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  • Halimah Yacob’s Candidacy Is Jumping The Gun On Ruling On Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s EP Challenge

    Halimah Yacob’s Candidacy Is Jumping The Gun On Ruling On Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s EP Challenge

    Why is HY so eager to announce her candidacy for the EP and why is PM so eager to endorse her?

    What is their reason for jumping the gun ahead of the judgement of the 5-judge Apex Court on TCB appeal? There are three possible reasons:

    1. They are confident that the judgement will be in their favour.

    2. They have a sinister motive.

    3. To tell the public that whatever the judgement – open or closed only to the Malays – HY will be the PAPpie standard bearer.

    I think and hope it is the third scenario. If it pans out, I will be the first to declare my support for her.

    Otherwise, I will stay out and not be a party to a farce.

     

    Source: Ismail Kassim

  • 1 Dead, 4 Taken To Hospital After Car Flips Over In Fatal Accident At Woodlands Avenue 12

    1 Dead, 4 Taken To Hospital After Car Flips Over In Fatal Accident At Woodlands Avenue 12

    A motorcyclist was killed and four other people, including a one-year-old infant, were taken to hospital after a car flipped over onto the opposite lane at Woodlands Avenue 12 on Monday evening (Aug 7).

    Channel NewsAsia understands the driver of the car was trying to avoid another vehicle when his car hit a traffic light and overturned.

    Police said they were alerted to an accident involving a car, a lorry and two motorcycles at the junction of Woodlands Avenue 12 and Woodlands Avenue 1 at around 7.30pm.

    A 30-year-old male motorcyclist was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene. The other motorcyclist, a Malaysian, and a married couple in the car were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. The driver of the car is in his early thirties.

    Police said that the couple’s one-year-old child who was in the car as well, was taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

    Police investigations are ongoing.

    Dashcam footage circulating on social media showed a dark-coloured car flipping over a road divider onto the lane opposite. One motorcyclist appears to be knocked into the path of the lorry and the other motorcyclist rams into the overturned car and falls over.

    Members of the public were seen rushing forth to help. One man pulled the infant from the overturned car, and another passenger appeared to crawl out of the car.

    Other pictures on social media showed debris and what looked like vehicle parts scattered across the junction, as well as what appeared to be a dislodged pedestrian crossing light.

    Facebook user Wilson Lee shared video of the aftermath of the accident. He said that there was “massive congestion” when he took the video at around 10pm.

     

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com

  • SDP: Halimah’s Resignation Is A Deliberate, Calculated Ploy By PAP To Remove One Of Its MPs To Stand For Another Election

    SDP: Halimah’s Resignation Is A Deliberate, Calculated Ploy By PAP To Remove One Of Its MPs To Stand For Another Election

    Ms Halimah Yacob has announced that she will contest in the coming Presidential Elections and has resigned as MP for the Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.

    The GRC system was introduced in 1988, the official reason being “to ensure that Singapore’s parliament would always be multiracial in composition and representation.” As such, the constitution requires that GRC teams include at least one member from a minority community.

    Given this rationale, Ms Halimah’s stepping down as MP runs counter to the essence of the GRC system both in letter and spirit. Her resignation must necessarily trigger a by-election in Marsiling-Yew Tee.

    The government determines the number of GRCs needed at any one general election necessary for fair representation. If the government can remove a minority MP at will after he/she is elected, why set the number of GRCs – and therefore the number of minority MPs – to be contested in the first place?

    In addition, the government stipulates the particular ethnic representation for a particular GRC so as to ensure that the ethnic community in that GRC is adequately and effectively represented. By removing that MP, is the government not also removing that community’s representation in Parliament?

    To be clear, Ms Halimah’s resignation is a deliberate and calculated ploy by the PAP to remove one of its MPs in order that she may stand for another election. The PAP cannot be allowed to vacate elected Parliamentary seats just to maximise its electoral chances for another office. It is an abuse of the system and makes a mockery of the general elections.

    If the PAP insists on taking such a step, it must abide by the rule of law and call for a by-election. It cannot have its cake and eat it too.

    Minister Chan Chun Sing says, however, that no by-election will be held if Ms Halimah were to resign from her seat. Such a unilateral and unconstitutional measure runs counter to the concept of the GRC system and must be challenged.

    To this end, the SDP will actively explore legal remedies to ensure that the PAP does not willy-nilly change rules or interpret the law to suit its own political ends by calling for a by-election in Marsiling-Yew Tee.

     

    Source: http://yoursdp.org

  • Man Offered To Ride Malaysian Couple’s Tire Punctured Motorcycle And Brought Them Safely To Workshop

    Man Offered To Ride Malaysian Couple’s Tire Punctured Motorcycle And Brought Them Safely To Workshop

    Otw balik keje . .tayar motor pecah atas highway . Behenti tepi jalan check . .dah gelong dah . Tak boleh naik berdua . .then tasya cakap kat husband,tak pe lah .g bengkel dulu . .dah repair nanti datang ambil tasya kt tepi highway ni . .sebab tk boleh naik berdua kan . .tapi husband cakap ,tak pe lah . .kita jalan kaki tolak je motor . .time jalan kaki tuh dah fikir,cmne lah kita nak tolak motor naik flyover nanti . .hahahaha . .otw jalan kaki,ada motor bhnti . .tnye knp semua . .then check tayar,dia terus bagi kunci motor kat husband untuk kami berdua n dia bawak motor yang tayar pecah tuh . .dalam hati bersyukur sangat ada orang tolong . .dah sampai tol setia alam,ingatkan dia akan drop kteorang kt situ rupa nyer dia straight je masuk setia alam g bengkel kat setia alam . .lagi bersyukur sebab dah dipermudahkan . .dah la jauh sebab dah hujung setia alam . Dengan tayar dah makin gelong . Dah sampai bengkel,bengkel tutup sebab dah 7 lebih . .dia kata tutup lah . Pergi kat meru yea . .dia bawak ke meru . Nasib baik bengkel tuh bukak lagi . .btw thanks to abg baju merah sebab dah tolong kami . .kalau abg baju merah tak tolong,mungkin pukul 9 malam baru kami sampai tol setia alam sebab tolak motor . Even tak kenal pun. .Semoga dimurahkan rezeki dan dipermudahkan .

    P/s : buat husband ai,nanti kalau kita dah senang ,jangan lupa ai yang pernah jalan kaki tolak motor dengan you

     

    Source: Natasya Khairuddin

  • Yuna Engaged To Malaysian Director Adam Sinclair

    Yuna Engaged To Malaysian Director Adam Sinclair

    Yuna has got engaged to boyfriend Adam Sinclair, the Malaysian singer-songwriter formally announced on Sunday (Aug 6).

    It was a “traditional Malay engagement” ceremony, said the 31-year-old, held at her family home in Shah Alam, Selangor on Saturday.

    “We decorated my whole house with fresh flowers, opened our home to Adam’s family and our uncles (representing our families) had a little chit chat about our plan getting hitched.

     

    “They exchanged beautiful poems and our families exchanged gifts… making this whole thing legit (sic)!” said Yuna, who is signed with David Foster’s Verve Music Group, on Instagram.

    The traditional Malay gift exchange – a move Yuna described as “staying true to our roots” – involved both sides presenting items like dress material, cakes and other sweets on trays.

    In an interview with Channel NewsAsia in November last year, the award-winning star said she thought it “important to hold on to (her) Malaysian roots” while pursuing her career in the US.

    The event was pastel-themed, with Yuna wearing a periwinkle blue lace dress by Malaysian designer Hatta Dolmat.

     

    Earlier on Saturday, 33-year-old Adam, who directed Yuna’s Pulang music video, shared a photo of him as a child with the caption: “Are you sure, @yunaleese?”. The caption was addressed to Yuna on her private Instagram meant “for family and friends”.

     

    The Lullabies and Rescue star shared a childhood photo of her own on her @yunamusic account as well, with the caption: “We came a long way, didn’t we?”

    Yuna’s other half is brother to Malaysian actor Ashraf Sinclair, who has been married to Indonesian star Bunga Citra Lestari since 2008.

     

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com