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  • Monthly Visits To Cat Hoarder/Breeder

    Monthly Visits To Cat Hoarder/Breeder

    Residents’ Committee members will pay monthly visits to a woman who kept 94 cats in a two-room flat at block 470B Fervale Link to “check on the situation, as well as her condition,” MP for the area Lam Pin Min said on Tuesday (Jun 27). Dr Lam, who said he learnt of the issue last week, added that grassroots organisations are helping the woman to clean up the flat. It is understood the woman in question lives in the flat with her mother. “We have referred her to the Family Service Centre and Social Service Office for further counselling and assistance,” the MP added.

    The said unit reeks of a strong smell of urine and faeces hung in the air and two women were seen disposing of soiled furniture and other items at the void deck. Neighbours said an elderly woman and her daughter lived in the flat with the 94 cats. The two women moved in at the beginning of this year, although neighbours barely saw them, they said, adding that they were not aware that there were so many cats in the flat as well. One neighbour, who declined to be named, said: “The house has always been very smelly. I have never seen the cats come out, but the smell was still unbearable.” So bad it was that they could smell the stench from within their rooms, even when their doors were closed. “The few times we encountered the smell from the house, we suspected it was maybe the smell of a dead cat or that the elderly lady had passed away also,” another neighbour said.

    Two neighbours first complained about the cat issue to the Housing and Development Board in May this year. HDB officers paid a visit to the woman and informed her that cats are not allowed in HDB flats, and that she would have to find new homes for them.

  • Insaf Menyambut Aidilfitri Dalam Penjara Selama 15 Tahun

    Insaf Menyambut Aidilfitri Dalam Penjara Selama 15 Tahun

    Selama 15 tahun, suasana Aidilfitri dalam penjara membuka mata dan menyentak perasaan Encik Abdul*. Kerinduan yang membuak-buak kepada keluarga dan semangat persaudaraan yang hilang antara sesama Muslim di sana membulatkan tekad beliau untuk berubah. Setiap kali selepas bersolat dan bertakbir beramai-ramai pada pagi Hari Raya, Encik Abdul, 46 tahun berasa kecewa dengan sikap para banduan Muslim. Encik Abdul, ialah seorang bekas banduan yang dipenjarakan atas kesalahan dadah. Beliau, yang sebelum ini keluar masuk penjara sebanyak enam kali berkata kebanyakan daripada banduan merindui keluarga mereka setiap kali Syawal tiba.

    Kali terakhir beliau ditangkap pada tahun 2010, menurut Encik Abdul, benar-benar menjadi titik tolak perubahan dalam dirinya. Berdepan dengan kemungkinan dijatuhi hukuman gantung pada ketika itu, Encik Abdul mula menyerah diri beliau sepenuhnya kepada Allah SWT. Sejak itu, Encik Abdul mula merenung kembali masa silam beliau dan menyedari bahawa dadah yang dijual sebelum ini bukan setakat menjejas kehidupan beliau sendiri, malah juga merosakkan hidup orang lain. Encik Abdul dibebaskan pada bulan Januari 2015 dan kini sudah bebas dadah selama dua tahun.

    Sejak bebas dadah dan setelah dirujuk kepada Pertubuhan Perusahaan Pemulihan Singapura (SCORE), Encik Abdul mendapat pekerjaan dalam bidang logistik di IKEA dan masih lagi bekerja sehingga sekarang. Memberikan nasihat beliau kepada golongan lebih muda, Encik Abdul menegaskan bahawa dadah bukanlah alternatif untuk menyelesaikan masalah. Malahan ia hanya akan mendatangkan masalah yang lebih besar. Beliau menambah, minda mestilah sentiasa berfikiran positif. “Kuasa pemikiran amat penting. Orang lain tak boleh ubah diri kita. Bila kita ambil dadah, sel-sel otak banyak yang mati. Keupayaan kita untuk berfikir tak kuat. Namun sebenarnya kita masih boleh berfikiran positif, hari-hari perlu fikir positif.”

    (*Nama individu yang diwawancara BERITAMediacorp digantikan demi melindungi identiti sebenar mereka.)

     

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • [Follow Up On Hanim Store, Johor Bahru]

    [Follow Up On Hanim Store, Johor Bahru]

    A few Singaporean Malay families have been very frustrated with this tailor called Hanim Store in Johor Bahru because the said shop did not deliver the Hari Raya clothes as promised. The video, showing a Singaporean man and a few other customers of the shop at the shop premises on Saturday evening, the eve of Hari Raya, being very angry and disappointed at the shop’s empty promises.

    Apparently, the shop has a history of not delivering their promise and this goes back to 2012 where one customer lamented that she was cheated by the shop (screenshot in Malay). So please do some research before you patronize or take up any services from any shops!

     

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  • Popular Local Fare On-Board Singapore Airlines

    Popular Local Fare On-Board Singapore Airlines

    Local dishes such as chicken rice and nasi lemak will be part of the in-flight menu on Singapore Airlines (SIA) flights next month, the national carrier said on Tuesday (Jun 27). The “popular local fare” dishes are part of SIA’s 70th anniversary celebrations and in conjunction with the Singapore Food Festival, in collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board, the airline said in a news release.

    The dishes were chosen through voting by customers in an online poll conducted on the carrier’s website. Passengers travelling in suites, first class and business class will be served chicken rice, nasi lemak, fishball kway teow soup, prawn and chicken laksa and Peranakan Hokkien mee soup. Some of these dishes are currently only available through pre-orders through the airline’s Book the Cook service, but will be put on the airline’s regular in-flight menus for the month of July, it said.

     

    Source: Channel Newsasia

  • [Follow Up On The Cat Saga] Information About The Breeder

    [Follow Up On The Cat Saga] Information About The Breeder

    The breeder is unable to pay for anything. She has no income as she does not have a job, and since the cats are in such bad condition, she cannot even sell them for any other form of income. Government agencies have stepped in to offer assistance to her.

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    However, this does not give a reason for the authorities to let the breeder go scott-free. How the authorities treat or take action against the breeder will set the tone for future similar cases. Just take a look at last week’s case where 23 year old Illya Natasia Abdul Manaf, who was fined $2,500 by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) for abandoning her cat at a staircase landing due to a family conflict (Case background: http://rilek1corner.com/2017/06/22/23-year-old-illya-natassia-abdul-manaf-fined-for-abandoning-pet-cat-due-to-family-conflict/). And that was only one cat. This case has 94 cats in very devastating condition, and 1 died. Something has to be done to the breeder/hoarder.

     

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