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  • Emotional Wedding Dinner For Sezairi And Wife

    Emotional Wedding Dinner For Sezairi And Wife

    He’s known for being quite the joker, but it was an emotional night for Singapore Idol 3 winner Sezairi Sezali and his bride Syaza Qistina Tan, 25, at their wedding reception on Sunday.

    Ms Syaza teared up during her speech as she addressed her husband.

    The events executive, who grew up in a single-parent household, said: “I haven’t had the best examples growing up of how a man and a woman should love each other.

    “But you’ve taught me so much… So thank you, and I love you.”

    The groom fared better than his bride at holding back tears as he addressed her and the 200 guests gathered at the SAF Yacht Club in Tanah Merah.

    The singer-songwriter, 29, said: “What I love most about Syaza is that I don’t have to pretend to be someone else, and I can be myself around her.”

    Sezairi and Ms Syaza were dressed in matching red and black outfits by local celebrity stylist and make-up artist Fatimah Mohsin.

    The venue’s decor, which followed a blue and white flowery theme, was also done by the stylist.

    The couple tied the knot in an earlier solemnisation ceremony on Jan 23 at Timbre Music Academy hall.

    Among the guests at the reception on Sunday were radio DJ-singer Tabitha Nauser, who was a bridesmaid, comedian Fakkah Fuzz, who hosted the affair, local rappers Shigga Shay and Sheikh Haikel, who was there with wife Anna Belle Francis.

    Benjamin Kheng from local band The Sam Willows told The New Paper: “I was out of the country (during the solemnisation) so I’m extra psyched to be here today.”

    He added jokingly: “I thought Sezairi and I would be together forever, but I’m happy to let Syaza take over. I’m so happy for the two of them.”

    Ms Syaza’s mother, Madam Norintan Shariff, 53, said in her speech: “As any mother, this is the happiest and proudest moment of my life. I’ve seen how they both pull through tough times, and I know they’ll continue to do so together.”

    She also told The New Paper: “If things get hard, I think they’ll manage to work things out no matter what, because they are the perfect couple.”

    Sezairi and Ms Syaza now live in Pasir Ris with Madam Norintan and Ms Syaza’s younger sister, Hannah.

    Sezairi’s housewife mother, Madam Rubi’ah Chayan, 54, is still getting used to not having her older son around the house.

    She told TNP: “I’m used to preparing his food and clothes for him, so it’s very different now that he’s not living with us anymore.”

    As the evening progressed, musician Charlie Lim performed solo for the couple, before sharing the stage with Sezairi for another performance.

    Sezairi then serenaded his wife with a Malay song from his upcoming self-titled EP, which is based on his seven-year relationship with Ms Syaza.

     

    Source: The New Paper

     

     

  • 3 Anak Melayu Disebut PM Lee Sebagai Contoh Baik Ekonomi Baru

    3 Anak Melayu Disebut PM Lee Sebagai Contoh Baik Ekonomi Baru

    Tiga anak muda Melayu disebut Perdana Menteri Lee Hsien Loong sebagai contoh baik yang terlibat dalam Ekonomi Baru.

    Berucap dalam Rapat Hari Kebangsaan dalam bahasa Melayu hari ini (21 Ogos), Encik Lee menyebut tentang Muhammad Ariff Awari.

    Selepas lulus kursus Kejuruteraan Elektrik di Institut Pendidikan Teknikal (ITE), Muhammad Ariff meneruskan pengajiannya di Politeknik Nanyang.

    Muhammad Ariff Awari. (Gambar: MCI)

    Beliau kemudian bertanding dalam pertandingan WorldSkills Singapore, iaitu pertandingan berprestij yang diadakan sekali dalam setiap dua tahun yang menyaksikan para belia mempamerkan kemahiran masing-masing untuk mencari bakat-bakat terbaik di kalangan para belia di Singapura.

    Para peserta cemerlang akan dipilih mewakili Singapura di pertandingan WorldSkills Competition.

    Muhammad Ariff dan pasukannya mencipta sebuah robot yang boleh menyajikan makanan dan kemudian membawa pinggan mangkuk ke dapur. Lebih membanggakan, ciptaan robot mereka itu memenangi pingat perak.

    ABDUL HALIM – DARI MADRASAH IRSYAD, KE PHD, KE EKONOMI BARU

    (Gambar: Abdul Halim Ali Akbar)

    (Gambar: MCI)

    Seorang lagi anak Melayu yang diketengahkan Encik Lee ialah Abdul Halim Ali Akbar, lulusan Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri dan graduan Politeknik Singapura.

    Kata Encik Lee, Abdul Halim baru-baru ini menerima Sarjana bidang Aeronautik dari Imperial College London, dan akan memulakan pengajian ijazah kedoktorannya (PhD) tidak lama lagi.

    Sementara menunggu memulakan pengajian PhD, Abdul Halim bekerja di A*STAR, dan salah satu projeknya ialah membina dron yang menrima arah penerbangan dari kod QR.

    “Inilah komitmen Pemerintah. Kami sediakan permulaan yang baik bagi setiap anak agar lebih ramai boleh berjaya seperti Ariff dan Halim,” ujar Encik Lee.

    Namun kata Perdana Menteri, Ekonomi Baru bukan sahaja bagi sektor teknologi, tetapi pekerja di sektor bukan teknologi juga mempunyai banyak peluang untuk meningkatkan kemahiran melalui SkillsFuture.

    NORAISHIKIN ISMAIL – DARI ITE KE SARJANA MUDA

    Encik Lee memberi contoh anak Melayu ketiga, Noraishikin Ismail, lulusan NITEC Tinggi ITE dalam bidang perakaunan.

    Noraishikin Ismail. (Gambar: MCI)

    Pada mulanya, Noraishikin bekerja sebagai koordinator porgram di Persatuan Jagaan Lanjut Singapura (SAC).

    Beliau kemudian tertarik dengan kerja sosial dan mengambil Diploma serta Diploma Lanjutan dalam Khidmat Sosial.

    Hasilnya, beliau dinaikkan pangkat menjadi pengurus di SACA.

    Tahun lalu pula, Noraishikin menang Anugerah Pengajian SkillsFuture dan kini sedang memburu ijazah Sarjana Muda dalam Kerja Sosial.

    “Seperti Noraishikin, saya harap lebih ramai pekerja Melayu akan merebut peluang untuk perbaiki taraf hidup anda,” kata Encik Lee.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • NDR 2016: MUIS, PERGAS To Work Together To Make Asatizah Scheme Mandatory

    NDR 2016: MUIS, PERGAS To Work Together To Make Asatizah Scheme Mandatory

    Two Muslim leadership bodies will work together to make the Asatizah Recognition Scheme (ARS) mandatory, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his Malay National Day Rally speech on Sunday (Aug 21).

    The decade-old scheme, which is currently voluntary, recognises teachers and scholars who meet the minimum standards of qualification to preach and teach Islamic religious knowledge.

    “MUIS (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore) will work with PERGAS (Singapore Islamic Scholars and Religious Teachers Association) and the Asatizah Recognition Board (ARB) to make (the scheme) mandatory,” said PM Lee in Malay during his speech, which began at 6.40pm at ITE Central.

    He added: “I commend the community for these initiatives and for their resolve. This will ensure that all Muslim religious teachers here are able to guide their students to practice Islam in the context of Singapore’s multiracial society.”

    Earlier in his speech, Mr Lee had said that it is critical for local asatizah (Muslim religious teachers) to understand Singapore’s multiracial context.

    He shared that several topics, including an understanding of contemporary issues and context, are incorporated in professional development programmes offered to asatizah by the ARS.

    “I understand that many asatizah find this exposure useful and important,” he said.

    On the sidelines of the Rally, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said the plan is to start making the ARS mandatory from the beginning of next year, although there will be a transition period.

    “We want to have every religious teacher to be qualified and be on the ARS. If some of them do not have the necessary qualification, we will run programmes, we will basically work with them to ensure they can be part of the ARS,” he said.

    The Minister added that 80 per cent of teachers are already registered under the ARS.

    “The remaining 20 per cent are those operating on the private sector; those are running their own classes. We will be meeting them and I think they understand the need for the ARS and some of them are coming forward and I think some of them also fear that they may not have the necessary qualification.”

    In that situation, the authorities will work with the teachers to see what assistance is needed to ensure they meet the criteria to be qualified under the ARS.

     

    Source: ChannelNewsAsia

  • PM Lee: Kita Mesti Pastikan Singapura Ada Presiden Melayu Dari Semasa Ke Semasa

    PM Lee: Kita Mesti Pastikan Singapura Ada Presiden Melayu Dari Semasa Ke Semasa

    “Kita mesti pastikan bahawa dari masa ke masa, Singapura mempunyai seorang Presiden Melayu, seorang Presiden India ataupun dari kaum minoriti lain.

    “Saya percaya isu ini penting bukan sahaja kepada masyarakat minoriti tetapi juga Singapura.”

    Demikian tegas Perdana Menteri Lee Hsien Loong dalam ucapan beliau di Rapat Umum Hari Kebangsaan 2016 hari ini (21 Ogos).

    Semasa ucapan dalam bahasa Melayu, PM Lee berkata, semakan terhadap jawatan Presiden Dipilih dibuat atas dasar untuk memastikan masyarakat minoriti merasakan bahawa mereka diwakili secukupnya dalam sistem politik negara ini, dengan kepentingan mereka dijaga dengan rapi.

    Encik Lee berkata semakan itu bagi memastikan bahawa dari masa ke masa Singapura akan mempunyai seorang Presiden dari kalangan minoriti, seperti semasa di bawah sistem Presiden Dilantik dahulu.

    Di bawah sistem itu, Singapura ada Presiden Yusof Ishak (Melayu), Presiden Benjamin Sheares (Serani), Presiden Devan Nair (India) dan Presiden Wee Kim Wee (Cina).

    Namun kini, di bawah sistem Presiden Dipilih, adalah sukar bagi calon bukan Cina untuk dipilih sebagai Presiden.

    KEADAAN BOLEH DIPOLITIK DAN PECAH BELAHKAN PERPADUAN

    Dalam jangka panjang, keadaan ini, kata Encik Lee, akan menimbulkan perasaan kecewa dan resah di kalangan masyarakat minoriti, dan ia boleh dipolitik dan diperalatkan untuk mengapi-apikan masyarakat minoriti dan memecah belahkan perpaduan kita pada masa depan.

    Oleh itu, kata Encik Lee, Singapura harus membuat perubahan sekarang dan mengambil tindakan ketika suasana aman dan rakyat bersatu.

    “Jadi, kita mesti pastikan bahawa dari masa ke masa, Singapura mempunyai seorang Presiden Melayu, seorang Presiden India ataupun dari kaum minoriti lain.

    “Saya percaya isu ini penting bukan sahaja kepada masyarakat minoriti tetapi juga Singapura,” ujarnya.

    Bagaimanapun, kata Encik Lee, kriteria kelayakan yang ketat akan dikekalkan. Ini supaya rakyat yakin bahawa sesiapa sahaja yang dipilih sebagai Presiden layak dipilih dan memenuhi piawaian tinggi yang sama.

    “Jawatan Presiden merupakan simbol negara kita. Setiap rakyat Singapura mesti berasa bahawa seseorang dari kaumnya boleh menjadi Presiden malah terpilih menjadi Presiden dari masa ke masa.

    “Dengan keyakinan dan sokongan itu, Presiden boleh memainkan peranannya menyatu padukan rakyat Singapura,” kata Encik Lee.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • 2 Singaporeans Planning To Join ISIS Detained, 2 Others On Restriction Orders: MHA

    2 Singaporeans Planning To Join ISIS Detained, 2 Others On Restriction Orders: MHA

    Two Singaporeans, who intended to travel to Syria to fight for terror group Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS), have been detained under the Internal Security Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Friday (Aug 19).

    Rosli Hamzah, a 50-year-old car washer, and Mohamed Omar Mahadi, a 33-year-old waste truck driver, received two-year detention orders this month, said the ministry in a statement.

    Both men had also sought information online on how to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS. Rosli had searched for possible travel routes to Syria, while Omar had contacted militants for travel advice.

    One of the militants was a citizen of a South-east Asian country and he was later killed in combat in Syria, said the ministry, without elaborating.

    Both men became radicalised after listening to a Batam-based religious radio station called Radio Hang. The station, which claims a following in Johor Baru and Singapore, sometimes features speakers who preach extreme religious views.

    Rosli began listening to the radio station in 2009, and was introduced to ISIS propaganda in August 2014 by “social media contacts who shared his religious orientation”, said the ministry.

    “He became interested in armed jihad and ISIS, and as he perused more ISIS propaganda on the Internet, his support for ISIS grew.

    “He eventually became convinced that ISIS militants were fighting for Islam, and that their beheading of ‘enemies’ was religiously permissible,” it added.

    Omar started to listen to the same station in 2010, and came across propaganda by radical Al-Qaeda ideologue Anwar al-Awlaki in 2012. It led him to read more radical materials online, including ISIS-related materials, and he became a believer of ISIS’ warped ideology.

    “By 2014, Omar was convinced that ISIS was fighting to bring glory to Islam, and that it was his religious duty to become an ISIS fighter in Syria,” said the ministry. “He was prepared to die a martyr.”

    Omar’s wife Dian Faezah Ismail is one of two Singaporeans placed under Restriction Orders, which curtails their movement and activities.

    The 34-year-old, like her husband, came to believe that the terror group’s violent actions are legitimate. She also helped him in his plans to relocate their family to Syria, said MHA.

    There is no evidence at this point that their children were radicalised, the ministry added.

    Dian has also moderated her views and will be undergoing religious counselling, it said.

    The other is Mohamad Reiney Noor Mohd, a building technician. The 26-year-old had decided in 2013 to adopt a more fundamentalist form of religious practice, and in 2014 encountered radical ISIS-related materials online.

    After viewing ISIS’ propaganda, he subscribed to its violent cause, aspired to fight for the terror group and was prepared to die in battle as he thought it would make him a martyr.

    Reiney also intended to bring his family to Syria and had thought of saving money for the trip, said MHA.

    Fortunately, he decided to drop his intention to travel there after he was dissuaded from doing so by a family member.

    “Reiney has since moderated his positive views about ISIS after reading negative reports about the group,” said MHA.

    “He has also set aside the intention to travel to Syria to join ISIS after he was admonished by a close relative that it was ‘forbidden’ for him to do so because the fighting in Syria did not concern him and he would be placing his family in harm’s way,” it said.

    MHA said Reiney will undergo religious counselling while on Restriction Order.

    The latest arrests mean there are currently 18 Singaporeans and four Bangladeshi nationals now on Detention Orders, and another 24 Singaporeans on Restriction Orders.

     

    Source: The Straits Times