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  • Pelakon Osman Zailani Terlantar Di Hospital Selama 18 Hari

    Pelakon Osman Zailani Terlantar Di Hospital Selama 18 Hari

    Bulan Ramadan dan Syawal ini mungkin bulan yang perit bagi pelakon mapan Osman Zailani. Beliau dimasukkan ke hospital, bukan sehari dua, tetapi kini sudah 18 hari beliau berada di rumah sakit akibat jangkitan paru-paru. Sumber yang dekat dengan Osman Zailani berkata pelakon itu yang nama sebenarnya ialah Mohammad Bin Kechot, dimasukkan ke Hospital Khoo Teck Puat dua hari sebelum Hari Raya. Sumber itu memberitahu bahawa sejauh ini keadaan Osman Zailani masih tiada perubahan. Menyifatkan Osman Zailani sebagai seorang yang “bersemangat kental”, beliau menambah, meskipun kurang sihat ingatan beliau masih kuat.

    Osman Zailani mewarnai industri seni Singapura dan Malaysia menerusi drama-drama dan filem, antaranya Banting (2014), Suratan Kasih (1995) dan Sesejuk Airmata Ibu (1981). Osman Zailani juga antara segelintir pelakon berbakat besar yang berjaya mendapat perhatian penerbit dan pengarah filem antarabangsa, dan pernah berlakon dalam siri drama dan filem Hollywood. Pada tahun 1979, beliau pernah menjayakan watak Ong Lee dalam siri televisyen popular Hawaii Five-O dan juga watak Bob dalam filem Saint Jack.

    Sumber itu memberitahu: “Kami tak kisah jika orang tahu Osman Zailani (tidak sihat), kami mohon doa daripada orang ramai. Daripada mereka yang kenal beliau, baik yang sudah lama mengenali beliau, mahupun yang baru. Cuma kalau boleh jangan dimuat naik gambar-gambar beliau dalam keadaan tidak sihat (ke media sosial). Osman Zailani sendiri mungkin tidak mahu gambar beliau dimuat naik ke media sosial. Kita harus hormati permintaan itu. Kami hanya mengharapkan doa orang ramai.”

    Sumber: Berita Mediacorp

  • Suami Isteri Ini Anjur ‘Homestay’ Tanpa Bayaran, Sebarkan Budaya Melayu Kepada Pelancong

    Suami Isteri Ini Anjur ‘Homestay’ Tanpa Bayaran, Sebarkan Budaya Melayu Kepada Pelancong

    Sepasang suami isteri di Singapura memperkenalkan sebuah konsep inap desa atau ‘homestay’ yang tujuan mendedahkan budaya masyarakat Melayu/Islam kepada pelancong asing. Sehingga kini, Benko Student Homestay itu, yang sudah tujuh tahun beroperasi, berjaya menarik 130 peserta. Namun yang menariknya, program inap desa ini tidak mencari keuntungan dari para pelancong.

    Idea untuk menawarkan program inap desa kepada pelajar asing tercetus ketika Cik Azrahayu Ahmad Afandi dan suami, Nicolas Benko, berbulan madu di Scotland. Mereka ketika itu tinggal dengan sebuah keluarga Melayu/Scotland berasal dari Singapura. Layanan mesra tuan rumah itu mendorong pasangan suami isteri ini untuk membuka Benko Student Homestay di Singapura. Tahun ini, mereka sekeluarga berkongsi cara hidup masyarakat Islam sempena Ramadan dan Syawal bersama pelancong dari Argentina dan Filipina.

    Menariknya, Cik Azra dan suami tidak mengenakan sebarang bayaran bagi para pelancong yang menumpang di rumah mereka. Sebaliknya Cik Azra hanya mahukan pelancong yang menginap di rumahnya supaya berkongsi satu kepakaran atau mengajar sesuatu kepada beliau dan keluarganya Bagi para pelajar asing pula, mereka membuat bayaran nominal untuk tempoh tinggal sekurang-kurangnya enam bulan. Khas sempena Hari Raya Aidilfitri ini, tetamu Cik Azra juga mempelajari cara membuat kuih-muih tradisional Melayu, selain bergaya dengan baju raya.

     

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • Why Is The Malay Mainstream Media Keeping Mum About Pink Dot?

    Why Is The Malay Mainstream Media Keeping Mum About Pink Dot?

    With the Pink Dot happening tomorrow, the Malay mainstream media is still not reporting anything on it. Silence on the issue does not translate to the Malay community being disinterested in the issue of homosexuality. Are there no homosexuals in the Malay community? The issue, at the minimum, has to be discussed in the public sphere so that our community can guide these homosexual individuals to the right path.

    Yes, you may argue that some scientific research found that homosexuals are born with it, and it is not a matter of choice, and even so, that leaves us a room to participate in discussions on how best to help these homosexual individuals. By keeping quiet, we are not doing enough to help our fellow Malay community members who are homosexuals. The Malay mainstream media has to get the discussion going to get a sensing on how the Malay community feels about the whole issue. Let’s not deny the very existence of homosexuals in our community by keeping quiet.

    Some individuals from the Malay community have written to Rilek1Corner to express their disappointment and are upset that Pink Dot is happening yet again this year, and that they are having a hard time explaining to their  children about the whole homosexuality issue and what Pink Dot aims to achieve out of the yearly Pink picnic. They are concerned that their children may somehow be influenced by such unIslamic lifestyle. It is about time that as a community, we should start the discussion going. As a voice of the community, the Malay mainstream media should get the ball rolling by initiating discussions on homosexuality.

     

    Rilek1Corner

  • Why Throw Pork At Your Muslim Neighbour In A Multi-Religious Singapore?

    Why Throw Pork At Your Muslim Neighbour In A Multi-Religious Singapore?

    A 63-year-old woman found guilty of harassing her Muslim neighbours was sentenced to a 2-year mandatory treatment order on Friday (Jun 30). Lee Dji Lin, who was diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, pleaded guilty in April to one count of harassment and one count of “intentionally wounding the religious feelings” of her neighbour, Ms Marliah Jonet, by throwing raw pork at the front door of her Tampines flat.

    A third charge of harassment for taunting Ms Marliah with a pig-shaped figurine and calling her “babi”, or pig in Malay, was taken into consideration. The court heard that on Jun 14, 2016, Ms Marliah heard Lee’s shouts from her kitchen window at about 11.30pm. When Ms Marliah looked out of the window, she saw Lee holding a bamboo pole with a pair of panties attached to one end. Lee was trying to swing the pole up and towards Ms Marliah’s window, the court heard.

    A few days later, on Jun 18, Ms Marliah opened her front door at about 11.40pm to find a slab of raw pork on her doorstep. She told her daughter to review footage from a CCTV camera the family had installed outside their flat. The footage captured Lee throwing the slab of raw meat towards Ms Marliah’s unit at about 8pm that day. Ms Marliah called the police next morning. For intending to wound the religious feelings of her neighbours, Lee could have been jailed for up to three years, fined, or both. For harassment, she could have been jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$5,000, or both.

     

    Source: Channel News Asia

  • Expansion Of Smoking Ban Along Tanglin Road And Dhoby Ghaut

    Expansion Of Smoking Ban Along Tanglin Road And Dhoby Ghaut

    From July 2018, as the Orchard Road belt will be transformed into a smoke-free zone. For the first three months after the smoking ban is enforced, those caught smoking in the smoke-free zone will receive verbal warnings, and those who ignore the warnings may be issued a fine. From October next year, enforcement action will be taken against offenders who smoke in public areas within the smoke-free zone, other than DSAs.

    Smoking at Orchard Road will only be allowed at designated smoking areas (DSAs), and there are currently five of them in the area:

    • Behind Somerset MRT Station
    • Cuppage Terrace
    • Far East Plaza
    • Orchard Towers
    • The Heeren

     

    Source: Channel News Asia