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  • SMRT Bus Driver Unaware Of New Relaxed Stroller Policy Yet He Scolded Me

    SMRT Bus Driver Unaware Of New Relaxed Stroller Policy Yet He Scolded Me

    This afternoon (20th April 2017) around 1727hrs at Woodlands Interchange, my wife, our 5 months old daughter and I were stopped by 903 SMRT bus driver when we were about to board the bus. The driver told us to fold the stroller that my daughter was sitting on and carry our baby as he claimed that it is within the LTA law not to board the bus with an opened stroller. But the latest update, as of 2 April, it is no longer prohibited.

     

    I was shocked that the driver wasn’t aware of this. So i told him nicely about it. He insists not to let us board and asked me to go to the Passenger Service to confirm this matter.

    The driver began to raise his voice and came down from the bus when I took a picture of the bus plate number (for my reference in case the staff at the Passenger Service ask). He yelled a couple of times “lu bikin orang susah” which means “You’re giving me trouble”. (Padahal dia yang susahkan aku).

    We then walked off and went to the Passenger Service to complain about the situation only to be treated coldy. One of the staff there only gave us the pamphlet about the open stroller and told us to show it to any bus driver in case they didnt know about it. I took the pamphlet and told him that i would like to make a complain about the previous bus driver that yelled at us. The staff then reluctantly reached for a feedback form and gave it to us without explaining what we’re supposed to do.

    I am so dissapointed with the SMRT staffs service. I hope the management will keep on updating their drivers and staffs with all the new rules. I appreciate our hardworking staffs and drivers but also wish they will serve us better in the future to ensure better comfort to all passengers.

     

    Respectfully yours,
    Fadhli Zuhri
    (Regular Public Transport User)

    Source: www.thelocalsociety.com

  • Pasar Online 7.Mall Hantar Barangan Basah Dari Pasar Geylang Serai

    Pasar Online 7.Mall Hantar Barangan Basah Dari Pasar Geylang Serai

    Ingin membeli daging atau ayam dari Pasar Geylang Serai tetapi tiada masa untuk berbuat demikian? Kini anda boleh berbuat demikian menerusi sebuah pasar online baru.

    Sebuah wadah online baru bernama 7Mall.Shop itu akan dilancarkan Sabtu ini (15 April).

    Ia sebenarnya adalah wadah pesanan dalam talian, yang diasaskan tiga anak Melayu tempatan, iaitu Encik Kamal Kassim 46 tahun, Encik Damar Osman 42 tahun dan Encik Irmanizam Mohd, 35 tahun.

    Secara keseluruhan, 7Mall menyediakan khidmat penghantaran ke rumah bagi barangan pasar dan asas keperluan rumah yang tersenarai di lelamannya.

    Buat masa ini ia menyenaraikan sekitar 350 barangan keperluan rumah. Ini termasuklah daging, ayam dan makanan beku yang datang dari dua kedai di pasar Geylang Serai serta dari kedai runcit ataupun diimport langsung oleh 7Mall.

    KEMUDAHAN BAGI PEMBELI MELAYU/ISLAM

    “Kami mengambil kira keperluan halal masyarakat Melayu Islam setempat. Dan jika anda mencari keperluan lain seperti ubat suplemen yang lazimnya terdapat di Pasar Geylang ataupun Johor, kami turut memenuhi keperluan itu juga,” kongsi Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif 7Mall, Encik Damar Osman, melalui suatu kenyataan media.

    Ini terutamanya bagi menyenangkan golongan tua ataupun yang tidak berkenderaan tetapi masih ingin membeli barangan tertentu yang terdapat di Pasar Geylang Serai.

    Golongan warga emas juga diberi bantuan tambahan dalam bentuk penghantaran rumah secara percuma, dan dibolehkan membuat pesanan melalui telefon.

    MENOLONG PENIAGA KECIL DAN SURI RUMAH

    Pihak 7Mall akur sudah ada khidmat penghantaran ke rumah oleh pasar raya tempatan dan beberapa syarikat pemula.

    Namun, ini tidak dijadikan hambatan. Sebaliknya ia dijadikan pendorong buat pengasas 7Mall untuk menyediakan wadah teknologi bagi peniaga kecil-kecilan meningkatkan daya saing mereka.

    “Kami dapat lihat sekarang dari segi ekonomi yang makin pesat dalam alam siber, kebanyakan peruncit-peruncit di sini terkesan dengan adanya e-niaga di alam siber. Jadi tujuan kami juga adalah untuk membawa mereka ke alam siber supaya mereka dapat meningkatkan lagi penjualan mereka,” kongsi Encik Kamal Kassim, yang memegang peranan sebagai Ketua Pegawai Teknologi 7Mall.

    Selain membantu para pegerai, 7Mall juga menggunakan strategi menggajikan pekerja sambilan daripada golongan suri rumah.

    Menurut ketua pegawai operasi, Encik Irman Mohd, tanggungjawab berat di rumah kadang kala menghambat sesetengah suri rumah daripada bekerja untuk mencari pendapatan tambahan.

    Atas dasar ini, suri rumah yang bekerja di 7Mall hanya perlu bertugas sekitar tiga jam setiap masa, membolehkan mereka imbangi kerja dan tanggungjawab di rumah.

    Memandang ke hadapan, selain menambah bilangan produk dalam senarainya, 7Mall mengalu-alukan penyertaan pekedai lain yang ingin memanfaatkan wadah yang mereka sediakan.

    7Mall juga berharap mengembangkan lelaman mereka (www.7mall.shop) untuk menempatkan khidmat lain yang relevan bagi masyarakat Melayu Islam setempat.

     

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • MOM: Unemployment Rate Up For Citizens And PRs

    MOM: Unemployment Rate Up For Citizens And PRs

    While layoffs dipped in the first quarter of this year, the overall unemployment rate continued to edge up, preliminary estimates released on Friday (April 28) by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) showed.

    Pointing to a “mixed” picture, the MOM report also showed that the total number of people in employment shrank.

    Seasonally adjusted, the overall unemployment rate — which covers citizens and permanent residents as well as foreigners living in households here — crept up from 2.2 per cent to 2.3 per cent between the end of the fourth quarter of 2016 and the first quarter.

    The unemployment rate for citizens and permanent residents, however, stayed unchanged over the same period (3.2 per cent), as did the citizen unemployment rate (3.5 per cent). An estimated 74,400 residents were estimated to be jobless at the end of the first quarter.

    Meanwhile, the number of layoffs dipped slightly from 5,440 to 4,800 between the fourth quarter of 2016 and the first quarter, with redundancies continuing its climb in the construction and services sectors.

    The services sector accounted for more than six in 10 redundancies (63 per cent). For the whole of last year, the number of job redundancies stood at 19,170, the highest since the 2009 global financial crisis.

    Total employment, meanwhile, contracted by 8,500, after it grew by 2,300 in the fourth quarter of last year, owing mainly to a dip in the number of work-permit holders in the construction and manufacturing sectors.

    For instance, the number of people employed in construction dipped by 12,900, the third straight quarterly fall.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

     

     

     

     

  • Beware Of Being Taken For A Ride

    Beware Of Being Taken For A Ride

    When Uber and Grab entered the Singapore market in 2013, they stressed that they were not taxi or private-hire car operators, but tech companies.

    They convinced most people, including the regulators. Perhaps that is why Singapore has treated these foreign companies with kid gloves.

    In early responses to queries on whether Uber should be regulated like taxi firms, a Land Transport Authority spokesman reiterated that Uber was not a taxi company but a “technology company providing a matching service leveraging on technology”.

    That was in 2014. Less than a year later, Uber set up Lion City Rentals, which rents out cars to those who want to drive for a living. In doing so, it is doing exactly what taxi companies are doing, but without the livery, rooftop signage, meter, regulations, and service criteria that cab companies have to meet.

    Now, with Grab in talks to take over SMRT’s taxi business, it is once again clear what these newcomers are: taxi companies with new technology and new ideas.

    The authorities will point out that private-hire vehicles still cannot pick up kerbside fares, but that is irrelevant. The smartphone has become the new kerb. And with so many taxi operators adopting Grab’s hailing app, the question of kerb or no kerb is less material. What is material is that we are now witnessing the second phase of these “tech” firms’ foray into the multibillion-dollar door-to-door transport business – all in just four years.

    It would have taken them much longer to get this far if they had taken the traditional route of applying for a taxi-operating licence. Now that they are entrenched, it will be a matter of time before they start doing what they set out to do: Make money.

    For commuters, that means fewer freebies and discounts in the years to come. For incumbent industry players, thinner profits. And for the country, perhaps, lower economic returns as more cash gets repatriated to the home countries of the two newcomers – the United States and Malaysia.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Pledge Your Support For The Family Of The Late Muhammad Hambali Sumathi

    Pledge Your Support For The Family Of The Late Muhammad Hambali Sumathi

    On Monday (24th April 2017) morning, Almarhum Muhammad Hambali Sumathi, 12, returned to Allah after a goalpost accident.

    Hambali had reached for the crossbar of the goalpost to do a pull-up when he fell backwards. The structure tipped over and struck his head.

    He was conveyed unconscious with head injuries to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, where he later passed on.

    Hambali’s mother has been inconsolable since and even his father chokes when speaking about him. Over 200 people, including his schoolmates, came to pay their last respects, many of them seen sobbing.

    May God protect and preserve the family of Muhammad Hambali Bin Sumathi & increase them in faith and patience. Ameen.

    The mother of Muhammad Hambali Sumathi (centre) being hugged after his body was taken to Pusara Aman Mosque for last rites 
    PHOTO: KOH MUI FONG/ TODAY

    Read more:
    1) http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/singapore-schoolboy-hit-by-goal-post-and-dies-in-freak-accident

    2) http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/schoolmates-friends-and-family-bid-emotional-farewell-teen-killed-goalpost-mishap

    3) http://berita.mediacorp.sg/mobilem/singapore/jenazah-pelajar-yang-dihempap-palang-gol-dibawa-pulang-esok-adik/3698804.html?cid=berita-fb

    PHOTO: KOH MUI FONG/ TODAY

    Support the family of Almarhum Hambali

    We cannot imagine the grief of losing a child in such an unexpected manner. It started out as any normal morning for the family but while we returned to our families at the end of our working/schooling days, they returned home with one member of the family no longer amongst them.

    During these trying times, let’s support the family beyond our prayers. If we can help to raise some funds, it would be a small part in alleviating the grief and concerns of the family at this difficult period of their lives.

    No amount of donations or prayers can bring him back but it’s a small way that the community can let the family know that Almarhum was deeply loved and that we grieve with them. 

    How You Can Help

     

    Source:www.launchgood.com

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