Tag: Singaporeans

Man Chased Own Family Out Of Car, Broke Traffic Rules And Behaved Aggressively Towards Wife During Family Dispute

At around 11.30pm on 12th November, hubby Azlan and I heard shoutings from our bedroom. This Malay driver in his 30s (car plate number: SGN4611D) parked his car along the Pioneer Road North junction, at the bus stop outside City Harvest Church (Blk 949) and was yelling at 2 ladies in hijab who were with 3 kids (2 of them were around 3 to 6 years and an infant) who were standing by the roadside. Judging by how they were just standing there unsure of what to do and that the car front passenger’s door was open, I had already suspected that they were passengers in the car and was chased out by the driver. The driver then went back into the car and honked non-stop to nothing. After awhile, without closing the front passenger’s door, he reversed at least twice (going against the flow of traffic) to follow the ladies and kids who were walking away. He then drove up the kerb and targeted towards them. One of the older kids was already right in front of the headlights. He then drove off towards PIE and we thought the whole incident was over.

My hubby didn’t stop looking out the window and was telling me that the ladies and kids were asking around for help. They approached two Indian teenagers (who also witnessed the incident) and requested their help to call a cab. The younger lady, who claimed the driver was her kids’ father (possibly her husband) wanted to bring them all to her parent’s home nearby. As the 2 Indian teenagers were assisting her, my husband spotted the car returned. We were still at home then. According to the 2 Indian teenagers, the driver scolded them and asked to mind their own business as it’s his family issues. Judging by his temper, the 2 Indian teenagers probably did not want to get into a fight with the husband and decided to go to the nearest coffeeshop to call an older Chinese guy for help.

Hubby and I decided to go down and see what was going on. When we were downstairs, we purposely walked past the family to keep an eye on them. I saw the wife pinned against the wall at a corner and crying while the husband was talking to her with his hands up against the wall and blocking her. We moved a little further from them as the husband was glancing at us and since I’m pregnant, we did not want to get into unnecessary trouble. By then all the witnesses had gathered with us and a few had called the police. By the time the police arrived, the whole family had left. We didn’t know if any domestic violence was involved while we were not around to watch.

Officers said that for now, there seems to be NO imminent danger and if they do receive a call from the family, they will continue the investigation. The driver was recklessly driving; reversing with the doors open, driving against traffic, driving on pedestrian walkway, making a U-turn at non-designated U-turn spots, beating the red light and has a temper. Let’s just hope no innocent lives will be hurt by this reckless driver. And to the ladies and kids if they had followed the driver back home, stay safe. If you’re in trouble, seek help. There are people willing to help you out of your predicament.

Source: Nurfa Noor

November 16, 2016
Wanita Disiasat Kerana Dakwa Anak Nyaris Diculik

Seorang wanita berusia 35 tahun sedang disiasat polis kerana dipercayai membuat aduan palsu bahawa anak lelakinya nyaris diculik.

Polis semalam (14 Nov) menyatakan wanita itu memberitahu polis kelmarin bahawa seorang lelaki tidak dikenali cuba menculik anak lelakinya yang berusia lima tahun ketika beliau membeli-belah di Bukit Panjang Plaza. Beliau mendakwa lelaki itu cuba menculik budak itu dengan menolak kereta sorongnya, namun melarikan diri setelah wanita itu menghalang percubaannya itu.

Polis mendapati banyak percanggahan semasa melakukan siasatan dan mendapati wanita itu memberikan keterangan palsu.

Siasatan terhadap wanita tersebut sedang dijalankan. Jika didapati bersalah memberikan keterangan palsu kepada kakitangan awam, wanita itu boleh dipenjara sehingga setahun dan didenda sehingga S$5,000.

Source: Berita MediaCorp

November 15, 2016
Elected Presidency Changes: Big Step Backwards For Malay community

I worry about the unintended consequences of changes to the elected presidency, especially the move to reserve elections for minority candidates.

I was brought up in an era where we Malays were told we had to fend for ourselves in school and in our careers, as Singaporeans of other races did. After initial trepidation, due in part to seeing how Malays in other countries in the region depended on race-based policies to help them advance, Malay Singaporeans grew out of their historical reliance on such crutches. And that has over time become a source of pride and motivation for the community.

In my frequent travels to neighbouring countries and in the speeches I deliver there, I speak proudly of the significant progress the community has made as we proved we could stand on our own feet. That was thanks in no small part to the brave decision by our earlier leaders to take away our proverbial crutches and make us compete on a level playing field. Like everything else, healthy competition drives the community to a higher level.

Now, I worry that all that is being undone. The announcement that next year’s presidential election will be reserved for Malay candidates strikes me as a major step backwards. Like it or not, it risks being read as a vote of no confidence in the community. 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.

During the last three decades of minimal race-based policy assistance, Malays have worked hard to prove our self-worth with significant achievements in the education and professional arenas. Today, more private sector and business leaders are drawn from the community than ever before.

There has been gradual but meaningful progress in all other statistics too, including education. The sense I get from my daily interactions with members of the community is that we are patient in waiting for further public sector achievements. I did not sense any clamour for the next president to be from the Malay community.

America waited more than 230 years for a member of a minority race to be elected president. That did not make people from minority races there feel any less American. When the day finally arrived in November 2008 and Mr Barack Obama was elected America’s first black president, the outcome was greeted with great celebration not just within the country but in countries across the free democratic world, including those in Asia and Africa.

Here in Singapore, the last time a president of a minority race was in the Istana was five years ago. The last time we had a Malay president was 46 years ago. I believe most Malays are willing to wait patiently for our next Malay president to be voted into office based on his own merit and in a contest against other capable Singaporeans of different races or creeds, however long it takes.

I personally think that 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.

I would argue that more than a Malay president, what Singapore needs is policy consistency – we cannot afford policy twists and turns, especially on a selective basis, no matter how well intended.

Still, if the chance to have a member of their community as president is offered on a platter, not many Malays will reject such a gift. That is human nature. But what would be even more satisfying is a hard-fought campaign leading to the election of a Malay president who deserves the position based on the famously Singaporean values of grit and merit.

That is worth waiting for. The changes to the Constitution relating to the elected presidency may have inadvertently denied me and other members of Singapore’s minority communities the pleasure of seeing that happen.

Source: The Straits Times

November 15, 2016
Wajib Daftar Semula NRIC Apabila Cecah Usia 55 Tahun Mulai Januari Depan

Semua warga dan Penduduk Tetap (PR) Singapura yang akan mencecah usia 55 tahun pada atau selepas 1 Januari 2017, dan belum diberikan kad pengenalan (NRIC) ganti dalam tempoh 10 tahun sebelum ulang tahun mereka yang ke-55, perlu mendaftar semula bagi mendapatkan NRIC baru mulai Januari tahun depan

Ini diumumkan Penguasa Imigresen dan Pusat Pemeriksaan (ICA) hari ini (14 Nov).

Bayaran pendaftaran S$10 dikenakan bagi warga Singapura dan S$50 bagi PR, menurut ICA, iaitu kos yang sama untuk mendaftar bagi NRIC pada usia 15 tahun dan pendaftaran semula pada usia 30 tahun.

ICA menjelaskan bahawa proses itu perlu dijalankan kerana gambar pada NRIC sedia ada menjadi lapuk sedang usia para pemegang NRIC meningkat, dan mungkin menyebabkan mereka sukar dikenal pasti, terutama warga emas.

“Selain mungkin menyusahkan para pemegang NRIC, ini juga boleh menimbulkan risiko keselamatan kerana pihak berkuasa mungkin tidak dapat mengenal pasti seorang individu secara tepat berdasarkan gambarnya yang sudah lapuk,” menurut ICA.

Timbalan pengarah Pusat Khidmat Rakyat di ICA, Chui Wai Cheng, juga berkata: “Terdapat juga risiko bahawa jika kad itu diambil orang lain, individu itu boleh mengambil identiti pemegang kad asal. Ia mungkin dari segi urus niaga kewangan, atau percubaan membeli barangan dan perkhidmatan dengan menggunakan identiti orang lain.”

Mediacorp difahamkan bahawa ICA sudah menerima maklum balas tentang kes-kes sedemikian, namun tidak menjejak perangkaan itu kerana sesetengahnya adalah insiden privet dan tidak dilaporkan.

Tambahan lagi, ICA menyatakan mulai 2017, ia merancang untuk mengumpul imej mata ketika NRIC baru dikeluarkan.

Ini setelah Parlimen pada 10 November meluluskan pindaan pada Akta Pendaftaran Nasional untuk mempertingkatkan keberkesanan dan kecekapan operasi ICA.

PENDAFTARAN SEMULA ADALAH WAJIB

Mereka yang dikehendaki mendaftar semula bagi NRIC mereka akan menerima surat notis dari ICA sebulan sebelum ulang tahun ke-55 mereka. Mereka akan diberi tempoh setahun untuk membuat pendaftaran semula – selepas mereka mencapai usia 55 tahun hingga sebelum mereka mencecah usia 56 tahun.

Mereka yang tinggal di luar negara boleh mendaftar semula NRIC dalam tempoh setahun selepas pulang ke Singapura.

ICA menyarankan agar pendaftaran semula dibuat secara online menerusi laman ICA.

“Mereka juga boleh mendaftar semula menerusi kios-kios layan diri di eLobby di tingkat satu Bangunan ICA.

“Pemegang NRIC yang tidak dapat mendaftar semula online boleh mengisi borang permohonan dalam surat notis ICA dan mengirimkannya kepada Pusat Khidmat Rakyat ICA,” menurut ICA.

Pendaftaran semula yang dibuat online akan mengambil masa sekitar tiga hari kerja untuk diproses, sementara tempoh untuk permohonan menerusi surat diproses akan mengambil masa sekitar dua minggu, menurut ICA.

Ketika membuat pendaftaran semula, pemegang NRIC perlu mengemaskini perincian peribadi mereka dan menyerahkan gambar terkini mereka.

Kad pengiktirafan akan dikirimkan sekiranya permohonan mereka diluluskan. Para pemegang NRIC boleh membuat temu janji online atau menerusi app mudah alih ICA untuk mengambil NRIC mereka.

ICA menambah bahawa adalah satu kesalahan di bawah Akta Pendaftaran Nasional sekiranya pemegang NRIC gagal mendaftarkan semula NRIC-nya dalam setahun selepas mencapai usia 55 tahun, atau dalam setahun selepas pulang ke Singapura jika beliau tinggal di luar negara.

ICA juga menyatakan ia akan mengirimkan surat-surat peringatan enam dan sembilan bulan selepas pemegang NRIC mencecah usia 55 tahun untuk meminta mereka membuat pendaftaran semula, sekiranya belum berbuat demikian.

Bagi rakyat dan PR Singapura yang mencapai usia 55 tahun sebelum 2017, pendaftaran semula NRIC secara sukarela akan diperkenalkan mulai 2018, menurut ICA. Butiran lanjut akan diberikan tahun depan.

Source: Berita MediaCorp

November 15, 2016
Officer Rejected Request For Toilet Stop, NSF Forced To Defecate Into Ziploc Bag

Hi Singapore, here’s a story that got removed from TIFU, a tribute to all our NSFs with a personal story of mine.

In honor of the usual tifu tradition I shall tell my tale of a fuck up months after it had occurred.

I’m from Singapore, and as a rite of passage for a male citizen of this democratic society I have to go through the reluctant torture of serving my nation for 2 years as a low-waged soldier for the army. Anyways I shall spare you readers the usual Singaporean sob story of being forced into serving our nation for 2 years.

At the beginning of our training phase it is customary to go through BMT(Basic Military Training); the period where all the usual social stigma of abusive sergeants, enciks(old men who have gone slightly deranged from opting to stay in the army) and sirs come to surface in daily conversations. During this period is where my fuck-up came to haunt me for the rest of my life.

Day of the incident: 5 weeks into my BMT phase and blah blah blah here I am on the day where I would finally shoot live rounds on my SAR21 And we are required to be transported out of Pulau Tekong (a godforsaken island northbound of Singapore) to mainland Singapore to execute our training.

Ferry Terminal: The entire company is currently lined up and ready to board the ferry towards the mainland. It is at this point where my sergeant told us to head to the washroom to take a dump or a piss as the ride would long. I thought nothing of it, little did I know 🙁

5 minutes on the bus: I’m onboard the bus towards the firing site and my tummy starts grumbling.

10 minutes on the bus: Satan started brewing a concoction of pure evil to summon his child within my bowels. I turned to my buddy on my left and started to beg him to distract me from the terrors within me.

15 minutes on the bus: I started groveling to my sergeant to let me take a dump somewhere. He says, “HOLD IT IN, WE’LL BE THERE IN 10 MINUTES”

20 minutes on the bus: I’ve been begging him for 5 minutes. Sergeant calls the supervising officer for his advice.

22 minutes on the ride of my life: My request has officially been rejected.

25 minutes on the highway to hell: I’ve started to contemplate my options: A. Release Satan’s child into my helmet B. Relieve myself casually like a fuckin’ 3yo C. Release the Kraken into a ziploc bag which kept the contents of another platoon mate’s soldierly tools

30 minutes on the spiral to nirvana: I have voiced out my options to my sergeant and advised him that I’ll be taking option C.

30 minutes and 30secs into this fuckup: I’m squatting on the stairs of the backdoor of the bus, carefully aiming my explosive rounds into a tiny ziploc bag with my ass out.

32 minutes into this shameful bus ride: Bus driver decides that I’ve released too much toxins in the atmosphere of the bus and opens the backdoor.
note: we are on the expressway now

33 minutes: A van drove by, packed with passengers and their shocked faces from watching a bare-assed soldier in his uniform take a dump in a ziploc bag.

35 minutes of pure shame: After 2 minutes of screaming at the bus driver for what’s left of my dignity, the door closes. I ordered for something to wipe my ass with. 5 packs of tissue were thrown to me like how my pride and dignity were thrown away.

36 minutes of .__.: I’ve cleaned up and left my bag of shit at the back of the bus.

End of the day: I’ve been immortalized as a legend of the company. Nothing spilled from the ziploc bag. I clinched a 31/32 for my firing. Natural marksman 😀

TL;DR: Didn’t listen to my superiors advice, civilians witnessed a soldier having explosive diarrhea into a ziploc bag at the back of the bus on the expressway @70km/h.

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

November 14, 2016