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  • Zulfikar Shariff: Singapore Malays Are “House Owners’, Not Minority

    Zulfikar Shariff: Singapore Malays Are “House Owners’, Not Minority

    About 15 years ago, I was invited by Allahyarham Ebrahim Marican for a meeting at his office in Golden Landmark.

    He was a brilliant man. Already 67 years old then, he was still active in various community causes. He was a leader of the Indian Muslim community in Singapore and was on MUIS council in the 80s.

    He was also a PAP cadre and shared with me quite a bit of information about the PAP.

    He invited me to speak with him after reading some of my posts in cyberummah. We would meet every few weeks to discuss various issues.

    In one of our conversations, we discussed the supposed minority status of the Malays in Singapore.

    He argued that Malays should not see themselves as a minority community.

    According to Allahyarham Ebrahim, “If I have a house and some people come to stay in my house, no matter how many of them there are, it is still my house.

    Even if there are only 4 people in my family and 30 other people come to stay, it is still my house. I cannot be classified as a minority. I am the house owner.”

    Malays are not a minority community in Singapore. They are the house owners.

    There is a majority community (Chinese), Indigenous community (Malays) and minority communities.

    We need to stop seeing Malays as minority. No matter how many come to stay, the Malays are still the house owners.

     

    Source: Zulfikar Shariff

  • Cancer-Stricken Father Gets Only $5000 Out Of $36000 Raised So Far

    Cancer-Stricken Father Gets Only $5000 Out Of $36000 Raised So Far

    He said he felt compelled to help after reading a news report about a cancer-stricken father of three, Mr Goh Hoon Tiong.

    So Mr Martin Lim started two online campaigns to raise money for the 44-year-old man and managed to raise more than $36,000.

    But two months after the campaigns, Mr Goh has received only $5,000.

    Now, members of the public who had donated freely to the campaigns – which were set up on online crowdfunding platforms GIVEasia and Indiegogo – are asking for updates on the funds raised.

    They are also chasing Mr Lim to transfer the rest of the money to the cancer-stricken man.

    The New Paper on Sunday wrote about Mr Goh’s plight on Oct 4, following a report in Shin Min Daily News.

    The report struck a chord with many readers, who sympathised with Mr Goh, especially when the single parent revealed that he had to hold two jobs to raise his young daughter and two sons.

    Many netizens responded with words of encouragement when Mr Lim started his campaign. One wrote: “Stay strong Mr Goh and don’t give up! Best wishes for a speedy recovery!”

    A total of 170 donors donated $24,330 on GIVEasia. On US-based platform Indiegogo, 128 people donated US$8,330 (S$11,660).

    The campaigns closed on Oct 13 and Oct 22 respectively.

    On Mr Lim’s fundraising page on GIVEasia, he said that something about Mr Goh’s story made him pause.

    He wrote: “Maybe it was the single parenthood or his struggle with a failed business; maybe it was his holding two jobs to desperately feed his three children. Or maybe it was how touched I was with the plight of his kids.

    “Whatever the case, I decided to act in whatever little way I knew how. I turned to the Web.”

    There was also a note addressing concerns of whether he would give all the monies raised to Mr Goh.

    Mr Lim wrote: “I’ve promoted this fundraiser on 2 platforms using my personal profile to my family, friends AND business associates (sic).

    “My reputation is worth a heck of a lot more than what I’m trying to raise for Mr Goh.

    “I’m here to help, and all of this is voluntary. The only assurance I can give is my word.”

    DIFFICULTIES

    TNP understands that GIVEasia transferred a sum of about $23,700 – after deducting some bank charges – into Mr Lim’s personal account on Oct 20, a week after he closed the campaign.

    In an interview on Dec 17, Mr Lim confirmed with TNP that the monies raised had been transferred to his bank account.

    But he said he faced difficulties in transferring the monies to Mr Goh.

    He transferred $5,000 to Mr Goh on Monday. (See report below)

    TNP also spoke to a family service centre (FSC) officer in charge of Mr Goh’s case. She declined to be named.

    The officer said Mr Goh informed her that by late October, he still had not received any money.

    She contacted GIVEasia, who linked her to Mr Lim via e-mail.

    She managed to contact Mr Lim on Nov 13 and informed him that Mr Goh had yet to receive any money.

    Mr Lim told her that he had been too busy on work trips to transfer the money.

    He also said he would settle the matter with Mr Goh directly.

    Said the officer: “I did not want to interfere because it dealt with money, which is very sensitive. And since I was told that the money would have gone directly to Mr Goh, I thought it would be okay.”

    Responding to TNP’s queries, GIVEasia co-founder Aseem Kumar Thakur said they were “very disappointed and concerned that there has been a delay in the funds being sent by (the) campaign organiser to Mr Goh”.

    He said: “While GIVEasia makes no representation about the accuracy, safety or legality of any of the campaigns or user content posted on GIVEasia, which is clearly stated upfront in GIVEasia’s ‘Terms of Use’, our team is nevertheless committed to providing information and taking reasonable actions to help the groups that have come forward to assist Mr Goh and his family with this case.”

    Lawyers whom TNP spoke to said that in an instance where a crowdfunding campaign fails to deliver, donors should make a police report.

    Mr Justin Tan, an associate lawyer at Trident Law, said: “If the money has not gone to where it is supposed to go, then the first course of action would be to make a police report.”

    Mr Tan said that donors should be discerning when it comes to such campaigns and that it should be made sure that the money goes into the intended recipient’s bank account.

    Another lawyer, Mr Bryan Tan from Pinsent Masons, agreed.

    “Essentially, a crowdfunding campaign is like a contract and you have to adhere to the contract made to the site.

    “Donors who feel that their money has not been used properly should make a police report,” he said.

    “It is also important to make sure the money collected goes to an individual or organisation before donating online.”

    I did not want to interfere because it dealt with money, which is very sensitive.

    – An FSC officer

    He had op to remove tumour

    Since he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in May, Mr Goh Hoon Tiong, 44, has had to stop working.

    He used to work two jobs – as a cleaner and dishwasher – to raise his seven-year-old daughter and sons, aged 10 and 13, on his own after the children’s mother left.

    Following an operation in October to remove the tumour in his oesophagus, Mr Goh is now on six months’ medical leave.

    He told The New Paper earlier this month: “I do not want to know how big the tumour was or what percentage was taken out.

    “I only know that there is still some (of the tumour) left inside. Any further removal would be life-threatening.”

    He spent about two weeks in hospital and was discharged on Nov 13.

    Mr Goh, who has undergone at least 26 chemotherapy treatments and four radiotherapy sessions, said he still has to go for radiotherapy sessions in the future.

    When we visited him at his one-room rental flat in Lavender earlier this month, he showed us the stitches around the bottom of his right shoulder blade and on his abdomen.

    He winces whenever he needs to cough, saying it is because of the pain from the surgery. He can eat only soft foods like porridge.

    His mother, who is in her 70s, helped to look after the children when he was hospitalised. She also helps to prepare meals for him and the children.

    But he personally saw to the back-to-school preparations for his children before he went for his surgery.

    Mr Goh has been receiving financial aid since 2012. He has a monthly cash grant until end of this year, when his needs will be reassessed. He also receives help with his rent and utilities.

    His children have government aid, in terms of their school and tuition fees. They also get cash grants.

    Non-profit organisation The Ray of Hope Initiative aims to raise $13,730 – to buy Mr Goh beds and mattresses, and to provide him with a sum of $1,000 a month to offset his household expenses for a year – from Oct this year to September next year.

    As of yesterday, the NGO has raised about $5,000 and a volunteer has been visiting Mr Goh every month to pass him his cheques.

    When asked about donations given by strangers directly to him – in cash, cheque or transfers directly into his bank account – Mr Goh declined to reveal the figure.

    He said: “I want to keep and save. I can’t simply spend it. It needs to last for years.”

    ‘Too busy to check bank account’

    His work as a business consultant involves travelling around the region for several weeks at a time.

    And that is why the money has not been sent to Mr Goh Hoon Tiong, said Mr Martin Lim (above) when The New Paper spoke to him on Monday.

    Asked if he knew the total amount he had raised, Mr Lim could not recall a specific figure, saying he does not check his bank account often.

    “I was so busy that I did not have time to even check my bank account,” he said, adding that he had gone on back-to-back work trips.

    In an interview on Dec 17, Mr Lim had told TNP that he made a transfer of $5,000 – which he said is his online transaction limit – to Mr Goh’s account but the transfer bounced.

    He then left for a business trip and realised only later that the transaction had failed.

    When he got back, “a volunteer” contacted him and gave him another bank account number, which the person said belonged to Mr Goh.

    Mr Lim said he made a second transfer of $5,000 to that account some time in November, but Mr Goh said he did not receive the money.

    Mr Lim said that when he started the campaigns, he did not have Mr Goh’s bank account details.

    “I had his address, then I figured I would just get in touch with him and get his details,” he said.

    He said he spoke to Mr Goh on the phone some time in late November or early December, and got his bank account details via a text message.

    That was the account number he used in the first transfer of $5,000 which bounced.

    On Monday, when asked about the money, Mr Lim promised he would transfer all of it “by the end of the year”.

    Yesterday, Mr Lim sent TNP a photo of a $5,000 transfer he made on Monday to Mr Goh’s account.

    Mr Goh confirmed that this sum is now in his account. He hoped that Mr Lim would keep his word and transfer the rest of the money soon.

    I had his address, then I figured I would just get in touch with him and get his details.

    — Mr Martin Lim, who said that when he started the campaigns, he did not have Mr Goh’s bank account details

    Timeline

    SEPT 22: Mr Goh Hoon Tiong’s plight is reported in Shin Min Daily News.

    SEPT 23: GIVEasia approaches Mr Martin Lim after seeing his Indiegogo campaign for Mr Goh.

    SEPT 24: Mr Lim creates a campaign on GIVEasia.

    The New Paper On Sunday, Oct 4

    OCT 4: The New Paper on Sunday reports on Mr Goh’s plight.

    OCT 13: The GIVEasia campaign closes with $24,330 from 170 donors. According to GIVEasia, Mr Lim requests that the funds be sent to his bank account. Mr Lim updates the GIVEasia campaign page: “I’ve closed it and will make the arrangements to send the $ to Mr Goh by next week.”

    OCT 20: GIVEasia sends the money to Mr Lim.

    NOV 13: An officer from a family service centre helps Mr Goh get in touch with GIVEasia.

    DEC 13: GIVEasia requests that Mr Lim transfer the money by Dec 18.

    DEC 17: Mr Lim tells TNP that his first transaction of $5,000 had bounced and promises to transfer the money as soon as possible.

    DEC 28: He tells TNP he was given another account number and made a second transaction of $5,000 to Mr Goh some time in November. But Mr Goh says he did not receive it. Later that day, Mr Lim successfully transfers $5,000 to Mr Goh.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Presiden Iran: Negara-Negara Islam Perlu Perbetulkan Imej Islam

    Presiden Iran: Negara-Negara Islam Perlu Perbetulkan Imej Islam

    TEHRAN: Presiden Iran, Hassan Rouhani berkata negara-negara Islam perlu berusaha memperbetulkan pandangan dunia terhadap agama Islam.

    “Kami mesti menghapuskan pandangan negatif terhadap Islam baik dalam kehidupan harian mahupun ruang siber,” kata beliau di Tehran dalam persidangan antarabangsa bertajuk “Krisis Dunia Islam Sekarang Ini.”

    Kebanyakan “keganasan, pengganasan dan pembunuhan beramai-ramai, malangnya, berlaku di dunia Islam,” kata Encik Rouhani.

    “Saya mengajak semua negara Islam di rantau ini dan di seluruh dunia – termasuk negara yang hingga sekarang mengebom dan melancarkan peluru berpandu terhadap jiran-jiran mereka – supaya hentikan semua ini dan mengambil jalan yang lurus,” ujarnya.

    Namun, Encik Rouhani tidak mendedahkan negara-negara manakah yang dimaksudkannya itu.

    Iran, yang berfahaman Syiah, menyokong pemberontak Houthi di Yaman, sementara Arab Saudi yang berfahaman Sunni pula mengetuai perikatan tentera yang melancarkan serangan bom terhadap pemberontak Yaman sejak Mac.

    “Berapa banyakkah bom dan peluru berpandu yang sudah anda beli daripada Amerika tahun ini?

    “Jika anda bahagi-bahagikan wang untuk bom dan peluru itu kepada orang-orang Islam yang miskin, tiada seorang pun yang perlu tidur dalam keadaan lapar,” katanya.

    Tehran juga menyokong rejim Syria, yang tenteranya kini bertempur dengan anggota militan dan pelampau, termasuk kumpulan militan ISIS yang merampas kuasa di sebahagian besar Syria dan Iraq.

    “Sesetengah kumpulan seperti Daesh (ISIS) mampu merekrut askar, disebabkan kemiskinan dari segi kewangan dan budaya,” ujar Encik Rouhani.

    Kedua-dua jenis kemiskinan itu, katanya, perlu dihapuskan daripada masyarakat Islam.

    “Pengganasan tidak akan dihapuskan dengan bom semata-mata. Untuk bertahun-tahun lamanya, kita bercakap tentang perpaduan. Adakah perpaduan boleh dicapai tanpa hubungan ekonomi dalam dunia Islam?” katanya.

    Encik Rouhani menambah, konflik di Syria dan Iraq hanya memanfaatkan Israel dan mereka yang menentang orang Islam.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Orang Kurang Upaya Perangai Lebih Mulia Daripada Orang Cukup Upaya

    Orang Kurang Upaya Perangai Lebih Mulia Daripada Orang Cukup Upaya

    While serving customer at expo… came fadhil in orange shirt asking

    Hirni Hirman 1

    Fadhil :kak nak nasi briyani kambing

    Me : ok

    Fadhil: kak brapa

    Me: tak pe fadhil kak blanja

    Fathil: tk leh kak tuhan marah .. amik lah duit sikit(he took out 7 dlrs from his wallet)

    Me : ok kak amik 2 dlrs k

    Fadhil: terima kasih kak (smile n went off smiling …)

    Masya allah .. lebih baik dier dari org2 disekeliling kita yg sombong n bongkak n talam dua muka … haiz semoga allah melindungi mu fadhil ..

     

    Source: Hirni Hirman

  • Local Malay Celebrities Disrespected By Film Production Houses

    Local Malay Celebrities Disrespected By Film Production Houses

    I saw the articles from the vasantham actress and PA of a film production in sg and would like to also say that it happens in Suria!

    I dont want to be named but I’m a fairly well known actress in Suria. You have probably seen me in commercials and magazines too. If you are malay,chances are you know my face and my name. I’m all over the place in the malay film community and im one of those really famous actress and people often ask for a picture with me in public. You may think we are ‘so kaya’, paid well and live comfortably but this is not true.

    I, like many of the big local stars are not paid well. Tbh if you think about it, all the malay celebrities have a full time job or side business elsewhere while acting at the same time. Some will take to being emcees/host/DJ for events or weddings. Those who purely want to do acting only will be starred in multiple different shows at the same time just to make ends meet, and this is why sometimes you see the same actress or actor acting in every sit com, drama or commercial. because no choice lah. money from one project is not enough. My pay can be as low as $200 for a project. 1 project can take 2 months to complete shooting and most of the time I have to be on location the whole day. Normally by night time I will rush to my other project because I often juggle at least 3 of it at the same time.some film productions are professional and treat us with respect but MOST MACAM SIAL. my pay is always delayed by months and in some cases they expect me to forget about it and stop chasing.

    Id like to say that it’s not mediacorp or suria that is at fault, its the film productions in sg! wtf sia so blardee budget!

    mediacorp pays film productions lots of money (tens of thousands) to create content. But all the money goes to the whoever it is who owns the film production. He will fork out just mere pocket money to film crews and then book at least 1 or 2 A lister celebrity for cheap (as low as $100 – $600) and then get students to act for free.

    Kids in SG are naive and want the fame so they will jump for any opportunity to act even if its free. Normally food is provided during set because someone will buy chicken rice or something. but then they kids dont gain anything. Not even fame, because their face will only appear for 3 seconds or they only have to do one line. I have seen so many secondary school kids skipping school just to travel all the way to shooting location and wait in the sun for their turn to act. By the time it’s their turn to act, director will be so harsh and humiliate them for being nervous. I don’t blame the kids, they dont have the experience for it and nobody was directing them! i overheard a
    director saying ‘kalau dier isap, aku bagi spot” which means “if shes willing to suck my dick, will give her a spot to act”

    Film productions always want things for free. They will get free sponsorship for food, drinks, wardrobe, music, by promising that the item will be displayed in clear view on screen but this is just a scam. For example film production gets sponsorship from a beverage brand, they get cartons of free drinks for crew to take and in return they need to show the actresses drinking it on tv for company awareness but often they just put the can of drink in the background but the image it so blur and small, you dont even notice it on tv. local bands often manipulated to provide free music for film production to use as soundtrack. local clothing brands and even big branded labels provide their outfits to be ‘borrowed’ for wardrobe but its rarely returned and the ones who steal it is the film productions.

    This is why singapores local artists cant succeed. they dont pay the actors well, they dont pay the musicians, local clothing brands get taken advantage.

    I act in Kuala Lumpur half the time because they pay us more in malaysia! ever notice how celebrities and musicians have a strong fanbase in malaysia? because they are all paid well and all talents in all prospects are being looked after. In sg, you have no other option but to take what you get.

    its sad to see broken dreams of actresses and actors once they realise they can’t keep up with such peanuts pay. its sad to see them showing their talents on tv and being a STAR for a year but then the next year disappear forever from the acting scene and becoming just normal people.

    producers often bully the workers. they make them do things out of their jobscope. For example, one producer i worked with made his production assistant book a hotel for him with her name so that he can pangkeng with a wannabe actress. at the end of it, the wannabe actress wasnt even selected for the show and the production assistant never got the money back

    is this fair?

    S
    A.S.S. Contributor

     

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

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