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ISURAMUYA Japanese Restaurant At JCube Is Not MUIS Halal-Certified

Dear Muslim people in this FB Group, Please take note!

ISURAMUYA Japanese Restaurant at Jcube is NOT HALAL CERTIFIED BY MUIS. The restaurant DO NOT HAVE any Halal certification awarded by MUIS. However, the restaurant FB page indicates that it is a Halal certified restaurant, and the shopping mall Jcube has also advertised them as Halal, and has abused the Halal MUIS sticker, as displayed in the image below.

Please understand and know that only Halal certified restaurants are ALLOWED to use the Halal MUIS sticker. Any restaurant or eatery who is in the process of application, have yet to apply or are deemed unsuitable to be awarded the Halal cert ARE NOT ALLOWED to display the Halal certification. However, Jcube has displayed the Halal sticker below, misleading the Muslim consumers into believing that it is a Halal certified restaurant. It is an offence under the Administration of Muslim Law Act.

Unless the restaurant claims that it is Muslim-owned, it is NOT safe for consumption as long it is NOT properly certified by MUIS. Ingredients such as the sauces contain mirin, sake, mentsuyu sauce usually has ALCOHOL CONTENT, and only MUIS can verify the ingredients used for the sauces. The chicken meat in the restaurant might also not be properly slaughtered in accordance to Halal standard.

Dear consumers I urge all of you to refrain yourself from eating at such restaurants that do not have a valid Halal certificate, although they claim they are in the process. Be safe, because the food we consume affects the ibadah we make.

Check on the list of Halal restaurants by MUIS here:
http://www.halal.sg/Consumer/general.html

**Please refer to my correspondence with MUIS in the images below to read their response.

Source: Nadia Shala in Halal Cafe & Restaurants in Singapore

July 28, 2016
Hasrat Arwah Suami Terkabul Bila Tiga Anak Jadi Jururawat

Hasrat dan doa dianggap terkabul. Itulah yang dirasakan Cik Siti Sapura Abu Shama, 59 tahun, apabila tiga daripada lima anaknya kini bergelar jururawat selepas hasrat tersebut diluahkan sendiri arwah suaminya, Encik Abdul Rahim Mohd Ali, sebelum beliau meninggal dunia pada 1994.

Hasrat tersebut dilahirkan ketika tiga anak mereka masih kecil – Nur Maizura, 11 tahun; Nur Syahida, tujuh tahun; dan Nur Liyana, enam tahun.

Dua lagi anaknya ialah Mohamed Afiq, yang ketika itu berusia sembilan tahun, dan Mohamed Zaid, 11 bulan.

“Semasa hayatnya, arwah suami saya melahirkan hasrat melihat anak-anaknya menjadi guru atau jururawat. Nampaknya bukan seorang tetapi tiga daripada mereka jadi jururawat.

“Alhamdullilah, tercapai juga hasrat dan doa kami,” kata Cik Sapura.

Ketiga-tiga anak perempuannya itu juga berjaya meraih atau sedang memburu ijazah kejururawatan hasil kerja keras dan sikap tidak putus asa.

Cik Nur Maizura, kini 33 tahun, adalah Jururawat Klinisyen di Sengkang Health dan mempunyai ijazah Sarjana Sains (Kepimpinan Klinikal) daripada Universiti Teknologi Curtin; adik ketiganya, Cik Nur Syahida, kini 29 tahun, adalah Instruktor Klinikal Kanan di Hospital Besar Changi (CGH) dan kini mengikuti kursus ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains Kejururawatan yang ditawarkan Universiti Edinburgh; sementara adik keempatnya, Cik Nur Liyana, kini 28 tahun, pula Jururawat Staf Kanan di Hospital Besar Singapura (SGH) dan mempunyai ijazah Sarjana Muda Kejururawatan daripada Universiti Teknologi Curtin.

Cik Nur Maizura, ibu tiga anak, menceritakan bahawa pengorbanan ibunya ternyata menjadi pembakar semangat kepada mereka terus berjaya dalam apa jua yang diceburi.

“Apa yang kami lalui memang tidak mudah. Maklumlah ketika itu ibu hanya bekerja sambilan dan satu- satunya pencari nafkah keluarga. Kami pula semua masih bersekolah ketika itu,” katanya lagi.

Antara lain ibunya itu berusaha mencari nafkah dengan mengambil tempahan menjahit langsir, tempahan memasak, bekerja di gerai makan sekolah dan menjaga anak kenalan.

Mereka hanya menerima bantuan daripada Darul Ihsan dan beberapa kenalan rapat ketika itu.

Di samping itu, mereka menerima bantuan daripada pihak sekolah bagi yuran, pakaian seragam sekolah dan buku teks.

Cik Nur Syahida, yang baru berumah tangga, pula menceritakan bahawa beliau pernah melakukan banyak kerja sambilan semasa mengambil kursus kejururawatan di Politeknik Nanyang (NYP).

“Saya bergantung pada gaji $500 yang saya terima ketika itu dengan bekerja sambilan bagi membayar yuran sekolah dan keperluan sekolah lain,” ceritanya yang belum mempunyai cahaya mata.

Adiknya, Cik Nur Liyana, masih ingat bagaimana beliau membantu ibu mereka menyiapkan bungkusan nasi lemak untuk dijual.

“Kami semua tetap gembira meskipun serba kekurangan dan terpaksa bantu ibu semasa kami masih kecil. Seingat saya, belum pernah rumah kami bergelap atau tiada makanan.

“Ibu sentiasa penuhi keperluan kami sekeluarga selain memberi perangsang semasa kami kecil. Itulah yang mendorong kami melakukan yang terbaik.

“Kini, kerjaya saya dipermudahkan pula dengan kehadiran kededua kakak saya yang menceburi bidang kejururawatan juga,” katanya yang juga baru berumah tangga.

“Kami semua tetap gembira meskipun serba kekurangan dan terpaksa bantu ibu semasa kami masih kecil. Seingat saya, belum pernah rumah kami bergelap atau tiada makanan. Ibu sentiasa penuhi keperluan kami sekeluarga selain memberi perangsang semasa kami kecil. Itulah yang mendorong kami melakukan yang terbaik. Kini, kerjaya saya dipermudahkan pula dengan kehadiran kededua kakak saya yang menceburi bidang kejururawatan juga.”
– Cik Nur Liyana, 28 tahun.

Source: Berita Harian

July 27, 2016
NUS To Crack Down On Sexualised Games

National University of Singapore (NUS) is promising that “strong disciplinary action will be taken” against those responsible for inappropriate orientation activities.

This follows a report in The New Paper concerning sexualised orientation activities. Activities that have continued despite complaints over the past decade.

One student complained that her peers were made to re-enact a rape scene as a forfeit, while another was asked whose bodily fluids she would like to drink.

Netizens expressed outrage with many calling for swift action to be taken against the camp organisers.

Readers also contacted The New Paper and said that it was unbecoming of the school.

Madam Josephine Ng, 46, a mother of two daughters aged 12 and 14, told TNP that the activities are ridiculous and embarrassing.

“When I read the article, I could not believe it. I’ve read past reports, and this is not excusable,” she said.

“Enough is enough. It has been a whole decade and yet nothing has changed.”

“Such activities have a long term impact, not just on students, but on Singapore’s image as well.”

Mr Seah Kian Peng, member of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Education, expressed surprise that such “unnecessary and humiliating” games have not stopped despite complaints over the years.

He told TNP: “They have definitely crossed the line. During the planning process, the leaders should just ask themselves – is this something they would want their younger siblings to go through. If they had a daughter, would they want her to experience this?”

Earlier this evening, NUS released a statement:

The National University of Singapore (NUS) takes an extremely serious view of the recent media report and feedback on instances of offensive and completely inappropriate orientation activities.

Orientation is intended to welcome and introduce our freshmen to the NUS community. The University expects that orientation activities are carried out in ways that are fully respectful of the dignity of all those participating, regardless of gender.

We do not condone any behaviour or activity that denigrates the dignity of individuals, and that has sexual connotations. Our students, particularly freshmen, must feel safe and secure at all times during orientation. If they decide to opt out of an activity, their wishes must be respected.

As is the practice each year, before the start of this orientation period at NUS, the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) had conducted sessions with the students involved in organising and leading orientation activities, including student orientation leaders from NUS Students’ Union, Clubs, Societies, Freshmen Orientation Committees, project directors, and Residential Hall Junior Common Room Committees.

During these sessions, OSA went through with the student leaders the do’s and don’ts of orientation, as well as banned activities. It was mandatory for these students to go through the written materials with examples of “do’s and don’ts”. Students were also made aware that strong disciplinary actions will be taken against offenders. In addition, all proposed orientation programmes and activities had to be endorsed and cleared by the relevant supervisors, such as Hall Masters and Vice Deans, as well as OSA, before they could proceed. Students were asked to remove inappropriate activities.

Separately, from the beginning of the year, OSA had worked with the Deaneries in Faculties, and the Masters of Halls and Residential Colleges on the necessary steps needed to ensure the acceptability of all planned student orientation activities.

We are very disappointed that despite these efforts, instances of offensive and completely inappropriate orientation activities that were not submitted nor endorsed have surfaced. We take these reports very seriously, and are carrying out thorough investigations. Strong disciplinary action will be taken against those found responsible.

OSA has met with the student leaders of the ongoing and remaining camps, and briefed them on the guidelines for acceptable orientation activities. NUS staff will also be on site at these camps.

Any student who has concerns with orientation activities can contact the NUS Office of Student Affairs at [email protected] on a strictly confidential basis.

Source: The New Paper

July 27, 2016
AGO Report Flags Several Ministries For Lapses

When two universities failed to recover tuition-fee and study loans given to their students within a specified period,the Ministry of Education (MOE) did not take the necessary follow-up actions promptly.

Called out for its lack of oversight in administering schemes and programmes such as scholarship bonds and study loans, the MOE was one of 12 government bodies whose lapses were flagged by the Auditor-General’s Office’s (AGO) annual audit of the public sector.

Others cited for lapses in the AGO’s 61-page report, made public on Tuesday (July 26), included the Defence Ministry (Mindef) and the Housing and Development Board (HDB).

The AGO report highlighted four areas that public sector entities should improve on: Inadequate financial controls; weak governance of public funds; lack of oversight of external entities; and lapses in management of contracts.

As of June 30 last year, the two universities — National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) — saw an outstanding balance of loans totalling S$228.04 million. For 23.3 per cent — 27 out of 116 — of the outstanding loans audited by the AGO, recovery action was delayed by one to 3.5 years.

The report found that the MOE was not prompt in following up on long outstanding loans to ensure that the banks had taken adequate recovery actions. It also noted discrepancies among records of loans in default kept by the MOE, the universities and the banks. The MOE was also rapped for lapses in monitoring and enforcing bonds related to scholarships disbursed by the two universities.

The universities lagged in sending out letters of demand to half of the scholars — 16 out of 30 test-checked — who were not serving the required bonds, with delays of up to 26 months.

The MOE over-contributed S$4.14 million over nine years to NTU’s sinking fund for replacement of MOE-funded buildings and facilities, a sum that the ministry said on Tuesday had been recovered.

In a statement, issued following the release of the AGO’s report, the MOE said it is working with the universities and banks to ensure prompt follow-up of loans in arrears. It may allow borrowers facing financial hardship to defer repayment of monthly instalments or temporarily reduce the amount payable in some cases. It added that measures are also in place to reduce default on scholarship bonds — such as working with government agencies to track bond service records — noting that many of the lapses flagged were from “earlier graduation batches”.

Default rates have come down significantly over the last three years, said the MOE, adding that 1 per cent of international scholarship recipients had intentionally defaulted.

As for the HDB, the AGO noted that final payments to contractors totalling S$37.62 million were delayed for up to 3.3 years — a move it described as an “unfair business practice” since it could have hurt the contractors’ cashflow. The HDB said it will implement new processes, such as a tracking system, to ensure that delayed accounts are brought to the management’s attention so that final payments can be made promptly.

The AGO also found inadequate monitoring of car parks at industrial and residential estates, which allowed motorists to use the facilities without being charged. Of five industrial car parks audited, the AGO found 243 instances where the motorists, on multiple occasions, had manipulated the electronic parking systems to allow another vehicle to exit the car parks for free, such as through tailgating.

Mindef was cited for investing S$50.26 million in a United States real estate investment trust exchange-traded fund without approval from its board of trustees. It also failed to provide Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions on bonuses paid to members on the Savings and Employee Retirement Plan.

According to the AGO report, Mindef said that it had since obtained approval from the board of trustees for the investment, and will make the required CPF contributions — amounting to about S$324,000 for 215 members — by next month.

Other government bodies chided for lapses included the Land Transport Authority, whose weak controls over toll collection at checkpoints resulted in under-collection of S$13.9 million; and the Law Ministry for lapses in its handling of deceased persons’ assets received from nursing homes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was taken to task for continuing to subscribe to phone lines that were no longer needed, resulting in wastage amounting to S$80,744.

Source: TODAY Online

July 27, 2016
Mentally Unsound Auntie “Tortures” Muslim Neighbour With Pork, Racist Taunts

Dear Friends, please help me spread awareness of this hatred crime that is being done to my family.

My Sister In Law has suffered this abuse for the past 6 years and it needs attention from the LAW!

Action needs to be taken ASAP on this neighbour! Thank you…PLEASE SHARE! TURN ON “CC” BUTTON FOR ENGLISH SUBTITLES

https://youtu.be/WFX5S2BoNK4

Source: Hanis Hussey

July 26, 2016