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  • Circulation Of Kwong Cheong Thye’s Sze Chuan Style Spicy Hot Bean Paste With Misleading Cooking Recipe (Photos)

    Circulation Of Kwong Cheong Thye’s Sze Chuan Style Spicy Hot Bean Paste With Misleading Cooking Recipe (Photos)

    EDIT: Attached are also screenshots from halalsg twitter account – Official account of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) on Halal food & certification queries.

    P.S. MUIS do routine and random spot checks on manufacturers in Singapore.

    Dear Customers, we understand that there is a circulation of photos of Kwong Cheong Thye’s Sze Chuan Style Spicy Hot Bean Paste with a misleading cooking recipe that were not conforming to the MUIS standard for Halal food. Our product did not contain any Non-Halal ingredients, however the label containing a recommended cooking recipe was not acceptable by MUIS. It was due to our carelessness that this happened, and we would like to extend our deepest apologies to our Muslim friends.

    We have since done corrective actions in February 2017

    1) Kwong Cheong Thye recalled all Sze Chuan Style Spicy Hot Bean Paste from all supermarkets on 16th February 2017

    2) Kwong Cheong Thye submitted a new label for Sze Chuan Style Spicy Hot Bean Paste to MUIS, conforming to the high standard

    3) Upon approval from MUIS, Kwong Cheong Thye’s Sze Chuan Style Spicy Hot Bean Paste were all back on the shelves of Supermarkets in Singapore by the week of 27th February 2017

    Attached in this post are 2 photos of our product with the new label that are available in the market now.

    Attached in this post are also 2 circulated photos of our product in the old label, which are discontinued wef February 2017.

    Customers who are still holding on to the old bottles of Kwong Cheong Thye’s Sze Chuan Style Spicy Hot Bean Paste may approach us immediately, and we will do a 1-to-1 exchange with you.

    Please be assured that our products do not and will not contain pork.

    We seek your kind understanding in this incident. Kwong Cheong Thye strives to serve our customers in Singapore and globally with products of the highest quality.

    We appreciate if you would share this post with your friends for clarification purposes.

    Thank you.

     

    Source: Kwong Cheong Thye – KCT

  • HalalHub Consultants Pte Ltd: Fret Not, It’s Halal. (Postings Sent Via WhatsApp, FB And Others)

    HalalHub Consultants Pte Ltd: Fret Not, It’s Halal. (Postings Sent Via WhatsApp, FB And Others)

    Assalaamualaikum wr wb

    There has been some postings sent via WhatsApp, FB and other social media platforms with regard to this item.

    HalalHub Consultants Pte Ltd wish to inform the Muslim community not be alarmed as the item which is Muis Halal certified does not contain pork, insya Allah.

    The word “pork” which is printed on the packaging is merely giving examples of the various dishes which the paste can be used for cooking.

    Examples are like when we purchase a curry powder, and it is printed on the packaging the methods of how to prepare Fish or Chicken Curry (That doesnt mean that inside the curry powder contains fish or chicken meat) It is just an example of what is can be used for cooking.

    Having said this, MUIS also has a very high standard with regard to packagings and labellings of Halal certified products to avoid any confusion. We are sure that the manufacturer will definitely rectify this oversight accordingly.

    We hope that this clarifies the “confusion”
    ___________
    HALALHUB CONSULTANTS PTE LTD
    A one-stop Islamic & Halal Consultancy firm in Singapore.
    Tel: 63001400 / 67340300

     

    Source: HalalHub Consultants Pte Ltd

  • Open Letter To Halimah Yacob From Your Neighbours: Others Are Being Inconvenience So That You Can Remain Convenient

    Open Letter To Halimah Yacob From Your Neighbours: Others Are Being Inconvenience So That You Can Remain Convenient

    Dear Halimah,

    Ok, thank you very much, the show has been fun, but please move on now. We are quite upset that you have indicated that you will stay in your Yishun flat instead of moving to the Istana. Please consider the following points:

    1)
    By insisting on staying in your flat in Yishun, you are causing a major inconvenience to your neighbours. Already, 2 parking spots downstairs have been reserved for police vehicles, as well, the constant stream of reporters, and other members of your presidential entourage compete for parking space in an already scarce parking lot. Look at the size of the parking lot, you can see how small it is, it’s not a multi storey parking structure. How and where are we going to park our vehicles? We as locals are being flooded by a deluge of non resident parking in our area, much akin to our locals being flooded by a deluge of FTs.

    2)

    Please dignify the Presidential appointment by residing in the official residence. This is the highest office in the land. All our prior Presidents have accorded it the respect it deserves by residing in the official residence where they easily entertain foreign guests and dignitaries. The residence of the President lends prestige and honour to the position. A HDB flat does not. There is a multimillion $ budget created for the upkeep and maintenance of the Istana. If you are not planning to reside there, then it’s just taxpayer money that is wasted, or do you care at all? Obviously, you are not going to entertain foreign VIP guests in your flat, which means you have to commute every day in your entourage of police outrider bikes and police cars to fulfill your duties at the Istana. For a govt that is harping on productivity and for a supposed Union chief, this does not sound to productive to me, versus staying in the Istana and walking to your appointments. Is this a case of “You can take the Makcik out of the kampong, but you cannot take the kampong out of the makcik?”

    3)

    Already, the Police and other assorted SOs are stopping everyone around the area to ask for their IC and their business. People living in the neighbouring blocks have to go through police questioning every time they leave and return home. Maybe this means nothing to you. But it does mean something to us. You have claimed that your flat was very convenient. That’s great. Others are being inconvenience so that you can remain convenient.

    4)

    If you think that you are being like one of the people by staying in your HDB flat, we want to tell you that the Elected President Non election show was already too much, the show has ended but you are continuing the wayang. In the first place, no heartlanders have a flat the size of yours. Your own husband Mr Mohamed Adullah Alhabshee, said was “as huge as a penthouse”. We all know you obtained your flat by buying 2 units and then tearing the war down between the 2 flats to make a jumbo flat. How many flat dwellers are allowed to do this? How many flat dwellers live in a flat that is as big as yours? They will be lucky to have a flat half the size. And they will receive a letter from HDB lawyers if they went ahead to tear down a common wall between 2 units. Lets be clear on one thing. You have not live like a common HDB flat dweller, you have earned your money the hard way like a common person, and you sure are not like a HDB dweller. So, lets drop the wayang.

    So, for all these reasons listed above, kindly pack up as soon as possible and vacate the premises.

     

    Source: facebook

  • Recognisably Malay, Tudung-Clad Lady Experienced ‘Casual Racism’ Likened To Controversial Reserved PE

    Recognisably Malay, Tudung-Clad Lady Experienced ‘Casual Racism’ Likened To Controversial Reserved PE

    I was at the fitness corner at Bishan Park doing my workout and minding my own business when a senior citizen remarked jokingly and loudly, “Halimah coming! Halimah coming!” I was the only ‘Malay’ there.

    I just gave him a smile, and continued my workout. He then went over to his friends who were seated at a bench to my right. They were conversing in a mix of Mandarin and English about the controversial election. The lady in the group commented loud enough for me to hear, “We are multiracial. Multiracial why must reserve the election for them?” The emphasis was on the word “them”.

    To this I turned to her, and quipped to their surprise, “Why don’t you ask our PM Lee? It’s him, not us who came out with this Reserved Election. We never asked for it. Go and ask him, since you’re paying him millions to do his job anyway.”

    The man who previously ‘likened’ me to our President probably because I was recognisably Malay, being tudung-clad and all, feebly attempted to mitigate this potentially touchy debate on ‘race’ by changing the subject, “Aiyah, no holiday. I was hoping for a holiday. Everyone was looking forward to it.” The man continued, “Now if you live there, they ask for your IC.”

    “You stay in the same block as our President?” I asked.

    He replied laughingly, “No. no. Just saying only.”

    The lady, probably taking the cue, then mentioned, “Now like North Korea.”

    I responded, “Well, he kept quiet about his siblings’ allegations of his abuse of power. You go and speak with him lah. Why tell me? I never asked for this. I don’t sit in Parliament.” And I went off for my breakfast.

     

    Source: Yurni Irwati Mohamed Said

  • Damanhuri Abas: Yes, I Am Driven By My Religion And Am A Rookie Politician

    Damanhuri Abas: Yes, I Am Driven By My Religion And Am A Rookie Politician

    I have deleted my previous post and relinked to the original source post instead of the other link coming from another FB page.

    Scary siah!!! Sereemmmm!!!

    An article online (see below) apparently was posted accusing me of using religion to incite some untoward things. Firstly, the basic rule of academic rigour is to at least have the integrity to pay for a Malay writer if one intends to comment on an article in that language (jgn kasi malu melayu lah). I guess it suffice to merit the writer to its appropriate class for googling a lazy translation.

    So let me reply.

    1. Yes i m deeply driven by my religion. What is wrong with that? Our constitution recognised the importance of religion and defend the freedom and the right for anyone to profess and practice his or her religion unhindered. If you are not driven by religion surely something else must be driving you in life. It is in-built into our humanity to believe in something. In case the writer do not know, there is a nice little word called conscience to remind and guide a persons life. Even an atheist believe in his or her own atheism. We should respect that and not ridicule.

    2. Now referenced to my post in Malay where I mentioned the principle in Islam that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught Muslims the value of striving to do good and forbid evil. There are 3 modes to do so he (the Prophet) explained. First with your hands (authority/power) if you have the means, second with your words (reminding/warning/etc.) if you can only do so, third with your heart (conscience) by dissociating yourself from it, the third being the least one can do he said, and, in the category of faith, is the weakest.

    3. I have explained in my many other posts why I am of the opinion that this reserved PE is an elaborate government effort to prevent the people from voting a popular President who would be independent in performing his or her primary Presidential role of being the Guardian of our National reserves as well as to safeguard our meritocratic value for top public officers that the President is tasked to do. There are numerous opinion pieces that gave very clear arguments that mirrors my opinion. Even Ministers themselves are quoted to acknowledge its problem. One may disagree but in a democracy one have no right to deny another his right to intellectual discourse. Especially for such a dignified office as our President who everyone of us, swear upon our enlistment, to defend together with our constitution, with our life. But sadly no one can also deny someone of his choice to be less than intelligent.

    4. The article seem so desperate and hell-bent to smear me as a religious firebrand (or fanatic) for living the values that I learned from my parents, believed in and preached to my children as a Muslim. This believe guides my principle and action in life such as responding to this Reserved PE episode, as well as made me stop a stray chicken I came across the other day from crossing a very busy road and killing itself.

    5. The article stopped shot of discussing my other points which I will now elaborate. I mentioned the issue of fate and wisdom in responding to the Reserved PE. In my religion (Islam), fate is a concept that is part of the 6 articles of faith. First is believe in God, second is believe in the Prophets (Abraham, Moses, Jonah, Jesus, etc.), third is believe in the Books that God sent in history (Torah, Psalms, Bible, Qur’an, etc.), fourth is believe in the Angels (with their respective roles), fifth believe in Judgment Day (Heaven and Hell), sixth is believe in fate and predestination.

    6. Fate and predestination for a Muslim is to believe that God provides, and everything that happened, do so, with God’s will (both good and evil) as God ultimately allowed it. Wisdom is our ability to then use the endowment of reason that God bestows upon us to analyse the lessons behind that which happened, both good and bad as both are lessons for our life journey towards the end goal of the hereafter. Simply put, don’t blame God for the dead chicken for your failure to act in time to stop it from crossing the busy road. Wisdom is to learn from it and not repeat the same mistake twice. God has given you the mind to think and act freely and you will be responsible for its consequences. For Muslims, consequences are both on earth and in our afterlife. On this basis, I placed my opinion urging us Muslims to reflect and think about what this Reserved PE is about.

    9. I ended the post by asking ourselves to ponder about our believe as Muslims, that God provides. We are challenged to voice our opinion when we see a wrong in society and then feeling worried that it may ruffles someone feathers and may impact our livelihood if we do so.

    10. Of course the article also took cheap swipes at me for my political rookie-ness. I don’t deny I am a rookie politician. It painted many unsavoury unsubstantiated allegation of my subversive intentions to use religion to further my political ambition. May God forgive whoever this (hungry) ghost writer is for his or her ignorance of who I am and what i have done in life for my fellow Malay countrymen challenged with all the problems listed in the article, before i joined politics. I wish the same was asked of our PAP government and their Malay MPs for such a poor performance to show for the same pathetic outcome of the Malay community for the last 52 years under their watch.

    11. As usual it seems that the society boxing game knows no end to this supporters of the establishment. They only learned and know the Machiavellian art from their political masters. From their lazy responses, clearly they skipped the more important chapter on democracy.

    12. We all love this country and have lived here and for a huge majority of us, this is only what we have. It is incumbent upon us to contribute ideas and work to improve our living here as part and parcel of our citizenry. Leaders and government are servants of the people and not our masters. Their position are trust held in check by us the people. The check and balance, which is a vital mechanism of governance is undermined today in our country and we as loyal patriotic citizens should be concerned and do our utmost to protect it.

    13. Finally, i have expected this tirade to come as the political pattern of things here are just too predictable. But sad that it comes from someone who has no courage to put a name to what was written. But the low quality, my God, explains why the writer should be shameful of his or her own writing and would rather hide.

    So this begedil (nice malay potato patty served in mee soto) has decided to honour this sloppy piece of cheap unauthored article the dignity of a response. I leave it to the readers to solicit any untoward evil fanatical islamic intent by me, for reminding fellow Muslims to live their values that we profess to believe in life. Our beautiful religion teaches us, the end never justify the means.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Bin Abas