Tag: Malays

  • Damanhuri Abas: Distrust Of Malays By The Government Have To Stop Now

    Damanhuri Abas: Distrust Of Malays By The Government Have To Stop Now

    Was at Reach Feedback session with Dr Yaacob and Mdm Rahayu this evening.

    EP was hot tonite. Salleh Marican of Second Chance fired the first salvo and stated that 3 years ago his biz paid up caps qualifies him to contest for the EP but it looks like his chance is gone now.

    With bleak economic outlook job prospects will be serious issues that will beset Singaporeans. No clear way forward on this one as the Malay community is least independent of the govt help.

    The rushed changes to the EP and the strange interest and concern on the Malay community has inevitably exposed the hypocrisy of selective meritocracy that has existed for the last 50 years which scholarly works by Prof Hussin Mutalib and Dr Lily Zubaidah (related to President Yusuf Ishak) have already exposed for years but ignored.

    Thus I raised to them about the fallacy of meritocracy and discrimination that starts with the government for their strange unjustified distrust of the loyalty of the Malay community.

    This unhealthy relationship of distrust between govt and the Malay community is toxic and must be eradicated. It has secondary effects on the wider community as imposed structural barriers denying Malays access to so-called sensitive position in government jobs get expanded into entrenched attitudes in the wider society.

    The Malays has done nothing to deserve this distrust. Our track record of loyalty to land and country are unmatched based on the peformance of the Malay regiment who sacrificed their life for Singapore during the Japanese invasion of this country.

    To blanket the entire community on baseless grounds of disloyalty are unfair and unjust, denying our meritocratic right to have full unhindered opportunity like everyone else just because we are malays.

    Examples of silly reasons of ship kitchen dietary constraints in the navy no longer cut any ice with a matured and thinking citizenry. So please stop this outrageous justification to maintain discriminatory practices when questions of loyalty and distrust are the real excuses and must end.

    Yes changes are taking place but more can and must be done to stop discriminatory practices. The change must start from the very top beginning with the government. Real meritocracy must be implemented.

    Then only maybe one day Singaporeans will truly be a one united people as what our kids recite daily in school.

    Special thanks goes to Dr Yaacob and Mdm Rahayu for accepting me and others into the session. They are more courageous than some Minister who rather call off his session than faced Dr Tan Cheng Bock.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Bin Abas

  • Damanhuri Abas: Unprincipled Leaders Corrupt Morals, Out Of Wedlock Pregnancy Suggested As Solution

    Damanhuri Abas: Unprincipled Leaders Corrupt Morals, Out Of Wedlock Pregnancy Suggested As Solution

    Unprincipled leaders will spew morally bankrupt suggestion of illicit out-of-wedlock pregnancies as solutions to tackle complex procreation, child-bearing and upbringing issues. They should seriously step aside and allow more serious decent productive conversation to take place.

    On a lighter note, just consult your proven procreation expert (your next door abang lah with 5 children). We malays cope with tight flats and still produce many babies and don’t complaint.

    We marry at void decks and make do. We are champions leading the babies production game for this country we love and we don’t compromise on marriage and family. If the Minister or whoever she is wants some ideas, join us at the nearest void deck on Sunday. See u there.

    And no silly hanky panky ideas lah…. haiyo please lah…. we got pride u know…

     

    Source: Damanhuri Abas

  • Khan Osman Sulaiman: Mengapa AP Melayu Islam Dan MUIS Membisu Dalam Isu Online Gambling?

    Khan Osman Sulaiman: Mengapa AP Melayu Islam Dan MUIS Membisu Dalam Isu Online Gambling?

    Apabila polisi membina 2 casino dibahaskan dalam parliament dan diletakkan pada undian, tidak seorang pun AP Melayu/Islam menentang hasrat pemerintah. Malahan mereka setuju dgn hala tujuan pemerintah untuk membangunkan negara dgn hasil perjudian.

    Sebaliknya, yg menentang ialah AP2 bukan Islam.

    Baru2 ini, pemerintah meluluskan permohonan dari Singapore Pools dan Singapore Turf Club untuk menyediakan perkhidmatan ‘Online Gambling.’

    Langkah itu menimbulkan kebimbangan daripada pihak Majlis Kebangsaan Gereja-Gereja yang menekankan bahawa perjudian akan meninggalkan kesan buruk terhadap masyarakat.

    Yg peliknya, bantahan dari MUIS dan AP2 Melayu kita tidak langsung kedengaran. Walaupun Singapura adalah negara sekular, ini tidak bermakna nilai2 murni yg diajarkan kepada kita melalui agama Islam tidak boleh diluahkan.

    Kita dapat melihat bagaimana Majlis Kebangsaan Gereja-Gereja memainkan peranannya terhadap masyarakat umum dengan mengambil pendirian tegas terhadap polisi2 pemerintah yg tidak sehaluan dgn ajaran agama mereka.

    MUIS selaku kuasa tertinggi yg menyeliakan hal ehwal umat Islam di Singapura, seringkali didapati membisu apabila pemerintah menggubal rang undang2 yg bercanggah dgn ajaran Islam.

    Pucuk kepimpinan MUIS yg lemah setelah beberapa dekat ini menjadikan organisasinya mandul. Tidak dapat memainkan peranan nya seperti yg diharapkan oleh masyarakat.

    Pada masa jangkau yg panjang, kelemahan MUIS untuk membuat pendiriannya terhadap isu2 genting yg berkaitan dgn polisi2 negara, akan menghilangkan pengaruh masyarakat Islam Singapura.

     

    Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman

  • Anda Kenal Nur Sarah Syafiqah Binte Shahrizal? Sila Bantu Pihak Polis

    Anda Kenal Nur Sarah Syafiqah Binte Shahrizal? Sila Bantu Pihak Polis

    Pihak polis meminta orang ramai supaya tampil ke hadapan untuk memberi maklumat tentang lokasi remaja berusia 13 tahun, Nur Sarah Syafiqah Binte Shahrizal.

    Kali terakhir Nur Sarah Syafiqah dilihat adalah di Blok 12A Marsiling Lane sekitar 6.45 pagi pada 7 Oktober 2016.

    Pada ketika itu, Nur Sarah Syafiqah memakai jersi berwarna merah dan seluar pendek berwarna biru.

    Sesiapa yang mempunyai maklumat diminta menghubungi talian Hotline Polis 1800-255-0000 atau secara online di www.police.gov.sg/iwitness.

    Semua maklumat yang diterima akan dirahsiakan.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • 5 Lelaki Dipenjara, Didenda Kerana Lakukan Aksi ‘Wheelie’, ‘Superman’

    5 Lelaki Dipenjara, Didenda Kerana Lakukan Aksi ‘Wheelie’, ‘Superman’

    Tiga lelaki masing-masing dipenjara antara dua dan empat hari serta denda RM5,500 (S$1,800) oleh Mahkamah Trafik Malaysia hari ini (10 Okt), selepas mengaku bersalah menunggang motosikal secara melulu dan berbahaya dengan melakukan aksi ‘Wheelie’ serta ala ‘Superman’.

    Majistret Noorul Fhaiez Mohd Nayan menjatuhkan hukuman penjara empat hari ke atas jurujual barangan telekomunikasi Mohamad Saiful Shamsudin yang berusia 27 tahun, dan pembantu mekanik Khairul Azizi Ahmad, 23.

    Sementara itu penganggur, Mohammad Fariez Farhan Md Nor, 20, dipenjara dua hari dan mahkamah memerintahkan kesemua mereka menjalani hukuman penjara tiga bulan jika gagal membayar denda itu.

    Mohamad Saiful didakwa menunggang motosikal secara melulu dan berbahaya sambil melakukan aksi ala ‘Superman’ yang membahayakan diri sendiri dan pengguna jalan lain di susur keluar Taman Melawar, berhampiran susur Balai Bomba KL pada 2.30 pagi, semalam (9 Okt).

    Khairul Azizi dan Mohammad Fariez Farhan pula didakwa menunggang motosikal sambil melakukan aksi wheelie di Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman pada 8.05 dan 11.05 malam, semalam (9 Okt).

    Di mahkamah sama, seorang jurujual Muhamad Ikhwan Zamarudin, 24, dijatuhi hukuman penjara tiga hari dan denda RM5,500 (S$1,800) manakala seorang penghantar surat Mohamad Hafiz Zulhawari Nikman, 19, dihukum penjara dua hari dan denda RM5,500 (S$1,800) selepas mengaku bersalah melakukan kesalahan sama.

    Mahkamah memerintahkan hukuman penjara ke atas kedua-dua tertuduh itu bermula hari ini (10 Okt) dan penjara tiga bulan sekiranya gagal membayar denda itu.

    Kesemua mereka didakwa di bawah Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987 yang memperuntukkan hukuman penjara maksimum lima tahun, denda sehingga RM15,000 (S$5,000), serta lesen percubaan dibatalkan dan hilang kelayakan menunggang atau mendapatkan lesen memandu selama dua tahun.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp