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  • Osman Sulaiman: Are Polyclinic Consultation Fees Inflated To Make Government Look Good With Sizeable Subsidies?

    Osman Sulaiman: Are Polyclinic Consultation Fees Inflated To Make Government Look Good With Sizeable Subsidies?

    This is my dad’s medical bill from the polyclinic. I was quite happy when i saw that the bill is heavily subsidised. But after a second look, I realised that the charges for consultation is ridiculous.

    The consultation fee for a neighbourhood private doctor is usually between $20-$30. Public polyclinic is supposed to be cheaper than private clinics. How in the world can a public medical service be much expensive?

    It’s either the authorities are inflating the consultation fee and then makes it look like the gov is heavily subsidizing our medical cost or our doctors working at polyclinics are being paid super scale salary that rival the private sectors. I know the latter isn’t true.

    But if the subsidies are a true reflection of the amount incurred, then what is stopping our gov to also subsidize private clinics so as to assuage the waiting time at the polyclinics? Tsk.

     

    Source: Osman Sulaiman

  • Osman Sulaiman: Teguran Erwin Shah Tulus, Kehidupan Umat Islam Di Singapura Perlu Dipertingkat

    Osman Sulaiman: Teguran Erwin Shah Tulus, Kehidupan Umat Islam Di Singapura Perlu Dipertingkat

    Erwin nak pegi Malaysia kerana Islam, tapi kena slam. Ada yg lemparkan kata2 sinis. Ada yg dah dekat skali dgn fitnah kononnya Erwin tu nak pegi Malaysia kerana career.

    Dia nak ke negara jiran kerana Islam pun kena kritik. Apa ni? Korang ingat sini byk senang ke nak jalankan tugas sebagai orang Muslim? Apa salah ke nak pegi tempat yg menyenangkan diri untuk mempraktikkan agama sendiri?

    Kalau korang nak defend Singapura, konon2nya sini pun tak susah nak jalankan tanggung jawab sebagai orang Islam, meh sini saya bagitau sikit.

    1. Tandas shopping centre kebanyakkan nya tiada paip air untuk beristinjak. Yg ada tissue. Senang tak?

    2 Sembahyang jumaat kadang2 majikan tak kasi pergi. Kalau kasi pun, lincah2 kita kena balik. Senang tak?

    3. Yg pakai tudung, tidak dibenarkan berkerja di dalam uniform group. Yg nak cari kerja, kadang tak dapat kerana pakai tudung. Senang tak?

    4. Contractor2 melayu islam, tidak dibenarkan ke kawasan2 tertentu di dalam tentera walaupun hanya bertugas. Senang tak?

    5. Tempat mushollah walaupun sudah semakin byk, tetap berkurangan. Nak sembahyang, kadang kena pergi jauh sikit. Senang tak?

    6. Nak sembahyang bila dah sampai waktu, brani tak agak2 nak ckp pada majikan kita nak time off dari kerja untuk menunaikan solat? Senang tak?

    Jadi kalau dia nak pergi ke negara jiran kerana dia fikir ia akan menyenangkan dirinya untuk menunaikan ibadah, yg kita sibuk2 nak slam dia asal? Cubalah beri semangat sikit untuk dia. Jgn pula kita berprasangka buruk terhadap sesuatu yg baik.

    Saya tak marah. Cakap2 aja. Selamat Hari Raya. Kalau tersilap kata, mohon maaf.

     

    Source: Osman Sulaiman

  • Gilbert Goh: Join The Income Inequality Forum on 30th May At Bras Basah Complex!

    Gilbert Goh: Join The Income Inequality Forum on 30th May At Bras Basah Complex!

    Come and support our Income Inequality forum this coming Saturday 30 May from 230pm to 5pm at 04-41 Bras Basah Complex.

    We face a crisis situation now whereby our income growth lags behind that of inflation for the past decade. Our cost of living is also at the world’s highest this year.

    More than 200,000 Singaporeans still earn $1000 and below a month putting them very close to the poverty line.

    Yet, we have the highest number of millionaires in the world exaceberating the income gap we have between the have’s and the have not’s.

    A high income gap not only inhibits social mobility but also encourages social class division and strife.

    Come and hear our four keynote speakers Mr Osman Sulaiman, Ms Fatimah Akhtar, Mr Roy Ngerng Yi Ling and Mr Goh Meng Seng expound on the topic with some PMETs giving short accounts of what they face in the job market.

    Email [email protected] for a seat.

    Singaporeans supporting Singaporeans.

     

    Source: Gilbert Goh

  • Osman Sulaiman: Apa Dah Jadi Dengan Adat Dan Budaya Perkahwinan Orang Melayu?

    Osman Sulaiman: Apa Dah Jadi Dengan Adat Dan Budaya Perkahwinan Orang Melayu?

    Adat dan budaya perkahwinan orang melayu sudah jauh melencong dari asal. Unsur-unsur barat sudah banyak menyerap. Hilang nya adat dan budaya orang melayu, hilanglah identiti kita sebagai orang Melayu di Singapura.

    Ramai anak2 muda sekarang sudah tidak cenderung kepada adat istiadat perkahwinan orang melayu. Di anggap kuno katanya. Amalan kita hari ini akan menjejas generasi yg akan datang. Kalau bukan kita yg menjaga warisan dan budaya orang melayu, siapa lagi?

    Dapat kita lihat bagaimana budaya barat telah menyerap masuk dipraktikkan oleh anak2 muda kita apabila mereka bersanding.

    1. Joget2 barat ala the wedding planner.
    2. Pengapit ditukarkan kepada pengiring yg memakai kostume2 seperti star wars
    3. Mempelai mesti memakai baju ‘western’
    4. Malam berinai semakin kurang dipraktikkan
    5. Merenjis sudah jarang dibuat
    6. Pembacaan berzanji semakin pupus malahan ditukarkan kepada music2 pop
    7. Makcik2 bertudung berjoget dangdut
    8. Sekarang, lion dance pula.

    Tanggung jawab memelihara warisan dan budaya terletak pada generasi muda. Ibu-bapa pula memainkan peranan penting supaya budaya dan warisan tidak pupus. Hang tuah berkata: “Takkan hilang melayu di dunia.”

    Mungkin tidak di dunia. Tapi di Singapura kot?

     

    Source: Osman Sulaiman

  • Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss Leads Resignations In NSP, Plans To Join SPP

    Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss Leads Resignations In NSP, Plans To Join SPP

    SINGAPORE – Former National Solidarity Party (NSP) secretary general Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss has quit the party and applied to join the Singapore People’s Party (SPP), helmed by veteran politician Chiam See Tong.

    The 51-year-old lawyer, who lost a bid to become NSP president in party polls held in January, left along with former council members Ravi Philemon, 46, and Bryan Long, 37, and party member Osman Sulaiman, 39.

    Speaking before she joined Mr Chiam and his wife, Non-Constituency MP Lina Chiam, for a walkabout at Bishan Street 24 on Sunday, she acknowledged that their decision to leave came in the wake of the central executive committee (CEC) election results.

    But she said that she and the others harboured no acrimony towards the NSP.

    Mrs Chong-Aruldoss, who joined the party in 2011 and became its secretary-general in October 2013, tendered her resignation last week

    So too did Mr Philemon, a community worker, and Mr Long, an entrepreneur. Both joined the NSP in July 2012 and were co-opted into the party’s previous CEC.

    Mr Osman, a human resources executive, joined the NSP in April last year. He contested in Ang Mo Kio GRC in the 2011 general election as part of the Reform Party’s team.

    All except Mr Osman have submitted their applications to join SPP. These are pending the approval of the party’s central executive, which is expected to meet this month.

    At the NSP’s CEC election in January, Mrs Chong-Aruldoss challenged party stalwart Sebastian Teo, 66, for presidency, while Mr Philemon stood against lawyer Tan Lam Siong, 53, for the secretary-general position. Mr Teo and Mr Tan won by a landslide.

    On Sunday, Mrs Chiam, who is the SPP chairman, said of the four: “They have good potential and they will help spearhead our party even more to greater heights.”

    While she did not want to say when asked whether the SPP will contest in Potong Pasir at the next general election – which must be held by January 2017 – Mrs Chiam said that it will put together a “very strong team” to contest in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com