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  • Pelajar Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah Beri Bantuan Kemanusiaan Pada Pelarian Syria Di Turki

    Pelajar Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah Beri Bantuan Kemanusiaan Pada Pelarian Syria Di Turki

    Keinginan untuk menyebar ihsan membawa sekumpulan pelajar madrasah jauh ke Istanbul, Turki.

    Mereka ke sana demi melaksanakan satu usaha kemanusiaan – menghulurkan bantuan dan juga tangan persahabatan kepada para pelarian Syria di negara itu.

    Dianggarkan seramai 2.2 juta pelarian Syria masih berlindung di Turki akibat kemelut politik Syria yang berlarutan sejak 2011.

    Bagi Mashita Abu Bakar, 15 tahun, pendedahannya kepada krisis kemanusiaan itu terhad kepada apa yang ditonton atau dibacanya melalui media massa.

    Namun pada November lalu, Mashita, bersama 22 pelajar lain dari Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah, berpeluang ke Turki bagi membantu para pelarian Syria menerusi Projek Salam 2015.

    “Sebelum ke sana, saya berasa amat gelisah tetapi apabila saya sampai, mereka amat gembira kami ada. Walaupun kami berada di sana untuk masa yang singkat sahaja, tapi mereka menghargai sangat. Mereka kata, ” Kita adalah saudara dan kami sayang sangat dengan kamu.” Jadi saya tersentuh,” jelasnya.

    Semasa lawatan selama seminggu itu, rombongan pelajar tersebut dibawa ke dua buah sekolah di mana kesemua pelajarnya merupakan pelarian Syria.

    Selain menghiburkan mereka dengan persembahan skit dan kompang, para pelajar madrasah ini turut menghadiahkan buku-buku cerita kegemaran mereka serta alat-alat permainan untuk pembelajaran.

    Sumbangan $10,000 juga dihulurkan, hasil kutipan derma di kalangan kenalan pelajar, sejak Januari tahun lalu.

    “Kesungguhan mereka (para pelajar Syria) untuk belajar sangat menyentuh hati saya, walaupun keadaan mereka tidak bagus tapi mereka masih mahu belajar,” jelas Nurul Syafiqah Ibrahim, pelajar daripada Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah.

    Menerusi kerjasama dengan agensi bantuan kemanusiaan Turki, Kimse Yok Mu, para pelajar ini turut menziarahi rumah-rumah pelarian bagi mengagihkan barang-barang keperluan musim sejuk.

    “Misi Projek Salam ini ialah untuk memberi peluang kepada para pelajar kami melihat sendiri dan memahami cabaran yang dialami para pelarian Syria, terutamanya, kanak-kanak dan juga remaja.

    “Madrasah mengharapkan yang pelajar-pelajar kami dapat dibimbing menerusi misi ini untuk menjadi insan yang bertaqwa dan juga pemimpin yang berakhlak dan berilmu,” jelas guru yang menyelaras Projek Salam 2015, Azzar Ruah.

    Projek Salam dijayakan dengan sokongan geran bernilai $40,000 daripada Yayasan Rahmatan Lil Alamin (RLAF).

    Sejak 2010, RLAF mengagihkan lebih $500,000 bagi menyokong 26 projek kemanusiaan.

    Dengan sokongan itu, ia diharap para belia tempatan dapat terus melakukan kerja-kerja kebajikan, tidak kira di dalam mahupun di luar negara.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Japan Confer Highest Award Posthumously To Lee Kuan Yew For Contribution To Bilateral Ties

    Japan Confer Highest Award Posthumously To Lee Kuan Yew For Contribution To Bilateral Ties

    The Republic’s founding Prime Minister, the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, will be conferred one of Japan’s highest awards in recognition of his contributions towards ties between the two country.

    The conferment of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers will be backdated to Mar 23 last year, the date of Mr Lee’s death.

    In reply to media queries on Wednesday (Feb 3), the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said they were “deeply honoured and appreciate the Japanese Government’s decision to confer the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to the late first Prime Minister of Singapore Mr Lee Kuan Yew”.

    Established in 1888, the Order is usually conferred upon eminent statesmen, former prime ministers and senior cabinet ministers, diplomats and judges. It may be also be conferred posthumously, and is the highest regularly conferred honour in the Japanese honours system.

    The Order is in recognition of Mr Lee’s contributions “to the development of relations between Singapore and Japan over several decades”, said the MFA.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Goh Meng Seng: Singaporeans Also To Blame For Death Of Benjamin Lim

    Goh Meng Seng: Singaporeans Also To Blame For Death Of Benjamin Lim

    When Amos Yee was ill treated by the State Police, put through the torture of interrogation and remained in IMH, many people didn’t see the problem of such act by the police state. Even when people like me protested against such treatment, even though I do not agree to his rude behavior, were scorned at and criticised.

    When it comes to Benjamin, the same police state tactic was used upon this poor child who was even younger than Amos Yee. The only difference is that this young boy could not take the pressure and committed suicide. Then there is this uproar.

    The irony is, the same old technique has been used by the police over and over again, regardless whether you are a teenager or adult. Cruel techniques were used to extract unwilling confession from the ISD detainees but nobody squeaked. Few people squeaked when Amos Yee was treated badly by the same police state just because people are more intolerant of his rude behavior than the rouge police state.

    Few Singaporeans see the need to speak up against the rouge police state because they are blinded by their own fear and prejudice. Singaporeans have little sense of social justice until something really bad goes wrong. Singaporeans also lack the empathy to understand that by not standing up to the tyrannic police state, they will become part of the justification of the murderous system. Yes, Singaporeans, by keeping quiet all along with all the injustice happening throughout the decades, are guilty of letting this bloody system grow and take the life of a teenager.

    Pastor Martin has this to say about the COWARDICE of the Germans under the Nazi:

    First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Socialist.
    Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Jew.
    Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

    And the same can be said about Singaporeans as well:

    First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Socialist.
    Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
    Then they came for the Student Activists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Student Activist.
    Then they came for the Opposition, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not an Opposition.
    Then they came for the Social Activists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Social Activist.
    Then they came for the Young Rascal Amos Yee, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Young Rascal like Amos Yee.
    Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

    I do not think Benjamin will Rest In Peace when the whole society is guilty in part to the murderous police state.

     

    Goh Meng Seng, People’s Power Party

    Source: People’s Power Party- PPP

  • Daniel Goh: I Will Do My Best In Term As NCMP

    Daniel Goh: I Will Do My Best In Term As NCMP

    Dear everyone, thank you for the congratulatory well wishes. Media partners, sorry I can’t take interviews tonight, am out with family for pre-New Year festivities. It is my privilege to be elected as NCMP and to serve my country in Parliament.

    I don’t think I can sleep tonight; I know this is a grave responsibility and I will give it my best in the coming years. I love Singapore and want this nation to last for our children, to be a “shining red dot”, as our PM puts it, for generations to come.

    To my fellow Chinese Singaporeans, a Happy New Year ahead, may the Year of the Monkey bring your family abundant vitality and good health!

     

    Source: Daniel Goh 吴佩松

  • Ah Pek Parks BMW In Motorcycle Lots, Chides Motoryclist, Claims To Be Civil Servant

    Ah Pek Parks BMW In Motorcycle Lots, Chides Motoryclist, Claims To Be Civil Servant

    **Update: Errant parking offence has been reported via onemotoring. It’s over to LTA now. Thanks everyone who pm-ed me with suggestions and information! **

    So this just happened at the carpark opposite Ghim Moh market, 20 Ghim Moh Road.

    I walked back to my bike and saw a BMW parked next to my ride. Which was weird because I thought I remembered that space was marked out for motorcycles. So I looked again to double check, true enough, the car had parked in the space meant for not one, not two, but three motorcycle lots.

    At this point, the driver (a skinny bespectacled Chinese man in his late fifties?) alighted. He saw me looking at the markings on the ground, and asked if there’s a problem. Thinking that he might have been mistaken, I asked him if he knew he was parking over the motorcycle lots.

    Guess what? He retorted in a challenging tone that I had my own parking space, and that I shouldn’t care. Said he ‘wasn’t parking’, then proceeded to lock his car and walk away.

    I don’t know why, I took a photo of his beautifully parked car.
    He came back and asked if I took his photo (he must have been lurking around), looking half worried and half frustrated.

    (No Uncle, you are not Brad Pitt, why would I want to take your photo?)

    I told him since he didn’t do anything wrong, he has nothing to worry about.

    His retaliation? He pompously announced that since I took ‘his photo’, he would take mine as well. I gladly obliged.
    (Sure, be my guest. My lovely Vespa is parked perfectly within my bike lot).

    You know, under normal circumstances, I might have just let it go. I’ve never reported errant drivers, I don’t know which authority is in charge, and it’s really just too much trouble. But what this uncle said next really made me want to do something about it.

    If he weren’t so obnoxiously rude, I might have let it go. He threatened me.

    ‘DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I’M A CIVIL SERVANT YOU KNOW!’

    (Wrong threat. I used to be a civil servant and some part of me still feels like I’m part of the service; so this only made my blood boil. What a disgrace you are to the rest of the responsible, hardworking civil servants I know!)

    ‘YOU DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE MESSING WITH! YOU ARE PLAYING WITH YOUR ARSE!’

    (Hmm, what kind of a metaphor is that?)

    All the while ranting that he’s ‘not parking’, ‘not parking’. At which point I pointed out the red painted words on the ground to him – ‘NO PARKING’.

    Mr All-Important-Civil-Servant, if you didn’t do anything wrong, why did you hastily drive away then? All the while reminding me loudly that I’m ‘playing with my arse’.

    Mr All-Important-Civil-Servant, you are a disgrace to the public administration. I humbly suggest you use your Skillsfuture credits for a parking refresher course. Or basic etiquette. Or language improvement.

    This would have been wonderful material for a teachable moment. What a waste!

    Just for you, I’m going to educate myself on the procedures of reporting errant parking offenders. And don’t worry, it’s no trouble at all.

    ‪#‎civilservantsbehavingbadly‬ ‪#‎bmwparkingftw‬ ‪#‎dotherightthing‬

     

    Source: Carrine Yeo

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