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  • Woman Fail to Check Blind Spot When Changing Lanes, Killed Motorcyclist, Fined $7000

    Woman Fail to Check Blind Spot When Changing Lanes, Killed Motorcyclist, Fined $7000

    SINGAPORE – A woman who ran over and killed a motorcyclist after failing to check her blind spot while changing lanes was fined $7,000 on Tuesday.

    Client relations officer Norizah Samad, 31, was also banned from driving for five years after admitting causing the death of Mr Muhammad Shaheen Abdullah, 32, through her negligence.

    She had been driving in the left lane of Bedok North Street 3 – a one-way, two-lane road – last Oct 29 when she tried to filter into the right lane after a right bend.

    After checking her rear view and right side mirrors, she turned her head to the right and signalled right before proceeding to filter. But she failed to properly check her blind spot and did not see the victim’s scooter travelling in the right lane beside her car.

    She only spotted him after half of her vehicle had entered the right lane – but by then it was too late and the car hit the victim’s scooter, causing the victim to be flung off his machine and land in front of her car.

    Despite jamming on her brakes, she could not stop the car from running over the victim and going up the right kerb.

    Norizah’s lawyer Rajan Nair said his client, a mother of two, was an “occasional driver”, having obtained her driving licence four years ago.

    He said she does not intend to drive again.

    Norizah could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for causing death through a negligent act.

    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/mother-two-fined-7000-causing-fatal-motor-scooter-accident-2014082

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  • Pelajar Melayu UniSIM Boleh Manfaatkan Subsidi Yuran Tuisyen Pengajian Tinggi (TTFS) Mendaki

    Pelajar Melayu UniSIM Boleh Manfaatkan Subsidi Yuran Tuisyen Pengajian Tinggi (TTFS) Mendaki

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    PELAJAR Melayu yang mengikuti programme ijazah sepenuh masa di Universiti SIM (UniSIM) boleh memanfaatkan Subsidi Yuran Tuisyen Pengajian Tinggi (TTFS) mulai bulan ini.

    Ini diumum Menteri Bertanggungjawab bagi Ehwal Masyarakat Islam, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, dalam satu majlis jamuan tengah hari Aidilfitri di Swissotel Merchant Court semalam.

    Semasa mengumum hal itu, Dr Yaacob berkata: “Saya harap anak Melayu kita dapat merebut peluang yang disediakan pemerintah kerana UniSIM telah dipertingkat menjadi universiti penuh, dan ini merupakan satu peluang baik bagi anak-anak kita.”

    Diperkenal pada 1991, TTFS ialah skim pemerintah yang memberi subsidi yuran khusus bagi pelajar Melayu di institusi pengajian tinggi.

    Ia ditadbir oleh Yayasan Mendaki, yang menentukan kriteria kelayakannya.

    Rancangan meluaskan skim tersebut kepada pelajar UniSIM dan Institut Teknologi Singapura (SIT) diumum pada 2012 apabila pemerintah mengumumkan dua institusi itu masing-masing menjadi universiti kelima dan keenam Singapura dan menawarkan programme ijazah sepenuh masa.

    Ini bermakna mahasiswa Melayu di kededua universiti tersebut boleh menikmati geran pendidikan itu sama seperti pelajar Melayu di empat universiti setempat lain, iaitu Universiti Nasional Singapura (NUS), Universiti Teknologi Nanyang (NTU), Universiti Pengurusan Singapura (SMU) dan Universiti Teknologi dan Reka Bentuk Singapura (SUTD).

    Termasuk dua institusi itu, TTFS kini boleh dimanfaatkan pelajar Melayu di 16 institusi pengajian tinggi tempatan.

    Tahun lalu, skim TTFS diluaskan kepada pelajar yang mengikuti programme diploma dan beberapa programme ijazah sarjana muda terpilih di Maktab Seni Lasalle dan Akademi Seni Halus Nanyang (Nafa).

    Kriteria kelayakan bagi TTFS disemak pada 2012 untuk memberi manfaat kepada lebih ramai pelajar.

    Antara lain, kriteria pendapatan per kapita (PCI) bulanan keluarga, yang mengambil kira saiz keluarga, diperkenal. Sebelum ini, ia berdasarkan pendapatan bulanan keluarga sahaja.

    Selepas kriteria itu disemak, pelajar daripada keluarga yang mempunyai PCI di bawah $1,000 akan menerima subsidi 100 peratus. Mereka yang mempunyai PCI antara $1,001 dengan $1,200 diberi subsidi 75 peratus, sementara PCI antara $1,201 dengan $1,500 sebanyak 50 peratus.

    Ini bermakna sebuah keluarga empat anggota dengan pendapatan bulanan $6,000 layak menerima subsidi 50 peratus kerana PCI mereka ialah $1,500.

    Sebelum ini, mereka tidak layak menerima sebarang subsidi kerana jumlah pendapatan bulanan itu melebihi had maksimum yang ditetapkan.

    Menurut satu laporan Jun lalu, TTFS yang diagih Mendaki mencapai jumlah tertinggi $30.75 juta tahun lalu, dengan 4,175 pelajar berjaya mendapat subsidi itu.

    Majlis jamuan semalam dihadiri sekitar 200 karyawan, wakil pertubuhan Melayu/Islam, kakitangan perkhidmatan awam dan anggota kesatuan sekerja.

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg/premium/setempat/siswa-unisim-boleh-nikmati-ttfs-mulai-bulan-ini

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  • Multi-disciplinary Artist Juliana Yasin Dies After A Long Battle With Cancer

    Multi-disciplinary Artist Juliana Yasin Dies After A Long Battle With Cancer

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    Multi-disciplinary artist Juliana Yasin died on Wednesday at noon after a long battle with cancer. She was 44.

    She graduated from Lasalle College of the Arts in 1990, and was an active member of local art collectives Artists’ Village and the now-defunct Plastique Kinetic Worms.

    Her work has been featured in more than 60 exhibitions in Singapore and other countries such as Australia, Germany and Poland.

    She was diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer in 2009, but fought it into remission. However, the cancer returned earlier this year, and spread to other organs.

    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/visual-arts/story/multi-disciplinary-artist-juliana-yasin-dies-after-battle-cancer-2014082

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  • Malaysian Models Involved In Ipoh Semi-nude Photo Shoot Have Been Fined RM400

    Malaysian Models Involved In Ipoh Semi-nude Photo Shoot Have Been Fined RM400

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    IPOH: The two models involved in the semi-nude photo shoot here have been fined RM400 each in default of a months’ jail.

    Magistrate Haslinda A Raof made the judgment on Wednesday after both freelance models Low Kah Wai, 27, and How Jo Yee, 21, pleaded guilty of causing nuisance in public at a traffic light in front of a bank along Jalan Sultan Yussuf here on Aug 25.

    Both were charged under Under Section 268 of the Penal Code and sentenced under Section 290 of the same code, which was also read together with Section 34 of the same code.

    Deputy public prosecutor Harris Ong Mohd Jeffery Ong said Low was only wearing black pants and shoes without wearing any shirt, while How was wearing white undergarments.

    “Their actions caught the attention of the public and some photographs of them were captured and circulated through social media,” he said, while pushing for the maximum penalty of RM400 to be meted out.

    “The country is made up of a multi-cultural society and their actions are unacceptable,” he added.

    On behalf of the models’ mitigation, counsel Andrew Soong said both would apologised to the people who were offended by their actions.

    “The have also cooperated with the police, pleaded guilty and save the court’s time.

    “Furthermore, the photographs on social media were not posted by them and they did not have the intention to do so,” he said.

    Both paid the fine.

    When met after the proceedings, Soong said his clients and their respective families were stressed out since the photographs went viral online.

    He said they were mulling to take actions against those who published the photographs online.

    Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/08/27/Semi-nude-models-fined/

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  • Must Declare Money To Authorities If Amount Is S$20,000 or More When Entering or Leaving Singapore

    Must Declare Money To Authorities If Amount Is S$20,000 or More When Entering or Leaving Singapore

    SINGAPORE: From Sep 1, those carrying large amounts of money in and out of Singapore must declare this to authorities if it is S$20,000 or more. The current threshold is S$30,000.

    Travellers coming in and out of Singapore with that amount of money – whether in Sing dollars or foreign currency – must fill in a form and submit it to any immigration officer at the Customs Red Channel or immigration counter.

    The rule applies to cash or bearer negotiable instruments such as traveller’s cheques. A statement from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Tuesday (Aug 26) said the amount is in line with the recommendations made by the Financial Action Task Force, of which Singapore is a member of.

    “Criminals and terrorism financiers around the world have been known to use cash couriers to move physical funds across borders either to finance their illicit activities or to launder their ill-gotten gains. As an active and integrated member of the global economy, Singapore could also be susceptible to such illegal activities,” the SPF stated.

    Cross-border cash movement reporting thresholds in the United States, Australia and New Zealand are $10,000 in their respective currencies.

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/leaving-or-entering/1331684.html

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