Tag: Islam

PAP Supporter: Halimah Yacob Shouldn’t Contest Presidency

By all accounts, Madam Halimah Yacob is a warm, compassionate and humble person, and a popular MP; she is well-loved by her constituents. Madam Halimah has also carried out her duties as Speaker of Parliament with dignity, as the first female Speaker of Parliament in Singapore’s history.

However, I feel she should not run for the office of Elected President.

Firstly, she has been elected not only as a Member of Parliament, but as the all-important minority candidate of Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC. She owes a duty to those who elected her to stay on and fulfil her responsibilities as MP. It would also call the whole raison d’être of the GRC into question, if it is left without a minority representative. The role of Speaker of Parliament is also a vey important one. It shouldn’t be resigned from lightly.

Secondly, although the position of Speaker is equivalent to a Minister in protocol, it surely isn’t in responsibility. One reason for raising the criteria for private sector candidates (chief executive role in a 500m company) was to benchmark it to the responsibilities of a Minister, who has to manage huge billion dollar budgets and hundreds to thousands of civil servants. The Speaker of Parliament has no such equivalent responsibility. It would thus detract from the credibility of recent changes to private sector eligibility criteria, if a former Speaker were deemed to have the necessary skill-sets to guard our financial reserves.

Madam Halimah is already a highly respected MP. She has already cemented her place in history as being the first female Speaker of Parliament. Her services are arguably more needed amongst the constituents she loves, and who love her in return.

I do hope Madam Halimah will seriously consider whether to run for EP, as she is doing, and decide eventually not to.

Source: Calvin Cheng

July 18, 2017
Halal Butter Beer From Noosh Halal Noodle Bar & Grill

When drinking butter beer, u need to do it with that froth on ur lips. Thats how you drink butter beer! There is no ice in this drink, its nicely chilled and we don’t give u straw.. u need to drink up.. But if you insist, you can inform us before placing ur order that you want the straw and ice. Enjoy our Halal Concoction of Butter Beer just like how you enjoy Root beer!

Source: Noosh Halal Noodle Bar And Grill

July 17, 2017
Amrin Amin Turun Padang Sertai Operasi Serbuan Banteras Salah Guna Dadah

Ini jarang-jarang kita saksikan – iaitu Anggota Parlimen sama-sama menyertai operasi anti-dadah di lapangan. AP yang dimaksudkan ialah Setiausaha Parlimen Ehwal Dalam Negeri Amrin Amin, yang turun padang menyertai para pegawai Biro Narkotik Pusat (CNB) pada awal pagi Rabu (12 Jul) untuk melancarkan serbuan ke atas pesalah-pesalah dadah.

Serbuan tersebut dijalankan ke atas sebuah pusat hiburan malam di kawasan Orchard, dan dilakukan dari waktu tengah malam hingga 4.00 pagi dinihari tadi (12 Jul).

Seramai lima orang yang disyaki pesalah dadah dicekup semasa serbuan itu, dedah Encik Amrin, menerusi laman Facebook beliau.

Encik Amrin menyatakan: “Penguatkuasaan adalah teras utama bagi strategi anti-dadah kami. Para pegawai CNB kami bekerja keras, melancarkan serbuan kerap bagi memastikan kelab-kelab dan jalanan kami bebas dadah, di samping selalu mengutamakan negara sebelum diri mereka.”

CNB: BUKAN LUMRAH, AP SERTAI SERBUAN ANTI DADAH

BERITAMediacorp difahamkan bahawa bukan menjadi suatu kebiasaan bagi seseorang Anggota Parlimen untuk menyertai operasi serbuan seumpama itu.

“Encik Amrin menyertai serbuan tersebut untuk lebih memahami dengan lebih lanjut apa yang berlaku di sebalik suatu serbuan itu. Ini bukanlah suatu yang lumrah,” dedah seorang jurucakap CNB kepada BERITAMediacorp.

Dalam serbuan tersebut, Encik Amrin turut berkongsi beliau menyaksikan sendiri “dedikasi penuh” para pegawai CNB.

Ini termasuk merancang serbuan itu dengan “teliti”, menguji mereka yang disyaki menyalahgunakan dadah dan menguruskan individu-individu yang ditangkap.

“Saya berasa penuh yakin dan bangga dengan adanya para pegawai cekap seperti itu yang berkhidmat untuk Singapura. Terima kasih!” tulisnya lagi.

(Gambar-gambar: Amrin Amin/Facebook)

KEMPEN ANTI DADAH MASYARAKAT MELAYU/ISLAM

Antara usaha memerangi dadah di kalangan masyarakat Melayu/Islam, yang sudah dijalankan Encik Amrin selaku Setiausaha Parlimen MHA, ialah memperhebat kempen menangkis najis dadah.

Pada 30 April lalu, Encik Amrin turut melancarkan kempen “Dadah Itu Haram” demi meningkatkan kesedaran tentang gejala negatif dadah.

Satu pakatan masyarakat Melayu/Islam untuk memerangi masalah dadah turut didedahkan semasa pelancaran kempen itu.

Kempen itu dipimpin oleh golongan asatizah, iaitu Persatuan Ulama dan guru-guru Agama Islam (PERGAS) dan mesej kempen itu disebarkan oleh sekurang-kurangnya enam badan Melayu/Islam tempatan.

Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

July 13, 2017
Marine Company Chairman Farid Khan Born In Geylang Serai Is Running For Presidency

An entrepreneur of Pakistani descent yesterday announced his bid to become the next president.

Mr Farid Khan Kaim Khan, 62, the chairman of marine services provider Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific, said he intends to stand in the upcoming presidential election (PE) because he wants to “serve the nation” and feels “capable of doing so to the best of my knowledge and ability”.

This PE, due in September, has been reserved for Malay candidates after the Presidential Elections Act was amended to ensure the presidency is representative of the country’s multiracial society.

Speaking in English and Malay, Mr Farid told reporters at the Village Hotel Changi that his identity card indicates he is Pakistani but he was born in Geylang Serai and celebrates Hari Raya every year.

“I am of Pakistani descent and my wife is of Arabic descent. Yet our family and relatives speak Malay and practise the Malay culture. So I am part of the Malay community,” he said.

In his speech, Mr Farid outlined five areas of concern: the growing threat of radicalism, strengthening the trust among the people, helping the needy, enhancing Singapore’s prosperity and strengthening families.

He is the second candidate to throw his hat into the ring.

Second Chance Properties founder and chief executive officer Mohamed Salleh Marican, 67, said on May 31 that he planned to run for president.

Political analyst Mustafa Izzuddin told The New Paper that Mr Farid addressed his ethnicity head-on to clear the air in the hope of quelling any doubts about his candidacy.

“He did not want the question whether he is Malay to hijack other issues he wants to discuss, and probably anticipated it,” he said.

ELIGIBLE

Associate Professor Eugene Tan, a law don at the Singapore Management University, echoed Dr Mustafa’s observations, noting that Mr Farid wanted to reassure his stakeholders by “asserting his claim to be eligible”.

He said: “Certainly now that he has indicated he would make an application, there is the question of eligibility.”

Dr Mustafa said the decision whether Mr Farid is Malay lies with the Community Committee.

Prospective candidates must submit a form to the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) to get a certificate of eligibility, and another form to the Community Committee to declare that they are part of the Malay community to obtain a Community Certificate.

“I suspect the committee is going to stretch the definition to consider not just what you are born as, but what your experience is like, your environment, and whether or not the community sees you as Malay,” Dr Mustafa said.

Prof Tan also weighed in on another requisite – private sector candidates have to helm a company with at least $500 million in shareholder equity.

However, the PEC has the discretion to waive this requirement.

Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of a French multinational marine company, reportedly has shareholder equity of US$300 million (S$415 million), but Mr Farid said he is confident of qualifying.

Mr Farid, who is married to Madam Naeemah Shaikh Abu Bakar, 61, with a daughter, 23, and son, 18, has been with the company for more than 10 years.

It has about 800 workers in the region.

Said Prof Tan: “If it does not appear that he qualifies outright, then he will have to go under the discretionary route, and the PEC will have to decide.”

Source: http://www.tnp.sg

July 13, 2017
Early P1 Ballot Likely At 5 Popular Schools; Not For Malay Students

Parents hoping to place their six-year-olds in five of the most popular primary schools this year may face a ballot next week.

The schools are CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School, Nanyang Primary, Nan Hua Primary, Red Swastika School and Catholic High School.

A total of 29 schools were left with fewer than half of their vacancies after Phase 2A1, the second of seven Primary 1 registration stages, closed on Wednesday. Last year, only 19 schools were in this situation.

The phase, which follows Phase 1 for children with siblings currently studying in the school, is for children whose parents had joined the school alumni association at least one year ago, or are on the school advisory committee.

The next phase, 2A2, is for children whose parents or siblings are former pupils, or whose parent is a staff member at the school. Registration starts next Tuesday and ends the next day.

A rule introduced in 2014, which requires all primary schools to set aside 40 places for children in the later stages, may also put a squeeze on places available for the next phase. The 40 places will be split equally between children registering in Phases 2B and 2C.

In the past three years, balloting has been taking place at an earlier stage of the registration exercise, partly as a result of this new rule.

Phase 2B is for children whose parents are school volunteers, active community leaders or have ties with church or clan associations directly connected with the schools. Phase 2C is for children with no ties to the school.

After reserving the 40 places, CHIJ St Nicholas has only seven spots left for Phase 2A2, after 95 children registered this week.

Nanyang Primary and Nan Hua Primary have 10 and 19 places respectively left for Phase 2A2, while Red Swastika and Catholic High have 23 and 31 spots respectively left for Phase 2A2.

Communications professional Ow Yong Weng Leong successfully registered his daughter for a place at Red Swastika School this week.

“The school offers Higher Chinese from Primary 1, so I hope it will help my daughter in becoming bilingual as she currently speaks English more,” said the 37-year-old.

Editors Note:

Based on sources, students who take Malay as a second language cannot enrol in any of the five popular primary schools namely CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School, Nanyang Primary, Nan Hua Primary, Red Swastika School and Catholic High School (https://www.moe.gov.sg/a…/primary-one-registration/vacancies). Perhaps if they make millions, one day one of them they can become President of Singapore. What a shame.

Is the kind of elite tokenistic multiracialism the DAG believes in?

Source: StraitsTimes

July 10, 2017