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  • Ciptaan Lagu Kebangsaan Singapura Oleh Allayarham Zubir Said Dianggap Peristiwa Paling Penting Dalam Sejarah Singapura Oleh Masyarakat Melayu

    Ciptaan Lagu Kebangsaan Singapura Oleh Allayarham Zubir Said Dianggap Peristiwa Paling Penting Dalam Sejarah Singapura Oleh Masyarakat Melayu

    Lagi Kebangsaan Singapura, yang dicipta oleh Allahyarham Zubir Said pada 1958 dan dinyanyikan di sekolah dan upacara rasmi lain di sini, dilihat sebagai peristiwa paling penting dalam sejarah Singapura oleh masyarakat Melayu setempat.

    Masyarakat Melayu Singapura juga melihat peristiwa itu sebagai paling penting dalam membentuk generasi akan datang di negara ini.

    Mereka turut meletakkan penciptaan ikrar kebangsaan sebagai antara peristiwa paling utama dalam sejarah Singapura bagi generasi sekarang dan akan datang.

    Demikian antara dapatan tinjauan terbaru oleh Insititut Pengajian Dasar (IPS), Universiti Nasional Singapura (NUS), mengenai Tanggapan terhadap Sejarah Singapura yang dilakukan antara Ogos dengan Oktober tahun lalu.

    Sejumlah 1,516 rakyat Singapura ditinjau mengenai tanggapan mereka terhadap 50 peristiwa penting dalam sejarah moden Singapura – sejak pendaratan Sir Stamford Raffles di negara ini hingga pilihan raya umum pada 2011.

    Soalan-soalan tinjauan telah diberikan dalam empat bahasa rasmi di Singapura – Inggeris, Melayu, Cina dan Tamil.

    “Saya fikir kaum minoriti, secara umumnya, mereka lebih sedar tentang konteks berlakunya insiden-insiden bersejarah. Mereka lebih banyak menumpukan perhatiannya kepada ehwal semasa yang dikaitkan dengan berlakunya peristiwa-peristiwa itu,” kata ketua pengkaji tinjauan tersebut, Dr Leong Chan-Hoong, ketika diminta oleh Berita Harian mengulas dapatan itu.

    Sambil memberi contoh beberapa lagi peristiwa yang tidak mudah dilupakan oleh masyarakat Melayu – termasuk rusuhan Martha Hertogh atau ‘Natrah’ pada 1950-an, komplot pengganasan Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) pada 2002 dan pelolosan Mas Selamat dari tahanan keselamatan – Dr Leong, yang juga Zamil Kajian Kanan IPS, berkata peristiwa yang berkaitan dengan isu perkauman lebih diingati masyarakat yang terjejas.

    “Kedua-dua peristiwa – rusuhan Maria Hertogh pada 1950-an dan isu sekitaran komplot pengganasan JI pada awal 2000 – lebih diingati kaum Melayu berbanding dengan kaum lain,” tegasnya.

    Beberapa peristiwa bersejarah lain, termasuk pembukaan rasmi Lapangan Terbang Changi (1981), pelancaran rasmi khidmat MRT (1988), pembentukan Lembaga Perumahan dan Pembangunan atau HDB (1960) dan peristiwa mantan perdana menteri, Encik Lee Kuan Yew, menangis di televisyen selepas perpisahan antara Singapura dengan Malaysia (1965), juga tidak terhakis daripada ingatan dan dianggap penting oleh masyarakat Melayu.

    Bagi generasi mendatang pula, masyarakat Melayu menanggap peristiwa penciptaan lagu kebangsaan, penularan wabak Sars dan dasar dwibahasa yang diperkenalkan di sekolah pada 1966, sebagai antara peristiwa bersejarah penting yang tidak harus dilupakan mereka.


    “Saya fikir kaum minoriti, secara umumnya, mereka lebih sedar tentang konteks berlakunya insiden-insiden bersejarah. Mereka lebih banyak menumpukan perhatiannya kepada ehwal semasa yang dikaitkan dengan berlakunya peristiwa-peristiwa itu.”

    – Dr Dr Leong Chan-Hoong.


    Tanggapan Melayu Singapura

    10 peristiwa utama dianggap penting oleh masyarakat Melayu

    1. Penciptaan lagu kebangsaan ‘Majulah Singapura’ (1958)

    2. Penciptaan ikrar kebangsaan Singapura (1966)

    3. Pembukaan rasmi Lapangan Terbang Changi (1981)

    4. Pelancaran rasmi khidmat MRT (1988)

    5.Pembentukan Lembaga Perumahan dan Pembangunan atau HDB (1960)

    6. Peristiwa mantan perdana menteri, Encik Lee Kuan Yew, menangis di televisyen selepas perpisahan antara Singapura dengan Malaysia (1965)

    7. Mata wang Singapura diperkenalkan (1967)

    8. Pembentukan Parti Tindakan Rakyat atau PAP (1954)

    9. Cukai barangan dan perkhidmatan (GST) diperkenalkan (1994)

    10. Projek NEWater siap (2000)

    10 peristiwa utama masyarakat Melayu anggap penting bagi generasi mendatang

    1. Penciptaan lagu kebangsaan ‘Majulah Singapura’ (1958)

    2. Penularan wabak Sars (2003)

    3. Pengenalan dasar dwibahasa di sekolah-sekolah (1966)

    4. Penciptaan ikrar kebangsaan Singapura (1966)

    5. Pembukaan rasmi Lapangan Terbang Changi (1981)

    6. Kemasukan kumpulan pertama anggota Perkhidmatan Negara (1967)

    7. Rusuhan kaum (1964)

    8. Pelancaran rasmi khidmat MRT (1988)

    9. Mata wang Singapura diperkenalkan (1967)

    10. Pembentukan Lembaga Perumahan dan Pembangunan atau HDB (1960)

     

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg

  • Mufti Mesir Gesa Agar Cari Huraian Yang Adil Dan Elak Gunakan Keganasan

    Mufti Mesir Gesa Agar Cari Huraian Yang Adil Dan Elak Gunakan Keganasan

    Muslim yang berasa sedih dan terguris akibat penghinaan ke atas Nabi Muhammad saw menyusuli penerbitan karikatur di majalah Charlie Hebdo, diajak mencari huraian yang adil berdasarkan perundangan negara dan mengelak daripada menggunakan keganasan.

    Reaksi terbaik bagi umat Islam menangani kejadian sedemikian ialah mencontohi amalan Nabi Muhammad yang membalas setiap keburukan dengan sifat kebaikan.

    Demikian pesanan Mufti Besar Mesir Sheikh Dr Shawki Allam di Seminar Asatizah yang berlangsung di Hab Islam di Braddell Road semalam.

    Seminar anjuran Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis) yang dihadiri sekitar 200 peserta itu membawa tajuk Penguasa Agama dan Pembentukan Sebuah Masyarakat Harmoni dalam Dunia Majmuk.

    Antara yang hadir di acara itu ialah Ketua Eksekutif Muis, Haji Abdul Razak Hassan Maricar dan Mufti Dr Mohamed Fatris Bakaram.

    Di seminar itu, Sheikh Dr Shawki diminta mengulas tentang isu penerbitan karikatur yang menghina Nabi Muhammad saw oleh majalah Charlie Hebdo di Paris dan serangan oleh sekumpulan lelaki bersenjata ke atas pejabat majalah itu yang mengakibatkan 17 nyawa terkorban.

    “Kita rasa sedih dan terguris apabila kita mendengar atau melihat penghinaan ke atas Nabi Muhammad saw.

    “Namun kita harus mencari huraian yang adil kepada semua menerusi perundangan atau sistem negara,” kata Sheikh Dr Shawki.

    Sebagai anggota masyarakat yang bertanggungjawab, beliau menekankan individu tidak berhak menjatuhkan hukum dengan sewenang-wenangnya apabila berdepan dengan sesuatu yang tidak menyenangkan atau apabila menyaksikan sesuatu jenayah.

    Cara yang lebih berhemah menurut beliau ialah mencontohi amalan Nabi Muhammad saw yang membalas setiap keburukan dengan kebaikan dan cara yang berakhlak.

    Terdapat banyak contoh dalam riwayat Nabi yang mempamerkan sifat beliau yang berahlak.

    Sheikh Dr Shawki menukil kisah seorang jiran yang selalu membuang najis dan kotoran di hadapan kediaman Nabi Muhammad saw.

    “Suatu hari, Nabi Muhammad saw mendapati tiada kotoran yang dibuang di hadapan rumahnya dan beliau diberitahu jiran yang sering mengotori lamannya sedang sakit.

    “Nabi Muhammad bersifat mulia dan menziarahi jiran berkenaan,” kata beliau.

    Sheikh Dr Shawki berada di sini dalam rangka lawatan empat hari bermula kelmarin di bawah Program Pelawat Unggul (DVP) Muis.

    Ini kali pertama ketua agama itu, yang dilantik menjadi Mufti ke-19 Mesir pada 2013, mengunjungi Singapura dan rantau ini.

    Sheikh Dr Shawki seorang pemimpin Islam dan ulama yang dihormati dan dikenali kerana dedikasi dan usahanya ke arah keamanan menerusi pemahaman masyarakat yang pelbagai dan berbeza.

    Semalam beliau menghadiri jamuan malam bersama pemimpin berbilang agama.

    Hari ini beliau dijadualkan bertemu Presiden Tony Tan Keng Yam dan Perdana Menteri Lee Hsien Loong di Istana.

    Selepas itu beliau akan mengunjungi Pusat Sumber dan Kaunseling, Kumpulan Pemulihan Keagamaan (RRG) di Masjid Khadijah.

    Malam ini pula beliau akan menyampaikan Ceramah Muis di Hotel Orchard.

     

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg

  • Dear PM Can You Pass Me Your Minister?

    Dear PM Can You Pass Me Your Minister?

    I wonder which country in the world has a labour movement which writes to the head of Government to ask that he release an office-holder so that the man can vie for office in the…labour movement. But I guess it’s better than the parachuting of an unknown into a big office on someone’s say-so.

    It says much about the symbiotic relationship between the G (or is it the People’s Action Party?) and the NTUC, that no one has said anything about the above “poaching’’ process. One guess is that the concept is so in-grained or well accepted  that nobody talks about it anymore. The vision of the union and the G is aligned, and leaders move in and out. They even maintain offices on both sides of a (non-existent) fence!

    So Mr Chan Chun Sing is the man of the moment. The PM has said okay and Mr Chan has to win the votes of delegates in October to get the top job of secretary-general. We all know that the head of the NTUC has to be politically acceptable. As well as the ability to win the hearts and minds of workers. So both have to go together.

    There is a precedent in the form of Mr Lim Chee Onn, once the flavor of the month and among the front-runners for the premiership. Although he got the top job with the blessings of the political leadership, he was removed as the secretary-general because his leadership style rankled on the rank-and-file. I’m basing this on memory because I’m having a hard time researching the background. I’m not sure if he was removed at a conference or simply told to step aside in favour of someone more palatable, in this case, the late president Ong Teng Cheong.

    I am among those who were surprised at the choice of the NTUC central committee. MSM reports that even unionists were surprised. In fact, I am more surprised that there has been no successor groomed for Mr Lim Swee Say’s job after all these years. Nobody knew that Mr Lim was going to turn 62 soon and has to retire? Its current crop of deputy/assistant sec-gens not good enough?

    As for the choice of Mr Chan, the surprise is that a career civil servant whose only experience has been in one “unique” sector, the military, should have been the choice of the key union leaders. Perhaps, it is because he heads the Ministry of Social and Family Development, which deals with bread-and-butter issues of the less privileged that makes top union leaders think he is a good choice? It cannot only be because he drinks coffee with taxi-drivers; he’s an advisor to the taxi drivers’ unions. Or because he can adopt as folksy a manner as Mr Lim?

    All I can say is that we seem to have an amazing paucity of talent, so much so that established institutions here have to raid each other, like companies poaching in the private sector. Or is there a bigger, long-term objective in sight, such as Mr Chan is being tested for an even bigger job. Much as Mr Lim Chee Onn was. Getting the endorsement of the labour movement, which has nearly one million members, is a big deal. Given that Mr Chan is a first-term MP, you might call this “hot housing’’.

    Okay, I am rambling. Sorry.

    Anyway, I have always liked Mr Lim Swee Say, since the days he was an officer in the Economic Development Board. Power and position hasn’t changed him one bit. I liked him even more in the past few years for what he was doing for the labour movement. For too long, I’ve always thought the NTUC was placing too much focus on the “social’’ aspects of its mission, such as setting up its “finest’’ supermarkets and pre-skools which it can’t spel, instead of the “organising’’ aspects of a trade union. It should be looking at wages, recruitment and workplace practices. I blame the union for not detecting the long stagnation of wages at the lowest levels.

    But I can see more “organizing’’ work done in recent time. It has managed to pry open the two integrated resorts and unionized their workers. It has tried to rectify the low wages of some sectors by combining a wage floor with a productivity ladder. It has pushed for $50 salary raises within the National Wages Council. And it has finally managed to get PMEs under the labour movement’s umbrella. I still think it needs to do a better job of selling the “re-hiring’’ of older workers to the people. That is not about working till you drop dead, but about being able to work beyond a certain age if you want to.

    It has also always been a source of wonder to me that the NTUC does not have its own labour experts in a strategic policy unit who can crunch the numbers on wages and employment. The labour movement should be leading the charge, rather than depend on the statistics and pronouncements of the Manpower ministry.

    If Mr Chan does get the vote in October, I hope that he will carry on the organizing aspects of the movement. After all, he has headed a big organization like the military and is now the PAP organizing secretary. Perhaps, under his charge, the NTUC will be the first thing that comes to the minds of workers who feel they have been short-changed in some way. And that it is not just a place to buy groceries.

    It remains for me to wish Mr Lim and Mr Chan all the best!

     

    Source: https://berthahenson.wordpress.com

  • SDP Goes On First Walkabout In Sembawang GRC and Bukit Panjang SMC

    SDP Goes On First Walkabout In Sembawang GRC and Bukit Panjang SMC

    The opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) today (Jan 25) conducted its first walkabout since it launched its preparations for the next General Election, due to be held by January 2017.

    The walkabout kicked off at the Marsiling Food Centre, with about 50 members and volunteers taking part. They covered several markets and food centres around Marsiling, Fajar and Bangkit, which lie within the boundaries of Sembawang GRC and Bukit Panjang SMC.

    Leading the walkabout was SDP Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin. Dr Chee has said he plans to run in the upcoming election, after sitting out the previous two because of bankruptcy. Also present was SDP Vice-Chairman John Tan, who ran in the 2011 General Election.

    “We want to continue to be able to tell people that they need a voice in the Parliament – a voice that will help them articulate their concerns and their worries,” said Dr Chee.

    SDP also handed out copies of its newsletter, The New Democrat, which highlights its alternative vision for the Central Provident Fund system.

    Dr Chee said he does not think starting SDP’s preparations early will result in them losing momentum. “We are not doing this for ourselves,” he said. “It is a cause and causes are timeless. There is no time frame to it.”

    Despite the loss of star candidates after the last General Election in 2011, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) remains confident it will be able to put forward a strong team for the next election, said party chief Chee Soon Juan.

    Speaking to reporters after a walkabout at Marsiling Food Centre yesterday, Dr Chee was coy about new faces in his party. “For sure, this is going to be something to watch. We’re going to be able to put up a very good slate of candidates. We’ve got new people coming in,” he said. “People are getting excited about our message and … they want to be a part of this. We feel very good and very confident at this stage.”

    In attendance at the walkabout were about 50 members and volunteers, who distributed the party’s newsletter The New Democrat and spoke with residents at several food centres and markets in Marsiling, Fajar and Bangkit. These places fall within Sembawang GRC and the single-seat Bukit Panjang — two constituencies in which the SDP contested during the 2011 GE and plans to stand in again.

    Since 2011, the SDP has lost several high-profile members, among them Mr Tan Jee Say and Dr Ang Yong Guan, who set up their own political party, Singaporeans First. Ms Michelle Lee, who contested in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC under the SDP banner, has been seen at Workers’ Party events, while Dr Vincent Wijeysingha resigned in 2013 to focus on civil activism.

    The party has also announced that it would release an economic policy paper next month and a party manifesto in May. It also plans to introduce potential candidates in October.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Arab-American Civil Rights Group Says Movie American Sniper Spurs Threats Against Muslims

    Arab-American Civil Rights Group Says Movie American Sniper Spurs Threats Against Muslims

    CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Arab-American civil rights organization has asked “American Sniper” director Clint Eastwood and actor Bradley Cooper to denounce hateful language directed at U.S. Arabs and Muslims after the release of the film about a Navy marksman.

    The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said in a letter to Eastwood and Cooper that its members had become targets of “violent threats” since early last week, before “American Sniper” went into general release. The letter said Eastwood and Cooper, the film’s producer and star, could bolster the ADC’s message of tolerance.

    “It is our opinion that you could play a significant role in assisting us in alleviating the danger we are facing,” said the letter, dated Jan. 21. Reuters was provided a copy on Saturday.

    The film is a box office hit and has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture.

    The ADC said it was working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and police to assess the threats.

    The film tells the story of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL sniper. His 160 kills in Iraq is considered the highest count in U.S. military history. Some critics have said the film glorifies war and sanitizes Kyle, who called Muslims “savages” in his memoir.

    Kyle was killed by a disgruntled U.S. veteran at a Texas gun range in 2013.

    ADC President Samer Khalaf said on Saturday that it did not make sense to call for a boycott given the film’s box office success.

    “If we boycott it, it will only cause people to want to see it more,” he said.

    The Washington-based ADC asked Arabs and Muslims to send them copies of threatening messages they had received. More than 100 have been collected, all from social media.

    “Nice to see a movie where the Arabs are portrayed for who they really are – vermin scum intent on destroying us,” said one Twitter post collected by the ADC.

    Jack Horner, a spokesman for Warner Bros., the studio releasing the film, said in a statement that the company, a unit of Time Warner Co, “denounces any violent, anti-Muslim rhetoric, including that which has been attributed to viewers” of the film.

    He added, “Hate and bigotry have no place in the important dialogue that this picture has generated about the veteran experience.”

    Spokesmen for Eastwood and Cooper had no immediate response to requests for comment.

     

    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com

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