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  • Mum Dies In Jurong Accident But Doctors Saved The Premature Baby Girl

    Mum Dies In Jurong Accident But Doctors Saved The Premature Baby Girl

    The six-month pregnant woman, from Johor, was walking to the market with her mother-in-law when she was knocked down by a lorry in Singapore.

    Doctors managed to save the premature baby of a Malaysian woman killed in a road accident in Singapore.

    The Straits Times said the six-month pregnant woman, from Johor, was crossing the road with her mother-in-law on Saturday morning when she was hit by a lorry turning out from a carpark in Jurong.

    Goh Chieh Ting, 25, was taken to hospital but it was too late to save her, the daily said.

    But doctors performed an emergency Caesarean and saved the baby, a girl.

    “The baby is healthy and large for her age,” Yau Siew Mek, 64, who is the baby’s grandaunt, told the daily.

    The baby has been kept for observation at the Ng Teng Fong Hospital.

    Goh had been holding hands with her mother-in-law, on their way to the market after breakfast, when the accident took place at 8am.

    She had apparently been staying for some time with her parents-in-law.

     

    Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com

  • Ridhwan Confident Of Taming Tanzanian Opponent To Become Singapore’s First Boxing World Champion

    Ridhwan Confident Of Taming Tanzanian Opponent To Become Singapore’s First Boxing World Champion

    Call it arrogance if you like, but Muhamad Ridhwan is confident of becoming Singapore’s first boxing world champion.

    Speaking at the Roar of Singapore II press conference at Decathlon Bedok yesterday, the 29-year-old declared his intention to win the Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO) World super featherweight title bout with Tanzania’s Fadhili Majiha at Resorts World Sentosa on May 27.

    “Pressure is for tyres, I don’t feel it. I enjoy it, and this is my moment,” said Ridhwan.

    The Singaporean boxer, who boasts an unblemished professional record of seven wins and no losses, is fresh off his WBA Asia super featherweight title victory against Indonesia’s Waldo Sabu at the Singapore Fighting Championship 5 last month.

    His opponent at the Roar of Singapore II event at the end of the month is no pushover.

    The 23-year-old Majiha is a World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan African champion, and is also the 79th-ranked super bantamweight fighter in the world. The Tanzanian has a record of 20 wins, four draws and eight losses.

    Ridhwan, however, fired an ominous warning to his opponent.

    “To me, this is just another fight, another opponent who is going to try to take away whatever I have worked so hard for. It is an important fight, and I feel excited and motivated to fight him,” said Ridhwan.

    “He is not going to know what hit him.”

    Ridhwan is confident that the hard work he puts into training will pay off with a world title belt on May 27.

    “I train six days a week, except Sundays. In the morning, I put in two hours and, in the evening, I train up to three hours. I spar three times a week and go up to 12 rounds,” said Ridhwan, who is endorsed by PSB Academy and Everlast Singapore.

    “I do a lot of strategy work with my trainer (Rey Caitom Jr). As for the details, everything happens behind closed doors.

    “You’ll see the hard work on fight night.”

    When asked about his game plan against Majiha, Ridhwan preferred to keep his cards close to his chest, but said: “The game plan for fight night is a lot of action.

    “My plan is to fight every second of every round and, when the opportunity for a knockout presents itself, I’ll go for it.”

    “If he is not ready mentally or physically, he is going to break.”

    Despite the tough talk, Ridhwan admitted that there is room for improvement in his game.

    He said: “Physically, I feel good and, mentally, I am fresh.

    “But there are definitely weaknesses in my game.

    “There are nervousness and excitement (for the upcoming fight). A little bit of doubt, but it’s all part of the game.

    “I know I am not unbeatable, I can be beaten, but not on the night of the 27th.

    Roar of Singapore II organiser, Scott O’ Farrell, believes Ridhwan has a good chance of creating history.

    Speaking after the press conference, he told The New Paper: “Ridhwan is showing real guts here.

    “He is going up against a really tough fighter, and it will be a hard fight for him.

    “He has good charisma, very humble, and has loads of talent.

    “He is a true champion who loves the sport.”

    There will be 10 bouts at Roar of Singapore II.

    One of those fights is the 56kg Men’s Eliminator. Two Singaporeans – Jason Chua and Daniel Jalili – will do battle in three three-minute rounds.

    The winner will represent Singapore at the South-east Asia (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur in August.

     

    Source: http://www.tnp.sg/sports

  • Commentary: Need To Understand Asia Without Western Bias

    Commentary: Need To Understand Asia Without Western Bias

    Professor Kishore Mahbubani brought up a pertinent question (How the Western media gets the Korean crisis wrong; May 13): Is the Singaporean mind Eastern or Western?

    Amid the sea change happening in the world, it is time we asked ourselves this question.

    History may have decided for us how we were governed and educated in the last two hundred years. The English language has helped us tap international commerce and adopt technologies. We are fed Western pop culture and news that shape how we understand the world. But are all these cast in stone?

    While we have adopted the language, we have imperceptibly adopted the West’s superiority complex.

    In fact, many among us want to have nothing to do with anything non-Western, and view such things as inferior.

    But does this hold true in the changed economic, geopolitical and social reality we witness now?

    All through Asia, we see the desire for progress translated into action – infrastructural build-up, the adoption of technologies and an overhaul of electoral systems.

    The economic betterment of the people is self-evident. It seems that ideology has given way to economic progress.

    All these are happening in our neighbourhood. Asean, India, China and the vast Central Asia easily make up the majority of the world’s population.

    We should not let this huge tsunami of change pass us by just because we hold fast to archaic notions.

    Therefore, there must be a greater need to understand the region we live in.

    We are what we read. We should diversify our sources for news and information.

    More importantly, we should understand Asia through its own platforms and not cling to digesting feeds that are monolithic in portraying Asia as backwaters, or its people as repressed.

    We must understand Asia through Asia’s eyes.

    It is time we re-orientated our bearings, amid the rise of Asia.

    It will be perilous for us to ignore all that is happening at our doorstep.

     

    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print

  • Khan Osman Sulaiman: Rising Islamophobia, Are Muslims In Singapore Walking On A Tightrope?

    Khan Osman Sulaiman: Rising Islamophobia, Are Muslims In Singapore Walking On A Tightrope?

    Ahok got 2 years jail in Indonesia for blasphemy and the world cries foul. Yes its jail time. Not murder.

    When The Rohingyas were persecuted, not many were outrightly denouncing the Myanmar government for its crimes against humanity.

    Islam got slammed instead for bigotry. Clerics are ridiculed. Judges chastised. The press also solidifies the hatred/prejudice some people have for the religion by pushing out articles to make the religion look bad instead of correctly pointing the atrocities of humans, using religion to promote their political agendas.

    Shanmugam recently has called on the United States (and the world) to pay attention to the rise of “political Islam” and radicalism in Southeast.

    Instead, I say we should also pay close attention toward islamophobia.

    With rising islamophobia across the world and Singapore, the Muslims in Singapore are walking on a tightrope. We get scrutinized even for raising fundamental issues.

    The government’s distrust on the Malay/Muslim community dates back to LKY’s era. It has continued with the current administration led by his son Lee Hsien Loong but with a new dimension added to it. ‘Radicalization’

    With radicalization on the rise, and the effort to look into its emergence in Singapore, rightfully, the government may have fail to also give due consideration towards an emerging trend in Singapore. Islamophobia.

    I’d came across many postings on social media to kill the Muslim. To incarcerate anyone with the slightest differences of opinions. To remove citizenships of Singaporean Muslims and ship them ‘back’ to Saudi/Pakistan etc etc.

    It’s a growing trend if left unchecked, may rip apart the delicate social fabric currently maintained.

    Radicalization is a problem. So is Islamophobia. Deal with it concurrently without further aggravating the growing pressure my community faced from the gov and public.

     

    Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman

  • Inspirasi Buat Semua: Ibu Tunggal Pelajar Tertua Pakai Uniform ITE

    Inspirasi Buat Semua: Ibu Tunggal Pelajar Tertua Pakai Uniform ITE

    Pada usia 49 tahun, Cik Siti Zarina Samsudin akur berasa agak janggal dan kekok kerana menjadi murid yang ‘paling tua’ di kelasnya. Ada juga guru yang mengajar lebih muda dari dirinya.

    Pada usia 49 tahun, beliau menyarung pakaian seragam sekolah Institut Pendidikan Teknikal (ITE), sebagaimana pelajar-pelajar lain, yang rata-rata berusia belasan tahun. Namun, demi masa depan dan kebaikan diri dan keluarganya, Cik Siti Zarina terus berjuang dan mengetepikan perasaan ‘malu’.

    Inilah satu lagi cerita pembakar semangat yang BERITAMediacorp ketengahkan sempena Hari Ibu hari ini (14 Mei). Yang pasti, Cik Siti Zarina layak digelar sebagai antara ibu mithali kerana semangat untuk membaiki diri demi keluarganya – kisah yang boleh dijadikan iktibar oleh masyarakat bagi mengenang daya bingkas insan bernama Ibu.


    DUNIA BERUBAH APABILA MENJADI IBU TUNGGAL

    Selepas berpisah dengan suaminya, lebih 3 tahun yang lalu, Cik Siti Zarina yang merupakan suri rumah, terpaksa menerima gelaran ‘ibu tunggal’. Namun beliau tidak mengeluh. Beliau berfikir dan sedar beliau perlu terus maju ke hadapan dan memulakan hidup baru bersama 3 orang anak berusia, 19 (lelaki), 16 (lelaki) dan 8 tahun (perempuan).

    Ketika itulah beliau mencari pekerjaan tetap dan akhirnya mendapat kerja sebagai pembantu hospital. Dengan wang yang diraih, itulah rezeki yang beliau gunakan untuk menyekolahkan anak-anaknya dan meneruskan kehidupan mereka sekeluarga. Menurut Cik Siti Zarina lagi, di hospital tempat beliau bekerjalah berjaya membuka matanya untuk terus mempelajari kemahiran baru walaupun sudah berusia.

    Kemudian, bermula pada awal tahun ini, pada usia 49 tahun, Cik Siti Zarina tekad masuk semula sekolah secara sepenuh masa untuk menimba ilmu di ITE. Pada masa yang sama, sebagai sumber pendapatan keluarga, beliau antara lain berniaga secara kecil-kecilan di media sosial menjual beraneka shawl, tudung, aksesori dan keperluan wanita yang lain.

    Malah lebih menarik lagi, Cik Siti Zarina juga boleh mengambil gambar dengan baik, dan menjadi jurugambar sambilan, terutama sekali untuk majlis-majlis terbuka dan menggunakan lensa yang besar. Menurutnya, fotografi adalah kemahiran yang baru ditimba selepas berpisah.


    BERMULA DARI ‘ZERO’ , DAN DISINDIR

    Beliau kini mengikuti kursus NITEC selama dua tahun, dalam jurusan Jagaan Masyarakat dan Khidmat Sosial di ITE kolej Timur, dan perlu menghadiri kelas setiap hari, dari 9.00 pagi hingga 5.00 petang.

    “Setelah berumahtangga selama 17 tahun dan kemudiannya bercerai, itu bukanlah sesuatu yang mudah pada saya. Saya harus memulakan kehidupan baru, bermula dari zero (kosong) kerana tiada pekerjaan, wang pendapatan, atau simpanan, semuanya perlu dilakukan sekarang dan seorang sendiri.

    Itulah antara cabaran berlipat ganda yang perlu dipikulnya sebagai janda. Ini termasuklah segala tohmahan, sindiran, kata-kata nista yang menyelinap ke telinganya. Namun kata Cik Siti Zarina, beliau tetap reda.

    “Ketika bekerja di hospital, saya melihat bagaimana para kaunselor telah memberikan nasihat dan sokongan kepala mereka-mereka yang memerlukan. Di situ terbuka hati dan saya berniat, untuk menjadi seperti para kaunselor ini,” cerita beliau.

    Di situ jugalah terdetik di hati beliau untuk sama-sama menjadi antara insan-insan yang memberikan sokongan moral, di saat orang lain ditimpa kekecewaan dan permasalahan.

    Beliau kini menanam satu tekad besar. “Selepas berhenti kerja di hospital, saya pun memulakan pengajian di ITE secara fulltime, dan selepas itu, saya berharap untuk menyambung lagi peringkat Diploma dan seterusnya, menggenggam segulung ijazah, insya-Allah,” jelas Cik Siti Zarina dengan bersungguh-sungguh kepada BERITAMediacorp.

    Sebagai langkah permulaan, lantaran kematangannya, beliau kini sudahpun dilantik menjadi seorang mentor di ITEnya dan memberikan kata-kata perangsang atau juga nasihat kepada remaja dan teman-teman yang lain.


    JADI ULAT BUKU PADA USIA SETENGAH ABAD

    Selain itu, Cik Siti Zarina juga tekun mengerjakan kerja-kerja kemasyarakatan dan sosial di waktu dalam dan luar darjah, dan akan turut melibatkan anak-anaknya jika mereka berkesempatan.

    Wanita gigih ini juga suka menghabiskan masanya di perpustakaan, setiap minggu tanpa jemu, sama ada untuk mengulang kaji pelajaran mahupun sekadar membaca buku di hujung minggu bersama keluarganya. Bagi dirinya, buku adalah teman baik dan setia yang mesti dimiliki oleh semua orang, dan buku juga adalah ‘gedung’ ilmu yang mesti dicari dan dengan membaca juga, banyak ilmu yang oleh diperolehi tanpa berhabis wang.


    “Bagi pendapat peribadi saya, wanita yang bergelar janda atau ibu tunggal, usahlah terus bersedih. Kita perlu bangkit dan teruskan kehidupan, memang tidak mudah seperti yang disangka, tetapi tetap boleh dilakukan. Janganlah takut mencari ilmu dan menimba kemahiran baru.

    “Saya sendiri mengambil inisiatif untuk membaca ketika waktu lapang, dan dengan mengetahui bahan-bahan yang berguna dan informatif yang diperlukan, secara tidak langsung ia dapat menaikkan semangat serta motivasi diri kita sendiri. Alhamdullilah, saya rasa, kehidupan lebih positif; berubah sedikit-demi sedikit, dan ianya lebih bermakna dan saya lebih tahu hala tuju yang saya inginkan, baik untuk diri sendiri dan keluarga saya,” ujar wanita gigih ini lagi, mengongsi perjalanannya sekaligus menjadi contoh terbaik bagi anak-anaknya.

    Untuk orang-orang seperti Cik Siti Zarina, ucapan Selamat Hari Ibu untuknya, pasti mempunyai pengertian berbeza sekarang.

     

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg/

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