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  • Presidential Candidates Halimah Yacob And Salleh Marican Shook Hands At Event (Boleh?)

    Presidential Candidates Halimah Yacob And Salleh Marican Shook Hands At Event (Boleh?)

    Presidential hopefuls Halimah Yacob Salleh Marican met at the launch of Singapore’s first milk bank yesterday and they exchanged a few words. Halimah Yacob was there as the guest of honour at the launch whereas Salleh Marican is the treasurer on the foundation’s board of directors.

    When asked, Salleh told some reporters that he is planning to submit eligibility forms to the Elections Department a week from today. He also has several interviews lined up and is preparing mentally. Halimah, on the other hand, declined to make any comments in relation to the upcoming reserved elections.

    Not surprisingly, a photo captured them shaking hands with big smiles on their faces. Is this a problem? As Muslims, one would know that Islam forbids men to touch women who are not mahram, including shaking hands for acquaintance, forgiveness, gratefulness or other reasons (even political).

    So why did they shake hands? Are political causes more important than our religious values and beliefs?

     

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  • A Shoutout To Halimah Yacob – You are Unqualified To Be Singapore’s President!

    A Shoutout To Halimah Yacob – You are Unqualified To Be Singapore’s President!

    Do you agree with the writer?

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    To President Wannabe Halimah

    To Exercise Judgement on Second Key to our National Reserves, you NEED AT LEAST Financial Literacy, not to mention Economics learning! Judgement doesn’t come from mere ‘feelings’ or ‘gut feel’ or ‘instincts’ or ‘inspiration’ or mere ‘trust’ whatsoever! Heaven helps us Singaporeans if you get elected with such simpleton and naive thinking! It seems that you are the LEAST qualified or should I say, TOTALLY Unqualified to be our President if you neither think nor have that financial and economics learning!

    Neither should religion or race or even the mere position of being the Speaker of Parliament should make you the President or even qualified as a Presidential candidate but it seems that this is the case. A truly qualified candidate for Presidency MUST have certain level of financial and economics learning, understanding or background! For the country’s sake, please walk off from this important post which you do not have the necessary skillsets and knowledge to fulfill the role and duty.

     

    Source: Goh M.S.

  • Halimah Yacob: “I Owe A Duty To Singapore And The People”

    Halimah Yacob: “I Owe A Duty To Singapore And The People”

    Reflecting on her tenure as Speaker of the House, Madam Halimah Yacob said she tried her utmost to give Members of Parliament (MPs) a fair opportunity to ask questions and was “very even-handed” to both backbenchers and political officeholders. On the occasions when she had to interject and remind MPs — including those from the Workers’ Party — not to launch into a debate during question time, she said: “I do not make the rules, Parliament makes the rules. And I have to apply the rules.”

    She added: “Under the Standing Order, it’s very clear, question time is not debate. If you want to debate on an issue, you file a motion.” Last week, Mdm Halimah stepped down as Speaker and an MP in order to run in next month’s Presidential Election. Having been an MP, she said she understands how MPs “work very hard to prepare speeches and questions”. Her advice to MPs is to prepare questions in a “very succinct way where they can elicit the responses that they want”. They should also anticipate the likely answers, and have supplementary questions ready, she added.

    Mdm Halimah was a Minister of State at the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) when she was asked in December 2012 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to take over from former Speaker Michael Palmer, who resigned in the wake of an extra-marital affair. Barely a month later, she was elected by the House as Speaker. With “very little learning time” to familiarise herself with the role, she had to preside over the February 2013 debate on the Population White Paper.

    “It was a rather controversial debate which I had to take care of. Soon after … we had the Budget (debate),” recalled Mdm Halimah, adding that her legal training helped her to “catch up a bit faster”. She quipped: “And I was a backbencher for 10 years … some of the time, I had irked the previous Speaker — that gives me some insights to being a Speaker.” As Speaker, she had to be above the political fray — and even more so if she becomes President. Mdm Halimah, whose resignation from the People’s Action Party ended decades of association with the ruling party, reiterated that she does not owe a duty to a political party. “I owe a duty to Singapore and the people … I will be answerable to Singapore and the people,” she said.

     

    Source: Today

  • What Is Halimah Yacob’s Biological Descent? Indian Muslim Father + Chinese Mother?

    What Is Halimah Yacob’s Biological Descent? Indian Muslim Father + Chinese Mother?

    So, what is Halimah Yacob’s biological descent? Indian Muslim Father + Chinese Mother? Can anyone verify?

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    There are all sorts of rumors surrounding Halimah. Whilst I do not support her on grounds of not being a Malay per se and the way the constitution was amended to cover her limitations, I am against Halimah bashing.

    Can anyone verify that she was born to a Chinese mother and adopted by a Malay. People in the neighbourhood where she grew up should know. They can help to rubbish this claim if untrue.

    There are also claims that she studied in Singapore Chinese Girls School. Her primary school classmates, school mates and teachers can either confirm or rubbish this claim.

    This claim is substantiated by quoting Halimah herself. She said that from the age of 8 she was raised by the Malay mother. If so, it is asked who raised her before that, Her Chinese mother???

    Also how many Malay parents enrolled their children in Singapore Chinese Girls School in the 60s -70s. If Halimah studied there then her Chinese mother a hawker, must have enrolled her there.

    Halimah will not get my vote. That is my considered choice. I will also not be a bystander and watch wicked lies smear a person. Lies repeated over and over becomes the truth. As level headed Singaporeans we have a responsibility to vindicate Halimah and put the rumours to rest if they are indeed rumours.

     

    Source: Balasubramaniam Murugesu

  • Damanhuri Abas: Here’s How By-Election Should Be Conducted For Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

    Damanhuri Abas: Here’s How By-Election Should Be Conducted For Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

    The Government must call a GRC By-election for MYT to be true to its stated desire to ensure equal Minority representation as it robustly claimed was the basis for having a reserved PE exclusive for Malays. Less it exposes its own hypocrisy to say one thing but do another for clear political interest. Enough of short-changing the Malays pretending to be benevolent when in truth they manipulate the rules and keep moving the goalpost for 52 years.

    If additional cost incurred for one is the concern as some commentators expressed, here is how to simply overcome that. They can always conduct the By-election together with the PE. It only involves MYT GRC and residence from the constituencies affected can go to the polls on that day to vote twice, both for a PE and the MPs for their GRC. Enough time to do so now. Imaginary problem solved. Lets have a By-Election in MYT together with the PE!!

     

    Source: Damanhuri Bin Abas