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  • Man, 25, Arrested In Connection To Unnatural Death Of 61-Year-Old In Bishan Flat

    Man, 25, Arrested In Connection To Unnatural Death Of 61-Year-Old In Bishan Flat

    A 61-year-old man was found dead in the living room of his Bishan Housing Board flat on Saturday (Sept 24).

    A 25-year-old man, believed to be his son, has been arrested in connection to the unnatural death case.

    Police said they were alerted at about 8.20pm to the unit at Block 152B Bishan Street 11.

    It is understood that at least one neighbour reported about noise on the fifth storey. It is believed that things were being thrown around.

    The older man was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene at about 9pm. No visible injuries were seen on him.

    When The Straits Times arrived on the scene, police had cordoned off the corridor on the fifth storey.

    Some police officers were seen leaving the scene with evidence at about 12.30am on Sunday (Sept 25).

    A neighbour, who lives on the fourth story and wanted to be known as Ms Yaya, 33, said: “It’s normal to hear quarrelling upstairs in the last few days. It happens during the evening and lasts for only a few minutes.”

    About 15 relatives, including the deceased’s wife, were seen at the void deck of the block at about 1am. She later broke down, as relatives hugged her.

    The 25-year-old man is her younger son, according to a relative who declined to be named.  Investigations are ongoing.

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • 518 Penerima Anugerah MENDAKI Tahun Ini, Jumlah Tertinggi

    518 Penerima Anugerah MENDAKI Tahun Ini, Jumlah Tertinggi

    Anugerah MENDAKI tahun ini menyaksikan jumlah penerima tertinggi iaitu seramai 518 orang.

    Pada tahun lalu, 499 orang menerima anugerah itu.

    Buat pertama kalinya, pengiktirafan juga diberikan kepada dua lulusan dari Program Penukaran Kerjaya.

    Anugerah yang disampaikan oleh Pemangku Menteri Pendidikan Ng Chee Meng petang tadi (24 Sep) itu sebagai mengiktiraf pencapaian cemerlang dalam bidang akademik.

    Memburu satu lagi diploma pada usia 24 tahun.

    Kali ini dalam jurusan kejururawatan.

    Sungguhpun sudah memiliki diploma dalam jurusan farmaseutikal, Khasminah Ismail terdorong untuk menukar kerjaya kerana terkesan apabila melihat para jururawat menguruskan arwah datuknya.

    Hasratnya tercapai apabila beliau mengikuti Program Penukaran Kerjaya.

    “Nak belajar balik itulah usia pun tidaklah semuda macam mereka yang baru lepas O level, sudah lama tidak pergi sekolah, empat tahun. Jadi saya juga susah hendak perlahan-lahan berlumba-lumba dengan sekolah semua. Bila saya ke hospital untuk bekerja sambil belajar, kebanyakan jururawat lebih muda dari saya. Mereka sudah jadi jururawat. Saya masih budak baru belajar. Jadi, terimanya dengan hati terbuka,” Cik Khasminah memberitahu BERITAMediacorp.

    Seperti Khasminah, Al Fatimah Begum Abdul Karim juga adalah antara dua lulusan dari Program Penukaran Kerjaya yang mendapat Anugerah MENDAKI buat julung-julung kalinya. Fatimah pada asalnya bekerja dalam bidang perbankan.

    10 tahun kemudian, beliau bertukar minat dan mahu mendalami bidang kejururawatan.

    “Ia membantu saya dari segi kewangan. Saya tidak perlu bekerja sambil belajar. Saya dapat fokus kepada pelajaran dan capai cita-cita,” kata Cik Al Fatimah.

    Program Penukaran Kerjaya yang ditawarkan Agensi Pembangunan Tenaga Kerja (WDA) sekaligus memberi lebih banyak pilihan bagi karyawan pertengahan kerjaya.

    Tahun ini, Anugerah MENDAKI diagihkan kepada jumlah penerima paling ramai sejak ia diperkenalkan pada 1982.

    “Kita rasa bangga bahawa ini menunjukkan bahawa bakat masyarakat kita begitu mendalam. Kalau kita berusaha, memberi dorongan. Insya’Allah kita akan dapat kejayaan. Apa yang mereka tunjukkan hari ini tidak kira mana kita mula, yang lebih penting adalah pencapaian mereka. Pencapaian mereka menunjukkan kita ada bakat, keupayaan untuk mencapai tahap yang paling tinggi, selari dengan gerakan SkillsFuture,” Dr Yaacob.

    Di acara tersebut, inisiatif ‘Let’s-Pledge-A-Book’ juga dilancarkan untuk meraikan semangat membaca dan menggalak orang ramai supaya menderma buku-buku terpakai di MENDAKI.

    Buku-buku ini kemudian akan dikongsi bersama keluarga-keluarga memerlukan menerusi program-program MENDAKI.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Killer Of 4-Year-Old Taipei Girl ‘Little Light Bulb’ Begs For Forgiveness From Her Mum

    Killer Of 4-Year-Old Taipei Girl ‘Little Light Bulb’ Begs For Forgiveness From Her Mum

    A murder suspect accused of decapitating a four-year-old girl got on his knees and asked for forgiveness from the victim’s mother in a Taipei court on Thursday (Sept 22).

    Suspect Wang Ching-yu, 33, has been charged with the murder of Liu Yi-jie, in a trial that began in June. The trial is held at the Shihlin district court.

    Wang is accused of killing the girl, nicknamed “Little Light Bulb”, in front of her mother, Claire Wang, on March 28.

    The prosecution is seeking a death sentence for Wang, but his lawyers have asked for a lighter sentence.

    On Thursday, he asked the judge if he could apologise to Ms Wang.

    He then knelt down and said in Mandarin: “I’m sorry, I admit I was wrong. I did not mean it, please forgive me.”

    Ms Wang remained expressionless and ignored him. After 15 minutes, the judge asked Wang to get up, Taiwanese reports said.

    “It’s too early to talk about forgiveness,” she told reporters on exiting the court room, adding that priority should be given to ensuring such crimes do not occur again.

    “We should focus on investigating the cause of the crime, how the motive turned to action, and with this information, figure out what we can do, how we can reduce these incidents in the future.”

    The seemingly unprovoked and gruesome crime shocked Taiwanese society.

    Wang slashed the girl as many as 23 times although he did not know the family. His psychiatric state at the time of the attack has been disputed during the trial.

    When he took the stand, he has given rambling and outlandish answers, and quoted from Chinese folk lore and even wuxia novels during questioning, reports said.

    Prosecutors have asserted that he passed a psychiatric assessment from Taipei Veterans General Hospital. They earlier accused Wang of not showing remorse.

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Malays Welcome Minority EP Proposal But Stress ‘Meritocracy Must Be Preserved’

    Malays Welcome Minority EP Proposal But Stress ‘Meritocracy Must Be Preserved’

    Malay/Muslim union leaders at a dialogue session with Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday welcomed the Government’s proposal to ensure minority representation in the office of the President.

    However, they expressed concerns that the more stringent criteria could shrink the pool of eligible Malay private sector candidates further.

    The closed-door dialogue session on the Elected Presidency (EP) and the Asatizah Recognition Scheme (ARS) was jointly hosted by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and Yayasan Mendaki.

    Also present at the event, which attracted about 60 participants and was held at Wisma Mendaki, was Mr Zainal Sapari, Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC and NTUC’s assistant secretary-general.

    Speaking to reporters after the session, Dr Yaacob said: “What is heartening tonight is that when we ask them (participants), by and large, I think they want to see a Malay President as we have not had (one) in a long time. Yet, at the same time, they recognise that whoever the person is, must meet the eligibility criteria and I think that’s very important. The issue of meritocracy continues to be preserved.”

    Responding to fears that the proposed changes to the EP scheme will result in a smaller pool of eligible candidates, Dr Yaacob noted that apart from those in private sector, people holding positions in the public sector can also qualify.

    “At the same time, (the participants) recognise that the role of the President is a unifying role. And as one person mentioned when he reflected on the elections in 2011, all this talk about the (unifying) role had totally disappeared. Nobody was talking about what the President was supposed to do,” he added.

    The ARS, which has been around for a decade, recognises teachers and scholars who meet the minimum standards of qualification to preach and teach Islamic religious knowledge, and is run by the Singapore Islamic Scholars & Religious Teachers Association (Pergas).

    The Government plans to make the accreditation scheme compulsory from Jan 1, with a transition period of around one year. Regarding the ARS, many participants were concerned with issues of implementation and the speed of the accreditation process.

    “We would be as inclusive as possible. Even though (religious teachers) 80 per cent have registered, for the remaining 20 per cent, if there are specific problems, we will work with them. Most important thing is that we want to try and get everyone to be registered,” said Dr Yaacob.

    However, he added: “There are specific instances we have to clarify. If you are having a religious ceremony, and you get somebody to run the religious ceremony that’s not a religious class … we don’t need an ARS-registered asatizah to do so.”

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • In NY, Netanyahu Goes To The Bathroom With 20 Guards

    In NY, Netanyahu Goes To The Bathroom With 20 Guards

    New York got a glimpse on Tuesday of Benjamin Netanyahu’s massive security detail, when the prime minister answered the call of nature accompanied by 20 guards.

    Netanyahu went out for dinner with his wife, Sara, at the Harry Cipriani restaurant, one of the city’s swankiest. Before his arrival, the joint was scoped out by 20 security guards, and then when the prime minister himself arrived he was accompanied by another 20 agents, the New York Post reported.

    The restaurant only seats about 100, so Netanyahu’s entourage took up a lot of space — not to mention the other guards placed discreetly and not so discreetly around the venue, both inside and out.

    Sara and Bibi’s quiet dinner was interrupted when the premier needed to take a bathroom break. The toilet was a few feet away in the adjacent Sherry-Netherland Hotel, and, aware of the risks of peeing alone, his-ever vigilant security detail knew the drill.

    “Around 20 security guards got up with Bibi and a few went into the bathroom with him. One watched the door, and the rest lined up with their arms up to form a human barricade, so nobody could enter the bathroom or even get close,” a bystander told the Post. “He must be the most protected man in the world right now.”

    Celebrity diners treated to the routine included Charlie Rose, billionaire Ronald Perelman, Barbara Winston, ­Jason Binn and Iris Apfel.

    Netanyahu is in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday — his eighth speech at the annual plenary session.

     

    Source: The Times Of Israel

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