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  • MFA Spokesman’s Comments In Response To Media Queries For An Update On The Two Singaporeans Arrested In Abu Dhabi, 25 August 2017

    MFA Spokesman’s Comments In Response To Media Queries For An Update On The Two Singaporeans Arrested In Abu Dhabi, 25 August 2017

    The MFA spokesman said:

    “Officials from the Singapore Embassy in Abu Dhabi met both Singaporeans on 23 August 2017 to ensure their continued well-being while in custody.  The Embassy’s representatives also attended the bail hearing on 24 August 2017.  This was the Embassy’s fourth meeting with the two Singaporeans since their arrest.  The first meeting took place on the same day the Embassy was notified of their case on 10 August 2017.

    The Embassy will continue to provide the necessary consular assistance and has been closely monitoring developments to ensure that due process is accorded to them.  MFA is also in close contact with the families of the two Singaporeans.

    Singaporeans are also reminded that they should respect and abide by the local laws when they travel overseas.

     

    MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

    SINGAPORE 

    25 AUGUST 2017

  • Town Council’s Default Bill Of $1688

    Town Council’s Default Bill Of $1688

    It’s really crazy to live in Singapore if you’re poor.

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    Was shocked to chance upon this town council’s default bill of $1688 of which the penalty fee is $249 and legal charges a massive $721. The total penalty and legal fee is $970 – much more than the actual town council owed fee of $718 dating from Aug 2015 to Apr 2017. One can’t imagine the government allows a needy Singaporean family to be fleeced off by so much legal cost when their last GE’s slogan is “For you, with you…”?

    The family stays in a 3-room flat and suffers from under-employment. To avoid jail sentences for owed town council bill, the family has been slowly paying them off whenever they have the money. They also have to show the receipts to the town council whenever they have made payment. We also know of some who have to go to jail because of accumulated town council default – after the jail sentence they still have to pay their bill! Its a shame to see so many of our poor vulnerable families living like this – struggling to pay bills of all kinds while living in the world’s costliest city (for expats only as claimed by the government).

    The proposed sugar tax will simply add on to their living cost and deepen their misery. The recent 30% hike in water cost, existing 7% GST and a whole slew of increases for basic living usage imposed early this year will simply drive one to depression by just looking at the bills. Many in fact have avoided opening the bills every month and just throw them in some forgotten corner hoping that they will just evaporate into the thin air magically. Its no wonder many of us can’t avoid to go cashless the right way as we are already very cash-less before we hit the month end.

     

    Source: Gilbert Goh

  • Crowdfunding For Fadli And Fifi To Raise Money For Their Legal Fees (Via POSB)

    Crowdfunding For Fadli And Fifi To Raise Money For Their Legal Fees (Via POSB)

    Pls Share!!
    Help needed!

    POSB Savings, 276-11128-0

    Dear Friends,

    This is Fadli’s sister. We have found a lawyer for Fadli and Fifi. After searching for a week, we have found two–and both their fees are 60,000dirhams++. We have decided to engage the lawyer who has been helping us for a longer period of time, and whom we trust to handle this with all their might.

    60,000dirhams is roughly equivalent to $22,300. We aim to raise $25,000 to cover the translation costs and court fees which are on top of the initial sum. See attached screenshot for email correspondence with the lawyer.

    As such, we have set up a brand new account to raise these legal fees for Fadli & Fifi. This account had been started at $0 to ensure transparency and accountability.

    Vanessa and Jocelyn will manage this account & provide all donors regular updates on how much we have raised, as well as receipts of payment to the law firm in Abu Dhabi when we get the transfer across.

    Please email [email protected] to indicate donation amount, and so we can keep you updated on the progress. All email addresses are collected for the sole purpose of updating donors on the progress and to provide evidence that funds have been transferred to the lawyers. All information will be private and confidential.

    We are thankful for everyone who has expressed their support. And we hope we can pull through this together.

    Thank you. Darius Wong, Vanessa Ho, Saiful Rahman, Ogy Ibrahim II

     

    Source: Amy Tashiana

  • Yaacob Ibrahim: Halimah Is Consistent And Never Shy To Speak Her Mind, I’ve Known Her For A Long Time

    Yaacob Ibrahim: Halimah Is Consistent And Never Shy To Speak Her Mind, I’ve Known Her For A Long Time

    I’ve known Halimah for a long time. We first met in 1976 when I was an undergrad at the University of Singapore and she was in her third year of law school. We were at the University of Singapore Muslim Society orientation camp, where she was a senior shepherding the starry-eyed freshmen into the intricacies of Islam and its meaning in our lives. I was one of the freshmen.

    Though we went our separate ways after graduation (occasionally meeting at weddings of mutual friends and at community events), I would often hear stories about her commitment to the struggles of low-income families and vulnerable workers.

    If there’s one word to describe the Halimah I’ve known all these years, it is Consistency. Over the years, she has consistently shown her devotion to helping those in need, especially vulnerable women. She is never shy to speak her mind if it means getting more attention for them. Even when she became a parliamentarian in 2001 and later as Speaker of Parliament, Halimah never departed from her causes. I believe this consistency, as well as her dedication to helping our Muslim community navigate and integrate fully into the Singaporean family, will remain a lasting legacy.

    I would like to thank Halimah for all her contributions and wish her the very best in her future endeavours. As she embarks on her new journey, I hope that in the years to come, in whatever capacity she finds herself in, she is able to convince the wider community to look beyond her race, to assess her beyond her gender, and to judge her beyond her religion, into becoming fully one with Singapore and Singaporeans. #yaacobibrahim

     

    Source: Yaacob Ibrahim

  • Yaacob Ibrahim Ketuai Delegasi Jemaah Haji Singapura 2017

    Yaacob Ibrahim Ketuai Delegasi Jemaah Haji Singapura 2017

    Menteri Bertanggungjawab bagi Ehwal Masyarakat Islam, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, akan mengetuai delegasi haji jemaah Singapura tahun ini.

    Beliau, yang akan berangkat Sabtu ini, akan memimpin rombongan itu sebagai tanda penghargaan pemerintah Singapura kepada kerajaan Arab Saudi bagi kenaikan kuota tahun ini.

    Seramai 800 warga Singapura akan menjalankan ibadah haji tahun ini, naik daripada 680 tahun lalu selepas pihak Saudi meningkatkan kuota rasmi haji Singapura Februari lalu.

    Dr Yaacob ditemui media di Terminal 2 Lapangan Terbang Changi petang ini (24 Ogos). Seramai 88 jemaah daripada Halijah Travels dan Abu Bakar Travel Services akan berangkat pada 4.40 petang nanti melalui penerbangan Scoot TR 592.

     

    Source: http://www.beritaharian.sg