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  • SQ368 Passenger: Lucky To Escape Blazing Inferno, Thankful Didn’t Burn Alive

    SQ368 Passenger: Lucky To Escape Blazing Inferno, Thankful Didn’t Burn Alive

    I just escaped death!!!!

    Our Singapore Airline plane was leaking oil 3 hours flying off and the plane had to turned back. After reaching Changi Airport, as the plane was landing, the engine burst into flames!!!! Huge fire was burning! See video!

    It was a heart wrenching 5 mins! Waiting for the fire engine and fire fighters to put out the fire! They shot foam and water into the fire and eventually it was put out! We were so close to death!! I am still in the plane with all passengers. But I think we are safe for now….they will be evacuating us soon.

     

     

    I thank God I am alive! I going home to hug my kids…. Europe Sale has to wait for a while.

    Sorry everyone!

    Bee Yee (shocked..)

     

    Source: premiummall.sg

  • Teens Who Helped Two Cardiac Arrest Victims In A Day Get SCDF Awards

    Teens Who Helped Two Cardiac Arrest Victims In A Day Get SCDF Awards

    Two teenagers became the first civilians to respond to two calls for help by cardiac arrest victims in a day through an innovative mobile phone app by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).

    Mr Hairil Aidilfitri Johari, 19, and Mr Muhammad Adhwa Ahlami Johari, 19, went to the aid of two victims in two hours, after Mr Adhwa received two alerts from the myResponder app on Wednesday.

    The boys had watched Croatia upset favourites Spain 2-1 in a Euro 2016 group match and then tucked into their pre-dawn Ramadan meal at Mr Hairil’s Woodlands Street 82 flat.

    Just as they finished their meal at 5.30am, Mr Adhwa heard a siren. It did not come from a passing ambulance outside, it was a notification from his myResponder app.

    The two ITE students, who are been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and using an automated external defibrillator (AED), sprinted to the scene in two minutes

    They were just in time to assist paramedics and help direct traffic.

    They had barely caught their breath after the first case when Mr Adhwa and Mr Hairil received another notification, at 7.33am.

    “We were very thirsty but could not stop for a water break as we are fasting,” Mr Hairil told The New Paper. Rain poured while they sprinted to their next case. They reached the victim’s flat in a minute.

    They saw the victim’s family members administering CPR while he was seated in an upright position, which was wrong.

    Remembering their cadet training at Evergreen Secondary School, the teens took control of the situation.

    They placed the victim on the floor, and took turns to administer CPR on the elderly man with the assistance of the voice call function on the app.

    Once paramedics came seven minutes later, the teens consoled the victim’s distraught family members.

    “It was the least we could do,” said Mr Hairil. Despite their efforts, both patients died later.

    The SCDF decided to recognise the teens’ exceptional efforts and gave them the Public Spiritedness Award at the 4th SCDF Division Headquarters in Bukit Batok on Friday (June 25).

    Their former secondary school principal, Ms Carol Lim, beamed with pride when they were presented with the award.

    “They are boys of good character and always selflessly offering their help in times of crisis,” Ms Lim said.

    Assistant Commissioner Yazid Abdullah, the director of the medical department at SCDF, commended Mr Adhwa and Mr Hairil’s courage.

    He said that even though these two were equipped with first-aid training, responders without any background knowledge can also use the myResponder app.

    “It is not essential to have previous first-aid training as responders will have the assistance of our control room.

    “We highly encourage more people to offer their assistance using myResponder,” said AC Yazid.

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • MUIS Agih Bantuan Ramadan Hampir S$2 Juta Tahun Ini, Naik 16%

    MUIS Agih Bantuan Ramadan Hampir S$2 Juta Tahun Ini, Naik 16%

    Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) membelanjakan S$1.94 juta tahun ini bagi membantu golongan memerlukan dalam bulan Ramadan.

    Ia kenaikan sekitar 16 peratus berbanding tahun lalu dan memberi manfaat kepada lebih 12,900 penerima.

    Selain itu, jumlah Bonus Ramadan yang diagihkan kepada setiap penerima juga bertambah dan dimanfaatkan lebih ramai penghuni di rumah-rumah kebajikan. Demikian didedahkan di Majlis Pengagihan Bonus Ramadan MUIS petang tadi (24 Jun).

    Tahun lalu, MUIS menerima sumbangan zakat sebanyak S$35.3 juta. Daripada jumlah itu, hampir separuh atau S$17.2 juta diagihkan kepada beberapa golongan memerlukan.

    Ini termasuk golongan fakir miskin menerusi bantuan kewangan bulanan dan Program Pengupayaan Bersepadu (EPS) serta para pelajar madrasah yang memerlukan, menerusi Skim Bantuan Kewangan Madrasah di bawah Dana Kemajuan (PROMAS).

    Seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya, sebahagian daripada wang zakat juga diagihkan semasa bulan Ramadan bagi membantu golongan memerlukan.

    Menteri Bertanggungjawab bagi Ehwal Masyarakat Islam, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, berkata: “Untuk Ramadan kali ini, MUIS akan membelanjakan hampir S$2 juta untuk sekitar 12,900 penerima bantuan kewangan MUIS serta keluarga mereka, penerima bantuan jangka panjang Comcare dan penghuni Islam di rumah-rumah kebajikan.

    “Perbelanjaan ini merupakan kenaikan sekitar 16 peratus jika dibandingkan dengan tahun lalu. Jumlah ini juga merangkumi pembiayaan program-program sokongan yang dijalankan di merata kelompok masjid sepanjang Ramadan.”

    Daripada jumlah itu, S$235,000 akan digunakan bagi membiayai program-program Ramadan serta pemberian hamper raya kepada para penerima zakat.

    Baki S$1.66 juta pula diagihkan dalam bentuk Bonus Ramadan kepada para penerima bantuan, termasuk para penghuni di 50 rumah tumpangan – hampir separuh daripada rumah-rumah itu, penerima kali pertama.

    Ketua Unit Pembangunan Sosial MUIS, Muzaiyanah Hamzah berkata: “Alhamdulillah, tahun ini, kami telah dapat menambah jumlah rumah kebajikan yang menerima Bonus Ramadan MUIS daripada 27 tahun lepas, naik hampir dua kali ganda tahun ini kepada 50.

    “Dan hampir 2,000 penghuni dari rumah kebajikan warga emas dan kanak-kanak menerima Bonus Ramadan. Kami harap sumbangan kecil ini akan memberikan sedikit keceriaan untuk mereka dalam menyambut Ramadan dan juga Syawal yang akan tiba.”

    JUMLAH WANG BONUS TAHUN INI LEBIH TINGGI

    Setelah disemak semula, jumlah wang bonus yang diterima setiap orang tahun ini juga lebih tinggi.

    Para penerima yang tinggal sendirian serta penghuni di rumah-rumah kebajikan menerima S$150 setiap orang, tambahan S$30 daripada sebelumnya.

    Golongan berkeluarga pula menerima S$120 bagi setiap anggotanya, S$20 lebih tinggi berbanding tahun lepas.

    Dengan kenaikan itu, keluarga Cik Faridah Abdullah seramai lapan orang menerima Bonus Ramadan berjumlah S$960 – tambahan S$160 daripada tahun sebelumnya.

    “Selain saya menggunakan (wang itu) untuk persiapan raya, saya menggunakan untuk keperluan anak-anak untuk membawa mereka membuat pemeriksaan kesihatan seperti terapi dan berjumpa doktor,” kata Cik Faridah.

    Selain Bonus Ramadan, MUIS juga memberikan bantuan zakat kepada golongan yang memerlukan sokongan jangka panjang, seperti warga emas, orang kurang upaya serta mereka yang menghidap penyakit kronik.

    Bantuan jangka pendek juga dihulurkan seperti melunaskan bil api air serta pembiayaan untuk keperluan pembelajaran.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Religious Tensions Bristle In Myanmar Village After Mosque Destroyed

    Religious Tensions Bristle In Myanmar Village After Mosque Destroyed

    Scores of police have been deployed to guard a village in central Myanmar where religious tensions are running high after a Buddhist mob destroyed a mosque, authorities said Saturday (Jun 25).

    It is the latest flare-up of anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar, which has seen sporadic bouts of religious bloodshed since 2012, with a surge of Buddhist nationalism presenting a key challenge for Aung San Suu Kyi’s new government.

    The most recent violence erupted this week when an angry mob of around 200 Buddhists rampaged through a Muslim area of a village in Bago province following an argument between neighbours over the building of a Muslim school.

    Own Lwin, the local police chief, said the atmosphere remained tense Saturday with around 100 police officers deployed to keep the peace.

    “Last night, 50 police guarded the village to prepare for rumours that there might be more unrest. Now we have arranged a police force of up to 100 officers,” he told AFP, adding that no arrests have been made over the destruction of the mosque.

    Win Shwe, the mosque’s secretary, told AFP that Muslim residents fear for their safety and are planning to move to a nearby town until the tension cools.

    “Our situation is not safe and now we are planning to leave the village…We still feel afraid,” he told AFP.

    Strident anti-Muslim sentiment has fomented across Myanmar in recent years, with outbreaks of violence threatening to unravel democratic gains since the former junta stepped down in 2011.

    The worst religious violence struck central Myanmar and western Rakhine State, which is home to the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority, tens of thousands of whom still languish in displacement camps after rioting.

    Hardline monks and Buddhist nationalists fiercely oppose moves to recognise the Rohingya as an official minority and insist on calling them “Bengalis” – shorthand for illegal migrants from the border with Bangladesh.

    Suu Kyi, a vocal champion for human rights, has been criticised for not taking a stronger stance on the Rohingya or the abuse they face.

    This month the UN warned that violations against the group could amount to “crimes against humanity”.

    The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, now leading Myanmar’s first civilian government in decades, has asked for “space” while her administration seeks to build trust between religious communities.

     

    Source: ChannelNewsAsia

  • Mufti Perak: Tindakan Mengoyak, Membuang Al Quran Satu Tindakan Keji

    Mufti Perak: Tindakan Mengoyak, Membuang Al Quran Satu Tindakan Keji

    PERAK: Tindakan mengoyak al-Quran dan melemparkan kitab suci itu di atas jalan adalah perbuatan yang tidak wajar dan dianggap keji, kata Mufti Perak Tan Sri Dr Harussani Zakaria.

    Beliau berkata setiap orang sewajarnya menghormati al-Quran, kitab suci orang Islam.

    “Mana-mana agama perlu menghormati kitab suci agama masing-masing termasuk
    Bible dan dalam Islam, kita tidak menghina mana-mana agama lain.

    “Perbuatan mengoyak al-Quran itu berlaku kerana emosi dan tidak tentu arah… ia mungkin satu provokasi dan kita tak tahu siapa yang melakukanya,” katanya.

    Dr Harussani mengulas kejadian al-Quran dikoyak dan dilemparkan di atas jalan di hadapan cawangan Maybank di Labis, Johor yang menjadi viral di Facebook baru-baru ini.

    Cebisan al-Quran tersebut ditemui bertaburan di jalan raya dan dikutip oleh orang ramai termasuk pelajar.

    Dr Harussani mengulas tentang hal itu dalam sidang media selepas majlis penyampaian bantuan Aidilfitri kepada 300 fakir miskin dan sumbangan kepada Majlis Agama

    Islam dan Adat Melayu Perak (MAIPk) oleh Yayasan Muhibbah Fng Ah Seng hari ini (24 Jun).

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

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