Tag: Singapore

Woman Writes About Being Abused By Boyfriend Over Nothing

A woman was beaten up by her boyfriend… because he saw a call log from a cabby’s contact number and thought she was cheating on him.

Stomper Kelvin alerted Stomp to a Facebook post written by the girl herself, telling her part of the story about how her then-boyfriend hit her.

The Stomper is a friend of the woman, and would like to highlight her situation.

He said:

“I would like to warn all the young ladies out there to be careful of this man, and hoping that the local authority can do something about this seriously.

“However he has deleted his Facebook account since he was being tagged by my friend on this post.”

The post shared by the woman claimed that her boyfriend got upset over minor things “like some stingray photos or egg photos or something… I don’t even wish to elaborate.”

She recounted the disrespectful way he treated her:

“I remember asking him why he can talk to girls and all while I can’t he told me this; man and woman can never be equal. I respect his thoughts even if I disagreed to most of them. Eventually I forgot to respect my own thoughts… and so did he.”

One day, in a drunken stupor, he wanted to check her messages and look through her phone. She obliged because she had nothing to hide.

“Apparently he got upset and wanted to take a look into my phone (which is not a common practice for us), with nothing to hide I proceeded to unlock my phone and pass it to him.

“Then he went through my call logs and saw this number 6××× ×××× and he tried calling it back and made a fuss.

“Anyway that’s the call you receive from booking a taxi when your cab arrives.

“Taken aback by his ridiculously skeptical assumption I got pissed and snatched my phone back telling him what that number is.

“This was when he snapped and evolved or transform to the demon within him. It’s as though he was possessed because how he flicked instantly.”

She recalled how he proceeded to drag her wherever he wanted and slapped and beat her repeatedly.

She used her hand and arms to shield her face, thus getting bruises.

When he was checking her phone a second time, she quickly dashed out to call the police.

Even in front of her parents, he was apparently unapologetic and admitted that he had beaten her.

The woman said she shared her story to put an end to the mistreatment, “If he doesn’t want to end this mental torture then I think people should know the truth.”

Source: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg

August 27, 2015
Positive Response To Enhanced Government Support To Madrasahs

In his Malay speech for the National Day Rally last Sunday (Aug 23), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the Government will provide more support to madrasahs in Singapore, especially in strengthening the teaching of secular subjects in these schools.

Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah principal Herman Cher Ma’in has welcomed the initiatives and said the funding provided will be used to improve teaching skills.

“We do not have the details about the initiative’s implementation. What we can do later is to sit together with MUIS and identify training courses in secular subjects – that will be one area in which we can work closely with MUIS,” he said. “There is also scope for us to explore customised training for our teachers to hand-hold them to teach better in secular subjects to make them more effective.”

He added: “Under the Joint Madrasah System, we are looking at how we can standardise the curriculum within the three madrasahs. But each madrasah is unique, so we need to value the uniqueness of each madrasah.

“For the Joint Madrasah System, work is in place to ensure the curriculum is meaningful for the children to ensure they are successful … In this sense, the curriculum needs to be looked at, and we can also look into how we can make the assessment more rigorous. And with the assistance of the Ministry of Education and MUIS, working in partnership, I believe we can do that.”

Since 2008, MUIS has spent more than S$3 million on teacher training programmes. This includes both the structured programmes organised in partnership with the National Institute of Education (NIE) and Edith Cowan University in Australia, workshops and seminars.

REACTIONS FROM FORMER STUDENTS

Currently, there are about 3,500 students enrolled in six madrasahs in Singapore.

Former madrasah student Hazimah Mohd Nordin said the additional support will help boost the standards of secular learning. The laboratory executive at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore said: “During my time, 10 years ago, they had mathematics and science, but it was not really up to standard yet as compared to now. Now, it’s really very good for the students.

“Mostly, I had to learn from outside, from my tutor and the tuition centre, which also had a science lab. We didn’t have a science lab last time in my school. But they did support me when I (told them) I’m studying outside (and that) after school, I have to rush to the tuition centre. They understood that they didn’t have the resources to support me.”

Her sentiments are shared by former madrasah student Nur Fathin, who is currently pursuing her Masters in Islamic Banking and Finance in Malaysia. She said that it is important to achieve a balance between religious and secular studies.

“For madrasah students, it’s really a necessity for them to equip themselves with secular subjects because living in Singapore, we are facing various challenges,” she said. “We are not just a single-religion community, we are multi-religious. With the secular subjects like maths, science and all that, we can still remain relevant, we can complement the knowledge and help the society.”

This was also highlighted by the Mufti of Singapore Dr Mohamed Fatris Bakaram on Sunday.

Dr Fatris said it is important to train madrasah teachers to be competent in both religious and secular subjects to guide the Muslim community forward.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

August 27, 2015
Fatimah Lateef Saran Model ‘6M’ Sebagai Formula Rangsang Pencapaian Masyarakat Melayu Singapura
Masyarakat Melayu/Islam Singapura banyak meraih kemajuan dan kecemerlangan, hasil kerja keras dan kerjasama dengan pemerintah untuk mencapainya.

AP GRC Marine Parade, Profesor Madya Fatimah Lateef berkata demikian hari ini di sidang media yang diadakan untuk memperkenalkan secara rasmi barisan calon PAP bagi GRC Marine Parade dalam Pilihan Raya Umum akan datang.

Namun beliau turut menekankan bahawa “masih terdapat golongan yang memerlukan bantuan kita semua”.

“Jadi inilah golongan yang harus kita dekati dan bantu mereka, tetapi jangan lupa tentang golongan yang atas juga. Mereka juga perlu penglibatan kita. Dan kita akan selalu mendekati setiap golongan dan lapisan masyarakat,” tambah beliau.

MODEL ‘M’ UNTUK DEKATI RAKYAT DAN PENDUDUK

Profesor Madya Fatimah turut mendedahkan model ‘6M’ yang membawa kepada konsep berteraskan keluarga yang diterapkan dalam GRC Marine Parade.
- 1. Menukar minda
M yang pertama, ujar beliau, ialah menukar minda.

“Kalau kita boleh mengubah minda kita, kita juga boleh mengubah cara kehidupan kita. Inilah yang saya terapkan dalam keluarga-keluarga yang saya dekati dan bantu,” jelas beliau.
- 2. Motivasi
M yang kedua pula ialah motivasi. Profesor Madya Fatimah berkata, keluarga-keluarga yang terjerat dalam lingkaran kemiskinan harus dibantu.

Mereka harus ada sikap yang ingin meningkatkan diri dan bertambah baik setiap tahun, bukan sahaja untuk diri sendiri, tetapi juga untuk keluarga mereka, katanya. Dan maka itu, motivasi adalah elemen yang begitu penting.

“Kita sebagai Anggota Parlimen memberi mereka motivasi itu, jalan bersama mereka, pegang tangan mereka dan pimpin mereka bersama,” kata beliau.
- 3. Masyarakat majmuk
Menurut beliau lagi, masyarakat Melayu/Islam tempatan boleh menjadi global dan dikenali kerana diberikan wadah untuk terus maju di Singapura, dalam masyarakat majmuk.
- 4. Meritokrasi
Dengan sistem meritokrasi di Singapura, mereka dengan latar belakang yang susah dapat maju ke hadapan disebabkan oleh kegigihan dan ketekunan untuk meningkatkan diri, kata Profesor Madya Fatimah.
- 5. Maju bersama-sama
Profesor Madya Fatimah berkata: “M selanjutnya ialah kita harus maju bersama-sama.”

“Yang kuat tolong yang lemah. Yang kaya tolong yang susah. Ini adalah satu model kolaborasi yang baik, dan itulah yang kita terapkan dalam GRC Marine Parade,” katanya.
- 6. Memudahkan
Profesor Madya Fatimah merumuskan perincian tentang model ‘M’ dengan menjelaskan tentang membuat kemudahan atau memudahkan.

“Apa-apa yang susah difahami oleh masyarakat, kita ‘simplify’ atau membuatnya senang untuk difahami,” katanya.

Profesor Madya Fatimah, yang sudah berkhidmat di GRC Marine Parade sejak 2006, menekankan bahawa untuk menerapkan kesemua ‘6M’, para AP perlu terus mendekati masyarakat.

Beliau berusia 49 tahun dan bertugas sebagai seorang doktor dan konsultan di Hospital Besar Singapura. Beliau juga Timbalan Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Parlimen Pemerintah (GPC) bagi Kesihatan.

Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg
August 27, 2015
What Are The High-Paying Jobs In Singapore

This is a country of diversity, and nowhere is that more obvious than in the salaries we earn.

If you are an average Singaporean you probably feel that the $3,770 median income just doesn’t quite cut it.

Of the 622 Singaporean workers across various industries that took part in a 2014 Jobstreet survey, 66 per cent felt the need for a 10 per cent to 20 per cent increase in their salary, while 80 per cent of participants were unhappy with their salaries.

Wanting to earn more would seem like a universal human desire programmed right into our DNA, so what kind of strange beings make up the 20 per cent of Singaporeans that are actually happy with their salary?

If you want to find out what being part of the 20 per cent of financially satisfied people feels like, try out one of these 5 highest paid jobs in Singapore.

1. Financial Services Company Director

The financial services sector is the place to be if making a high salary is your goal in life.

The average financial services company director in Singapore earns a tidy $22,517 average monthly salary.

2. Financial Services COO/General Manager

Not surprisingly two financial services top jobs tied for second place.

Although your average Chief Operating Officer or GM in a financial services company receives a lower pay compared to the company director, their $16,242 average monthly salary should be enough to scrape by.

3. Insurance Company Director

It seems there just isn’t the same kind of money in insurance that we see in other financial services. An insurance company director will have to be content to earn even less than the General Manager at other financial services companies, taking home just $14,745.

4. Air Transport and Supporting Services COO/General Manager

If you find flying a little more exciting than counting money then this job could work for you, and it even comes with a decent paycheck.

The perfect job for the aviation enthusiast who’s willing to settle for $14,076 per month.

5. University Lecturer

We all love to talk, but how many people earn $13,684 off talking?

If the stressful life of a company director or COO isn’t for you but a fat paycheque is absolutely your thing, then this is definitely the direction you will want to go.

Respectable, social, good holidays, reasonable work hours, 5th best salaries in Singapore. Need I say more?

Statistics taken from the Ministry of Manpower Occupational Wage Table(s), 2013.

Sources: http://business.asiaone.com

August 26, 2015
Filipino Nurse Ello Ed Mundsel Bello Convited Under Sedition Act

Philippine national Ello Ed Mundsel Bello, 28, who made disparaging remarks about Singaporeans onFACEBOOK earlier this year, pleaded guilty to three charges on Wednesday (Aug 26).

He was convicted on one count under the Sedition Act, for promoting feelings of ill-will and hostility, and on two counts of providing false information to police. An additional charge under the Sedition Act, and another for lying to police, will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

In hisFACEBOOK post, Bello called Singaporeans “loosers (sic) in their own country”. “We take theirJOBS, their future, their women, and soon, we will evict all SG loosers out of their own country”, Bello added, saying that Singapore would be the “new Filipino state”.

The Filipino also stated that he would be “praying that disastors (sic) strike Singapore and more Singaporeans will die”. He will “celebrate” if this happens, he said.

He ended his Facebook post with the declaration: “REMEMBER PINOY BETTER AND STRONGER THAN STINKAPOREANS.”

Bello did this while employed as a nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, which subsequently dismissed him over the incident, after discovering through their own investigations that Bello had made three other online posts in the same vein in 2014.

In court on Wednesday, Deputy Public Prosecutor Kumaresan Gohubalan said that Bello’s comments were “xenophobic, derogatory and inflammatory” in nature, further aggravated by the fact that his comments were published to “an enormous audience”, and that Bello displayed a total lack of remorse for his actions.

Investigations revealed that he had regularly commented on reports and articles relating to Singapore, often in a “vile, derogatory and offensive” nature, and on sensitive issues such as race and nationality.

Bello’s comments came under the spotlight when they were posted on The Kaki News Network, aFACEBOOK page with a significant public following of 30,000FACEBOOKusers. The comments went viral, and were also the subject of several police reports made against Bello.

Alarmed by the hostility generated by his comments, Bello deleted them, and lodged a report with police, stating that he was “shocked and furious that these comments had been attributed to him”.

He told police on three occasions that he did not make the offending comments on Facebook, and that hisACCOUNT had been accessed without his permission. Bello only admitted to his lies in his fourth statement to police, when “he found he could not keep up the lie”, Bello’s lawyer, Mark Goh, said.

Mr Goh also told the court that as the “delicate golden threads” of race and religion that bind Singaporean society had not been touched on by his client’s comments, Bello should be granted a lower sentence of six weeks, as opposed to the prosecution’s submission of 20 weeks’ imprisonment.

In response, DPP Kumaresan told the court that comments of this nature are “detrimental to society” and “cannot be trivialized or underestimated”, especially in a cosmopolitan society like Singapore.

Bello will be sentenced on Sep 16.

For promoting feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Singapore, Bello could have received a fine of up to S$5,000 or a jailTERM of up to three years, or both.

For giving false information to police, Bello could have faced a jailTERM of up to one year, a fine of up to S$5,000, or both.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

August 26, 2015