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S R Nathan Banyak Sokong Usaha Masyarakat Melayu

MUIS mengirim surat takziah kepada isteri dan keluarga mendiang Encik Nathan.

MUIS melahirkan rasa “kesedihan yang mendalam di atas pemergian seorang pemimpin yang sangat dihormati”.

Ia juga menganggap Encik Nathan sebagai “Presiden berjiwa rakyat” dan pemergian beliau merupakan satu kehilangan besar kepada negara.

Menurut MUIS, mendiang Encik Nathan menghadiri banyak acara yang dianjurkan masyarakat Islam.

Ini termasuklah inisiatif Cabaran Presiden Beriani Amal yang dipeloporinya.

Dalam laporan berikut, Pengerusi Masjid Khalid, Encik Allaudin Mohamed berkongsi pengalamannya dalam menyediakan beriani amal itu.

“Encik Nathan kalau pasal beriani, cakap di mana ada jual beriani, kata orang sedap sahaja, dia hendak cuba.Kalau dia makan beriani ada sistem dia sendiri, rasa nasinya dulu, apabila sudah hidu aromanya, letak masala, lepas tu campur daging. Apabila semua sudah cukup, baru makan dengan acarnya. Selagi ada beriani di rumah dia, di peti sejuk, nanti dia akan minta ‘Ada lagi beriani Allaudin?’,” Encik Allaudin memberitahu BERITAMediacorp.

Selama 16 tahun, Encik Allaudin adalah ‘orang kuat dapur’ yang memasak beriani untuk acara tahunan Beriani Amal.

Walaupun Encik Nathan tidak lagi menjadi Presiden, Pengerusi Masjid Khalid ini pastikan setiap bulan beliau akan menghantar sebungkus makanan kegemaran Encik Nathan itu ke rumahnya.

Di sebalik hidangan istimewa ini, sebenarnya tersirat satu lambang.

Lambang Beriani Amal Cabaran Presiden ini, beliau membuka satu ruang untuk masyarakat kita. Masjid ini bukan satu tempat untuk orang Islam sahaja.

Selama berinteraksi dengan mendiang Encik Nathan, Encik Allaudin menyifatkannya sebagai seorang yang peramah, mempunyai budi pekerti yang tinggi dan sentiasa prihatin terhadap setiap lapisan masyarakat.

“Selalu pesanan beliau adalah untuk masyarakat kita dan agama. Akhir-akhir ini berapa kali beliau bercakap mengenai agama sebab terdapat pergolakan Islam di dunia sekarang, beliau banyak prihatin dalam masyarakat Islam Singapura. Satu cerita yang beliau bilang dengan saya, “Allaudin, orang Melayu ini orang paling baik dan mereka senang. Mereka orangnya ‘simple’, tapi orang Melayu ini ada kekuatannya yang kita tidak nampak, cuma mereka terlampau baik jadi mereka tidak menggunakan kekuatan yang ada pada mereka itu untuk mempertengahkan kemahuan mereka.

“Mereka lebih berkompromi. Mereka selalu mengalah, dan cari jalan yang lebih baik. Itu satu budi pekerti pada orang-orang Melayu yang lain masyarakat tidak ada. Pesanan beliau dengan saya, dan keluarga saya, bila saya bawa anak-anak saya, dia akan bicara tentang persekolahan. Tiap kali. Mesti mahu belajar pandai-pandai, kita dulu mak bapak tidak pergi sekolah, sekarang mesti pergi sekolah pandai-pandai. Jangan malas. Pendidikan adalah jalan menuju kejayaan dan menaik taraf masyarakat,” tambah Encik Allaudin.

Tambah Encik Allaudin, kehadiran mendiang Encik Nathan dalam acara-acara kemasyarakatan seperti acara Beriani Amal menunjukkan komitmen dan penghargaan beliau kepada masyarakat Islam Singapura, sekali gus membina sebuah masyarakat penyayang.

Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

August 25, 2016
Mrs Umi Nathan: I Hope Singaporeans Remember My Husband As A Self-Made Man

When I first met S R Nathan, I was very young – so young I can’t remember him as a small child. But I remember him vividly when we were both in our teens. He would cycle up and down the street to catch my eye, when my family lived in a shophouse in Muar.

I didn’t realise it then, but after 16 years of trials and tribulations, I would be rewarded with the happiest day of my life, the day I married him.

My husband has always worked. I am used to it, and I find it difficult to imagine a time when he is not going out each day dressed for the office and carrying a briefcase. On more than one occasion, I thought he had reached the end of a successful career and could look forward to retirement. Each time a new call has come and he has responded. We both feel that in answering the summons we are repaying a debt to Singapore, and also more personally to Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who has always been willing to put trust in my husband. I am also aware that, like many people of our age, if he were sitting around the house with nothing to do, he would soon go downhill. His mind has to be active.

If anyone had ever suggested that one day my husband would be President, I would have responded with utter disbelief. And yet the challenge came, and the day he was appointed was the proudest day of my life. It was a blessing from God. When the possibility was put to him, he consulted the family and we all supported him in accepting. My only condition was that the family should be kept out of the public eye. After all, status is only temporary, and we must all keep our feet on the ground.

I hope Singaporeans will remember my husband as a self-made man. He started out with nothing, literally, and reached his lofty position through ability and hard work. There is a lesson in his story for all young people, however competitive the world may seem.

Mrs Umi Nathan

Source: S R Nathan: An Unexpected Journey – Path To The Presidency

August 25, 2016
Man Dies After Being Attacked In Malaysia As Heated Facebook Argument Turns Violent

A heated Facebook chat between a 15-year-old schoolgirl and some friends turned deadly when one of them came looking for her together with other family members.

The scuffle that followed led to the death of a man at the Jalan Kurau flats in Jelutong.

Mr Panjavarnam Perumal, 56, died after he was attacked by about six girls, aged between 15 and 20, armed with helmets, at about 11pm on Monday (Aug 22). The Form Two student’s mother, Madam A. Rajeswari, 34, was also injured in the attack.

Madam Rajeswari, a factory worker, said she received a call at 10pm while she was at work from a girl who insisted on meeting her.

“I told her I was at work and would only be home at 11pm. When I got home, I saw a group of girls hanging around on the ground floor.

“I then went back to my flat on the first floor and my daughter told me that the girls were shouting profanities at her and she was afraid,” she said on Tuesday (Aug 23).

Madam Rajeswari said she asked her uncle, Mr Panjavarnam, who lived with her, to talk to the girls and see what was going on.

“They told me that my daughter wrote disparaging remarks about them on Facebook and she should apologise.

“I told them what they were doing was very unbecoming as what they were shouting could be heard by the other residents.

“Two men also turned up to threaten us but they were not involved in the attack.

“We then walked away and they started to beat us with their helmets. I lost consciousness and woke up in an ambulance,” she said.

Madam Rajeswari was discharged from the Penang Hospital after receiving treatment for bruises on her head and body.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said Mr Panjavarnam died on the way to the hospital. A post-mortem showed that he died of a heart attack.

“We arrested three girls and a man, aged between 15 and 23, at the scene and they have been remanded for six days pending investigations.

“The case has been classified as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.”

He confirmed that the disparaging Facebook post led to the argument and the deceased, who worked as a cleaner, had tried to stop the argument but was beaten up, kicked and stepped on instead.

Source: The Straits Times

August 24, 2016
Bayi Masih Bertali Pusat Ditemui Ditinggalkan Di Depan Sebuah Rumah

Penghuni tingkat 12 sebuah apartmen di Jalan Jelawat 2, Cheras gempar apabila seorang bayi perempuan masih bertali pusat ditemukan terbaring di atas lantai di hadapan sebuah unit apartmen itu semalam (22 Ogos).

Saksi, S. Kumuthini, yang berusia 24 tahun, berkata beliau mengetahui tentang kejadian itu selepas seorang jiran di tingkat sama mengetuk pintu dan memaklumkan mengenai penemuan bayi di hadapan rumahnya pada kira-kira 2.15 petang.

“Semasa ditemui, bayi itu tidak menangis dan hanya memakai lampin serta dibalut dengan jaket ditinggalkan bersama beberapa peralatan bayi termasuk botol susu dan dua keping lampin pakai buang dalam sebuah plastik di sisi bayi itu,” katanya ketika kepada Bernama.

Kumuthini berkata beliau dan penduduk lain yang berada di tempat kejadian tiba-tiba didatangi seorang lelaki tidak dikenali berusia lingkungan 20-an yang bertanya tentang punca kekecohan berlaku sebelum mengakui bayi berkenaan adalah milik saudaranya.

Menurutnya, lelaki itu kemudiannya tergesa-gesa melarikan diri ke arah tangga apabila mereka meminta nombor telefonnya.

Susulan itu, katanya, wanita yang menemukan bayi tersebut membuat laporan di balai polis berhampiran sebelum bayi itu dihantar ke Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia untuk pemeriksaan kesihatan.

Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Cheras ACP Chong Kok Sin berkata pihaknya menahan seorang lelaki berusia 25 tahun di sekitar Cheras pada pukul 12.30 malam tadi (22 Ogos) bagi membantu siasatan berhubung kes berkenaan.

“Kami akan melakukan ujian Asid Deoksiribonukleik (DNA) bagi mengenal pasti identiti bayi berkenaan,” katanya.

Katanya, polis memaklumkan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat berkenaan penemuan bayi itu.

Beliau berkata kes disiasat mengikut Kanun Keseksaan kerana membuang bayi yang memperuntukkan hukuman penjara maksimum tujuh tahun atau dengan denda atau kedua-duanya, jika sabit kesalahan.

Source: The Straits Times

August 24, 2016
Cleaners, Wardens Pick Up After Hougang Pokemon Crowd

The disamenities caused by Pokemon Go players surging to Block 401 Hougang Avenue 10 in recent weeks have led to stepped up cleaning of common areas there.

In addition, to deal with players who have been parking indiscriminately, parking wardens were also “hard at work over the weekend”, said Hougang Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) in a Facebook post on Sunday.

The area has been one of the hotspots for Pokemon hunting since the game was launched in Singapore earlier this month. Littering and illegal or indiscriminate parking have been raised as concerns by residents, alongside other problems such as  jaywalking.

Hougang NPC wrote that it had previously alerted both the Land Transport Authority and the Housing and Development Board regarding these concerns.

“To alleviate the problem of indiscriminate parking within the car park, HDB enforcement officers were hard at work over the weeked,” it said. “We urge all gamers who drive there to park their vehicles in the appropriate lots. Indiscriminate parking may pose issues or even dangers to other car park users.”

Hougang NPC also said the National Environment Agency and the town council have stepped up their cleaning of the area, but urged everyone to play their part in keeping the environment clean.

It added: “The police will continue to work with the relevant agencies to ensure a pleasant environment for all, even as residents and gamers alike indulge in the Pokemon phenomenon.”

Apart from ungracious behaviour, there have been nastier incidents involving the popular game.

Last Tuesday, for instance, the police said it made the first arrests relating to Pokemon hunting here over an altercation between a motorist and a player who was on the game while crossing the road.

The motorist had sounded his horn at the player and they came to blows after that, the police said in a news release. The incident happened at the car park entrance of Plaza Singapura on Aug 14.

The men, aged 28 and 33, were arrested on the spot for affray, which carries the maximum penalty of one year in jail and/or a fine of S$5,000.

Source: TODAY Online

August 24, 2016