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  • Malay President – Halimah Yacob, Abdullah Tarmugi Or Bahren Shaari?

    Malay President – Halimah Yacob, Abdullah Tarmugi Or Bahren Shaari?

    MADAM HALIMAH YACOB, 62

    APPOINTMENTS

    2001 to now: Member of Parliament

    2011 to 2012: Minister of State (Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports)

    2012 to 2013: Minister of State (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

    2013 to now: Speaker of Parliament

    WHY HER?

    “She is a trained lawyer. Was in the top echelon of NTUC, then MP, Minister of State, and Speaker. In short, she is very well-qualified. I believe she is also well-liked. As an added bonus, she is a woman.”

    – Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser, National University of Singapore

    “Usually, candidates (for the Presidency)  don’t step down from their current positions and stand for election immediately because they may be seen as too closely associated with the governing party.

    – Mr Mano Sabnani, political observer and chief executive officer of Rafflesia Holdings, a media and financial consultancy company

    MR ABDULLAH TARMUGI, 72

    APPOINTMENTS

    1984 to 2011: Member of Parliament

    1989 to 1993: Deputy Speaker

    1993 to 2002: Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs

    1994 to 2002: Minister for Community Development

    2002 to 2011: Speaker of Parliament

    2012 to now: Member, Presidential Council for Minority Rights

    WHY HIM?

    “He’s been retired from politics for some years  now.  So he could be seen as not closely linked to the political establishment.”

    – Mr Sabnani

    “That Abdullah Tarmugi was born to a Malay father and a Chinese mother, and the fact that his wife is also Chinese may well be an added advantage as the portrayal of a multicultural identity is likely to resonate with the society at large here.”

    – Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute

    MR BAHREN SHAARI, 54

    APPOINTMENTS

    2010 to 2015: Global Head (Southeast Asia), Bank of Singapore

    2015 to now: Chief executive officer, Bank of Singapore

    2012 to now: Non-executive and independent director, Singapore Press Holdings

    WHY HIM?

    “He is known to many in the community, but he may have to boost his profile beyond the community should he be interested to run for president.”

    – Dr Mustafa

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

     

     

  • Walid J. Abdullah: World Has To Deal With Failings Of American Democracy

    Walid J. Abdullah: World Has To Deal With Failings Of American Democracy

    Perhaps 2016 will teach us not to adopt a holier-than-thou approach towards those who disagree with us. Dismissing everyone who is a Trump supporter as a racist, xenophobic idiot evidently did not work out well.

    Sure, there are racists and deplorables amongst them. But there were people with genuine concerns that were not addressed, and instead of having their sentiments understood, they were dismissed as racists. Of course they would turn to Trump afterwards!

    The media especially has blood on its hands. In spite of not being a Trump fan, i found the media coverage – particularly by Huffington Post – to be absolutely disgusting. Clearly one-sided. If i were an undecided voter, the media coverage would push me towards Trump. I hope the liberal media is proud of itself now.

    Trump has won. Whether we like it or not, those are the rules of the game. We have to deal with a President Trump.

    Unless you’re the US government (democrat or republican). Then you don’t have to respect other people’s aspirations. Just dismiss them as Islamic fundamentalists and then engineer a coup.

    For peasants like the rest of the world, we have to deal with the failings of American democracy.

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah

  • Osman Sulaiman: Many More Pressing Issues That Concern The Malay Community Than The Elected Presidency

    Osman Sulaiman: Many More Pressing Issues That Concern The Malay Community Than The Elected Presidency

    My community raised the issue of discrimination of Malays in RSAF.

    My community raised the issue of allowing school children to wear the tudung.

    My community raised the issue of allowing Hijabs in uniformed groups.

    My community raised the issue of having a ‘halal kitchen’ in the navy ships.

    My community raised the issue of having an independent MUIS.

    My community raised the issue to legislate some form of discrimination laws.

    Having a Malay president isnt the most pressing issue but yeah, it will be ‘given’ as though it’s what we need the most.

    We can now celebrate the magnanimous gesture by the Gov.

     

    Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman

  • Abdul Salim Harun: PAP Must Stop Playing Racism Card

    Abdul Salim Harun: PAP Must Stop Playing Racism Card

    As a Singaporean Malay, I am deeply insulted with the PAP Government move to reserve the coming Presidential Election ONLY for Malay candidates.

    Frankly speaking, we need an Elected President base on his ability and credibility to lead and safeguard our Reserves, and NOT because of his race.

    By reserving the Presidential Election to the Malays, the PAP Government has in fact directly play the RACISM card, and looking down on the Malay Community as a whole.

    What happens to the values of Democracy and Meritocracy? Shouldn’t we be electing the best of the best to be elected as the President, regardless of race, language or religion?

    I will like to urge the Malay Community to speak up on this issue and say NO to this RACIST policy of the PAP Government.

    Ask the PAP Government why can’t we have DPM Tharman as our next Prime Minister, as he is the best choice to bring Singapore forward compared to the rest…

     

    Source: Abdul Salim Harun

  • MPV Taxis, Grab & Uber Discriminate Against Big Malay Families

    MPV Taxis, Grab & Uber Discriminate Against Big Malay Families

    Dear Editors,

    Grab, uber and taxis, stop bring prejudice towards big group of passengers! Your fare is so expensive and your drivers now are so picky. No wonder many of them are taking bus and trains instead of using all the 3 modes of transport.

    Sometimes, we Malays are going out with big families, and when we book GrabCar economy, or uber X and got an MPV like Toyota Estima, the drivers refused to pick us due to having 6 passengers, still come out with nonsense what 3 adults and 3 infant MPV cannot take. Then why uber and grab 4 seater allocate an MPV to do 4 seater job? You are the ones spoiling the market and now making we passengers suffer is it?

    And taxis also another kind, why when we flag MPV taxi they still want to charge additional $3 for each additional passenger when I am travelling with 3 more adults and 3 kids which 3 years old or younger? At least make the additional passenger surcharge $3 flat regardless of how many extra passengers la eh you think very funny is it? Additional $3 per extra passenger is no joke ok?

    Don’t come and give me nonsense that additional passenger means more fuel burnt ok? The bus take passengers till standing till the door those stand at the door ones paid extra?

    So grab, uber and taxis, wake up your idea before more passengers switching to take bus or MRT. I am so disgraceful to have such public service providers in Singapore. All money minded jerks.

    Anita
    A.S.S. Contributor

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

     

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