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Mohammad Ghazi – Thank You Superstar

All of us tried to stay positive, hoping that you’ll come home soon. Unfortunately, God loves you more and I’m sure you’re in a much better place now.

Thank you for being the great person that you are. You were always the humble one in the team, yet you played like a superstar. You never fail to encourage me whenever we got the chance to play together.

You will be remembered as a great teacher who not only made an impact in your students’ lives, but one who sacrificed his life to save theirs. Goodbye my friend. May your soul rest in peace.

“Truly, to Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return.”

‪#‎ripghazi‬

Source: Syaifudin Ismail

June 11, 2015
Sabah Quake: More Than $38,000 Raised For Family Of Late Tanjong Katong Primary Teacher

A website set up on Wednesday (June 10) by friends of the late Tanjong Katong Primary School (TKPS) teacher Mohammad Ghazi Mohamed, has raised more than $38,000 by Thursday afternoon.

All proceeds from the online “Remembering Ghazi” page will go to Mr Ghazi’s wife, who is also a teacher, and their three children, with the youngest being just a year old.

However, the organisers have decided to cease the campaign on Thursday, 3.30pm, so that they can keep the donations “within a manageable amount”.

The administrative aspects of the fundraiser will be managed by a colleague of Mr Ghazi’s wife, Mr Chua Wee Nam, who is the Head of Department for Discipline at East View Secondary School.

The group also hopes “to direct this positive energy to a formal charity organisation” to collect donations for others affected by the Mount Kinabalu tragedy.

They also requested the public to respect the privacy of the family.

The campaign was started by a group of about 20 hockey and football players who knew Mr Ghazi, 35, through school, university or clubs, said one of the campaign organisers, Mr Hoirul Hafiidz.

The group had kept each other updated via a mobile group chat when news broke that Mr Ghazi, who was leading pupils up Mount Kinabalu when the 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck, was missing.

When Mr Ghazi’s body was identified on Wednesday through fingerprinting and personal belongings, they “decided to do something to help instead of just talking about it”, Mr Hoirul said.

Mr Ghazi was remembered by friends, former students and colleagues on Wednesday at the TKPS tribute centre.

He was an avid hockey player who coached the TKPS hockey team, influencing at least one student to take up the sport and later become a national player.

The June 5 earthquake that struck Sabah claimed the lives of 10 people from Singapore – seven pupils and two teachers from TKPS, and the adventure guide who accompanied them on their learning journey to Mount Kinabalu.

Education Minister Heng Swee Keat expressed his condolences in a Facebook post on Wednesday, and said that the opening hours of the tribute site at TKPS will be extended by two hours to 9pm. Thursday (June 11) is the last day for members of the public to pay their respects to the victims of the earthquake.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

June 11, 2015
Tribute To A Dear Friend, Mohammad Ghazi

Dearest, dearest Ghazi…
My rock, my sunshine, my partner-in-crime…

Only you can make me dredge up an old unflattering photo of myself and post it for all the world to see.

There are no words to describe the pain I feel right now.
So I shall just say that I love you, so very very much.

Goodbye my dear brother.

Thank you for the great times we’ve had together.

Till we meet again.

“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling in the sky the message He is Dead,
Put crêpe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever, I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun.
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.”

Source: Rachel Rcl

June 11, 2015
Activist Han Hui Hui Calls For S$10,000 Donation To Pay For Legal Fees

On 5 June 2015, an email was received by Han Hui Hui informing her that she has to pay $6,000 to the Attorney General’s Chambers as her application OS67 has been withdrawn while she was overseas on 27 May 2015.

OS67 is an Originating Summons seeking declarations that Singaporeans should be given the rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of speech at Hong Lim Park to demand for transparency and accountability.

On 6 June 2015, $500 was paid to seek legal advice as OS67 is important to the #ReturnOurCPF case for both the illegal demonstration and public nuisance charges.

On 7 June 2015, summons, affidavit and other legal documents were prepared.

On 8 June 2015, a further $256.90 was being paid to the Supreme Court as filing fees.

On 9 June 2015, the court has granted Han Hui Hui the right to represent herself in court as Mr M Ravi was suspended and there is no other legal counsel available.

We are looking for 10,000 Singaporeans who care to give $1 each so as to continue this fight.

This amount is for the court, filing and legal fees to continue the cases of Singaporeans being charged for the CPF Protest at Speakers’ Corner on 27 Sep.

Send your $1 via Internet Banking, ATM or cheque to POSB savings account no. 279-12328-0.
(This account belongs to Han Hui Hui and has the sole purpose of organising events as well as fighting lawsuits against us)

Please help to share this meaningful activity with your friends.

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

June 11, 2015
High Court: No Queen’s Counsel For Roy Ngerng In Defamation Suit By Lee Hsien Loong

The High Court today dismissed an application by blogger Roy Ngerng’s for a Queen’s Counsel (QC) to represent him in a hearing on damages he must pay for defaming Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

High Court judge Steven Chong also ordered Ngerng to pay S$6,000 in costs, inclusive of disbursements.

Ngerng was found guilty of defaming PM Lee in a blog post he made last year that suggested PM Lee misappropriated pension funds in a similar way to how the City Harvest Church was accused of misusing church funds.

The City Harvest Church is currently still before the courts with no verdict yet to be made.

Ngerng’s lawyer George Hwang had filed the bid on 28 May, and had subsequently cited the precedence of the case as grounds for a QC.

This is the first time a blogger is being sued by the Prime Minister in Singapore.

However, Justice Chong said that “novelty is not to be confused with complexity”, as QCs can only be admitted to argue cases in the Singapore courts if they have special qualifications or experience for the purpose of the case.

He also said that while Ngerng’s choice of QC was well-respected in the field of defamation in the United Kingdom, the subject matter of this case is “local-centric”.

Another factor for considering a QC was whether local senior counsel was available to take the case, and whether there is a need to engage the services of a foreign legal counsel.

In response, Justice Chong called Ngerng’s attempts to seek members of the local bar who are not senior counsels to argue his case “disappointing”.

“If Mr Ravi was suitable at the more complex stage, I fail to see why local non-senior counsels would not be suitable at this less complex stage,” Justice Chong was reported by media as saying.

Human rights lawyer M Ravi had been representing Ngerng until his license to practice has been suspended on medical grounds. Ravi is currently seeking to have his license reinstated.

Adapted from media reports.

Source: www.theonlinecitizen.com

June 11, 2015