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  • Presidential Hopeful Second Chance CEO Gives Second Chance To Employees, Many Still Unhappy

    Presidential Hopeful Second Chance CEO Gives Second Chance To Employees, Many Still Unhappy

    Second Chance CEO Mr Salleh Marican has announced his intention to contest the upcoming Presidential Elections. While he does not qualify going by strictly by the criteria set, Mr Salleh Marican believes he has the necessary EQ and good judgment to become a President.

    It was also said that Mr Salleh Marican involves himself in philanthropic activities in his role as Treasurer on the Board of Temasek Cares, a foundation established by GIC Temasek Holdings. It appears that is philanthropic spirit extended to his employees.

    According to a former employee, Mr Salleh Marican does not report theft cases by his employees to the police. Instead, those caught were made to sign confessions but were allowed to continue to work on the condition that their bonuses were withheld by the company as a form of security. This was the company policy after a few theft cases were found.

    masa tu ada a few theft cases dekat 2nd chance. so employees ni were made to sign confession letter so tak report to police. En. Salleh kasi diorang kerja, tapi lepas tu En. Salleh withhold bonus $2000 semua staff so siape-siape yang kene caught curi, kene potong dari $2000 tu

    Despite this, not all is rosy. Similar to many businesses, there are bound to be disgruntled employees. According to the former employee, there was a time a few years ago when MOM had to step in to investigate the company for not paying the employees’ CPF.

    Lagipun dulu En. Salleh tak bayar CPF kiteorang, sampai jadi kes MOM. MOM turun check.

    The employee was of the opinion that Mr Salleh Marican also did not care enough about the welfare of his employees and hence, cannot be trusted with the welfare of Singaporeans, if he becomes President. They had to work long hours during the Ramadan period but are only given 1 day off a week. Although they are unhappy, many had no choice but to stay on working because they are lowly-educated.bMany feel indebted to him for giving them a job in the first place. The

    Aku rasa En. Salleh ni tak suitable jadi calon Presiden sebab staff welfare dekat company dia pun teruk. Time bulan puasa, kerja kat situ rabak, work long hours, and then ada 1 hari off je. Semua orang tak happy, but we have no choice, sebab kita low-education. Ramai kita terhutang budi to him for giving us jobs. Tapi kan, kalau En. Salleh tak boleh handle staff dia well, macam mana nak jadi Presiden and handle welfare Singaporeans?

    Mr Salleh Marican gives his employees second chances but there are many who are disgruntled. Will you give him this one chance at the Presidency?

    Source: Nur Ima commenting on A Call to Lead

     

  • Future First Lady Series: Getting To Know Mrs Maria Marican, Wife Of Presidential Hopeful, Salleh Marican

    Future First Lady Series: Getting To Know Mrs Maria Marican, Wife Of Presidential Hopeful, Salleh Marican

    In the first of our Future First Lady series, we take a closer look at the women who stand beside our Presidential hopefuls. Now, Singapore may not have an Office of the First Lady, but their roles are crucial, nonetheless. They accompany our Presidents to key state or diplomatic events, and are arguably, an important face of Singapore as well.

    We start with the wife of Second Chance CEO Salleh Marican, Mdm Sapiyah Abu Bakar. Mr Salleh Marican announced his intention to contest the election last week and collected his application forms from the Elections Dept yesterday on 5 Jun.

    So, who is Ms Sapiyah?

    1.   She has been married to Mr Salleh for 43 years and they have 4 children

    Mdm Sapiyah married Mr Salleh in 1974 and has 4 children, 3 daughters and a son. She is a housewife who appears to have a close relationship with her children.

    2. She is sometimes known as Maria Marican.

    A CSI search online throws up precious little information about Mdm Sapiyah – she has virtually no online presence. She does, however, have an Instagram account @mariamarican, with 1,000 followers (not too bad!)

    The name ‘Maria Marican’ is quite unusual, actually. Traditionally, most Malay wives keep their maiden name – and do not take on their husband’s last name.

    Perhaps, this is Mdm Sapiyah’s way of portraying herself as a more Westernised figure.

    3. Mdm Sapiyah aka Maria Marican is always well-dressed, and appears to have a fondness for fashion.

    Photos online of Mdm Sapiyah typically shows her glamorously dressed, such as photos of the Marican family at events like Prestige’s Crystal Anniversary Ball – an event for society’s creme da la creme. Her heavily lined eyes seem to be a personal trademark.

    We aren’t sure if this works in their favor though. Already, with Mr Salleh’s business background, people have likened him to Singapore’s Trump. And Melania Trump.

    Netizens, generally, had mixed reactions towards Mdm Sapiyah.

    Some appreciated her good looks (come on, she’s 65!)

    While others…

    And still others likened her to other famous figures, such as our friends next door.

    Come September, will her portrait be up on the halls of fame, alongside Encik Salleh Marican?

    Your pick.

     

    Source: www.thoughtssg.com

  • Damanhuri Abas: The Reserved Malay EP Irony – Malay Votes Do Not Matter

    Damanhuri Abas: The Reserved Malay EP Irony – Malay Votes Do Not Matter

    With Mr Salleh Marican coming forward and putting his hat in the ring, we may have a contest for the upcoming EP in September. There are sceptics commenting since he made the announcement but he had previously indicated well in advance his willingness to respond to the PM’s call for capable Malays to come forward to meet the call to serve the people.

    In fact, I was present at the Reach session when Mr Salleh Marican was the first to speak to the government panel comprising of Dr Yaacob Ibrahim and Mdm Rahayu Mahzam. He expressed his disappointment to them about the change to the financial requirement from 100 million paid up capital to 500 million equity shares company. He indicated then that this change would affect his chance of serving which he was seriously considering when the EP was made exclusive for Malays.

    However, he clearly is determined by still coming forward and willing to make the pitch to convince the EP committee to qualify him possibly on the third equivalent route.

    He mentioned his strength of being a businessmen thus comfortable with big numbers as his company is worth at least 200 million in equity shares. Thus he has a valid reason to be heard fairly by the committee on his other credentials that would compensate for not exactly meeting the minimum financial requirement for the job. On that note alone, we should give him a chance to make his case before the committee.

    The Malay community is still hoping likewise for more potential candidates with credentials to offer themselves as a possible EP. The value of a contest should not be underestimated.

    The word on the ground is a great sense of disappointment among the Chinese majority who felt this reserve EP is undermining their believe in the ‘system’. Their reaction however is mix from out right condemnation and a desire to cast a protest vote possibly through spoiling them to voting in any other non-government candidate.

    Among the Malays they are similarly mix about the EP as they never see this anywhere in the community’s priority to do list for the government. The mainstream media nonetheless as expected has gone into overdrive since the announcement for a reserve EP was made. The picture coming from them is the general support and gratitude of the Malay community towards this initiative by the government. The more realistic ones see this as a desperate manoeuvre to stop the potential victory of Dr Tan Cheng Bock at the polls if it was an open election. This group would likely cast a vote for the non-government candidate.

    In all honesty, the Malay vote ironically do not really matter much as it is a low percentage. The swing will be to see where the supporters of Dr Tan Cheng Bock and Mr Tan Jee Say cast their votes. They are clear defined blocks that may determine who wins. The PAP block are quite predictable and from what the last EP showed its about 30-40% at most. So there are 60-70% potential vote eagerly waiting to be cast against the PAP/government candidate. All is not lost people. Let this EP be a healthy contest for a better deal to the people to check this government. So let the contest begin.

    #PE2017 #MalayPresidentforSingapore

     

    Source: Damanhuri Bin Abas

  • Khan Osman Sulaiman: Reserved Elected Presidency Is Fundamentally Flawed

    Khan Osman Sulaiman: Reserved Elected Presidency Is Fundamentally Flawed

    Im not that fired up on the upcoming Presidential Election. I know some of my friends are grateful that we now can have a Malay President after 50 years. We now can see photos of a Malay President and a Malay First Lady in every government buildings.

    Let’s not miss the forest for the trees.

    There are fundamental issues that need to be addressed with regards to reserving the presidential election for Malay candidates.

    1. This gov has put out of reach the aspirations of Singaporeans from being the president. It has implemented some strict conditions where most probably only the top 1% of the population is eligible, perpetuating an elitist society

    2. It has made changes to the President’s role that there is not much the president can decide on its own discretion. Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) can override the President. Parliament can override the President. President to consult CPA. In the end, the President is a ‘lame-duck’

    3. Reserving this presidential election for Malay candidates posed a few problems. It gives out the notion that the Malays cannot stand on its own merits and win the election fair and square.

    It is condescending and reek of tokenism when at the same breadth, minorities are not allowed to assume the position of Prime Minister

    4. It goes against the grain of meritocracy. It places the Malay community as a pawn in a chess game. To be used only when needed.

    If the above points cannot be seen by those rejoicing for joy on the prospect of getting a Malay President, then as a whole, we deserve to be minions.

     

    Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman

  • Good News For Malay/Muslim Community – Yaacob Ibrahim Confirms Not Contesting Reserved EP

    Good News For Malay/Muslim Community – Yaacob Ibrahim Confirms Not Contesting Reserved EP

    Aspiring candidates for the presidential election have to see the office not as a job but as a calling, Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim said on Thursday (June 1).

    They must also be able to reach out to all Singaporeans, and uphold multiracialism, he said.

    “Whoever is willing to step forward to take on the job must continue to carry the ethos of multiracialism, which is important,” Dr Yaacob said. “He or she must continue to do their best to rally all Singaporeans, not just the Malay community.”

    Dr Yaacob, who is Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, was speaking to reporters at the inaugural madrasah student awards ceremony.

    He also reiterated that he was not interested in running for the presidency, a point he made in an interview with Malay daily Berita Harian that was published in January this year.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com