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  • Silent Sit-In Protest Against The Reserved Presidential Election Organised For The Upcoming Saturday

    Silent Sit-In Protest Against The Reserved Presidential Election Organised For The Upcoming Saturday

    Dear Fellow Singaporeans,

    We have just received the NParks permit to stage a first-ever Silent Sit-in Protest against the Reserved Presidential Election this coming Saturday 16th Sep from 4.30 to 6.30pm.

    Its a sit-in protest meaning that we won’t have any speakers for the event with no stage and no microphone speaker system. You can however bring along your placards to show your displeasure with the incoming government-appointed Presidency.

    If you feel dissatisfied with the recent events surrounding the controversial PE, this is the time to show up and be counted. You can continue to be a keyboard warrior quietly firing away online but the time to step up is NOW!

    Fear has crippled you all this while you are burnt up inside and its time to unlease that frustration by showing up with like-minded Singaporeans together as ONE voice.

    People dropping by are encouraged to bring a mat and sit down silently on the park as a sign of protest against the PE. You can drop by anytime between 4.30 to 6.30pm or leave anytime of course. If you can join us for the sit-in silent protest for the whole 2 hours it will be great!

    If you are bringing food and water along do be mindful not to litter the place.

    Do wear black so we are united as ONE heart and people regardless of race and religion.

    See you soon Singaporeans – Malays, Indians, Chinese and Eurasians are all welcomed!

    Gilbert Goh
    Organiser
    #notmypresident

     

     

    Source: facebook

  • Viral On WhatsApp: It’s A Scam! Screengrab Of Email From ‘IRAS’ Requesting People To Click

    Viral On WhatsApp: It’s A Scam! Screengrab Of Email From ‘IRAS’ Requesting People To Click

    An email on tax refunds purportedly sent by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) is a scam, and may contain a computer virus, the tax authority said on Tuesday (Sep 12).

    The email, sent to members of the public, asks recipients to download an attachment or click on a link to view their tax refunds, IRAS said in a Facebook post.

    On its website, IRAS said there have been reported cases of scammers sending emails, letters, text messages or phone calls purportedly from the authority to members of the public. These scams asked people to transfer money for tax purposes to other bank accounts; pay money before an inheritance or estate of a deceased person is released; provide bank account numbers for tax refund claims, cash rewards or to pay outstanding taxes; and provide information such as personal particulars and passwords.

    IRAS reminded the public that it does not send official emails from personal email accounts, and it will not ask for personal information through email.

    Emails have also been sent by scammers mimicking IRAS’ email addresses ending with @iras.gov.sg, it added.

    Anyone who has received a suspicious email, letter, SMS or phone call purportedly from IRAS should not respond, and immediately contact the authority, it said.

     

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Damanhuri Abas: Singaporeans Must Remember This Walkover When Next GE Comes, Don’t Be Cheated By PAP Again

    Damanhuri Abas: Singaporeans Must Remember This Walkover When Next GE Comes, Don’t Be Cheated By PAP Again

    Singaporeans woke up today unhappy and in sadness. The country rightly felt betrayed by the ruling party for denying our right to vote. The wound is real and the scar is permanent.

    Any doubt that this Reserved PE was a political ploy to deny Singaporeans to choose a popular President who clearly was a threat to the ruling party is now put to rest.

    This battle is lost not on fairplay, so the people should hold our heads high as the PAP Government cheated us again. Power has corrupted them.

    Let this be their last high fix before the fall. Do not allow anyone to forget our own 911 that intends to bring down our democracy.

    Singaporeans must remember this day when the next GE comes. The stakes are our children and our children’s children.

    We are not a racist nation they paint us to be. They are the one stoking racial sentiments again and again for their vested political interest. Let us unite as a nation to right this wrong.

    For after every hardship there will be ease. Again, after every hardship there will be ease.

    God bless you all.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Bin Abas

  • Commentary: Why Did Malay Candidates Who Qualified Refused To Challenge Halimah Yacob?

    Commentary: Why Did Malay Candidates Who Qualified Refused To Challenge Halimah Yacob?

    Dear Editors,

    Everyone is now visibly upset with the Presidential walkover but I am more upset with the passive nature of our malay candidates. Apart from Salleh Marican and Farid Khan who did not make the cut, there were high profile business persons who automatically qualified like Bank Of Singapore CEO Bahren Shaari and the CEO of PT Trans Retail Shafie Shamsuddin. Why did they not stand up and be counted for our Malay community and stop this farce of an election walkover?
    For PR Trans Retail CEO Shafie Shamsuddin, Singapore’s GIC invested 5.2 trillion rupiah (SGD$387 million) for a 17% stake in PT Trans Retail. If you extrapolate that to the full value of PT Trans Retail, it would be over SGD$2200 million. This would have allowed him to qualify without any problems.

    Same for Bank of Singapore CEO Bahren Shaari, BOS managed more than 79 billion dollars worth of assets, surely that qualifies him automatically as well.

    So why did these two upstanding individuals from our community not step up to challenge Halimah Yacob who did serve in public service but sadly has not have the experience in managing huge amounts of money like the Singapore reserves.

    Are they more concerned with making more money for themselves? Why did they not take the opportunity to give back to our community and to show Singapore that we the Malays have good candidates as well? We don’t need any special treatment to qualify for the 500 million benchmark, we have successful people who can qualify on our own merit.

    The PAP planned everything nicely and Halimah got a comfortable smooth sailing ride because our Malay representatives refused to step up to the challenge. This is a shame our community, where has the spirit of serving gone to? With too much money, people forget about their roots?

    Abdul Raheem

     

    Source: everyday sg

  • Commentary: The Concrete Plan Behind The Presidential Election (A Malay Edition)

    Commentary: The Concrete Plan Behind The Presidential Election (A Malay Edition)

    1. First they came and tinker with the presidential system to further entrench their grip on power

    2. To do so, they need a pawn to justify the tinkering

    3. Enter the Malays

    4. Offer highest position available in the country

    5. Rationalize by stating that the Malays can never win in an open election

    6. Raise the criteria so that only a selected few would be eligible. Limit suprises

    7. Call for an election

    8. Disqualify anyone not meeting the criteria

    9. Achieve a walkover. It doesnt matter that the preferred candidate will forever carry the burden of not having the mandate of the people. Retain control at all cost

    11. Declare endorsed candidate winner.

    12. Mission accomplished

    Well done!

     

    Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman