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  • Buddhist Lodge Derma 25 Tan Beras Menjelang Ramadan

    Buddhist Lodge Derma 25 Tan Beras Menjelang Ramadan

    Semangat menghulurkan derma dan mengagihkan habuan kepada masyarakat Melayu/Islam Singapura bagi persiapan Ramadan sudah dimulakan sejak 2011 oleh badan agama Buddha, Singapore Buddhist Lodge.

    Sejak enam tahun yang lalu, badan agama tersebut tidak putus-putus mendermakan beras berpuluh-puluh tan kepada beberapa buah masjid di sini.

    Tahun ini tidak terkecuali. Badan agama tersebut mendermakan sebanyak 25 tan beras yang akan diagihkan kepada masjid-masjid bagi persediaan bubur menjelang bulan puasa nanti.

    Jumlah itu juga lebih tinggi berbanding 23 tan yang diberikan pada tahun lalu.

    DERMA BERAS SEBAGAI PERSEDIAAN JELANG RAMADAN

    Acara pembahagian beras yang diadakan di Masjid Ba’alwi hari ini (17 Mei) turut dihadiri MUIS, yang akan mengagihkan beras tersebut kepada masjid-masjid di Singapura.

    Encik Paiman Supangat, Pengerusi Eksekutif Masjid Al-Muttaqin, berkata bahawa secara purata antara 200 hingga 300 orang datang ke masjid setiap hari pada bulan Ramadan untuk berbuka puasa di masjid-masjid yang kecil.

    Namun, bagi masjid yang lebih besar, bilangan mereka yang berbuka boleh mencecah hingga lebih antara 800 hingga 1,000 orang.

    Bagi Masjid Ba’alwi, beras yang didermakan itu akan turut diberikan kepada keluarga miskin, di mana setiap keluarga akan diberikan 5 kilo beras.

    SEMANGAT MEMBERI PERKUKUH HUBUNGAN SILANG AGAMA

    (Gambar-gambar: BERITAMediacorp)

    Habib Hasan al-Attas, imam Masjid Ba’alwi, berkata bahawa semangat memberi daripada badan agama lain kepada masyarakat Melayu/Islam adalah sesuatu yang membanggakan.

    “Sebagai sebahagian daripada umat Islam Singapura dan organisasi-organisasi Islam yang lain, saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Buddhist Lodge kerana memberikan kami peluang untuk menerima sumbangan beras untuk diberikan kepada orang yang berpuasa dan mereka yang kurang berkemampuan.

    “Pendermaan ini merupakan satu perkara saya berasa bangga kerana umat Islam di sini dihormati oleh kaum-kaum lain kerana mereka melihat umat Islam pada bulan puasa bekerja keras untuk memberi makan kepada orang-orang yang berbuka puasa, tidak kira mereka yang kaya mahupun yang kurang berkemampuan, dan juga tidak melihat kepada kaum yang berlainan. Semangat kekitaan inilah yang kita harus terus pegang, galakkan, dan kukuhkan,” katanya.

    Cik Lee Chin Chin, seorang anggota Buddhist Lodge berkata, semangat memberi itu penting khususnya dalam konteks Singapura, di mana penduduknya datang daripada berlainan agama dan kaum.

    Cik Lee juga percaya bahawa sebagai sebuah masyarakat majmuk, kita tidak harus membeza-bezakan agama antara satu sama lain.

    Baginya: “Setiap masyarakat dapat melakukan yang terbaik, jika masyarakat secara menyuluruh melakukan yang terbaik.”

    SEMANGAT MEMBERI KEPADA MASYARAKAT MELAYU/ISLAM BERMULA DARI AYAH

    Tradisi dan usaha memberi kepada masyarakat daripada kaum dan agama yang berbeza itu dimulakan oleh mendiang Encik Lee Bock Guan, yang merupakan mantan pemimpin Buddhist Lodge, menurut Habib Hassan dan anak perempuannya, Cik Lee.

    “Semangat ini bermula daripada usaha mendiang Encik Lee Bock Guan, yang merupakan mantan ketua Buddhist Lodge yang meninggal dunia beberapa tahun yang lalu. Tetapi kita bersyukur kerana puterinya dan persatuan ini tetap menegakkan apa yang beliau telah asaskan. Beliau cukup prihatin terhadap masyarakat Melayu/Islam di Singapura,” kata Habib Hassan.

    “Bapa sangat terlibat dalam perkara- perkara silang agama dan keharmonian antara kaum. Beliau melihat betapa pentingnya masyarakat hidup bersama, terutamanya di Singapura, di mana masyarakatnya terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum dan agama,” kata Cik Lee.

     

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Free Food For All Out To Set Food Distribution Record This Ramadan

    Free Food For All Out To Set Food Distribution Record This Ramadan

    For this year’s Muslim holy month of Ramadan, charity organisation Free Food For All (FFA) is set to provide a free meal for thousands.

    On 6 June, the group will distribute 4,000 packets of food at the Sultan Mosque and Malay Heritage Centre. The mosque will also host 1,000 people during that’s evening iftar session, which is the meal taken by Muslims after sunset during Ramadan.

    Speaking to Yahoo Singapore at his Changi Road office, FFFA founder Nizar Mohd Shariff said that he is working with the Sultan Mosque, Malay Heritage Centre and local flea market organiser LalooLalang for the event, which is set to start at 5pm.

    The 46-year-old added that he has engaged the services of two kitchens to help prepare the food and is still looking for more sponsors to step forward and support the event.

    “We are planning to distribute nasi ayam penyet for the event. Makmur Restaurant and Zorah Enterprises are helping us to prepare the food. However, due to the the high volume of food, I reckon we might need a third kitchen to help us,” said Nizar.

    The founder of FFFA said that the group is also in talks with the Singapore Book of Records regarding setting a record for the most number of meals distributed during an iftar session.

    Nizar said that, despite the gloomy economy, sponsors are stepping forward to help him cover his costs. FFFA is currently giving out about 2,500 packs of food to the needy every week, which costs about $25,000 a month.

    He is still able to cover his costs and has been encouraged by the donations from the community, which go towards feeding the needy, especially the working poor.

    “With the current economical climate, people are spending less but when it comes to donors, we do have a steady stream of people coming forward.

    “Our donors are happy because our campaigns give value for them and we want to help people, especially those who are the working poor,” he said.

    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com

  • Woman Stands By Her Complaints Of FT MRT Seat Hoggers

    Woman Stands By Her Complaints Of FT MRT Seat Hoggers

    SEE HOW INCONSIDERATE, UNREASONABLE AND SELFISH THESE PEOPLE CAN BE . . . . .

    Contrary to what her husband had posted, I was not the one who was telling lies. What I had posted in Facebook was nothing but the truth. There was indeed no empty seat at the point of time as I entered and walked from one end of the two rows of seats to that reserved seat in question. If indeed there were other empty seats as claimed by her husband, Jenny, as the person that she was, would not have asked her wife for the seat that was reserved for seniors and other physically challenged people which their son’s legs had invaded into. We must not tell lies and we must have a clean conscience of the facts.

    I do not think that it is a matter of right or wrong for her son to take up one seat whether or not he has a ticket. To have her son’s legs invading into one third of the space of the seat that is reserved for seniors and other physically challenged people and refusing to budge, is a blatant disregard of consideration to seniors and other physically challenged people. It is all simply a matter of showing graciousness, consideration and courtesy to fellow commuters. It is up to a person’s generosity and choice whether she wants to be gracious or not. A good example of graciousness that I have ever encountered is seeing three little children taking up only two seats and thus freeing one seat for someone who needs it more than they do.

    My husband said, to quote: “If they are Singaporeans they are being ungracious. However, if they are foreigners, we will forgive them.”

    There was no point to reason with such unreasonable people in the train and to avoid an ugly confrontation seeing how aggressive they were and I was only a single helpless lady, what more could I do under such circumstances, then to take a picture.

    Contrary to what her husband said, I had no malicious intention in taking the picture. It was a rare sight that I could not miss – a couple sitting with the wife carrying a small child whose legs had invaded into the seat reserved for seniors and other physically challenged people and who adamantly refused to move their son’s legs to allow a senior to sit. It was indeed a rare picture that one would not chance upon again in the next 100, 200 years or more. A picture tells a thousand words.

    Feeling disgusted and just before exiting the train, I have taken the picture to show to my great grandniece, grandnieces and grandnephews to inculcate in them a right sense of graciousness, consideration and courtesy to all mankind. And I am pleased with the over 90% of positive responses from so many people who are able to view things in the right perspective. A very big thank you to all these people for sharing their point of view. I certainly appreciate your invaluable responses which are very encouraging.

    My post is to get feedback and opinion from the public. Now that I have got what I want I am satisfied. I do not wish to waste my precious time on this matter anymore as what I have posted is the truth.

     

    Source: Whing Jenny

  • Husband Of Alleged MRT Seat Hogger Set The Facts Straight

    Husband Of Alleged MRT Seat Hogger Set The Facts Straight

    Am the Husband of the lady whose pic has been posted without her permission . Am the guy sitting right next to her . Let me get the facts straight .

    For a major portion of the journey my Son was sitting on the seat . He felt sleepy and climbed into her mothers lap. During the entire journey no one , absolutely no one came and asked for the seat .

    There were other empty seats available , intact on my left . So my question is why did Whing want to sit on a seat that’s reserved for kids , physically handicapped ppl and elderlies . Whing never came and asked for the seat and she is blatantly lying here . There were many seats available .

    We are involved in multiple charities in Singapore and stupid racial comments is the last thing we want to hear.

    This post violates the privacy of my family and is made with malicious intent only to get eyeballs. To all those who are Jumping to conclusions ,it’s my humble request to please read this message and let truth win. My Wife and kid are being victimised unnecessarily .

    I request this post to be taken off immediately and I am going to report this matter to police .

     

    Source: Akshat Tiwari

  • Briton Who Stopped WannaCry Attacks Failed IT

    Briton Who Stopped WannaCry Attacks Failed IT

    The British computer expert credited with halting the global WannaCry cyber attack failed IT in school.

    Speaking to The Daily Mail in an interview published on Monday, Mr Marcus Hutchins, 22, said he was suspended in 2010 after being accused of hacking into his school’s system.

    “The school server had been attacked and the network was down. I was online at the time and I saw the network slowing down. They handed me some papers which showed I was online then and chatting with my friends on the school network.

    “Then that was it, I was suspended for something I never did,” said Mr Hutchins, who is from south-west England. He is a researcher at Kryptos Logic, a Los Angeles-based threat intelligence company.

    After that, he was banned from using Internet-connected computers, which meant he had to complete his GCSE, the British equivalent of O levels, in IT on paper – which he failed.

    The self-taught cyber security expert is also working with the UK government’s National Cyber Security Centre to prevent a new strain of the malicious software from emerging.

    The attack stopped spreading when Mr Hutchins, helped by Mr Darien Huss from security firm Proofpoint, accidentally triggered a “kill switch”.

    In an interview with Associated Press on Monday, Mr Hutchins said he does not consider himself a hero, and fights malware because “it is the right thing to do”.

    Kryptos Logic chief executive Salim Neino said Mr Hutchins took over the “kill switch” on Friday afternoon (European time) before it could fully affect the US.

     

    Source: http://www.tnp.sg/

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