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  • Sarawakian Christian Finally Gets New ID Without Islam Indicated As Religion

    Sarawakian Christian Finally Gets New ID Without Islam Indicated As Religion

    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — A Sarawakian Christian has been issued a new identification card (IC) that recognises his non-Muslim identity and does not contain the word “Islam”, his lawyer confirmed.

    When asked for updates on Roneey Rebit’s case, lawyer Chua Kuan Ching said her client had applied for the new document from the National Registration Department (NRD) four months ago.

    Chua said the lawyers were informed that he had collected his new IC from the NRD’s Kuching office in late October.

    She confirmed that both the IC and the NRD’s official registry now reflect Roneey’s religious status as a Christian and uses his name at birth.

    “I’m glad that he finally got his IC after years of going around for this matter and months of waiting despite the decision given in March this year,” she told Malay Mail Online.

    Chua was referring to the Kuching High Court’s landmark ruling on March 24, which recognised Roneey’s constitutional right as an adult to choose his religion and ordered the NRD to issue him a new Mykad without the word “Islam” and with his name at birth restored.

    Roneey, now 41, had said he was converted as a child by his Christian-turned-Muslim parents.

    Kuching High Court judge Datuk Yew Jen Kie had in the judgment noted Roneey’s mother’s conversion certificate showed he was converted at the age of 10, adding that the facts showed that Roneey’s conversion to Islam then was not of his own volition but was a choice decided by his mother for him as a minor.

    The judge noted that Roneey was brought up in a Christian Bidayuh community since birth, never practised Islam and embraced Christianity on his own volition.

    In granting all three specific orders sought by Roneey in a December 8, 2014 judicial review application, the High Court judge declared that the Bidayuh man is a Christian.

    The judge also ordered the NRD to amend his given Muslim name of Azmi Mohamad Azam Shah @ Roneey to his name at birth, also directing the department to change Roneey’s religious status in his Mykad and the national registry to Christianity.

    A fourth order sought by Roneey was previously granted last June 12, in which the High Court ordered two Islamic bodies to issue him a letter of release from Islam and to forward it to his lawyers. It was a consent order that both Islamic bodies did not contest.

    In the same June consent order, the High Court had also allowed Roneey’s judicial review bid against the Sarawak Islamic Religious Department’s (Jais) director, the Sarawak Islamic Religious Department (Mais) and the Sarawak state government.

    Chua today confirmed that Jais had four months ago issued the letter of release from Islam for Roneey.

    Despite Roneey’s High Court victory in March, the NRD filed an appeal on April 22 — the only one out of the four respondents to do so.

    Roneey’s case once again made national headlines on May 2, when Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem said he had received Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s assurance that the NRD would end its appeal.

    On May 3, the NRD withdrew its appeal against the High Court judgment in favour of Roneey.

    Today, Chua said Roneey was glad and relieved that he finally has his IC after years and months of waiting.

    She said he would also like to thank those who have helped him both directly or indirectly.

     

    Source: www.themalaymailonline.com

  • Netizens Lash Out At Woman Who Suggested The Lower Income Should Not Give Birth To Too Many Children

    Netizens Lash Out At Woman Who Suggested The Lower Income Should Not Give Birth To Too Many Children

    A lady by the name of Syazwani decided to post her rant on Facebook regarding family planning in Malaysia. In her rant, she even backed it up with a couple of research articles as she wanted to spread an intellectual advice to others.

    She said, “You know your husband’s income is RM800-RM1000, then don’t give birth to so many children until 5-6 kids la. Until you trouble yourself, until you don’t even have money for food and drinks. Then, you blame the government.” “In these times, if your pay is below RM1000, it is only enough to sustain one child. No need to make a whole team of children. Be smart in planning (on having) children.”

    To ensure that people truly understand her message, she even broke down the cost of living with only RM1000 as income. House: RM400 Transportation: RM200 (perhaps only a motorbike) Water and Electricity Bills: RM200 Total so far: RM800 Remaining: Only RM200 Syazwani, who is a Economics degree holder, goes on to explain this is why many people only eat rice and budu without other side dishes. “It is burdensome for a person with RM1000 salary to share food with 7 other people.”

    The Universiti Sains Malaysia graduate even included what the possible negative outcome of this life quality could bring. 1. More robbery or stealing cases because it is difficult to find proper income. 2. Children grow up in unhealthy conditions due to lack of nutrition as their diet is not according to the food pyramid. 3. Too many (negative) social cases because there isn’t enough time to too many children.

    To further validate her message, she added steps to solving this problem. 1. Government should implement a ONE child to ONE family law. 2. Control your lust or consume birth control pills 3. If you want many children then find a better paying job before doing so, so that later it is easier to bring them up. 4. Do two jobs. 5. Wife has to work too. The young graduate also mentioned some typical methods used in family planning such as Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUCD), condoms, birth control or contraceptive pills, etc.

    Although there were some who agreed to her post, shockingly, most netizens disagreed with her, even to the point of calling her ideas stupid and backwards. A lot more others started to spread hate towards her. “What a stupid woman. Did she put her brains in her butt or what?” “Talk without using your brains!” One very angry man even condemned her intelligence, while many others criticised her for saying such statements because she is not married. “You memang don’t have brains. Your parents sent you to study so that you’ll be intelligent in both religion and knowledge in this world. But you put your intelligence beneath your feet, bodoh.” Not sure about you but her statement makes a lot of sense to me.

    Source: www.worldofbuzz.com

     

  • Malacca Harbour Plan Raises Questions About China’s Strategic Aims

    Malacca Harbour Plan Raises Questions About China’s Strategic Aims

    A RM43 billion (S$14 billion) harbour being developed in Malacca aims to overtake Singapore as the largest port in the region, but questions are being raised about the need for the added capacity and whether China’s eager participation has to do with good business or its crucial strategic interests in the Malacca Strait.

    For China, not only does most of its trade pass through the Malacca Strait, but so does up to 80 per cent of its energy needs. This prompted then President Hu Jintao to make the “Malacca Dilemma” a key strategic issue as far back as 2003.

    “There is the strategic element of the Malacca Strait. It always starts with an economic presence, which can develop into a naval one, because China will be obliged to ensure the safe passage of its commercial ships,” said Dr Johan Saravanamuttu of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, who studies the Malaysia-China relationship.

    The Melaka Gateway joint venture is part of a wider port alliance between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing to increase bilateral trade and boost shipping and logistics along China’s much-vaunted Maritime Silk Road.

    Chinese firm Guangxi Beibu International Port Group already owns 40 per cent of Kuantan port, which faces the disputed waters of the South China Sea, and 49 per cent of the Kuantan Industrial Park in Pahang, the home state of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

    The Malaysian authorities are talking up the game-changing Melaka Gateway deal between little-known KAJ Developments and energy giant PowerChina International, which will form a joint venture and spend RM30 billion to reclaim three islands off Malacca’s coast. The entire Gateway development will be completed in 2025 but the deep-sea port is expected to be ready by 2019. The Malaysian government hopes to attract the bulk of 100,000 vessels, most of them Chinese, that ply the Malacca Strait annually.

    Some industry players have expressed concern about the cannibalising of existing ports along the strait, especially in the light of Singapore’s own port expansion.

    Though the Malaysian government has said a new port is needed because Klang, the country’s most important port, will be full by 2020, studies appear to show otherwise.

    A World Bank study commissioned by the government last year showed a new port on Malaysia’s west coast is not necessary, as existing facilities have yet to reach capacity, according to sources. Both operators at Port Klang – Westports and MMC – have also made expansion proposals that would double the port’s capacity, the sources added.

    “Because there seems to be no logic to the Melaka deal, many are questioning if this has more to do with military rather than commercial interests,” a logistics player told The Straits Times.

    Sources also said the reclaimed islands would be given freehold status and the port granted a 99-year concession – both rare and generous terms. Melaka Gateway did not respond to a request for comment.

    China’s military presence around Malaysian waters has increased significantly since last year. In September last year, all three branches of the Chinese armed forces took part in a six-day joint exercise on “disaster relief” in the Malacca Strait.

    China has also gained access to Kota Kinabalu, a crucial dock in Sabah close to the disputed Spratly Islands, where Beijing’s construction activities have been a source of diplomatic strife in the region.

    A former port authority chief noted that China has made moves to reduce its reliance on the Malacca Strait, such as via port-and-rail or pipeline projects in Pakistan, Myanmar and Eastern Europe, which means “we cannot take Beijing’s commitment here for granted”.

    “If China pulls out her support, the port becomes useless because it has no hinterland, unlike Klang and Penang which serve a big local market. In fact, many businesses prefer to send their goods to Klang by road instead of the existing Malacca or Penang ports because it is more efficient.”

    Critics have questioned Malay- sia’s over-reliance on China, in the light of the huge deals struck during Datuk Seri Najib’s recent visit to Beijing, as well as a whopping RM55 billion loan to build a railway that will eventually link Port Klang on the west and Kuantan port in Pahang and also Terengganu and Kelantan.

    “There is the question of over-dependence, and the diplomatic leverage involved if Beijing were to move in more aggressively. So far, Najib is still hedging, but when it comes to investments, you can’t expect as much from America as you can from China. If you want to go up against Singapore, then this port makes sense, especially when it is in the form of foreign investment, given Malaysia’s fiscal constraints,” said Dr Saravanamuttu.

    Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai batted away these concerns on his return from Beijing, telling reporters that “with the economy growing, we need more ports”. He said: “The port alliance… has seen results, bringing more competitiveness to our ports and logistic sectors.”

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Ustaz Kazim Hanya Dapat Tidur Di R&R Kerana Alami Tekanan

    Ustaz Kazim Hanya Dapat Tidur Di R&R Kerana Alami Tekanan

    Pendakwah bebas terkenal Ustaz Mohd Kazim Elias mengakui tekanan melampau dialaminya menyebabkan beliau sukar untuk lena sehingga terpaksa tidur di kawasan Rehat dan Rawat (R&R) di tepi lebuh raya.

    Katanya ketika dimasukkan ke sebuah hospital swasta Sabtu lalu (5 Nov), pada waktu malam beliau akan meminta kebenaran doktor untuk keluar menaiki kereta bagi mengurangkan tekanan seterusnya melelapkan mata.

    “Lima doktor yang merawat saya memberitahu saya mengalami tekanan dan kurang rehat sehingga sukar untuk tidur termasuklah sebelum dimasukkan ke hospital.

    “Semasa di hospital pada pukul 11.00 malam saya ke lebuh raya, saya tidur di kawasan Rehat dan Rawat Gopeng, Simpang Pulai serta Tapah dan balik semula ke hospital pada pukul 4.00 pagi.

    “Entah kenapa bila masuk dalam kereta belum sampai plaza tol atau lebuh raya saya dah tertidur, tapi kalau di rumah dan hospital memang sukar walaupun diberikan ubat tidur yang paling kuat,” katanya kepada para wartawan pada majlis Taklimat Umrah Bersama Datuk Ustaz Kazim Elias hari ini (13 Nov).

    Mengenai status kesihatannya, Ustaz Kazim yang dibenarkan keluar dari hospital Khamis lalu berkata doktor mengesahkan beliau mengalami ulser dan pendarahan pada usus.

    “Disebabkan ulser dan pendarahan usus, doktor menghentikan pengambilan ubat mencairkan darah selama empat hari, tetapi ia beri kesan pula kepada jantung sehinggalah sekarang,” katanya.

    Ustaz Kazim yang terkenal dengan ceramah bersahaja juga berkata masalah kesihatan dialaminya menyebabkan berat badan beliau susut daripada 69 kilogram (kg) tiga minggu lalu kepada 64.5kg semalam (12 Nov).

    Sehubungan itu, beliau merancang untuk mengurangkan aktiviti ceramah pada tahun depan selain mahu memberi tumpuan kepada program lawatan ilmiah ke luar negara.

    Pengasas serta Pengetua Pusat Pendidikan Al-Barakah di Manjoi itu berkata beliau akan melepaskan tanggungjawab tersebut yang digalasnya sejak 10 tahun lalu kepada pihak lain.

    “Tapi adakah pihak yang akan menggantikan saya nanti dapat mengajar dan memberi ceramah macam saya? memulangkan semula sagu hati (bayaran) yang diterima kepada pusat ini untuk pembangunannya?” soal Ustaz Kazim.

    Katanya tahun lalu, seramai 170,000 orang datang menziarah pusat pendidikan itu semata-mata untuk mendengar ceramah yang diadakan pada setiap Sabtu dan Ahad.

    Pada Februari lalu, Ustaz Kazim dimasukkan ke Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Kubang Kerian selepas mengadu penat dan sakit dada ketika sedang berceramah di perkarangan bangunan Pertubuhan Peladang Kawasan Sri Gunong, Bachok di Kelantan.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Seniwati Zaiton Dan Artis-Artis Veteran Jalan Ampas Muncul Di Kg Gelam

    Seniwati Zaiton Dan Artis-Artis Veteran Jalan Ampas Muncul Di Kg Gelam

    Mereka sudah lama tidak muncul di khalayak ramai. Namun seniwati Zaiton, K. Fatimah, Sri Dewi, Rahmah Hassan, dan seniman Zaini Sattar berkumpul di Singapura baru-baru ini.

    Lebih 70 orang peminat dan pengunjung juga berkesempatan untuk bergambar bersama artis-artis veteran Jalan Ampas itu, yang pernah menempa kemasyhuran di era kegemilangan zaman filem hitam-putih di Singapura.

    Semua ini anjuran Ahli Filem & Muzik Klasik Melayu Singapura, sebuah kelab berwadahkan media sosial. Para anggotanya menganjurkan program lawatan ke studio Jalan Ampas, diikuti dengan acara santai berhibur sambil menjamu selera di kafe Kaw Kaw Sg, di Aliwal Street, Sabtu lalu (5 Nov).

    Acara perjumpaan berkenaan diadakan demi mengingati dan menghargai pengorbanan dan sumbangan para seniman dan seniwati Jalan Ampas itu.

    ZAITON DARI BUJANG LAPOK SIBUK LAYAN PEMINAT

    Seniwati Zaiton (Zaiton Abdullah) yang cukup dikenali sebagai watak ‘Jeyton’ di dalam filem Seniman Bujang Lapok, dilihat cukup berseri dan sibuk melayani para peminat yang ingin bergambar dengannya.

    Perjumpaan ‘Mengenang Pelakon Malay FIlem Productions’ oleh aktivis-aktivis peminat filem-filem klasik Melayu Singapura itu hasil inisiatif Encik Nazran Hamid, 56 tahun, penulis blog Ukhti Aminah serta rakan-rakan lain seperti, Azlan Mohamed Said, Pengaji muzik Nusantara, Saedah Samat-Alkaff seorang guru muzik professional serta penyanyi Fir Ramlee dan Rudy Djoharnaen.

    Menurut Encik Nazran, menerusi program ini, diharapkan para ahli Filem & Muzik Klasik Melayu di Singapura khususnya, dapat mengetahui lebih dalam lagi mengenai sejarah perfileman Melayu Singapura di masa dahulu.

    “Saya berpendapat, dengan mengadakan acara di Singapura ini peminat-peminat kelab di sini boleh menghadirinya dengan mudah dan dapat melihat sendiri bagaimana gahnya arena seni perfileman Melayu kita pada suatu masa dahulu, terutama sekali dunia perfileman di era tahun 1950-an dan 1960-an.

    “Di samping itu juga, saya dapat mengetahui kisah dan penglibatan ibu-bapa saya sendiri ketika mereka bekerja di Jalan Ampas dahulu,” jelas Encik Nazran yang merupakan anak kepada bintang terkenal seniwati jelita, Mariani (Allahyarhamah) atau nama sebenarnya Mariam Ismail. Bapanya pula adalah seorang Penolong Pengarah dan Penulis Lirik lagu, Allahyarham H.M. Rohaizat.

    ADIK AZIZ SATTAR MAHU PROGRAM PERJUMPAAN DITERUSKAN

    Acara privet itu, walaupun kecil mendapat sambutan yang menggalakkan daripada para ahli kelab itu dan juga peminat-peminat filem-filem klasik.

    Para hadirin diserikan dengan nyayian lagu-lagu Melayu klasik malar segar dendangan merdu dari artis-artis popular seperti Kamaliah Latiff, Rudy Djoharnaen, Fir Ramlee dan bakat baru di persada seni suara, Mai Dhaniyah. Pengarah muzik bagi acara ini adalah, Cik Saedah Samat-Alkaff.

    Bagi pelakon Zaini Sattar, iaitu adik kepada seniman Aziz Sattar, program perjumpaan sebegini harus diteruskan oleh peminat-peminat atau penggiat filem Melayu setempat. Menurut Pak Zaini lagi, perjumpaan sebegini boleh menggamit kenangan dan mengingati kisah-kisah manis ketika bekerja di Jalan Ampas dahulu, sambil mengeratkan lagi silaturrahim sesama mereka.

    “TINGGAL BERAPA KERAT SAJA…”

    “Bayangkanlah tinggal berapa kerat saja lagi orang-orang lama (pelakon Jalan Ampas) yang masih hidup. Kami semua memang rapat. Bagi Uncle, acara sebegini memang baik dan harus diteruskan. Mungkin boleh buat lebih besar dan gah lagi.

    Uncle berharap generasi muda dapat mengetahui sejarah perfileman Melayu kita waktu dulu. Artis-artis ini memang hebat dan berbakat besar! Mereka semua berkarya dengan sungguh ikhlas dan dari hati,” ujar anak seni veteran berusia 83 tahun dan dianggap sebagai ‘wakil’ dari Jalan Ampas ini.

    Antara yang turut menghadiri acara ini adalah Cik Som Said, Pengasas Sri Warisan, Presiden Perkamus, Cikgu Yusnor Eff, Kartunis tersohor dari Malaysia, Datuk Lat, dan wakil dari Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (FINAS).

    Penulis lirik terkenal, Cikgu Yusnor Eff, 80 tahun berpendapat, acara murni sebegini seperti mengingati artis-artis lama Jalan Ampas harus diteruskan dan dipelihara sejarah demi mengetahui perkembangan dan perindustrian perfileman Melayu kita sendiri.

    “Bagi saya, mereka ini bak ‘khazanah’ dan permata perfileman dan warisan Melayu kita. Generasi akan datang perlu mengambil tahu dan mengetahui asal usul dunia perfileman Melayu kita, khsususnya di Jalan Ampas.

    “Oleh yang demikian, saya telah pun menyiapkan rancangan dokumentari sebanyak 39 episod, menyingkap sejarah dan perkembangan dunia perfileman Melayu kita sendiri, agar kisah ini tidak hanyut ditelan zaman” ujar Encik Yusnor, yang enerima anugerah Pingat Budaya pada tahun 2011.

    Di akhir acara ini, setiap seniman dan seniwati telah pun diberikan cendarhati lukisan water colour dari Rudy Djoharnaen sendiri sebagai menghargai sumbangan besar mereka di persada seni dan perfileman Melayu, suatu ketika dulu.

    SEDIKIT LATAR BELAKANG FILEM MELAYU LAMA

    Tahukah anda, filem Melayu pertama telah diterbitkan di Singapura pada tahun 1933, dan pada tahun 1939 Momo Latiff telah menjadi heroin dalam filem Laila Majnun terbitan Shaw. Malangnya filem-filem ini telah pupus sewaktu perang dunia kedua tercetus.

    Setelah tamat peperangan, pasangan adik-beradik dari China, Runme dan Run Run Shaw atau juga dikenali sebagai Shaw Brothers, sekali lagi membina semula studio perfileman mereka pada tahun 1945 dan menamakan studio itu dengan panggilan studio ‘Malay Film Productions’(MFP) yang masih utuh bangunannya dan terletak di lokasi yang sama, iaitu di No 8, Jalan Ampas.

    Ketika di studio Jalan Ampas inilah bermulanya perjalanan seni dan lahirnya nama-nama hebat seniman dan seniwati seperti Tan Sri P.Ramlee, Puan Sri Saloma, Datuk Aziz Sattar, Datuk Mustapha Maarof, Datuk Sarimah Ahmad, S. Shamsudin, Zaiton dan ramai lagi yang telah menghiasi dan mewarnai dunia perfileman Melayu kita.

    Walaupun ada yang sudah meninggalkan kita lebih empat dekad yang lalu, namun lakonan mereka masih diingati dan disanjungi hingga kini dan diminati juga oleh generasi muda kita.

    Apa yang lebih menarik lagi, para legenda ini pernah mendapat jolokan sebagai bintang ‘Hollywod Filem Melayu’ suatu ketika dulu.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp