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Jamiyah Buka Studio Terbit Bahan Media Untuk Internet

Bangunan Jamiyah yang berusia hampir 20 tahun di Lorong 12 Geylang, kini turut menempatkan sebuah studio kecil lengkap dengan peralatan moden.

Dengan pelaburan sebanyak $100,000, studio itu dilengkapi dengan kemudahan seperti bilik rakaman, kamera dron dan ‘skrin hijau’ sebagai latar belakang untuk kesan khas dalam video.

Studio yang baru siap pada April lalu itu akan digunakan untuk menghasilkan video dan rakaman audio berkualiti.

Sebagai contoh, Jamiyah akan mengundang pakar dalam bidang tertentu seperti kesihatan, agama dan guaman untuk memberi ceramah.

Video klip ceramah singkat itu kemudian akan dimuat naik dalam talian bagi tatapan ramai.

Kemudahan baru itu ialah satu cara meluaskan pendekatannya kepada orang ramai, kata Presiden Jamiyah, Dr Mohd Hasbi Abu Bakar.

“Hari ini, banyak program Jamiyah, seperti kelas pendidikan, tidak dapat berkembang kerana keterbatasan ruang.

“Tetapi di Internet, ruang fizikal tidak menjadi isu. Kami ingin luaskan pendekatan kami menerusi Internet,” ujarnya dalam satu wawancara dengan Berita Harian baru-baru ini.

Beliau berkata Jamiyah pertama kali mendapat idea menghasilkan studio itu semasa mengadakan lawatan ke sebuah pertubuhan di Istanbul, Turkey, pada 1990-an, yang mempunyai studio penyiaran dan medianya sendiri.

Dengan kemajuan teknologi sekarang, kos penyiaran telah merosot dan membolehkan Jamiyah menubuhkan studionya sendiri, kata Dr Hasbi.

Jamiyah mula merancang bagi studio itu tahun lalu.

Pada 19 Mei lalu, akhbar ini melaporkan pelakon dan penulis drama komedi Husin Saaban akan bertugas sebagai pegawai komunikasi kreatif di Jamiyah bermula 2 Jun ini.

Encik Hussin memberitahu Berita Harian bahawa beliau akan memanfaatkan studio di tingkat empat bangunan Jamiyah di Lorong 12 Geylang itu untuk kerja-kerja produksi dan penganjuran acara dalam tugas barunya itu.

SENTIASA BERUSAHA MANFAAT TEKNOLOGI

Satu lagi contoh bagi badan berusia 83 tahun itu memanfaatkan teknologi ialah klinik guaman sivil dan syariah yang dilancarkan dalam talian tahun lalu.

Dinamakan iCounsel, klinik guaman dalam talian itu diperkenalkan bagi memenuhi permintaan masyarakat bagi khidmat guaman percuma yang meningkat.

Golongan yang memerlukan khidmat guaman percuma boleh mendapatkan khidmat tersebut dengan membuat panggilan video dengan peguam dalam talian.

Jamiyah bekerjasama dengan Persatuan Rakyat (PA) untuk menyediakan kemudahan komputer di Kelab Masyarakat Kaki Bukit dan Kelab Masyarakat Eunos bagi penduduk yang tidak mempunyai kemudahan komputer di rumah.

Ini sebagai tambahan kepada sesi klinik guaman lain yang diadakan secara bersemuka di bangunan Jamiyah.

Buat masa ini, peguam sukarela menawarkan khidmat pro bono itu masih menawarkan khidmat tersebut di Jamiyah.

“Tetapi, idea bagi iCounsel ini agar peguam boleh memberikan khidmat itu di mana-mana sahaja.

“Dengan ini, kami berharap untuk menarik lebih ramai peguam menyumbang tenaga bersama kami,” ujar Dr Hasbi.

Source: http://beritaharian.sg

June 9, 2015
RRG Terbit Buku Panduan Tangani Fahaman Ideologi ISIS

Kumpulan Pemulihan Agama (RRG) telah mengambil beberapa langkah demi mempergiat usaha menangani ideologi pelampau menyusuli kes belia radikal sendiri baru-baru ini.

Ini termasuk menghasilkan buku panduan kaunseling ketiganya, mengadakan lebih banyak ceramah di masjid dan memperkenalkan satu talian bagi membolehkan orang ramai mendapat nasihat daripada RRG tentang fahaman radikal.

Ini diumumkan di Rahat ke-11 RRG di Orchid Country Club tadi.

Rahat tersebut turut dihadiri Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Encik Teo Chee Hean, yang juga Menteri Ehwal Dalam Negeri.

RRG telah menghasilkan manual kaunseling ketiga bagi membimbing kaunselor untuk menyangkal naratif pengganasan kumpulan pengganas ISIS.

Buku panduan itu akan membidas konsep seperti khalifah Islam ISIS, kewajipan jihad, serta membincangkan topik seperti kehidupan Muslim dalam sekitaran sekular.

Source: http://beritaharian.sg

June 9, 2015
Man Arrested At Bishan Junction 8 For Allegedly Hurting Public Servant

A man was arrested at the Junction 8 mall in Bishan on Monday night (Jun 8) for suspected involvement in a case of voluntarily causing hurt against a public servant, said the Singapore Police Force.

Passerby Siti Saad, who sent us photos of the incident, said she had been on her way home at about 9.30pm when she saw a man pinned to the ground by two police men. “The police were trying to calm the man down and to reason with him. However, the man was not cooperating at all and he would violently struggle to break free each time the policemen lessened their grip on him,” she told Channel NewsAsia.

Ms Siti said some bystanders tried to offer help but police and Junction 8 security officers told people to stand back.

Traces of blood were seen on the ground. “The man was bleeding from his mouth or nose, probably due to the struggle,” Ms Siti said.

Police said that they received a call for assistance at 9.36pm, and Ms Siti said an ambulance arrived on the scene at about 9.45pm.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

June 9, 2015
Adventure Guide Recounts Frantic Bid To Evacuate TKPS Students

Boulders as large as trucks plummeted down the rock face of the mountain, breaking into smaller pieces with a roar. Nearby, some wooden huts collapsed and rolled down the slope.

This was the scene that greeted six Tanjong Katong Primary School (TKPS) pupils last Friday morning when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Mount Kinabalu.

That morning, the six children made the decision to stay behind to rest at Pendant Hut, a mountain lodge where other pupils and teachers in their group had slept the night before. They were tired and wanted to rest before heading for the summit the next day.

The other 23 pupils went ahead and set off for the Via Ferrata route 300m away.

At 7.15am, the walls of the hut shook when the quake struck.

Fear gripped 29-year-old Mohamad Amin, the leader who was in charge of the six pupils. He was a staff member with outdoor learning firm Camp Challenge, which ran the expedition.

He quickly snapped out of shock and rushed the children to the nearest place of safety, a helipad that had the open space needed for emergencies.

Along the way, Mr Amin tried to establish contact with the pupils and teachers who were on the mountain with a walkie-talkie.

The group intended to wait for the others at the helipad. However, the ground beneath them shook repeatedly as the aftershocks hit.

So they made their way down to a second helipad where they were joined by other children from TKPS who had suffered broken arms, and head and shoulder injuries.

By then, it was noon and some mountain guides had called for a helicopter. It came two hours later but the fog prevented it from landing.

Some children slowly made their way down while those who were severely injured were carried down the mountain on stretchers.

Mr Amin recalled a boy, Wafeeq, 12, who had hurt his head but delayed getting on a stretcher.

Instead, he asked Mr Amin: “How many of my friends are dead?”

Mr Amin tried to reassure him while helping to bandage the wounds of others.

By then, the first few search and rescue teams were already making their way up.

When Mr Amin reached the foot of the mountain, he was seized by more despair.

He recognised the body of a 12-year-old being brought down and identified her as Peony Wee Ying Ping. He followed her in a separate van to Hospital Ranau and arranged for her to be taken to the main town.

Then he returned to the mountain to make arrangements for other injured pupils, such as Prajesh Dhimant Patel, to be treated at Hospital Queen Elizabeth.

“I went without sleep for 32 hours, fuelled by the fact that 29 pupils and 10 adults went up with me, so they must come down with me,” said Mr Amin.

But it was not to be.

Mr Amin kept his grief in check by assisting officials and parents on the ground before flying back to Singapore yesterday to support the parents of his colleague, Mr Muhammad Daanish Amran, who died in the quake. Mr Daanish was buried yesterday.

“The nightmare continues but I will still be running overseas camps because I believe they build character,” he said.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

June 9, 2015
TKPS Student Survivor: Teachers Were Heroes

Emyr Uzayr, one of the Tanjong Katong Primary School students that survived the earthquake in Sabah last week, returned to Singapore early Sunday morning (Jun 7) and is now in the high dependency ward at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. He has been seeing a steady stream of visitors since his return, including the Education Minister Heng Swee Keat on Sunday evening.

“He is recovering, even with the fracture on his skull,” said his father Sadri Farick. “We are not going to proceed with the operation because there might be risks. We are just going to leave it (to heal) naturally because we have been advised by the neurosurgeons.”

According to Emyr, one of his teachers, Mohamed Faizal, who recovering from his injuries, had used his body to shield three of the pupils from falling rocks and boulders on Mount Kinabalu during the earthquake. The other teachers on trip include Mr Terrence Loo, who was among seven from the school who died, and Mr Mohammad Ghazi, who is still missing.

Mr Sadri paid tribute to the teachers for their selfless acts. “They went two or three miles, helping them, shielding them, taking the hits, even with a broken skull and bones, they still brought them down 7 kilometres in blocked paths,” said Mr Sadri. “To me and most of the parents I’ve talked to, we owe it to the teachers.

“For the others who have perished, I know for the late Mr Terrence, he did help a bunch and he went up again. He’s a real hero and as for Mr Ghazi, who is still missing – undeniably – I was told by some of the kids that he helped and he went up back again,” he said.

“All the students said they are very nice teachers. They would stay behind after school hours and work about 13 hours a day for the children and loved their job.”

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

June 9, 2015