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Restoran 1 Market By Chef Wan Ditutup Hujung Bulan Ini, Cef Wan Marah Kualiti Kucar Kacir

Restoran 1 Market by Chef Wan di Plaza Singapura, akan ditutup penghujung bulan ini (Jun) setelah beroperasi sekitar tiga tahun setengah.

Ketika dihubungi oleh BERITAMediacorp menerusi panggilan jarak jauh ke Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Chef Wan atau lebih senang disapa sebagai Chef Wan berkata: “Kontrak kita selama tiga tahun dah sampai, mereka naikkan sewa jadi tentulah akan bertambah kos kita kan. Itu yang kita kena fikirkan.”

Selain dari peningkatan sewa restoran popular tersebut, Chef Wan, 59 tahun, yang menjadi ‘wajah’ restoran tersebut, tidak menafikan bahawa ada juga beberapa faktor yang membuatnya tidak terfikir untuk menyambung kontrak kerjasama bersama rakan kongsi restoran tersebut yang beliau namakan sebagai Food Junction. Cef Wan tidak memiliki restoran tersebut, namun memberikan namanya digunakan dan memberikan khidmat konsultan kepada restoran tersebut.

CEF WAN MARAH, KUALITI KUCAR KACIR

Cef yang sememangnya petah bercakap itu berkata: “You boleh lihat kualiti pengurusan kucar-kacir, makanan dan resipi pun tak buat apa yang kita dah tunjuk. Cef pun ikut suka-hati mereka. Bila I dengar tu, I marahlah.

“I pun tak dijemput lagi untuk develop resipi hampir 10 bulan. Masalah pengurusan memang I dapat lihat jelas dan terbawa-bawa hingga ke kualiti makanan. Bila kita dah habis 3 tahun kontrak ni kita bincang baliklah. Sudah tentunya I tak puas hati kan?”.

Selain itu, beliau turut menjelaskan bukan mudah untuk mendapatkan tukang masak di Singapura yang mahir untuk restoran itu, yang dibuka pada November 2012.

Berita mengenai penutupan restoran itu dihebahkan Cef Wan menerusi Instagram rasminya ChefWan58 petang tadi.

ISU PEMBAZIRAN MAKANAN

Menurut Cef selebriti itu, pembaziran makanan turut berlaku di restoran 1 Market by Chef Wan memandangkan makan tengah hari dan makan malam dihidang secara buffet.

Dengan pembaziran itu, ia turut menambahkan lagi kos operasi restoran tersebut kongsi Cef yang peramah itu.

Beliau sedar bahawa restoran tersebut adalah besar dan ini juga menambah lagi kos operasi.

Cef Wan memberitahu BERITAMediacorp, beliau tentunya berasa sedih dengan penutupan restoran yang terletak di Plaza Singapura itu memandangkan ia berjaya menjana pendapatan sebanyak S$1 juta setiap bulan ia dikendalikan.

Lagipun, ia juga adalah peluang untuk beliau menemui dan beramah-mesra dengan peminat-peminatnya yang menetap di Singapura.

“Benda ni sayang sebab kami bekerja keras. Banyak promosi. Saya jenis ‘tough person’ yang selalu percaya hujan atau panas, apa pun yang terjadi kita kena teruskan kehidupan. Bukan sesuatu yang you bimbang atau nak terjun diri dari bangunan,” katanya dengan nada gurau dalam mengungkap isu tersebut.

Meskipun restoran itu akan ditutup pada penghujung Jun nanti, beliau akui sudah pun ada beberapa pelabur yang melahirkan minat untuk membuka restoran lain pula di sini mahupun di Kuala Lumpur.

Buat masa sekarang ini, beliau tidak dapat mendedahkan butiran lanjut.

Cuma satu sahaja yang beliau inginkan jika berpeluang membuka sebuah lagi restoran di Spura nanti: “Kali ini ia adalah sebuah restoran Melayu ala Malaysia macam Azizah (Azizah Restaurant) buat dulu.”

Source: BERITAMediacorp

June 28, 2016
Filipino Sex-Scammer Got Trolled By Local Abang

FB user ‘Faris Freeze’ was fasting…..and bored. Out of the blue, one ‘Aiko Lee’ claiming to be a Thai national messaged him with an offer of paid sex. All ‘Faris Freeze’ had to do to was to transfer the money to a POSB bank account and then send confirmation of the transfer.

Unfortunately for ‘Aiko Lee’, the abang was fasting and thinking with his brain. He was onto her scam.

‘Aiko Lee’ didn’t have a clue the abang was trolling her. Even when the abang told her he was asking if SPF officers also want to join them and that they can have sahur (pre-fast) meal at McDonald’s.

She eventually lost it when the abang sent her a photo of a handwritten “receipt” on the back of an envelope. That’s when it began to unravel and ‘Aiko Lee’ revealed her true colours.

The abang say his maths cannot make it. But that does not make him bodoh like ‘Aiko Lee’, or whatever the name of the Fiipino scammer is.

So this FIlipino lady(?) added me on Facebook and started a conversation with me. Of course I know, it’s a scam right from the beginning. I was bored, so I played along.

In all seriousness, Singapore Police Force and POSB, please get your cyber crime branch to arrest these pests okay? Pretty sure you can track this pest by the POSB account number that he/she conveniently gave to me.

Oh, also, if you need me to re-enact this on your Crime Watch show, please don’t hesitate to contact me. One time payment of $500 is enough for me 🙂. K thanks bye.

Source: Faris Freeze. You can view the full album here.

June 27, 2016
US Special Rep To Muslim Communities: Important To Give Singapore Minorities Equal Entrepreneur Opportunities

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA – For Singapore’s entrepreneurship landscape to reflect the diversity of its society, business owners and youths from minority groups must have equal access to funding and opportunities, a United States official said.

This is important because entrepreneurship can act as a powerful counter to violent extremism, while also exposing young people to new ideas and opportunities, noted Mr Shaarik Zafar, the US Department of State’s Special Representative to Muslim Communities.

Mr Shaarik was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which is being held over three days on the Stanford University campus in California.

More than 700 entrepreneurs and 300 investors from around the world are taking part in the summit, including at least seven representatives from Singapore.

Mr Shaarik has made three visits to Singapore, most recently in May this year when he met with Singapore’s Minister for Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli.

“Singapore’s diversity, just like diversity in other countries, is its strength,” he said in response to questions from The Straits Times at the Summit.

“Singapore has strong rule of law, and access to capital. But the challenge is, as in many parts of the world, sometimes minority youth don’t have access to this,” he noted.

“I think the key is mentorship, and often that means people mentoring young people outside their community.”

Mr Shaarik added that Singapore can be an “important role model” when it comes to helping minorities access entrepreneurship opportunities.

“The next step is engaging Muslim youth, and other minority youth, and making sure they have access to the same training, the same mentorship, and the same capital…It’s important that all aspects of Singaporean society are able to access (these).”

Mr Shaarik also said promoting entrepreneurship is a “fundamental part”of US President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, “because we recognise entrepreneurship is directly linked to stability, economic growth and connectivity with the world”.

His comments echoed remarks made by US Secretary of State John Kerry earlier the same day, during the official opening of the Summit.

Entrepreneurship can create jobs and opportunities for young people all over the world who might otherwise be vulnerable to violent extremist ideas, Mr Kerry told the audience.

“Think of the peril if we leave those minds, which have the same desires that many of you do here, if we leave them to the pickings of extremists and exploiters and demagogues,” he added.

“(Entrepreneurs) provide a highly visible and very effective rebuttal to the propaganda of violent extremist groups. Because your optimism provides an alternative to their nihilism. Because you’re trying to build the brighter future that in fact these folks are determined to prevent.”

Source: www.straitstimes.com

June 27, 2016
Teens Who Helped Two Cardiac Arrest Victims In A Day Get SCDF Awards

Two teenagers became the first civilians to respond to two calls for help by cardiac arrest victims in a day through an innovative mobile phone app by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).

Mr Hairil Aidilfitri Johari, 19, and Mr Muhammad Adhwa Ahlami Johari, 19, went to the aid of two victims in two hours, after Mr Adhwa received two alerts from the myResponder app on Wednesday.

The boys had watched Croatia upset favourites Spain 2-1 in a Euro 2016 group match and then tucked into their pre-dawn Ramadan meal at Mr Hairil’s Woodlands Street 82 flat.

Just as they finished their meal at 5.30am, Mr Adhwa heard a siren. It did not come from a passing ambulance outside, it was a notification from his myResponder app.

The two ITE students, who are been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and using an automated external defibrillator (AED), sprinted to the scene in two minutes

They were just in time to assist paramedics and help direct traffic.

They had barely caught their breath after the first case when Mr Adhwa and Mr Hairil received another notification, at 7.33am.

“We were very thirsty but could not stop for a water break as we are fasting,” Mr Hairil told The New Paper. Rain poured while they sprinted to their next case. They reached the victim’s flat in a minute.

They saw the victim’s family members administering CPR while he was seated in an upright position, which was wrong.

Remembering their cadet training at Evergreen Secondary School, the teens took control of the situation.

They placed the victim on the floor, and took turns to administer CPR on the elderly man with the assistance of the voice call function on the app.

Once paramedics came seven minutes later, the teens consoled the victim’s distraught family members.

“It was the least we could do,” said Mr Hairil. Despite their efforts, both patients died later.

The SCDF decided to recognise the teens’ exceptional efforts and gave them the Public Spiritedness Award at the 4th SCDF Division Headquarters in Bukit Batok on Friday (June 25).

Their former secondary school principal, Ms Carol Lim, beamed with pride when they were presented with the award.

“They are boys of good character and always selflessly offering their help in times of crisis,” Ms Lim said.

Assistant Commissioner Yazid Abdullah, the director of the medical department at SCDF, commended Mr Adhwa and Mr Hairil’s courage.

He said that even though these two were equipped with first-aid training, responders without any background knowledge can also use the myResponder app.

“It is not essential to have previous first-aid training as responders will have the assistance of our control room.

“We highly encourage more people to offer their assistance using myResponder,” said AC Yazid.

Source: The Straits Times

June 26, 2016
MUIS Agih Bantuan Ramadan Hampir S$2 Juta Tahun Ini, Naik 16%

Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) membelanjakan S$1.94 juta tahun ini bagi membantu golongan memerlukan dalam bulan Ramadan.

Ia kenaikan sekitar 16 peratus berbanding tahun lalu dan memberi manfaat kepada lebih 12,900 penerima.

Selain itu, jumlah Bonus Ramadan yang diagihkan kepada setiap penerima juga bertambah dan dimanfaatkan lebih ramai penghuni di rumah-rumah kebajikan. Demikian didedahkan di Majlis Pengagihan Bonus Ramadan MUIS petang tadi (24 Jun).

Tahun lalu, MUIS menerima sumbangan zakat sebanyak S$35.3 juta. Daripada jumlah itu, hampir separuh atau S$17.2 juta diagihkan kepada beberapa golongan memerlukan.

Ini termasuk golongan fakir miskin menerusi bantuan kewangan bulanan dan Program Pengupayaan Bersepadu (EPS) serta para pelajar madrasah yang memerlukan, menerusi Skim Bantuan Kewangan Madrasah di bawah Dana Kemajuan (PROMAS).

Seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya, sebahagian daripada wang zakat juga diagihkan semasa bulan Ramadan bagi membantu golongan memerlukan.

Menteri Bertanggungjawab bagi Ehwal Masyarakat Islam, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, berkata: “Untuk Ramadan kali ini, MUIS akan membelanjakan hampir S$2 juta untuk sekitar 12,900 penerima bantuan kewangan MUIS serta keluarga mereka, penerima bantuan jangka panjang Comcare dan penghuni Islam di rumah-rumah kebajikan.

“Perbelanjaan ini merupakan kenaikan sekitar 16 peratus jika dibandingkan dengan tahun lalu. Jumlah ini juga merangkumi pembiayaan program-program sokongan yang dijalankan di merata kelompok masjid sepanjang Ramadan.”

Daripada jumlah itu, S$235,000 akan digunakan bagi membiayai program-program Ramadan serta pemberian hamper raya kepada para penerima zakat.

Baki S$1.66 juta pula diagihkan dalam bentuk Bonus Ramadan kepada para penerima bantuan, termasuk para penghuni di 50 rumah tumpangan – hampir separuh daripada rumah-rumah itu, penerima kali pertama.

Ketua Unit Pembangunan Sosial MUIS, Muzaiyanah Hamzah berkata: “Alhamdulillah, tahun ini, kami telah dapat menambah jumlah rumah kebajikan yang menerima Bonus Ramadan MUIS daripada 27 tahun lepas, naik hampir dua kali ganda tahun ini kepada 50.

“Dan hampir 2,000 penghuni dari rumah kebajikan warga emas dan kanak-kanak menerima Bonus Ramadan. Kami harap sumbangan kecil ini akan memberikan sedikit keceriaan untuk mereka dalam menyambut Ramadan dan juga Syawal yang akan tiba.”

JUMLAH WANG BONUS TAHUN INI LEBIH TINGGI

Setelah disemak semula, jumlah wang bonus yang diterima setiap orang tahun ini juga lebih tinggi.

Para penerima yang tinggal sendirian serta penghuni di rumah-rumah kebajikan menerima S$150 setiap orang, tambahan S$30 daripada sebelumnya.

Golongan berkeluarga pula menerima S$120 bagi setiap anggotanya, S$20 lebih tinggi berbanding tahun lepas.

Dengan kenaikan itu, keluarga Cik Faridah Abdullah seramai lapan orang menerima Bonus Ramadan berjumlah S$960 – tambahan S$160 daripada tahun sebelumnya.

“Selain saya menggunakan (wang itu) untuk persiapan raya, saya menggunakan untuk keperluan anak-anak untuk membawa mereka membuat pemeriksaan kesihatan seperti terapi dan berjumpa doktor,” kata Cik Faridah.

Selain Bonus Ramadan, MUIS juga memberikan bantuan zakat kepada golongan yang memerlukan sokongan jangka panjang, seperti warga emas, orang kurang upaya serta mereka yang menghidap penyakit kronik.

Bantuan jangka pendek juga dihulurkan seperti melunaskan bil api air serta pembiayaan untuk keperluan pembelajaran.

Source: Berita MediaCorp

June 26, 2016