Tag: Singaporeans

  • NKF Sacks CEO Edmund Kwok Over Personal Indiscretions

    NKF Sacks CEO Edmund Kwok Over Personal Indiscretions

    The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has sacked its chief executive Edmund Kwok over “personal indiscretion”. His termination was effective from Nov 14.

    In a media statement issued on Wednesday (Nov 16) morning, the NKF board sought to reassure patients, donors, supporters and employees that Mr Kwok’s “personal indiscretion has nothing to do with the stewardship of our finances”.

    It added: “Our operations are not affected by this matter and our services to patients and benficiaries continue as per normal.”

    A three-member executive committee appointed by the board will take over Mr Kwok’s duties and responsibilities until mid-December. The team is headed by its chairman Mr Koh Poh Tiong and supported by board members Mr Bennett Neo and Mr Johnny Heng.

    Mrs Eunice Tay, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of NKF, will take over thereafter until a new CEO is found. The NKF said the search for a new CEO “will commence soon”.

    Responding to the sacking, a Health Ministry (MOH) said: “MOH has been informed by NKF that the employment of Mr Edmund Kwok has been terminated. We note that the Board has put in place plans to ensure business continuity, and we will work with NKF to ensure that services to patients are not disrupted.”

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

     

  • Help This 77 Years Old Auntie Survive Singapore

    Help This 77 Years Old Auntie Survive Singapore

    Salam & Hi Everyone,

    Seeking your kindness if you happen to bump into Hjh Alimiah, 77yrs old. surviving her daily single life by selling crackers, tissues etc.. I seek if we can support to purchase the good tidbits from her.

    In Shaa Allah, She will always be around from late night, like now nearly 2 am, falling asleep at Tampines st 23, Safron coffeeshop.

    While we can have our good meal at the 100% Muslim owned restaurant, we can share some love too c”,)

    #SpreadLoveForHumanity #FAfooshion#InShaaAllah #LetUsNotForget#SeekIfYouCanShareAround — at Blk 201D Tampines St 21 Saffron.

     

    Source: Mohammed Fauzi Mokhtar in Halal Cafe & Restaurants in Singapore

  • Malay Community More Annoyed Than Angry About Elected Presidency

    Malay Community More Annoyed Than Angry About Elected Presidency

    Since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced last week that next year’s presidential election will be reserved for Malay candidates, there have been much annoyance in the Malay community.

    We really don’t need this do we. I mean look at Tharman. Look at Murali. We are definitely more than capable to vote beyond racial lines.

    Come on man . . .

    The Straits Times added to this annoyance further when they published an article which featured all the potential candidates from the Public Sector.

    Guess what – they are all former or current ministers from the ruling party.

    It was like rubbing salt to our wounds which we suffered from all the years of racial discrimination.

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    Singapore has not had a Malay president since its first president Yusof Ishak, who died in office in 1970 and PM Lee made a judgement call to change the Constitution to ensure minorities are represented in the elected presidency from time to time, as the office is a symbol of the nation’s multiracialism.

    It was never about that Tan Cheng Bock as some people made you to believe.

    Heck he would not have been eligible even if it wasn’t a reserved election for the Malays because unlike in 2011 he is NO LONGER the the most senior executive of a company with at least $500 million in shareholders’ equity (a requirement for a Presidential Candidate).

    Today, Straits Times continued their reporting of the Elected Presidency by publishing two articles (one pro and the other con) to show two sides of the argument – both articles were written by Malay Singaporeans

    A common theme which runs through both articles was the issue of tokenism.

    Here are excerpts from both articles which summaries their argument.

    “It seems to suggest that we are still unable to compete on the same level with the rest of the population and that we remain a troubled community that requires – selectively – a big handicap. It makes me wonder what happened to our belief in boosting self-reliance and self-respect through doing away with affirmative action and race-based state aid in education and career progression”

    “Even without changes to the elected presidency, it will not take quite so long. After all, minority MPs have regularly won elections in single-seat constituencies while others have led teams in group representation constituencies – a scheme originally created to assist minority candidates to be elected into Parliament – instead of being pedestrian members of the GRCs.”

    “Whatever the shortcomings, the amendments passed ensure that the sanctity and prestige of the elected presidency are not compromised, through the provision of several safeguards.

    The first is a higher bar for candidates such that only capable individuals need apply. There are no exceptions and minorities have to meet the same strict qualifying criteria.

    The second safeguard is that since the next election is reserved for Malays, Malay candidates who want to win must drum up support among all Singaporeans, regardless of their race or religion. He or she cannot campaign solely on a platform of Malay interests but must instead seek to represent Singapore’s multicultural and secular values.”

    The Singapore system has never been a perfect meritocracy. Instead, it has always been an “abridged” one. Nonetheless, it is this abridged meritocracy that has ensured minority representation in our parliamentary democracy, which also stabilises race relations in the country. Thus, applying it to the elected presidency scheme is not unprecedented and has its merits.”

     – Elected Presidency changes: Big step backwards for Malay community

     – Elected Presidency changes: Necessary tokenism to boost long-term multiracialism

    As the first article gets shared around more widely on social media (because it fits the online narrative), the Malay community is seriously more annoyed rather then angry.

    I really hope that you can give them perspective by also sharing the second article above because it offers a glimpse of the reality on the upcoming election.

    Only time can tell if the upcoming Malay candidate can represent the voices of the majority of Singaporeans just like Encik Yusof Ishak did AND more importantly, if there will be another Malay candidate coming through for future Presidential Elections, before it becomes necessary to be “hiatus-triggered” once again.

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    Source: https://thoughtsofrealsingaporeans.wordpress.com

  • Mee Rebus – More Than Just Boiled Noodles

    Mee Rebus – More Than Just Boiled Noodles

    This is one of the most boring dish names. Mee rebus simply means boiled noodles in Malay.

    And yet people would queue for it because the mere mention of mee rebus conjures up something more.

    It’s like chilli crab, really a misnomer with all the spices, eggs, sambal and vinegar or lime.

    Since the closure of Selera Kita Mee Rebus in Changi some years ago, there has been a void. The humble legend had no successor – or so we thought.

    Mee rebus is made with a meaty stock, a taucheo-based rempah, grago (dried krills) and sweet potato mash (and/or sweet potato starch) as a thickener.

    This is slathered over boiled noodles and the edgier ones include traces of lamb or beef to, well, beef things up.

    There are a few stalls offering mee rebus at Haig Road Hawker Centre at Block 14, Haig Road.

    I find two natural successors to the Selera Kita phenomenon and one of them is in a league of its own.

    WALITI HJ MAZUKI

    #01-18 (6am-7pm, closed on Fridays)

    GOOD STREET FOOD: Mee rebus from Waliti Hj Mazuki is thick, sweetish yet instensely savoury.  PHOTO: KF SEETOH

     

    This is as close as it gets to the famous and defunct Selera Kita.

    The all-important sauce is thick, sweetish yet intensely savoury with heavy accents of grago.

    The egg, green chilli and bean sprouts lend texture but, like the others here, they sprinkle fried shallots instead of crispy krills on top.

    Best is to bite into the bits of fresh, cut green chillis as you take a mouthful of the noodles and sauce with a little chunk of egg.

    AFFANDI HAWA AND FAMILY

    #01-21 (10.30am to 8pm, closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

    Boss Affandi Ahmat now has his son Ahmad Tarmidzi, 30, helming the show.

    GOOD STREET FOOD: Mr Ahmad Tarmidzi with his dad and boss, Mr Affandi Ahmat. PHOTO: KF SEETOH

     

    Mr Ahmad took a leap of faith eight years ago to inherit the family stall business.

    Their sauce is thick, almost curdling thick, with faint hints of lamb off-cuts and fats. Very alluring.

    It is very hard to tell theirs apart from Waliti’s version, safe for that hint of gaminess.

    I think no one wants to rock the boat and divide the customers, they just want to keep it sane, safe, similar and superb.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

     

  • Ibu Tunggual Berjuang Tanggung 4 Anak Dan Ibu Tua

    Ibu Tunggual Berjuang Tanggung 4 Anak Dan Ibu Tua

    Setiap hari, ibu tunggal Azizah Mohamed Noor bangun pada 5.00 pagi untuk bersiap sedia di flat dua biliknya di Lengkok Bahru untuk ke kerja.

    Flat dua bilik itu juga dikongsi beliau bersama empat orang anaknya dan ibunya yang berkerusi roda.

    Pada 5.30 pagi beliau keluar untuk memulakan tugas pertamanya sebagai seorang pekerja pembersihan separuh masa bagi pusat kegiatan warga tua NTUC Silver Ace.

    Dua jam kemudian, beliau pulang ke rumah untuk menyiapkan sarapan bagi kesemua di rumah, termasuk anak bongsu beliau, Siti Nur Jannah, 6 tahun, yang memerlukan perhatian istimewa – Jannah mengalami gangguan masalah tumpuan dan hiperaktif (ADHD) dan kelengahan pertuturan.

    Beliau bersama ibunya, Cik Fatimah. (Gambar: Sonia Yeo)

    Ibu beliau Fatimah yang berusia 72 tahun pula menghidapi kencing manis, tekanan darah tinggi dan paras kolesterol yang tinggi, dan memerlukan suntikan insulin dua kali sehari, yang dilakukan Azizah sendiri – satu pada waktu pagi dan satu lagi pada sebelah malam.

    Pekerjaan kedua beliau, seorang penghantar bagi khidmat online Lazada, memerlukan beliau ke pelbagai tempat di Bukit Merah.

    Walaupun berasa penat, Azizah berkata beliau akan terus berusaha, dan selalu menyelesaikan tugas-tugasnya sebelum 3.00 petang, supaya dapat memberinya masa yang cukup untuk pulang ke rumah dan menantikan anaknya pulang dari sekolah dengan menaiki bas sekolah.

    Kemudian, beliau akan terus menyiapkan hidangan bagi makan malam.

    Mungkin apa yang digambarkan ini nampak payah, tetapi Azizah berkata beliau sudah mengalami masa-masa yang lebih susah dulu.

    Pada tahun 2010, beliau menganggur dan susah mendapatkan rezeki bagi anak-anak dan ibu beliau selepas bercerai dengan bekas suami.

    “Saya tidak ada wang, satu sen pun tiada,” katanya, menyifatkan pengalaman itu sebagai “tidak boleh dilupakan”.

    “Saya tidak tahu bagaimana untuk mendapatkan bantuan kewangan. Satu hari, ibu saya menyertai NTUC Silver Ace sebagai seorang anggota dan dari sana, saya mengenali penyelianya, yang bertanyakan jika saya mahu bekerja di sana.”

    DETIK PERUBAHAN BAGI AZIZAH

    Di sanalah Azizah mendapat saranan mengenai cara-cara untuk merancangkan bantuan kewangan.

    Selepas itu, anak beliau, Muhammad Nurazizul, 22 tahun, memberitahunya mengenai Khidmat Sosial Beyond, yang merubah hidupnya.

    Selepas menyertai Khidmat Sosial Beyond – sebuah pertubuhan yang bekerjasama dengan belia kekurangan – sebagai seorang sukarelawan, beliau menyertai kumpulan pembuat kuih-muih, yang menjual barangan mereka semasa musim perayaan.

    Sekarang beliau mendapat pendapatan tambahan sekitar S$800 hingga S$900 bagi setiap projek membuat kuih atau kek yang diambilnya.

    “Saya rasa gembira kerana saya dapat membuat ramai kawan daripada jawatankuasa itu – sekitar 30 orang. Tambahan lagi, saya dapat pendapatan tambahan,” kata beliau.

    PELIBATAN DALAM PERSEMBAHAN KOMEDI SECARA LANGSUNG

    Azizah adalah salah seorang daripada mereka yang dapat manfaat daripada inisiatif amal Khidmat Sosial Beyond – sebuah persembahan komedi berseorangan secara langsung, Living Together. No Holds Barred.

    Persembahan semalam saja akan diadakan pada 16 November ini, bertujuan untuk berkongsikan kisah keadaan miskin di Singapura.

    Derma-derma daripada persembahan itu akan disalurkan kepada Khidmat Sosial Beyond dan para penerimanya – sebagai contoh kumpulan pembuat kuih-muih Azizah, yang akan menerima lebih banyak dana untuk membeli bahan-bahan membuat kuih atau kek.

    Living Together. No Holds Barred akan menampilkan komedi mengenai landskap perumahan Singapura yang berbilang kaum dan nasional, dan akan menerjun ke dalam isu-isu yang menjejas rakyat Singapura dengan sekitaran paling dekat di hati mereka – rumah mereka.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

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