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Some SAF Medical Officers Are Too Much!

Anyone finds SAF medical officers are damn f*cked up?

They think everyone is here to keng and refuse to help you even thou you are a genuine case i met one of this damm mo

Like time moi got gout the MO die die don’t believe claim so young how can have gout. Then one time the gout strike on a weekend and by Monday morning still can’t walk and book-in. But the CSM die die want moi to come back camp to leeport sick said smlj if can’t walk how you go see doctor get MC. Then threaten if don’t book in will send RP.

So LLST drag moi self take cab back. But worst ish the cheesepie RSM don’t allow moi taxi to drive all the way into MC (it was at least a 1km walk from the gate) So have to drop off and basically crawl moi self to the MC under hot sun, still ganna jeer by RMS and his RP as acting.

Ashton
A.S.S. Contributor

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

September 18, 2015
Damanhuri Abas: We Must Focus On Issues Objectively

Salam Jumaat to All,

A week has past since Singaporean goes to the polls. I am sure the week has given us time to reflect on things. I have received many supportive words from people whom I juz knew over this election period and their encouragement helped me to look ahead amidst the gloom of the election outcome. From this people, everyone of us in SDP can draw much strength for us to continue the work we passionately believe in.

While we surely feel for most of the issues that were shared during the election period, let us not allow the differences to cloud our unity as Singaporean and our collective desire to contribute to make this place better.

I share this picture of a couple I met during our walkabout outside Yew Tee MRT. They were staunch PAP supporters and we had a good 5 minutes engagement and exchanges on the issues that we passionately hold to. We differ in our views but at the end of the exchange we both agree to maintain goodwill and work towards improving Singapore.

So in the spirit of Jumaat, I would like to remind myself and everyone to focus on the issues objectively and work towards remedying areas that need to, through active and courageous engagement while maintaining decorum towards others whom may disagree with us.

Within the malay/muslim community specifically, there are indeed systemic issues that must be addressed and corrected. I have spoken out clearly on that and I choose to differentiate that with the individuals that the system produce. We should not abuse the persons but should deal with the issues and look into how we can create more openness and space within the social structure of the community.

We have 5 years to contribute, and lets do what we can actively. Leave the outcome to time and the wisdom of the people.

Have a blessed Jumaat All.

Source: Damanhuri Abas

September 18, 2015
Malaysian Netizens Tell Bank Negara Scholarship Winner To Don Tudung

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 ― Hajar Nur Asyiqin Abdul Zubir, an 18-year-old who dreams of studying in Oxford University, is the winner of a prestigious Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) scholarship but to some on Facebook, the young Malay girl’s achievement has been shadowed by her failure to don the tudung (Muslim headscarf).

On the social media site, the chemistry student, upon winning the Kijang Emas Scholarship 2015 that allows her to pursue any field of study at top universities across the world, was told that her father would bear the sins of her not covering her “aurat”.

“Congratulations..but it’s a pity that the ‘aurat’ is not covered. Her father bears the sin,” a Facebook user called Rozaidi Jai commented on Friends of BN ― Barisan Nasional’s Facebook post Wednesday announcing Hajar Nur Asyiqin’s win.

Facebook user named Nazri Toushirou even called for conditions of the scholarship interview to mandate covering the “aurat”

“Don’t think it’s wrong, right?” he said.

Facebook user Mohd Sabri Hussien said: “Pretty looks, good at studies. It’ll be better if she wore a tudung”.

Another Facebook user, called Mohd Khairudzaman Bahaudin, said: “All right, congratulations, Allah hates His servants who do not cover their ‘aurat’, we succeed not because we’re clever”.

Other Facebook users, however, have since come to the 18-year-old’s defence, with one named Ag Sha saying: “It doesn’t necessarily mean that not wearing a tudung means you’re not religious..congratulations..prove to them that you’re not shallow in your religious knowledge”.

Islam as is practised in Malaysia is beginning to show signs of increasing conservatism, illustrated among others by the local boom in the tudung industry that was a rarity just several decades ago.

Friday sermons sanctioned by the government also repeatedly tell women to cover their aurat, with a Malay-Muslim gymnast recently getting backlash for wearing a leotard.

Local daily New Straits Times reported Monday that Hajar Nur Asyiqin ― who went to SMK Abdul Rahman Talib in Kuantan, Pahang, and is now doing her A-Levels at Tuanku Ja’afar College in Mantin, Negri Sembilan ― wants to study chemistry at Oxford University in the UK, one of the top universities in the world.

The paper reported that she scored 9A+s in SPM last year and that she had undergone group and individual assessments by Bank Negara before she was announced last April as one of four recipients of the Kijang Emas Scholarship.

According to Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz’s speech at the Kijang Emas Scholarship award ceremony last April, the central bank had received 212 applications for the 2015 Kijang Emas Scholarship and shortlisted the top 24 based on their SPM results and involvement in sports and co-curricular activities.

“The students then underwent a rigorous evaluation process under the Bank’s ‘Kijang Academy’ which assessed their technical and leadership competencies, as well as their values,” Zeti said in the speech made available on Bank Negara’s website.

Source: www.themalaymailonline.com

September 18, 2015
George Yeo: I ‘Didn’t Expect Landslide” Election Win For PAP

Former Cabinet Minister George Yeo on Friday (Sep 18) said he was surprised by the results of the 2015 General Election, where the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) took almost 70 per cent of the votes.

“I didn’t expect a landslide (win),” said Mr Yeo, who spoke to media after the launch of an art installation at Bedok Reservoir Park on Friday (Sep 18), which he donated an undisclosed sum to. “I think on Cooling-Off Day, after all that the people saw and heard, people got a little worried that the day after may result in a very different Singapore.”

“So everyone took two steps back and reflected: There are problems, but this is a wonderful country, and we all like coming back here when we travel. This is home,” added the former Member of Parliament, who served Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 1988 to 2011.

“And collectively, when everyone came to that conclusion, I think it contributed to this outcome.”

Pointing out that the battle for Aljunied GRC between the PAP and the Workers’ Party (WP) this election was “very close”, Mr Yeo said that he “thought Victor Lye and his team did a very good job winning back a large part of the crowd”.

The WP team, led by chief Low Thia Khiang, retained Aljunied GRC with 50.95 per cent of the votes against PAP’s Mr Lye, Mr Yeo Guat Kwang, Mr Chua Eng Leong, Mr Shamsul Kamar and Mr K Muralidharan Pillai.

In 2011, the same WP slate of Mr Low, Ms Sylvia Lim, Mr Chen Show Mao, Mr Pritam Singh and Mr Faisal Manap won Aljunied by 54.72 per cent of the votes, ousting the PAP team helmed by Mr Yeo.

Mr Yeo stepped down from politics thereafter.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

September 18, 2015
PAP Or Opposition Ward? No Difference To Home Value

With the General Election 2015 over and the People’s Action Party (PAP) winning all but two electoral divisions, research by property portal 99.co has showed that when it comes to housing price movements, it does not matter whether a home is located in a constituency held by the ruling party or an opposition party.

Amid perceptions that Opposition-held constituencies are not upgraded as much as ruling party wards and get fewer amenities, and thus may be seen as being less attractive as a residential area, 99.co studied housing price data from the past 10 years.

The first two graphs show how private housing prices in the four constituencies — Aljunied, Ang Mo Kio, Potong Pasir and West Coast — have changed from July 2006 to July this year.

Both Aljunied and Potong Pasir outperformed the Singapore average in terms of the property price appreciation, 99.co noted. In fact, both constituencies are among the best performing areas in Singapore, with its properties more than doubling in price on average over the last 10 years — a growth rate of over 100 per cent.

For PAP constituencies, 99.co noted that for Ang Mo Kio and West Coast, home prices in the former have performed just as well as those in Aljunied, but those in the latter lagged behind the national average, growing only about 50 per cent in the last 10 years.

The price movements and trend lines in the constituencies have remained in sync with the national average and other wards despite control of Aljunied and Potong Pasir changing hands in 2011.

“The rise or fall of property prices is not dependent on whether the property is in a PAP or an Opposition ward. Rather, the property prices are a factor of the location, and the corresponding supply and demand characteristics at the given point in time,” said Mr Eugene Lim, key executive officer of real estate agency ERA.

99.co noted that over the last 10 years, HDB resale prices in almost all wards have appreciated 80 to 100 per cent. With the exception of the spike in Tanjong Pagar due to Pinnacle@Duxton having matured for resale in 2014, the graph lines for all of the wards have been pretty much the same.

One can buy an HDB resale flat anywhere in Singapore and its price would move very much in line with other parts of the island, unlike private housing, where the price appreciation has varied widely from 50 to 150 per cent, 99.co noted.

“The data from 99.co clearly indicates that there is no difference in the valuations of residences between neighbourhoods. This likely indicates that common areas such as pavements, drainage and landscaping are being managed to similar standards. Otherwise, over two to three years, the differences will show and valuations in badly-managed districts would drop,” said Mr Ku Swee Yong, chief executive of property agency Century 21 Singapore.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

September 18, 2015