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  • Malay Primary School Student Makes Racist Rant Against Chinese

    Malay Primary School Student Makes Racist Rant Against Chinese

    Dear Editors,

    After STOMP reported incident where inconsiderate incense burning cause the fire at Geylang Bahru lift lobby, I saw this netizen Shahrul Pendekk who study in Lakeside Primary School. (Shahrul Pendekkchanged his FB profile to Shahrul Pendeq)

    He make very racist comments about the Singapore Chinese community and call them bastards and pigs. Why he have to make such bad racist comments? What happen to racial harmony?

    Will the authorities do anything about this case? Remember last time when stupid insensitive Chinese make racist comments about our Malay friends, they all get warning from police, the woman even get fired from job.

    Will the police also talk to this boy and give him warning for his racist comments? If never teach him properly when young, when older will become worse?

     


    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Inconvenient Questions (Part 1) : Reacting To The Charlie Hebdo Attack

    Inconvenient Questions (Part 1) : Reacting To The Charlie Hebdo Attack

    This is a two part debate.

    In Part I :The Charlie Hebdo killings. The Sydney hostage crisis. The Peshawar school massacre. As leaders in the West march in solidarity for freedom of speech, are there no exceptions to this absolute freedom? Who will be accountable when there is retaliatory action where life is lost? Are we witnessing a new age of instability driven by ideologies that offer no middle ground? What’s Singapore’s position on the matter?

     

    Source: http://inconvenientquestions.sg

  • No Contradictions In Condemning Charlie Hebdo Murders And Cartoons

    No Contradictions In Condemning Charlie Hebdo Murders And Cartoons

    I am surprised the report “Latest Charlie Hebdo cover continues to roil Muslim world” (Jan 18, online) asserts that the reaction across the Muslim world was “somewhat contradictory” because Muslims in general condemned both the murders and the cartoons.

    There is no contradiction. Condemning the murders is a non-issue, as no sane person would justify such actions, yet it does not mean we must agree with the cartoonists’ actions.

    This is not a black-and-white issue; there is room for a nuanced view, which is the position of most Muslims. Killing is unacceptable; so is mocking the faiths of others. Instead of being contradictory, this position is the closest to justice.

    The two acts are not equal, no doubt, but neither are both moral. Thankfully, most Singaporeans have never believed in unlimited free speech, especially when it comes to denigrating religion.

    Most humans accept that it is vile and vulgar to insult another person’s parents. It would perhaps be instructive to state that Muslims consider our Prophet to be dearer to us than our parents.

    So, it is unreasonable to expect us to be comfortable with others mocking him in the name of freedom and satire. Even if we believe in complete freedom of speech, including the freedom to offend, there is no need to laud the people of Charlie Hebdo as martyrs, heroes or the saving grace of humanity, as some have done.

    People who believe in complete free speech should defend their right to say what they want without defending what is said, or worse, elevating it to an undeserved status.

    They may have a right to say what they want, considering the boundaries French society has set for itself, but that does not make them good humans. Many others have the same right, yet choose to exercise the right to respect, not offend.

     

    Source: Walid Jumblatt Abdullah at www.todayonline.com

  • Pork Ham Found In Instant Pizza Labelled ‘Halal’

    Pork Ham Found In Instant Pizza Labelled ‘Halal’

    Hati- hati beli barangan instant…

    Pizza ini ada berjual di kebanyakan SuperMarket sekitar Singapura..

    Ini dari teman saya sendiri, petang tadi dia beli.

    Lebih berhati- hati kepada siapa yang gemar membeli produk instant.
    Masalahnya dalam ramuan ada ” pork” tapi diletakkannya juga logo HALAL.

    Harap dapat di share.

    Halal Frozen Pizza Wth Pork Ham 3 Halal Frozen Pizza Wth Pork Ham 2

     

    Translation:

    Be careful when buying instant products

    This pizza is sold in many supermarkets across Singapore

    This is from my own friend, he bought it in the afternoon.

    Those who like buying instant goods should be more careful.

    The problem is “pork” is listed among the ingredients but the box comes with a “HALAL” label.

    Please share this.

     

    Rilek1Corner Contributor

  • Singapore Housing Is ‘Seriously Unaffordable’ According to International Survey

    Singapore Housing Is ‘Seriously Unaffordable’ According to International Survey

    Although prices of Singapore properties have fallen in recent months due to the stringent cooling measures by the government, housing here remains “seriously unaffordable” with a score of 5.0, according to findings of the 11th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey 2015.

    The study used the “Median Multiple” which is the median house price divided by gross annual median household income to rate housing affordability across 378 cities in nine countries, with a grade of 3.0 and below being affordable, 3.1 to 4.0 (moderately unaffordable), 4.1 to 5.0 (seriously unaffordable) and 5.1 and above (severely unaffordable).

    In a statement, Demographia said this method of calculating housing affordability is widely used for evaluating urban markets, and is recommended by the World Bank and the United Nations.

    Aside from Singapore, the report also tracked property markets in Australia, Canada, China (Hong Kong), Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the UK and the US.

    Singapore was surprisingly rated more favourably than some other markets traditionally seen as less pricey such as Australia (6.4) and New Zealand (8.2). With a rating of 17.0, housing affordability in Hong Kong has spiralled out of control.

    “Singapore has been far more successful in controlling housing affordability than in markets that have followed the British urban containment model,” said the Demographia report.

    “Further, as is typical in urban containment markets, governments have failed to bring the housing cost escalation under control by liberalising land use regulations,” it added.

    Restrictions on foreign buyers were credited for shielding the city-state from skyrocketing prices seen as the result of globalisation of real estate markets.

    For instance, foreigners have to pay an Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) of 15 percent when purchasing a private residential unit.

    Meanwhile, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) which is responsible for public housing was singled out for praise. “Singapore has an overall 88 percent rate of homeownership, the highest of any country in the survey. Buyers are free to sell their own houses, without any further intervention by HDB,” stated the report.

    According to preliminary data from the housing board, prices of resale HDB flats fell 1.4 percent in Q4 2014 from the previous three-month period. As for private units, URA flash estimates revealed that in the last quarter of 2014, prices dropped by 1.0 percent, higher than the 0.7 percent decrease in the quarter before.

    Data from both HDB and URA shows a price decline over the past five consecutive quarters.

    Romesh Navaratnarajah

    * The author is the Singapore Editor at PropertyGuru. To contact him about this or other stories, email [email protected].

     

    Source: www.tremeritus.com

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