Category: Sosial

  • PBB: Kebanyakan Mangsa Pengganas Adalah Orang Islam

    PBB: Kebanyakan Mangsa Pengganas Adalah Orang Islam

    Sebahagian besar mangsa fahaman pelampau ganas adalah orang Islam, kata Setiausaha Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB), Ban Ki-moon.

    Beliau menambah bahawa objektif pihak pelampau ialah “supaya kita bermusuhan antara satu sama lain, dan perpaduan kita adalah tamparan paling hebat kepada strategi mereka itu”, lapor akhbar Asianlite.

    Encik Ban berkata demikian di Persidangan Geneva tentang ‘Mencegah Fahaman Pelampau Ganas – Memandang ke Hadapan’, yang dihoskan secara bersama dengan pemerintah Switzerland dan PBB.

    Beliau ditukil Asianlite sebagai menegaskan: “Marilah kita sama-sama menyedari hakikat bahawa kebanyakan mangsa di seluruh dunia adalah orang Islam.”

    Kata Encik Ban, para anggota pelampau cuba memecahbelahkan masyarakat dan matlamat mereka ialah agar ketakutan dibiarkan bermaharajalela.

    “Marilah kami jadikan persidangan ini, dan perpaduan kami hari ini, tamparan paling hebat kepada strategi mereka,” ujarnya seperti ditukil Asianlite.

    Menurut laporan itu lagi, Encik Ban menekankan bahawa pelan bertindak yang dikemukakan beliau kepada Perhimpunan Agung PBB pada Januari lalu mengandungi saranan-saranan kukuh, dan boleh menjadi asas kepada kerjasama global bagi membanteras fahaman pelampau ganas.

    Encik Ban mengakui bahawa setiap kali kita bercakap tentang fahaman pelampau, tidak boleh dielakkan bahawa kumpulan pengganas seperti ISIS atau Boko Haram akan menjadi sebutan.

    Namun katanya, “fenomena fahaman pelampau ganas yang membawa kepada pengganasan tidak berakar atau terhad kepada sebarang agama, daerah, kerakyatan atau kumpulan etnik.”

    Beliau menambah bahawa fahaman pelampau ganas jelas satu ancaman rentas sempadan yang memerlukan kerjasama antarabangsa serta-merta.

    Encik Ban menjelaskan bahawa Pelan Bertindak untuk Mencegah Fahaman Pelampau Ganas yang dilakar beliau, mengemukakan pendekatan menyeluruh dan seimbang bagi tindakan bersama di peringkat global, serantau dan nasional.

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • Don’t Forget The National Language Of Singapore. Yes, It’s Malay!

    Don’t Forget The National Language Of Singapore. Yes, It’s Malay!

    The Pioneer generation of Singapore. Indian Malay and Chinese.

    Intense conversation in the native language of Singapore – Malay

    That’s right for those of you who can’t remember, Malay is the national language of this country.

    Amazes me how all 3 seamlessly got into a conversation about their age and families like they are long time friends.

     

    Source: Reader Contribution

  • Nak Kerja Kapal Perang, Tapi Tak Ada Dapur Halal? Takpa, Kerjalah Atas Kapal Dagang

    Nak Kerja Kapal Perang, Tapi Tak Ada Dapur Halal? Takpa, Kerjalah Atas Kapal Dagang

    I can’t change the direction of the wind,

    but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

    To my friends and family… yes most of us feel so much angry about the navy and their halal kitchen issue. We know and in-fact the minister himself knows that it just a lame excuse.

    Hey, dont be so disheartened about that guys, what had happend semua nya ade hikmah. Allah knows what the best for us.

    but it doesn’t stop us to voice out our frustration and also doesn’t stop us to excel ourselves in other sector.

    Ye lah ade gak yang terkilan tak dapat masuk navy.. ade yg cita-cita dari kecik lagi. Time sekolah bila cikgu tanya dah besar nak jadi apa..kita iya iya dengan semangat “nak jadi captain atas kapal perang, Cikgu” Cikgu pun bagi semangat..ok bagus tu…kena belajar rajin2 tau…kita pun belajar lah rajin2, bapak tak mampu nak sambungkan kita sekolah, takpe, kita sekolah sambil bekerja part time.
    Bila dah dapat semua Ilmu yg sepatut ade untuk apply Navy. Last last kena reject dengan alasan diberi takde halal kitchen. Tak ke terkilan…

    Ilmu yg ade jangan lah disia-siakan, mohan pada Allah agar DIA tunjukkan jalan…

    So sesiapa ade cita-cita nak jadi Captain kapal pergi lah website ni
    http://www.wavelink.com.sg/wmi/programmes/deck-cadet.html

    https://e2i.com.sg/…/re…/tripartite-nautical-training-award/

    https://e2i.com.sg/…/regi…/special-limits-officer-programme/

    or gi Singapore Polytechnic apply Diploma in Nautical Studies.

    Takpe lah terkilan nak kerja kat kapal perang pun takpe asalkan dapat kerja atas kapal walaupun kapal dagang…GAJI LAGI BESAR DARI KAPAL PERANG TAU! Alhamdullilah dapat jugak sara hidup keluarga. Asalkan halal.

    Bagi yg nak join ingat NEVER GIVE UP! Nothing come easy, work hard for it. You will be there eventually.

    Need advice on it can watsapp me +6590503933.

    Maju Lah Singapura!

     

    Source: Zack Shaman FB

     

     

     

     

  • 7 Injured In Multi-Vehicle Accident, Including Police Car, At Bedok Reservoir Road

    7 Injured In Multi-Vehicle Accident, Including Police Car, At Bedok Reservoir Road

    A chase involving an errant driver and a police car resulted in a serious accident at the junction of Bedok Reservoir Road and Eunos Link on Sunday (April 10) morning, at around 4am .

    Seven people were injured in the accident, which involved two taxis, the police car, and the white saloon car that was being pursued.

    In response to media queries, the police confirmed that an operation was conducted along Still Road South on Sunday morning. “A 27-year-old male driver refused to comply with the officer’s instruction at the road block and sped off,” a spokesman said.

    In the ensuing pursuit, an accident involving the male driver’s car, one police vehicle and two taxis occurred at the junction of Eunos Link and Bedok Reservoir Road at about 4.14am, he said.

    The male car driver and his passenger, three Traffic Police officers, and a taxi driver and his passenger were injured and taken to the hospital. The male driver and his passenger were subsequently arrested for traffic and drug-related offences. Police investigations are ongoing.

    A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman said a fire engine, a red rhino, two support vehicles and four ambulances were dispatched to the scene.

    The male driver trapped inside the saloon car was rescued by SCDF personnel within 15 minutes using hydraulic rescue equipment.

    Two of those injured were conveyed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, while five others were sent to Changi General Hospital, SCDF said.

    Eyewitness Terry Than, who alerted citizen journalism website Stomp to the incident, said he heard a loud bang from inside his second-floor unit at Eunos Mansion.

    “A white car hit one taxi and a police car hit another taxi; the taxi driver told me the white car beat a red light,” Mr Than, 28, told The Straits Times.

    A Facebook video posted by user Jason Goh showed multiple police cars at the scene, with several lanes closed off to traffic. Mr Goh posted that a Traffic Police car was “inside the bush”.

    The police said that following the accident, the male driver put up a violent struggle and assaulted a Traffic Police officer in an attempt to evade arrest.

    It added that his actions had endangered the lives of officers and other road users, and urged members of public to cooperate with when approached by police officers.

    “Any evasion of a road block can cause potentially serious harm to other road users and also to our police officers,” the spokesman said.

    Any person convicted of an offence of Voluntarily Causing Hurt to a Public Servant can be punished for a term which may extend to seven years, a fine and/or caning, or any combination of such punishments. Perpetrators who assault public servants or public service workers can be expected to be dealt with to the full extent of the law.

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Walid J. Abdullah: No Political Merits For Opposition To Fight For Foreign Workers Issue Vs Malay Muslim Issues

    Walid J. Abdullah: No Political Merits For Opposition To Fight For Foreign Workers Issue Vs Malay Muslim Issues

    The recent Parliamentary sessions really demonstrated both the positive aspects and limitations of our opposition, as it stands.

    MP Faisal’s question on Muslims and the navy has resulted in a discussion on the said matter. Not that he is the first person to ask this question; many Muslims have articulated similar concerns before. But because he is a parliamentarian, and because the question was asked in Parliament, the issue has gained traction. For people who always ask ‘what’s the point of having opposition MPs; all i want is a clean neighbourhood, shelters to my bus stops etc’, this is the perfect example you should consider.

    At the same time, the fact that Denise Phua wasn’t challenged for her statements in Parliament – by both her colleagues and the opposition – is more than slightly disturbing to me. There was nothing unambiguous about the speech; the moment i read it i cringed. And felt angry. And was perturbed. And disappointed. In many ways, the government response to the navy question was expected, but this speech, was extraordinary. Yet, it elicited no response.

    To be honest, i am just as disappointed in the opposition for not challenging her speech. An indirect Facebook status about the incident and some feel-good anecdotes to show Singapore society’s ‘tolerance’, is quite simply, not enough.

    One cannot help but wonder why this is the case. Worse still, some tried to justify it by stating it is ‘a matter of choosing the wrong words’. Erm, no it isn’t. It is about the essence of the speech! Not the ‘phrasing’.

    Why didn’t anyone comment on the matter? Is it because there is no political mileage in standing up for foreign workers? Or did the rest agree with her statements? Is it about foreign workers per se, or is it about Indian/South Asian foreign workers in particular (which would then indicate a racial dimension to the matter)?

    Whatever the reason is, together with the other incidents (Navy and halal food, Tampines 1’s Chinese audience and people subsequently trying to justify it by stating it is a business decision, not a racial one), as a minority, one cannot help but worry about the tone of proceedings.

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah