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  • Lim Teck Yin’s Fan Criticism Unfair

    Lim Teck Yin’s Fan Criticism Unfair

    Football fans, former internationals, as well as the community, were divided yesterday as they responded to criticism that Singaporeans are fair-weather supporters of the national team.

    This came in the wake of comment on Wednesday by Sport Singapore’s chief executive, Lim Teck Yin, who said that the time had come for fans here to show their mettle and come out in force to support them during the SEA Games.

    Some felt the comment was too harsh and that they had the right to expect commitment from players, whether they were the Lions or the under-23 side, to win matches.

    Both the Lions and the under-23 side have lost a string of matches in the run-up to the World Cup qualifiers and the Games in June.

    “I feel that, though he meant well, (Lim) was a little harsh with his words. It is almost as though he feels nobody really supports local football,” said Ian Ding, 24-year-old Lions fan.

    Deepanraj Valluvan, 19, said fans had a right to feel disappointed when their sides do not perform to expectations.

    “Fans do go through highs and lows in supporting the team, but this doesn’t mean we can’t expect a win,” he said. “As fans, we want our team to go as far as they can succeed.

    “The SEA Games are no different and we want to make sure our country performs and we will be cheering for them whether they win or lose. But we do have a certain level of expectations from our national teams and are be disappointed if they don’t meet them.”

    Win or lose, Kumaravel Selvom will be behind the team when they kick off their SEA Games campaign. He told TODAY: “Any sport, and especially football, thrives with supporting fans. Whether it’s a team at its best or worst, it will always be good to know that there are people watching and hoping the best for you.”

    Former national and S-League footballers whom TODAY spoke to were also divided.

    Aleksandar Duric remembered only too well the fickle support from fans. They were solidly behind the Lions in their triumphant years in the Suzuki Cup in 1998, 2004, 2007 and 2012, but he felt the desertion when they were knocked out of the group stages of the 2010 tournament.

    This, he said, can have an adverse effect on young athletes, especially the under-23 side heading for the coming SEA Games.

    “I agree with Teck Yin totally. I only retired recently from football, and I know our fans very well, and they like it when we are winning. But this is not good, and the mentality of Singapore fans is something we wish we can change.

    “If you are a fan, you should follow your team all the way, win or lose, and you share their happiness and sorrows. These are young boys and they need our support. Singaporeans should back our young athletes, because they need it. There is no better chance to do that than at the SEA Games, right here in front of the home crowd.”

    However, former S-League player and coach Shasi Kumar said the players needed to improve to get fans back in the stadium. “You cannot blame the fans as well, because we had a really poor run of results,” he said. “How can a fan stand by their team without feeling disappointment or even angry when we cannot even beat a team like Guam, and (we) lose to Syria? It is a chicken and egg situation, because at the moment, the team is not performing, and fans are understandably disillusioned.”

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Hang Tuah Mengaku Anak Kandung Tan Sri Jins Shamsudin

    Hang Tuah Mengaku Anak Kandung Tan Sri Jins Shamsudin

    Pelakon Tan Sri Jins Shamsudin memang dikenali sebagai pelakon kacak yang amat melindungi kehidupan peribadinya.

    Ketika sihatnya, kisah yang dipaparkan dalam media massa tentangnya tidak pernah lari daripada perkerjaan atau perjuangannya dalam seni.

    Namun apabila semakin dimamah usia, lebih-lebih lagi dalam keadaannya sekarang yang menghidap penyakit Alzheimer sejak empat tahun lalu, Jins, 81 tahun, tidak mampu menjelaskan kemelut yang sedang melanda keluarganya.

    Baru-baru ini, anak kedua Tan Sri Jins Shamsuddin iaitu Hang Tuah @ Shazrin mengadakan sidang akhbar untuk menjelaskan bahawa beliau adalah anak kandung seniman veteran itu yang sah hasil perkahwinan bapanya dengan ibunya, Jamilah Shukor, pada tahun 1973. Beliau bukan anak angkat seperti yang didakwa.

    Hang Tuah, 41 tahun, ke depan selepas isteri Jins, Halijah Abdullah, membuat satu kenyataan dalam interviu di akhbar bahawa suaminya hanya mempunyai tiga anak – dua hasil perkahwinan dengannya (Putera Hang Jebat dan Putera Hang Nadim) dan seorang lagi dengan seniwati Allahyarhamah Rahmah Rahmat, iaitu Mohamad Jefri yang lahir pada 1962.

    Dalam sidang media itu, Hang Tuah mengatakan, Jins dan Jamilah berkahwin secara rahsia di Thailand. Beliau juga tidak dibesarkan ibunya tapi dipelihara ibu saudara (kakak Jins, Hazizan Samsudin) di Taiping, Perak, sejak kecil.

    Beliau membawa beberapa bahan dokumentasi untuk menguatkan dakwaannya, termasuklah sijil kelahiran serta buku biografi bapanya hasil tulisan Mohd Zamberi A. Malek berjudul Suria Kencana diterbitkan pada tahun 1998.

    Buku itu menyebut pelakon itu pernah berkahwin dengan Jamilah pada tahun 1973 dan dikurniakan seorang anak lelaki iaitu dirinya.

    “Saya buat sidang media ini bukan hanya untuk diri saya tetapi kerana ibu saya yang agak terganggu dengan kenyataan dikeluarkan Halijah dan hanya ingin menjernihkan suasana.

    “Tetapi tidaklah sampai saya ingin membawa kes ini ke mahkamah dan sekiranya beliau sedar ia satu kesilapan beliau hanya boleh memohon maaf.

    “Saya juga bukan mahu menuntut harta bapa dan tidak akan berkecil hati sekiranya tidak mendapat apa-apa pada masa hadapan,” jelas bekas juruterbang syarikat Air Asia X itu.

    Beliau bagaimanapun mengakui tidak lagi menjenguk bapanya sejak empat tahun lalu kerana sebab-sebab peribadi.

    Tindakan Hang Tuah membawa isu keluarga ke sidang media bagaimanapun tidak disenangi Putera Hang Nadim yang ikut hadir bersama beberapa anggota keluarganya.

    Hang Nadim, 24 tahun, berkata, Hang Tuah sepatutnya bersemuka dengan keluarganya tanpa melibatkan pihak luar dalam apa juga isu berbangkit untuk berbincang secara baik.

    “Saya tidak faham mengapa perlu melibatkan orang lain dalam hal keluarga? Pintu rumah kami sentiasa terbuka untuk menerima kunjungannya biarpun sudah empat tahun dia tidak datang menjenguk ayah.”

    Menceritakan sedikit sebanyak mengenai dirinya, Hang Tuah berkata, sejak dilahirkan beliau dibesarkan oleh ibu saudaranya yang juga kakak Jins iaitu Hazizan Samsudin di Taiping, Perak.

    Namun kata Hang Tuah, bapanya sering melawatnya di kampung dan tidak pernah mengabaikan tanggungjawab kepadanya biarpun hubungan mereka tidak rapat.

     

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg

  • SEA Games Organising Committe Chairman Calls Singapore Football Fans Fair Weather Fans

    SEA Games Organising Committe Chairman Calls Singapore Football Fans Fair Weather Fans

    Recent results for Singapore’s SEA Games football team have made for grim reading. But the Republic’s top sports executive called on fans to “show your mettle and come out in force” to support the struggling national Under-23 squad.

    SEA Games Organising Committee (Singsoc) exco chairman Lim Teck Yin, who is also Sport Singapore’s CEO, admitted that Aide Iskandar’s charges are under “a lot of pressure” following a 1-8 mauling by Japan’s Olympic team, a 1-2 defeat by Syria’s U-23s and a 1-3 loss to regional minnows Cambodia’s U-22 side this year. Coupled with poor displays from the senior Lions and their U-22 counterparts, Singapore’s national teams are still searching for their first win this year.

    Yet Lim, a former national water polo player, is urging true fans of Singapore football to back the Young Lions. He told The Straits Times on Wednesday: “Our SEA Games team is training hard and trying to do their best. For fans, it’s your turn now to step up.

    “For a fan to say ‘you perform then I come’, it’s sort of saying you’re not quite a fan. Fans are there for the highs and lows – they lift the team when they are low.

    “Singapore’s pride is at stake and regardless of how good or bad they are, this is our team.”

    Lim was speaking after leading President Tony Tan Keng Yam on his first tour of the Sports Hub in Kallang, where they met national athletes who are training for the Games.

    The Young Lions have been grouped with Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia and Philippines for the June 5-16 extravaganza. The football tournament will kick off on May 29, with tickets going on sale on May 6.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Lions Gold Medal Hunt Begins

    Lions Gold Medal Hunt Begins

    There is no doubt Aide Iskandar’s job is a tough one. His SEA Games-bound squad have been handed an easier group for the Under-23 football competition but the irony is that expectations will be higher for them to deliver a better result than their bronze medal performance in 2013.

    Singapore will host the 28th edition of the Games from June 5 to 16 and playing on home soil in front of a partisan crowd, the pressure will be massive.

    During today’s (April 15) draw for the competition at the Sports Hub, Aide’s under-23 side were placed in Group A with 2013 silver medallists Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines.

    The tougher Group B consists of defending champions Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Brunei and Timor-Leste. The top two teams of each group will advance to the semi-finals but Singapore’s passage to the last four is anything but assured.

    In six friendly matches they played from January to March in their preparation for the Games, they lost five and drew one. Two of the losses were during a training stint in Turkey, including a 1-1 draw with Uzbekistan’s Under-21 side.

    On their return they were handed an 8-1 drubbing by Japan’s under-22 team, and they suffered a 3-1 defeat by Cambodia’s Under-22 side last month.

    With Indonesia a perennial threat and Myanmar also in the mix, Aide has his work cut out to whip the team into shape.

    He will only be able to assemble the entire team in May because the squad, made up of players from LionsXII and Courts Young Lions, have Malaysian Super League and S-League commitments.

    “As hosts we want to do well and we have to challenge ourselves to qualify for the semi-final,” said Aide. “But our final phase of training will only kick off from May 1, which is an important and critical period when we can work on team bonding and cohesiveness.”

    Team unity is an issue for the national Under-23 coach, particularly with talk among the fraternity that the poor attitude of some players is disrupting the team. Aide has engaged the help of former fellow Lions defender Kadir Yahaya, a reputed task master who steered Singapore’s Youth Olympics side to bronze in 2010.

    “He is a no-nonsense guy who is focused on results and won’t stand for prima donnas,” said former international Lim Tong Hai. “The team needs to be consolidated before the Games and between Aide and Kadir, they could probably do it.”

    Added former Lions midfielder Malek Awab: “The performance of the team during pre-Games matches in the last few months has not been encouraging.

    “We had stars like Fandi Ahmad and Sundram (ex-striker V Sundramoorthy) during my time in the national team and none of them were prima donnas. if they want to make anything of themselves, they must follow the instructions of the coaches. If not, it is going to be tough for them.”

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Biar Dicemuh, Makcik ‘Warden’ Setia Jalankan Tugas

    Biar Dicemuh, Makcik ‘Warden’ Setia Jalankan Tugas

    Bukan sahaja bekerja seorang diri, termasuk di bawah cahaya matahari yang terik, malah ada kalanya ditohmah dan dicemuh orang ramai.

    Itulah antara pengalaman Cik Rukinah Gyat bekerja sebagai warden tempat letak kenderaan.

    Biar begitu, beliau selesa melakukannya kerana ia tetap pekerjaan penting lagi halal dan sudah memberinya rezeki selama 40 tahun.

    Cik Rukinah, 58 tahun, mula bekerja sebagai ‘mak cik saman’ – gelaran yang diberi sebahagian pemandu – pada 1975, setelah tamat sekolah menengah.

    Beliau tidak pernah terfikir mahu mencari pekerjaan lain antara lain kerana kawasan ‘rondaan’ beliau berdekatan rumahnya di Bedok North.

    Ini walaupun ada kalanya beliau terpaksa menangani pemandu bermasalah di lebih kurang lapan tempat letak kenderaan yang diawasinya setiap hari.

    “Sejak saya mula bekerja pada umur 19 tahun, saya sudah jumpa semua jenis pemandu, yang berkelakuan baik dan yang biadab terhadap saya.

    “Cik pernah dimarahi tanpa henti oleh seorang pemandu. Apabila cik cuba terangkan tentang kesalahannya dengan baik, abang si pemandu pula keluar dari kereta dan marah cik di depan orang awam di situ,” ujar ibu dua anak itu.

    Bahkan, Cik Rukinah pernah menangis kerana insiden-insiden begitu. Beliau memujuk dirinya dengan berkata ia sebahagian daripada lumrah pekerjaannya.

    Beliau yang bekerja lapan jam sehari, dari 3 petang hingga 11 malam, lima hari seminggu, membawa pulang sekitar $1,200 sebulan.

    Kini, kata-kata kesat dan cemuhan tidak lagi dipedulikan sangat kerana pada Cik Rukinah, beliau hanya menjalankan amanah.

    Namun, beliau pernah juga berjumpa pemandu yang bukan sahaja bersopan setelah disaman, malah memberinya kata-kata semangat.

    “Beberapa kali saya menemui pemandu yang mendorong saya supaya melakukan kerja saya dengan penuh sabar walaupun mereka sendiri telah disaman saya,” ujarnya beliau sambil tertawa.

    Biarpun umur semakin meningkat, Cik Rukinah tidak ada rancangan bersara, antara lain kerana pekerjaan itu juga memberi beliau peluang bersenam.

    “Saya boleh bersenam sambil bekerja kerana perlu berjalan dan menaiki tangga. Badan saya tidak mudah letih dalam usia sebegini. Selagi saya kuat, saya akan terus bekerja untuk mendapatkan wang sendiri,” katanya.

     

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg