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  • Halimah Yacob: “I Owe A Duty To Singapore And The People”

    Halimah Yacob: “I Owe A Duty To Singapore And The People”

    Reflecting on her tenure as Speaker of the House, Madam Halimah Yacob said she tried her utmost to give Members of Parliament (MPs) a fair opportunity to ask questions and was “very even-handed” to both backbenchers and political officeholders. On the occasions when she had to interject and remind MPs — including those from the Workers’ Party — not to launch into a debate during question time, she said: “I do not make the rules, Parliament makes the rules. And I have to apply the rules.”

    She added: “Under the Standing Order, it’s very clear, question time is not debate. If you want to debate on an issue, you file a motion.” Last week, Mdm Halimah stepped down as Speaker and an MP in order to run in next month’s Presidential Election. Having been an MP, she said she understands how MPs “work very hard to prepare speeches and questions”. Her advice to MPs is to prepare questions in a “very succinct way where they can elicit the responses that they want”. They should also anticipate the likely answers, and have supplementary questions ready, she added.

    Mdm Halimah was a Minister of State at the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) when she was asked in December 2012 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to take over from former Speaker Michael Palmer, who resigned in the wake of an extra-marital affair. Barely a month later, she was elected by the House as Speaker. With “very little learning time” to familiarise herself with the role, she had to preside over the February 2013 debate on the Population White Paper.

    “It was a rather controversial debate which I had to take care of. Soon after … we had the Budget (debate),” recalled Mdm Halimah, adding that her legal training helped her to “catch up a bit faster”. She quipped: “And I was a backbencher for 10 years … some of the time, I had irked the previous Speaker — that gives me some insights to being a Speaker.” As Speaker, she had to be above the political fray — and even more so if she becomes President. Mdm Halimah, whose resignation from the People’s Action Party ended decades of association with the ruling party, reiterated that she does not owe a duty to a political party. “I owe a duty to Singapore and the people … I will be answerable to Singapore and the people,” she said.

     

    Source: Today

  • What Is Halimah Yacob’s Biological Descent? Indian Muslim Father + Chinese Mother?

    What Is Halimah Yacob’s Biological Descent? Indian Muslim Father + Chinese Mother?

    So, what is Halimah Yacob’s biological descent? Indian Muslim Father + Chinese Mother? Can anyone verify?

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    There are all sorts of rumors surrounding Halimah. Whilst I do not support her on grounds of not being a Malay per se and the way the constitution was amended to cover her limitations, I am against Halimah bashing.

    Can anyone verify that she was born to a Chinese mother and adopted by a Malay. People in the neighbourhood where she grew up should know. They can help to rubbish this claim if untrue.

    There are also claims that she studied in Singapore Chinese Girls School. Her primary school classmates, school mates and teachers can either confirm or rubbish this claim.

    This claim is substantiated by quoting Halimah herself. She said that from the age of 8 she was raised by the Malay mother. If so, it is asked who raised her before that, Her Chinese mother???

    Also how many Malay parents enrolled their children in Singapore Chinese Girls School in the 60s -70s. If Halimah studied there then her Chinese mother a hawker, must have enrolled her there.

    Halimah will not get my vote. That is my considered choice. I will also not be a bystander and watch wicked lies smear a person. Lies repeated over and over becomes the truth. As level headed Singaporeans we have a responsibility to vindicate Halimah and put the rumours to rest if they are indeed rumours.

     

    Source: Balasubramaniam Murugesu

  • The Reason / Rationale For The Low Volume For The Call To Prayers (Azan) At Mosques In Singapore

    The Reason / Rationale For The Low Volume For The Call To Prayers (Azan) At Mosques In Singapore

    What is the reason / rationale for the low volume for the call to prayers (azan) at mosques in Singapore?

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    Apa yang diceritakan di sini adalah sekadar self-reflection (muhasabah diri sebagai Muslim):-

    DISEBALIK PERLAHANNYA LAUNGAN AZAN

    Bila ada petisyen minta azan diperlahankan di masjid-masjid kerana mengganggu penduduk setempat MP muslims di Singapura sangat marah. Maka, PM Singapura masa tu Lee Kuan Yew telah membuat tinjauan di masjid-masjid di Singapura pada waktu solat fardhu untuk melihat sendiri bilangan jemaah yg hadir….

    Ditanyanya apakah rasional dilaungkan azan? Maka MP Muslims menjawab “supaya kaum muslimin dtg bersolat di masjid”…. Jika azan sepatutnya mendapat respon 500 muslim di kawasan itu kenapa hanya 2 baris (2 saf – lebih kurang 30 org) yang hadir setiap kali solat fardhu. Dan keadaan ini sama sepanjang 2 bulan tinjauannya. Maka katanya lagi -permintaan siapakah yang wajar dipertimbangkan…? Majoriti penduduk yg merasakan azan bising dan mengganggu atau cuma 30 org yang menyahut seruan azan itu? MP muslims terkedu….

    Kita marah hak kita dirampas, tapi apa tanggungjawab kita menjaga hak itu? Bila keputusan dibuat berdasarkan majoriti kita sebagai orang Islam berasa amat marah dan kononnya tersinggung…. Dimana kekuatan kita???? Kita marah orang hina agama kita tapi adakah kita memuliakannya???? Marilah sama-sama kita muhasabah diri buat kita di dunia ini bagi muslimin-muslimin sekalian. Di mana kesungguhan untuk solat berjemaah di masjid…. Berbaloikah kita terlampau mengejar kesenangan hidup di dunia yang sementara tanpa sedar maruah agama tergadai…

    Jom kita jadi muslim terpilih yang Allah sebut dalam al-Quran sebagai kuntum khairun ummah… Jom kita ubah diri sebelum membawa perubahan kepada yang lain… Buat renungan kita…

     

    Source: Nasihat Ustaz

  • Malay Parents Went To Shop, Left Baby Crying In The Car, SCDF Had To Break Open to Rescue

    Malay Parents Went To Shop, Left Baby Crying In The Car, SCDF Had To Break Open to Rescue

    A video was on facebook posted by Fizah roughly for around 10mins. The SCDF was already at scene when the video started, and four of them we trying to force open the car doors to save a crying baby. A voice could be heard in the video saying that it had been 20 minutes since the baby had been crying and stuck in the car. Finally a Malay man ran to the car and claimed that it’s his. He immediately took his baby out of the car. A bystander, an Indian lady could be seen lashing out at the man for his recklessness and for causing a scene. What was worst was that he had wasted the time of the paramedics and ambulance who came, and the policemen who were at the scene to assist. His actions caused trouble to alot of people including the residents there who were disturbed by the wailing of the baby trapped in the car. Whatever excuses it may be, it is never the right thing to do leaving a child unattended, in a car no less. There is not a single excuse justified for such an act

    Where is the man’s sense of responsibility? What happens if the baby were to have suffocated in the car?

     

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  • Planning A Holiday? 2018 School Calendar Is Out

    Planning A Holiday? 2018 School Calendar Is Out

    Those who are planning to go for a holiday next year, may want to take a look at the 2018 school calendar before you book your flights.

     

    Source: Channel News Asia

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