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  • Susu Ibu Dianggap “Tidak Halal”

    Susu Ibu Dianggap “Tidak Halal”

    Seorang ibu mengadu kakitangan sebuah hotel di Melaka menolak permintaannya membekukan susu badannya di peti sejuk dengan alasan ia ‘tidak halal’. Wanita bernama Chua yang menceritakan kejadian itu di laman Facebook bagi kumpulan ibu menyusu pada 18 Ogos lalu berkata, kakitangan lelaki di kaunter resepsi hotel itu menolak permintaannya walaupun selepas beliau menjelaskan susu ibu itu dihasilkan manusia.

    PELANGGAN ‘HALAL’ DAN ‘TIDAK HALAL’?

    “Saya tidak berputus asa dan cuba mendapatkan bantuan kakitangan lain untuk membekukan susu, tetapi hasilnya masih sama. Alasannya susu ibu tidak halal. Ketika itu, saya ada memberi penjelasan dan menerapkan pengetahuan mengenai susu ibu, tetapi tidak berjaya memujuk mereka. Susu ibu dihasilkan manusia, bukannya haiwan. Takkanlah pelanggan mereka juga perlu dibahagikan kepada halal dan tidak halal?” soalnya menerusi catatan itu sambil menambah beliau terpaksa membuang susu badannya dalam kejadian yang berlaku kira-kira pukul 9.00 malam itu. Cik Chua berkata, keadaan sebaliknya berlaku pada keesokan harinya apabila beliau menghantar susu badannya ke bilik VIP yang beroperasi pada waktu siang, di mana kakitangan wanita membantu beliau membekukannya.

    HOTEL MINTA MAAF

    Selang beberapa hari, beliau melalui satu lagi catatan di Facebook memaklumkan hotel itu sudah meminta maaf kepadanya, selepas rakannya membuat aduan kepada pihak pengurusan. Hotel itu katanya, turut memaklumkan mereka ada menawarkan perkhidmatan membekukan susu ibu kepada pelanggan, termasuk pada waktu malam tanpa membezakan ia halal atau tidak. Cik Chua berkata, hotel itu menjelaskan petugas lelaki di kaunter resepsi menolak permintaannya kerana tiada pengetahuan mengenai susu ibu dan tidak biasa dengan cara menguruskannya.

    “Mengimbau keadian itu, sebenarnya ia hanya kesilapan yang tidak disengajakan oleh segelintir kakitangan (lelaki) kerana mereka tiada pengetahuan mengenai susu ibu.” Beliau berharap orang ramai tidak akan menyalahkan hotel itu dan meminta pihak pengurusan tidak mengambil tindakan terhadap kakitangan terbabit, sebaliknya memberi pengetahuan mengenai susu ibu kepada mereka. Hotel itu tambahnya lagi, tidak memberi sebarang pampasan kepadanya dan beliau tidak mahu memperbesarkan kesilapan orang lain.

     

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • From ‘Malacca’ to ‘Melaka’: Is it worth the effort?

    From ‘Malacca’ to ‘Melaka’: Is it worth the effort?

    Is it worth the effort, standardising the spelling of “Malacca” to “Melaka”?

    The answer appears to be yes, according to members of the public polled.

    Tour guide Shaukani Abbas said the move is commendable as it can bring an end to confusion, especially among tourists.

    “The state was previously spelled ‘Melaka’ (even in English) and it should be maintained as such. It is good that the state government finally standardising it,” he said.

    Mr Shaukani said, as a tour guide, he was often quizzed by puzzled tourists on the actual spelling of the state’s name.

    “It can be confusing to have two spellings. It should be spelled as ‘Melaka’.

    “It is high time we finally spell the state name out as ‘Melaka’, not ‘Malacca’,” he said.

    On Wednesday (May 3), the Malacca State Executive Council decided that the Anglicised state name spelling of “Malacca” will cease to be used, and that reference to the state in English shall henceforth be exclusively “Melaka”.

    Melaka State Secretary Naim Abu Bakar said that all newspapers and the media, whether Bahasa Malaysia, English or any other language, shall use “Melaka” in writing or when mentioning the state.

    “This is intended to standardise the use of the name “Melaka”, especially in English,” he said.

    Meanwhile, over on social media, Facebook user Abdul Rasyid Muhammad Razak, said it was a good effort.

    “Don’t let them change it (the name) like Singapore (from Singapura). Pulau Pinang (Penang) should also do the same,” he said.

    Other netizens felt that changing the name wasn’t an issue, as it is also practised elsewhere historically.

    “No issue. Indonesia, India, China, Russia and many other countries have changed the names of their cities before,” said Facebook user Tuan Zamani Amir.

    Another netizen Sureen Tan also shared a similar sentiment, saying that the word “Malacca” is commonly used in conversation only.

    “Only the Strait settlement has this spelling – Penang/Pulau Pinang, Singapore/Singapura and Malacca/Melaka… I don’t see an issue. Putting ‘Melaka’ (as the) name in the Unesco World Heritage is proper.”

    Others, however, felt that the name change was unnecessary as the state government should be focusing on more pressing matters.

     

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    Source: http://www.todayonline.com/

  • Malay Woman Seeks Fund To Help Save Dog After Hit-And-Run

    Malay Woman Seeks Fund To Help Save Dog After Hit-And-Run

    A Malay woman who caught the attention of netizens for rescuing a badly injured dog in Malacca on Saturday (March 4) is now hoping the public could donate to help fund the mongrel’s surgery.

    The girl known on Facebook as Ziezie Zeyta said on her profile last night that while she has received some donation, the amount was still insufficient to cover the medical cost, which she said was RM1,500 (S$475).

    “[God bless], thank you so much to everyone who donated to help save the dog… I hope Allah will bless you all with good health and prosperity,” Ziezy wrote.

    “But according to the latest information the fund is still insufficient to cover the cost. I plead for your kindness to help donate a little for surgery and the ward.

    “Only Allah can repay your good deeds,” she added.

    Pictures of the mongrel’s X-ray scans, which accompanied the woman’s post, showed the dog’s left leg was severely broken.

    She wrote on her Facebook:

    Bismillah..
    Alhamdulillah..
    Terima kasih pd anda semua yg telah membantu menyumbang kn dana pd Anjing ini..semoga anda semua diberkati Allah dan di Murah kan rezeki.

    Maklumat Terkini Kos Rawatan Masih Lagi Tidak Mencukupi. Mohon Jasa Baik Anda Semua Untuk Memberi Sedikit Sumbangan Kepada Kos Rawatan Anjing ini melakukan Operation dan ward. Hanya Allah sahaja yang mampu membalas jasa baik anda semua.

    Sumbangan boleh di buat di Akaun Tersebut: Kos operation RM1500 termasuk warded 2 minggu dan ubat.
    Acc no. bank cimb-
    ‭8007776310‬ Maju animal clinic. Sila Hantar Pic Resit Untuk Kami Beri Kepada pihak veterinar. Atau anda Boleh Terus Menghubungi Norashikin Ahmad

     

    Source: Ziezie Zeyta

  • Skeletal Remains Of Larger-Than-Usual Man Found In Malacca Cave

    Skeletal Remains Of Larger-Than-Usual Man Found In Malacca Cave

    A recent discovery might provide the proof that early settlers in Malacca, including the Malay Sultanate era, were large in structure.

    Historian Mohd Fuad Khusari M Said, appointed by the Malacca government to search for new historical sites, claimed to have discovered skeletal remains of what is believed to be a larger-than-usual man in a cave in Pulau Upeh, an island off Malacca. He had discovered the bones partially exposed above ground.

    And about 1.2km outside the cave, he found two graves unusually large in dimension – measuring about 5m by 0.5m. The graves were about 15m apart.

    “I have reported the findings to the authorities because we have no right to excavate the site without permission,” said the historian who has 10 years experience in archaeological studies.

    Based on the size of the skull and the length of the bones found in the cave, Mr Fuad believes the remains could measure between 3m and 5m long. The length of the skeletal remains match the tomb of Sultan Al Ariffin Syeikh Ismail and the graves of the seven warrior brothers in Pulau Besar.

    Other findings of  “gigantic graves” in Pulau Besar included those believed to belong to religious leaders from Yemen, Saudi Arabia, India and Java, who had gone to Malacca to spread Islam during the early days of the Malacca Sultanate.

    “There was no excavation work at any of these grave sites, so the tales of giant settlers remain a myth,” he said. “But the research on this latest find could prove or disprove claims that giant-sized men roamed Malacca a long time ago.”

    Looking at the modern man, heights reaching 3m or 5m may seem unthinkable. But Mr Fuad said there are records of giant races dating back to the Mayans. There was also a newspaper report in 1871 on the finding of some 200 giant skeletons in Ontario, Canada.

    “So it’s not strange to have sightings of giants in this part of the world,” he said.

    However, the size of the graves do not necessarily reflect the size of the human remains.

    Institute of Historical and Patriotism Studies of Malaysia’s chairman Mohd Jamil Mukmin said the graves could have been dug larger than usual as an honour to the dead.

    Javanese religious leaders travelling to the Port of Malacca to teach Islam to the locals and traders in the 15th century would use Pulau Upeh as a base.

    Chief minister Idris Harun, who confirmed that he had been informed of the latest finding on the island, said: “We have commissioned the historian to provide facts about undiscovered historical sites and research on the latest discovery of giant-sized remains is ongoing.”

    He added that villagers from the mainland had placed tombstones on the graves a few years ago.

    Malacca’s Barisan Nasional social service centre’s director Amir Hamzah Aziz said the story of a mysterious giant’s remains on Pulau Upeh has been circulating since the 1990s. “Many claimed to have sighted the remains there. If it’s true, we must preserve it for the future generation.”

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Malacca Government Supports Chinese Peranakans Bid For Bumiputra Status

    Malacca Government Supports Chinese Peranakans Bid For Bumiputra Status

    The Malacca government has declared its backing of a move by the state’s Peranakan Chinese to obtain Bumiputera status, pointing out the community had played a pivotal role in protecting the state from attackers during the early days of the Sultanate.

    According to The Star today (Dec 18), Chief Minister Idris Haron said his administration already regards the community, which is said to have settled in the bustling southern state from as early as the 14th century, as Malacca’s indigenous people.

    “Based on historical facts, they arrived on this soil with noble intentions and they extended their friendship to the Malacca Sultanate,” Mr Idris was quoted saying after a meeting with the state executive council yesterday.

    As such, the chief minister said his government will support the Peranakan Chinese Association of Malaysia’s (PCAM) bid to secure Bumiputera status for the community.

    He also called for more documentation to endorse the community as the state’s indigenous people.

    According to the English daily, it has been reported that PCAM president Ronald Gan is seeking to endorse Malacca’s Peranakan Chinese as Bumiputeras, along with the state’s Malay and Portugese communities.

    The paper said Gan had reasoned that the Peranakan Chinese were recognised as Malays when the Malay Customary Land was established under the Malacca Land Customary Rights Ordinance, which was drawn up under British rule between 1826 and 1957. THE MALAY MAIL ONLINE

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com