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  • Salleh Marican Admits His Malay Rabak, Asserts That Mastery Of English Language Is Sufficient For President To Fulfill Duties

    Salleh Marican Admits His Malay Rabak, Asserts That Mastery Of English Language Is Sufficient For President To Fulfill Duties

    Presidential hopeful and CEO of Second Chance Properties Mohd Salleh Marican said he is taking Malay lessons ahead of the upcoming presidential election after he was criticised for his poor grasp of the language during an interview.

    In an exclusive interview with Yahoo Singapore, Salleh, 67, said the weekly lessons would enable him to converse in Malay fluently about his candidacy during media interviews and interactions with the electorate. Salleh was talking to Yahoo Singapore on Monday (19 June) at the house of his eldest daughter Nadia Marican in the eastern part of Singapore.

    On 5 June 2017, Salleh struggled to answer in Malay during an interview with a group of reporters outside the Elections Department after he collected his presidential election forms. The incident prompted criticisms online about his inability to speak the language well given that the September presidential election is reserved for Malay candidates.

    Instead of being affected by the criticisms, Salleh said he is taking firm steps to address the issue. The father of four added that while he is able to converse in “everyday Malay” currently, he wants to improve his conversational skills by taking lessons from a Malay newspaper and television media veteran.

    “You don’t need to be good in Malay to carry out your duties as a president because the official language is English.

    “Now that this has happened, I have to do my best to improve my mastery of the language and I am taking it as a challenge. I am taking several Malay lessons a week and I am challenging myself that on Nomination Day, I will make an off the cuff public speech in the language,” he added.

    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com

  • Geylang Bazar On Eve Of Hari Raya: To Go Or To Not Go

    Geylang Bazar On Eve Of Hari Raya: To Go Or To Not Go

    5 Reasons Why You Should Go To Geylang Bazar On The Eve Of Hari Raya

    1. Soak in the Hari Raya atmosphere!

    2. Get all the lelong items!

    3. Sebab dah jadi ritual every malam raya kena turun Geylang Bazar!

    4. Because the only time that you get to go to the bazar again is next year!

    5. Boleh beli last minute decorations/necessities for raya

     

    5 Reasons Why You Should Not Go To Geylang Bazar On The Eve Of Hari Raya

    1. Too crowded lah

    2. Watch all the raya dramas and shows lagi best!

    3. Tolong masak-masak or kemas-kemas rumah lagi berfaedah

    4. Save money, later see a lot of lelong items, semua nak beli!!!

    5. Dengar takbir dekat rumah lagi baik

     

    Last but not least, Selamat Hari Raya from Rilek1Corner!

  • How To Show Appreciation To NSmen When Pioneer Generation Malays Were Discriminated In Or Excluded Altogether From National Service

    How To Show Appreciation To NSmen When Pioneer Generation Malays Were Discriminated In Or Excluded Altogether From National Service

    The NS50 nationwide campaign has revived painful memories to many Malays of my generation.

    How do we take part in this campaign to show our appreciation of National Servicemen when many of us were not called up; and of the small minority that were selectively called up, many also faced all kinds of invisible barriers during their service!

    Some were shunted to the cook house, others diverted to the transport section and became drivers, while a handful were deployed as physical instructors, as meritocracy and equality were thrown overboard..

    The first ten years were the worst as tens of thousands were left in limbo, in the twilight zone, unwanted by NS and because of that, they were not able to get jobs, leading to widespread unemployment within the Malay-Muslim community.

    I know so many of these people had to go to Mindef and begged to be taken into NS or to get a letter of exemption; most of their requests were ignored as callousness towards the community was then the order of the day.

    Those were the cruel days for the community until the top leaders see the light and gradually adjusted policies to make life easier for the community.

    But the discrimination against the community in NS and in the uniformed services, both subtle and otherwise, continues till today.

    To dismiss all this pain as just a perception, as a Malay Minister did recently in Parliament, is perhaps the unkindest cut of all.

    It is tantamount to rubbing chilly on wounds – despite the passage of 50 years – that have not yet completely healed.

    The current appreciation campaign, however, gives the government a golden opportunity to make amends.

    Surely it is not beyond the ability of the present star-studded scholar-leaders to think of some way to assuage the hurt of the past.

     

    Source: Ismail Kassim

  • So Much Noise On Oxley Rise, Where’s The Discussion On Heritage Value Of Geylang Serai?

    So Much Noise On Oxley Rise, Where’s The Discussion On Heritage Value Of Geylang Serai?

    FROM GEYLANG SERAI TO OXLEY ROAD – Defining the sense of place

    It seems that this month has been about the heritage and identity of a place – from the debate about the character of the annual Ramadan bazaar that formed the heritage of Geylang Serai; to the contestation over the fate of 38 Oxley Road.

    Just as one could argue that the heritage value of 38 Oxley Road merits that of national consideration; so does that of Geylang Serai which has been part of the heartbeat of the Malay and Muslim community in Singapore.

     

    Source: Suryakenchana Omar

  • Farid Khan Kaim Khan, Chairman Of Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific, Said To Be Mystery Presidential Candidate

    Farid Khan Kaim Khan, Chairman Of Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific, Said To Be Mystery Presidential Candidate

    The mystery candidate said to be considering running for the Presidency is Mr Farid Khan Kaim Khan. He is the chairman of marine service provider Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific.

    Four men were at the Elections Department on Friday (June 16) to collect application forms for a potential presidential candidate they declined to identify. They would describe him only as a Malay/Muslim man in his early 60s, who is a chairman at a multinational company.

    But sources told The Straits Times that the man in question is Mr Farid, 62. They said he is giving serious thought to running for president but has yet to make a decision.

    He has been working at Singapore-based Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific for more than 10 years and is married with two children.

    The firm, which employs about 800 workers in the region, is part of French company Bourbon, which has more than 10,000 employees.

    Mr Farid is also the director of several other entities, including Greenship Holdings, which is also in the marine sector.

    One of the changes for the upcoming presidential election states that private-sector candidates must have run a company with at least $500 million in shareholder equity, to qualify automatically.

    The Straits Times understands that the shareholder equity of Greenship Holdings is about US$200 million (S$277 million), while that of Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific is more than US$300 million.

    When contacted, Mr Farid declined to comment.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

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