks For New FAS Council

    Five Immediate Tasks For New FAS Council

    Singapore football’s course over the next four years will now be guided by new Football Association of Singapore (FAS) chief Lim Kia Tong.

    The New Paper looks at some of the pressing issues they have to instantly deal with.

    1. S.LEAGUE

    The S.League has not been given the attention it deserves in the last few years.

    The LionsXII’s participation in the Malaysian Super League from 2011 to 2015 meant it became the FAS’ main focus, instead of Singapore’s own professional league.

    S.League administrators also made a major blunder in the proposed age-cap on players, a plan which was eventually scrapped because of the opposition it met with. Players, too, complained about the low wages and practice of 11-month contracts, and nothing has been done to improve the situation.

    Hyundai Motors coming on board as co-title sponsors in February has lifted the gloom somewhat, although there is still much to be done.

    Some in the local football fraternity have suggested increasing the number of clubs in the S.League, which currently has nine teams. Out of the nine clubs, six are local.

    John Yap, chairman of Gombak United, who have sat out the S.League since 2012, said: “When we were a part of the S.League, there were 12 teams, and one season (in 2012) there were even 13.

    “I feel a league with more teams is more vibrant, more competitive.

    “There is talk that Singapore is small, and that justifies just having just a few (local) teams… I think that is wrong.

    “I think our landscape can support a few more teams in the S.League.”

    2. NFL & GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL

    Considering the S.League’s woes over the years, imagine how bad the amateur National Football League (NFL) have it.

    From 2015 to last year, the FAS spent about $8 million on the various national teams’ training costs.

    During the same period, it spent about $250,000 on grassroots football, which includes the NFL.

    But the FAS has made moves to rectify the situation.

    Starting this year, the 23 NFL teams across Division 1 and 2 get seed money of $8,500 per club, group insurance from Great Eastern Singapore for their players, among other improvements.

    Gurbachan Singh, operations manager of NFL Division 2 side Singapore Khalsa Association, said he was pleased with the commitment by the new council to make improvements for all NFL sides, saying “the previous FAS council were more interested in only the S.League and Division 1.”

    Zairi Ahmari, club secretary for Division 1 side Sporting Westlake, said he hopes the changes do not merely represent a false dawn.

    “What we have fought for has been given,” he said.

    “Definitely, we look forward to better things.”

    Whether the FAS will continue to make improvements to the long-neglected NFL, remains to be seen.

    3. FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT

    During the campaign, Team LKT came up with the vision of building a national team that would consistently win the AFF Suzuki Cup and South-east Asia Games.

    Those are bold targets, considering the Lions went into the Suzuki Cup as underdogs in three (1998, 2004 and 2012) of their four successes, and the fact Singapore have never won a SEA Games football gold medal in the biennial competition’s 58-year history.

    The FAS believes the key to building a strong national team is to create a conveyor belt of talent, so in April 2014 it roped in Michel Sablon, who came up with a blueprint.

    Sablon was the man largely credited with developing Belgium’s current golden generation of players such as Vincent Kompany and Eden Hazard.

    Last October, the FAS also formed a new age-group national team – the Under-20s – with Fandi Ahmad taking the helm, in hopes of preventing late-bloomers from slipping through the cracks and disappearing from the game.

    Khairul Asyraf, technical director of NFL Division 1 champions Eunos Crescent and co-founder of the 2Touch Soccer School, said: “The exco of the new FAS council must decide matters in the future such as national coach, technical director and national playing philosophy, in consultation with the the technical committee.

    “As for Sablon, he came with a lot of promise, and on paper (his blueprint for Singapore football) has more ticks than crosses… I’m not completely convinced but I want to be, and someone with his credentials should be given the benefit of doubt.”

    4. FUTURE OF KEY FAS SECRETARIAT POSITIONS

    Barely an hour after being elected, Lim was asked about the future of FAS general secretary Winston Lee.

    Lee, who has been in his present role since 2008, was involved in a public war of words with Game Changers’ Ng over the controversial $500,000 the latter donated from Tiong Bahru Football Club’s funds for the Asean Football Federation’s (AFF) Football Management System.

    The 52-year-old Lee was present during Saturday’s election but left the venue before the post-election press conference.

    When asked about Lee’s future, Lim said: “We’ll deal with each staff behind closed doors. We have to respect the terms of their employment contracts… we won’t make any comment on his future and it is best left to be decided much, much later.”

    A week earlier, Bernard Tan, who was on Saturday voted in as Lim’s deputy president, said: “It’s as good as saying whether we will keep (national coach) Sundram or Fandi.

    “We do not discuss staff issues like that. It is highly inappropriate. To be fair to the people employed, they have contracts, and they deserve to be treated in a way that’s professional.”

    Besides the position of general secretary, the S.League chief executive’s seat is also vacant, after Lim Chin left the role last month.

    Lim, however, said he and his new council have not yet decided if it intends to find a new man for the role, or instead make structural changes to the S.League which might see the position become obsolete.

    5. TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY

    One of the 10 points on Team LKT’s manifesto was: Create a transparent FAS that has a high standard of administration.

    Cleaning up the FAS’ image and ensuring transparency will be high on its to-do list, especially after the controversy that shrouded Ng’s $500,000 donation.

    Ng claimed he had donated the money to FAS – who explained they had facilitated the donation to the AFF.

    But Lim, Tan, and the new council’s vice-presidents Edwin Tong, Razali Saad and S Thavaneson – who were all on the previous council – all claimed they had no knowledge of the donation.

    If this is true, then it shows major problems with accountability.

    Lau Kok Keng, who ran as deputy president on the Game Changers’ slate, said: “No one in this country would have imagined that the council was led by one man alone, and the rest did not know what was going on.

    “All NSAs are societies, and a lot of them – like FAS – have a lot of money.

    “So maybe (the whole donation saga) calls for some kind of examination… and we will see what the new council does.”

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Raja Bomoh Sorry Not Sorry, Claimed Bizarre Rituals Carried Out Under Orders

    Raja Bomoh Sorry Not Sorry, Claimed Bizarre Rituals Carried Out Under Orders

    Ibrahim Mat Zin courted international stardom when he attempted to track the missing MAS aircraft MH370 with a pair of bamboo binoculars and coconuts.

    His antics at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) had left Malaysian authorities red-faced.

    Since then, the self-styled “raja bomoh” or “king of shamans” has appeared at various places, including outside the Sungai Buloh prison, where he performed a ritual to protect incarcerated former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

    However, Ibrahim has repented and apologised to all Malaysians, both Muslims and non-Muslims, for his stunts.

    The 66-year-old, who is often decked in a suit, also claimed that certain individuals, whom he cannot name, had ordered him to perform the rituals.

     

    Source: www.malaysiakini.com

  • Raja Bomoh Taubat Nasuha, Mengaku Segala Upacara Adalah ‘Lakonan’ Atas Arahan Orang Lain

    Raja Bomoh Taubat Nasuha, Mengaku Segala Upacara Adalah ‘Lakonan’ Atas Arahan Orang Lain

    ‘Raja Bomoh’ Malaysia atau nama sebenarnya, Ibrahim Mat Zin mengaku segala upacara pelik yang dilakukannya adalah ‘lakonan’ sahaja dan mengisytiharkan, dia kini sudah ‘taubat nasuha’.

    Dia malah mendedahkan bahawa tindakannya melakukan upacara pelik, termasuk aksi ‘melihat menggunakan teropong buluh’ dan ‘angkat kelapa’ adalah ‘lakonan’ yang diarahkan oleh individu tertentu yang tidak dapat didedahkannya, menurut laporan Malaysiakini.

    Bercakap pada sidang akhbar di Kompleks Pusat Islam, Kuala Lumpur, hari ini (25 Apr), Ibrahim, 66 tahun, mengakui bahawa tindakannya yang kononnya untuk membantu menyelesaikan beberapa kejadian dan isu besar di negara ini, sebenarnya hanyalah bagi memeriahkan suasana.

    JANGAN LAGI PANGGIL ‘RAJA BOMOH’

    Menurut laporan Malaysiakini, beliau berkata: “Kini saya tidak lagi mahu dikenali dengan panggilan Raja Bomoh dan menyesali segala perbuatan saya sebelum ini.

    “Saya memohon ampun dan maaf kepada semua umat Islam di Malaysia dan seluruh dunia,” katanya, yang dipetik oleh portal Utusan Online.

    Pengakuan taubatnya itu disaksikan oleh Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan, Datuk Zulkifli Al Bakri; Pengarah JAWI, Abdul Aziz Jusoh dan Ketua Pegawai Penguatkuasa Agama JAWI, Wan Jaapar Wan Ahmad.

    Sementara itu, portal itu turut memetik Abdul Aziz sebagai berkata, Ibrahim mengaku bersalah atas segala tuduhan yang dibacakan kepadanya di bawah Akta Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Wilayah-wilayah Persekutuan) 1997 bagi kesalahan menghina Islam.

    DIPERINTAH BERKELAKUAN BAIK

    “Disebabkan faktor kesihatan dan umur, Ibrahim diperintah untuk berkelakuan baik selama enam bulan dan menjalani kelas akidah serta fardu ain.

    “Diharapkan hukuman yang diterima dapat memberi pengajaran kepada beliau menyesali dan bertaubat atas semua perbuatannya,” katanya, seperti ditukil laporan Malaysiakini.

    Ibrahim mencetuskan kontroversi apabila dirinya sering melakukan upacara pelik.

    Terakhir, pada 13 Mac lalu, dia melakukan upacara di hadapan Institut Perubatan Forensik Nasional, Hospital Kuala Lumpur bagi ‘memagar’ Malaysia dari diserang negara asing khususnya Korea Utara.

    Antara upacara peliknya yang lain termasuk mencari pesawat Penerbangan Malaysia MH370 yang hilang dan ‘merestui’ tempat kejadian kemalangan yang membabitkan bekas pemimpin DAP, mendiang Karpal Singh.

    Sebelum ini, Ibrahim ditahan oleh JAWI di Ibu Pejabat Polis Dang Wangi pada 22 April lalu.

     

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    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Kemeja-T Skirt Labuh Neelofa Dikritik

    Kemeja-T Skirt Labuh Neelofa Dikritik

    Dengan mengenakan kemeja-T yang dipadankan baju lengan panjang berwarna kulit dengan hiasan lace serta skirt labuh hitam, penampilan personaliti terkenal Neelofa ternyata mengundang pelbagai reaksi dari orang ramai selepas majlis besar-besaran Anugerah Meletop Era (AME2017) kelmarin.

    Bagaimanapun, pereka fesyen Fiziwoo menjelaskan pakaian pengacara Neelofa pada malam Ahad lalu merupakan trend yang digayakan selebriti antarabangsa.

    Dalam petikan laporan mStar, Fizi berkata, gaya baju tee bermesej itu kini popular di luar negara dan turut menjadi pilihan ikon fesyen luar negara.

    “Statements Tee sekarang menjadi trend di luar negara, ramai artis antarabangsa seperti Rihanna dan Kendall Jenner menggayakannya pada majlis-majlis hiburan mereka.

    “Neelofa selebriti pertama di negara yang berani mencubanya dan kami percaya ia akan menjadi ikutan oleh masyarakat dalam tempoh beberapa minggu akan datang,” ujarnya, seperti ditukil mStar.

    Fizi atau nama sebenarnya Mohd Hafizi Radzi Woo mengulas tentang baju yang digayakan oleh Neelofa pada majlis AME2017 yang berlangsung kelmarin di Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam.

    Pakaian baju tee dengan skirt labuh Neelofa ketika mengacarakan program itu malah dikritik dan dianggap tidak bersesuaian dengan majlis berkenaan oleh ramai netizen.

    Jenama fesyen Fiziwoo merupakan gabungan anak muda berbakat Fizi dan Khai.

    Dalam pada itu, Khai atau nama sebenarnya Izree Kai Haffiz pula berkata, konsep baju berkenaan dilihat bersesuaian dengan majlis anugerah tersebut yang berbeza dengan majlis-majlis anugerah lain.

    “Baju itu bersesuaian dengan AME2017 yang berkonsepkan lebih ceria, ia lebih seperti MTV Award dan bukannya seperti anugerah Oskar.

    “Ketika kami cadangkan idea tersebut, Neelofa gembira dan teruja untuk menggayakannya. Kami juga ada sediakan baju lain yang lebih anggun pada malam itu tapi dia buat keputusan untuk tidak menukar baju itu,” katanya, dalam laporan mStar.

    Sementara itu, Fiziwoo yang sudah empat tahun bertanggungjawab menyediakan pakaian untuk bintang popular itu mengakui gementar menerima persepsi masyarakat.

    Pihaknya juga sudah menjangka sebarang komen yang bakal diterima, tidak kira yang baik mahupun yang buruk.

    “Setiap tahun kami akan gementar untuk baca komen-komen netizen sebab kami tahu ada yang suka dan ada yang tidak boleh terima,” katanya.

    Pada majlis berkenaan, Neelofa turut diumumkan sebagai pemenang bagi Hos MeleTOP dan Program MeleTOP serta memenangi kategori utama iaitu Top Top MeleTOP (Wanita).

     

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

  • Muslim Teen Wins Right To Box In Hijab

    Muslim Teen Wins Right To Box In Hijab

    Amaiya Zafar, a Muslim teen boxer from Minnesota, has won the right to compete in the ring in the US while also adhering to her religious beliefs that require her to cover her arms and legs.

    “This is a big step,” her coach, Nathaniel Haile, said Thursday as cited by The Star Tribune. “She’s put a lot of labor into this. She earned the right to showcase her skills, and I’m happy for her. But it’s just the first step in letting her achieve her dreams.”

     

     

    While this is a significant milestone in her fledgling career, the ambitious 16-year-old has many battles ahead of her both in and outside the ring.

    Her first sanctioned bout is scheduled to take place later this month on April 29 at the Spring Fling Amateur Boxing match in Minneapolis, but her right to compete extends only as far as the US border, resigning her to competing on the national stage for the time being.

     

    Zafar has set her sights higher, however, and in order to reach her stated goal of competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo she will have to spar with AIBA, the international boxing organization, for the right to compete in her modest attire.

    “We welcome this partial victory and look forward to the day when athletes of all faiths may compete nationally and internationally while maintaining their religious principles,” Ibrahim Hooper, director of communications for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a statement.

    “[Amaiya] has wanted this for so long,” her mother told The Star Tribune about her upcoming amateur bout.

    Zafar came close to fighting at a competition in Florida, only to be turned away after successfully weighing in, as her attire was in breach of competition rules.

    “You get so invested. My weight is in the right place. My head is in the game,” she said. To be turned away — “it’s exhausting,” she said of the experience.

    “She fought for other Muslim youths,” coach Haile said of the up-and-coming pugilist.

     

    Source: www.rt.com