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WP’s Lee Li Lian To Continue To Serve In Punggol East SMC

Member of Parliament (MP) for Punggol East Lee Li Lian has said she will continue to serve her residents in the Punggol East Single Member Constituency, in response to queries from Channel NewsAsia following the release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee report yesterday (July 24).

She also said that addressing the residents’ concerns is her top priority. Ms Lee was speaking after a tea session with her residents, saying that she was not really shocked at the boundary changes.

According to the report, the opposition wards including Punggol East were left untouched. Ms Lee also said the Workers’ Party is currently studying the report carefully before making any statements.

Ms Lee won the Punggol East by-election in 2013 with 54.5 per cent of the vote against People’s Action Party candidate, Dr Koh Poh Koon.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

July 26, 2015
Mother Slaps Boy Who Knocked Into Her Son At School

A pupil accidently knocked into his classmate on Tuesday (July 21).

It should have been a small incident quickly sorted out between kids turned into something big when a parent decided to take matters into her own hands.

The incident is believed to have happened at a primary school in the Bishan area.

The friend of the pupil’s mother, Madam Huang, described to Lianhe Wanbao the series of events she says took place after the initial knock..

According to her, the mother of the classmate found out about the incident while dropping her son off at school the next day.

The angry parent then slapped a boy – whom she thought was responsible – in front of his classmates, said Madam Huang.

When she found out she had hit the wrong boy, she continued to look for the real “perpetrator”, and slapped that boy as well.

Madam Huang claimed the woman told the boy: “This is how it feels like to be slapped.”

Shocked, upset

The two boys who were slapped were shocked and upset, said Madam Huang.

Lianhe Wanbao understands that the school arranged for the parents of all three boys to meet on Friday (July 24) and that the woman apologised for her actions.

But the parents of the two boys who were slapped made a police report later that day as they felt the apology was insincere and that the woman’s story did not match-up with other details of the incident.

Police confirmed that a police report had been made.

Source: www.tnp.sg

July 26, 2015
NSP Disappointed With Electoral Boundaries Report

The National Solidarity Party (NSP) today (July 25) said it was disappointed with the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee’s (ERBC) report released yesterday, arguing for clearer guidelines to any change in electoral boundaries.

In a media statement, Acting Secretary-General Hazel Poa said that the ERBC report gave no explanation to why it was necessary for Moulmein-Kallang GRC, helmed by Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew, to be divided up, nor for the dissolution of Joo Chiat SMC and Whampoa SMC, as well as the range of electors per MP used by the ERBC to determine the boundaries.

She also took issue with EBRC taking instructions from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, saying that it is a “clear conflict of interest, no different from the conflicts of interest found in the management of AHPETC and the Auditor-General’s report on the various Ministries and Statutory Boards”.

“It is not difficult to set clear, fair and defensible guidelines on the issues mentioned above, and have boundaries that could only be changed if those guidelines are breached,” Ms Poa argued.

The five-member ERBC submitted its report to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday, eight days after he announced in Parliament that it had been formed two months ago. Political analysts have labelled the report to be more evolutionary than radical.

The committee was chaired by Mr Tan Kee Yong, Secretary to the Prime Minister. Its members are Housing and Development Board chief executive Cheong Koon Hean, Singapore Land Authority CEO Tan Boon Khai, Elections Department head Lee Seng Lup, and Ms Wong Wee Kim, who is the Chief Statistician at the Department of Statistics.

PM Lee had asked the committee to reduce the average size of the GRCS to fewer than five members. It was also to consider the population shifts and housing developments since the last boundary delineation exercise, and maintain the minimum number of Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) at 12.

Source: www.todayonline.com

July 26, 2015
Fed-Up With Malay-Muslim Personalities Drinking Alcohol To Fit In Non-Muslims’ Networking And Celebratory Events

I was at a celebratory event a couple of days ago and the waiters were offering wine. ‘oh I don’t drink alcohol’ – a simple reply that I’ve said time and time again but this time, I hear a new acquaintance pip in ‘oh not just a little? but (insert name of successful Malay person) does!’.

this is why I’m disappointed with us. Not the ignorant friend I had just made – us, the Malay Muslim community.

alcohol is almost always associated with celebrations and networking. I know this because for most of my career, I’ve been offered it and I’ve had to spend quite a bit of time explaining the reason why I don’t drink – I’m a Muslim and the Quran forbids it’s consumption.

In the Qur’an Surat Al-Baqarah [2:219] it says “They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: ‘In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit.’”

this is why I get disappointed in the success of Malay Muslim professionals/success stories who choose to drink. I do not applaud their success because you are one more person who is saying ‘it’s okay, I’ll bend the rules so that I can succeed’ and that sucks. it paints a picture of me (not successful yet but working towards it) being inflexible when really, there is no room for flexibility in this matter – it’s a great sin. not a small one, a great one.

I’m sure there are many success stories of people who have achieved their amazing careers without ‘bending the rules’ and I want to meet these people. i want these people to be applauded and to be identified as role models. I want the future business/accountancy/law/whatever other fields that require networking graduates to know that it’s possible – to be successful in your career while not having to compromise on your beliefs.

Source: Nur’Ashikin Ahmad

July 25, 2015
Malaysian Police Cannot Help Singaporean Robbery Victim In JB, Witnesses Please Come Forward

Dear family and friends, i was robbed earlier today in JB around Lorong Bapok, my car window screen was smashed and i have lost everything, thankfully Ive not lost my life. Alhamdulilah. Well… to cut things short. The culprit who robbed me earlier had used up all the money in my bank even b4 i call the bank to block the card. Now i am left with $0. Nothing. Not even a single cents with me. And the culprit had even swipe my Crdit card amounting to 800 bucks in a bar name Elite in Grand Paragon Johor Bahru. Also, my card was used to pump petrol at Shell at the following address.

Stesyen Minyak Shell, Lot Ptd 71041, Jalan Serampang, Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru, 80400, Johor Bahru, Johor, 80050, Malaysia

Amounting up to rm200. I had make a police report in Perling but they told me it is out of their area and they need to refer my case to the Central station. Its already more than 12hrs and i have not receive any news. Even with all the details i have provided.

Anyone here who knows of anyone who can get me a cctv record at the said petrol kiosk on the culprit photo and vechicle plate number. It is at 0133hrs on 24 July 2015.

Also anyone from Grand Paragon Johor Bahru at a bar named Elite at 0217hrs.

Please help me to share this post and i hope to get some information and leads to the culprit. I thank all of u in advance for the help rendered.

May Allah bless all of u. Please keep me in your prayers as i am left with nothing. I am not contactable now, i dont remember anyone number and i have to result in borrowing someone phone to use FB platform to reach out to my family and friends.

Thank You.

Source: Farhana Yusoff

July 25, 2015