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  • Singaporean Couple’s Car Stolen In Johor

    Singaporean Couple’s Car Stolen In Johor

    A routine trip to Johor turned into a nightmare for a Singaporean couple after their car was stolen.

    Mr Tengku Kamarudin Abdullah, 63, and wife Madam Fauziah Mohamed Ali, 59, were having lunch at a friend’s home in Skudai on Sept 18 when the incident occurred. They had just finished shopping in Johor Baru.

    Mr Kamarudin, a taxi driver, had parked their silver Toyota Mark X two units away from their friend’s house when they arrived at around 1.30pm. When the couple were about to leave two hours later, the car was gone.

    Mr Kamarudin told The New Paper: “We didn’t even hear anything. We only stepped out of my friend’s house and realised the vehicle wasn’t there.”

    Their Toyota has a standard remote locking system. The couple lost all their groceries and a library book Madam Fauziah had left in the car, but no other valuables were lost.

    She said: “We never leave our valuables in the car. I had my passport stolen from a car once, 15 years ago, and from then we always keep our valuables with us.”

    Mr Kamarudin said that the car belongs to his eldest daughter and son-in-law.The couple filed a report with Malaysian police immediately and with Singapore police the next day.

    Their eldest daughter, Madam Tengku Suhailah Tengku Kamarudin, 34, told TNP that they bought the second-hand car only last December.

    “My husband travels a lot for his job, so my parents use the car more often,” she said.

    She added that her parents would drive to Johor once or twice a month to do their grocery shopping. She said they had no plans to get a new car.

    Car thefts are becoming a common occurrence in Malaysia, and Singaporeans have fallen victim several times.

    Malaysian newspaper The Star reported last month that about 138 vehicles are stolen in Malaysia every day.

    S’poreans losing cars in M’sia

    JUNE 7, 2016

    A Toyota Estima belonging to a Singaporean was reported missing at Plaza Angsana on June 7, Malaysian newspaper The Star reported.

    The Toyota and five other cars were recovered after Malaysian police busted a car theft syndicate that used a master key to disable car security systems.

    Seven people were arrested between June 15 and 17.

    MAY 16, 2016

    Animal welfare activist Derrick Tan’s Toyota Mark X was stolen in Johor Bahru while he was getting a massage at Jalan Serampang on May 16.

    The Straits Times reported that Mr Tan, 35, had to pay a four-figure sum to car theft syndicates to retrieve his car 24 hours later.

    SEPT 11, 2015

    Housewife Nur Suliana, 28, had her black Honda City stolen while she was doing her grocery shopping at Perling Mall in Johor Baru.

    According to Ms Suliana, who managed to review nearby CCTV footage, the car thief – whom she described as a medium-built, dark-skinned man – carried out the theft alone in about 20 minutes.

    AUG 24, 2015

    Mr Yunos Salajudin’s white Toyota Estima went missing after he parked it at Giant Tampoi Mall for half an hour.

    To his surprise, Malaysian police contacted him in October to inform him that his car had been seized in a drug bust.

    He was finally reunited with his car on Dec 31 last year.

     

    Source: The New Paper

  • Car Crashes Through Road Divider, Cuts Four Lanes And Hits Public Bus In Eunos Link

    Car Crashes Through Road Divider, Cuts Four Lanes And Hits Public Bus In Eunos Link

    A red Honda mowed through the road divider on Eunos Link on Friday (Sept 23) morning, cutting through four  lanes to crash into a bus full of commuters.

    No one was injured, but the car’s driver, a man in a white T-shirt and bermudas, was seen shouting and pushing officers who rushed to the scene around 7.30am.

    He had to be restrained by three Singapore Civil Defence Force personnel and lay on the ground for around half an hour as they spoke to him.

    On-lookers told The Straits Times that the bus’ passengers alighted and took the next service. The SBS Transit driver declined comment.

    Mr Chung Sew Meng, 42, was driving to work in Kaki Bukit when he spotted the red car, moving very quickly from the opposite direction, crash through the road divider behind him.

    “He was driving very fast. It happened within seconds… I then saw his car ram over to (one) side of the road. I was just beside the car,” said the furnishing company director. “It was quite shocking.”

    “Luckily, there were no (other) motorists, no motorcycles,” he added. “(The driver) might have been panicked and stressed. He came out and shouted.”

    The crash roused residents of the housing estate nearby, attracting about 30 on-lookers who stopped to see what happened.

    Among them was Mandez Siow, 16, a secondary school student who lives in Ubi Avenue 1. Hearing a bang from his room, he went out to see what happened and spotted the driver walking around.

    Security officer Ahmad Juhari was on his way home from his night shift at work when he saw the accident scene from a nearby bus stop.

    “The driver got violent,” said the 50-year-old. “The officers were trying to help him.”

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • 5% Jemaah Umrah Singapura Lakukan Umrah 2 Kali Setahun

    5% Jemaah Umrah Singapura Lakukan Umrah 2 Kali Setahun

    Para jemaah Singapura lega peraturan baru itu dikenakan ke atas mereka yang menunaikan umrah kali kedua dan seterusnya dalam masa tahun Hijrah yang sama bukan tempoh lima atau 10 tahun seperti yang dikhuatiri sebelum ini.

    Namun terdapat hanya 5 peratus jemaah umrah Singapura yang sering melakukan umrah lebih daripada sekali dalam masa setahun.

    Semalam (21 September), Kedutaan Arab Saudi di Singapura memaklumkan GSA-GSA tempatan, visa umrah dan haji akan dinaikkan kepada 2,000 Riyal Saudi (S$700) bagi mereka yang melakukannya buat kali kedua atau lebih.

    Encik Mahfudz suami isteri merancang untuk menunaikan ibadah umrah beberapa bulan lalu tanpa menduga akan peraturan baru yang bakal diperkenalkan pihak berkuasa Saudi mulai 2 Oktober depan.

    Tetapi kini, lebih kurang sebulan sebelum berangkat ke tanah suci, mereka redha akan peraturan visa itu.

    “Saya tak terperanjat kerana ini secara kebetulan saja sebab apa di mana-mana di dunia ini keadaan naik tiada yang turun lagi jadi kita kena terima hakikatnya. Niat kita nak belanja jadi kita pergi saja. Kalau kita fikir nak itu nak ini, jangan bergeraklah jawapannya.

    “Tiada siapa yang paksa kerana itu kehendak anda. Kalau rasa tak boleh, berhenti. Kalau rasa boleh teruskan saja jadi perjuangan, itu saja,” kata beliau, seorang bakal jemaah umrah pada November nanti.

    Ramai melihatnya sebagai satu dugaan yang perlu diatasi jika benar-benar ikhlas.

    “Bagi saya tak ada masalah, kalau ada rezeki pergi sajalah, bayar sajalah, sebab kalau tawar menawar seperti tawar menawar dengan Allah. Kalau kita benar-benar nak pergi bayar saja. Kalau kita banyak soal dengan sendiri ibadah kita pun terjejas. Yang penting ikhlas, bayar, jalan,” ujar seorang jemaah haji tahun ii Abdul Hashim Minhan.

    Namun majoriti yang ditinjau akur akan perlunya pihak berkuasa Saudi melakukan sesuatu untuk memastikan jumlah jemaah yang menuju ke tanah suci masih boleh dikawal.

    Pengarah Urusan Jalaluddin Travel Ustaz Jalaluddin Hasan berkata: “Saya melihat peraturan-peraturan yang baru yang dikeluarkan Arab Saudi ini pasti mempunyai kepentingan-kepentingan mereka yang khusus, sebab-sebab peribadi mereka.

    “Saya melihat mungkin atas dasar keselamatan. Dan kami berharap jemaah Singapura dapatlah juga memahami dan mematuhi kerana untuk keselamatan peribadi dengan jumlah jemaah yang ramai sekarang di tanah suci.”

    Dengan hampir siapnya kerja-kerja peningkatan Masjidil Haram, apa yang pasti lebih ramai jemaah boleh ditampung dan kemudahan yang lebih luas dan baru terus menjadi tarikan para jemaah merata dunia.

    “Ada tambahan penerbangan baru Scoot, misalnya, tiga kali seminggu, Saudia Airlines tambahan penerbangan lima kali seminggu dan banyak lagi penerbangan yang berikan pilihan kepada para jemaah dan berbagai lagi perkhidmatan. Sambutan kali ini amat baik sejauh ini kita ada 800 jemaah umrah,” kata Pengarah Urusan Shahidah Travel Ayob Angullia.

    Walaupun musim umrah kali ini dijangka bermula bulan depan, majoriti jemaah Singapura akan berangkat umrah mulai bulan November apabila musim cuti sekolah bermula.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Quah Zheng Wen Delighted To Be Granted Extension Of NS Deferment

    Quah Zheng Wen Delighted To Be Granted Extension Of NS Deferment

    National swimmer Quah Zheng Wen’s dream of winning a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games has been handed a boost after the 19-year-old was granted an extension of his National Service (NS) deferment by the Ministry of Defence (Mindef).

    Mindef announced on Thursday (Sept 22) that the Armed Forces Council had approved Quah’s application for extended deferment this month, noting that “deferment may be granted to exceptional cases of individual sportsmen who are assessed to be potential medal winners at international competitions like the Olympic Games.”

    Quah, who was delighted to hear the good news on Thursday, said: “I would like to thank Mindef, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), Sport Singapore (SportSG), the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) and Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) for their continuous support.

    “I’m deeply appreciative of the opportunity to be able to train full-time and dedicate myself to doing my best and making our nation proud. With the extended deferment, it gives me the peace of mind to continue to train hard and work towards my goal of Tokyo 2020.

    “Since the Rio 2016 Olympics, I’ve been very touched by the support received and would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for their support.”

    Quah declined to reveal the plans for his next four-year Olympic campaign. However, he is believed to be considering two options. The first would be to remain in Singapore and continue training with the National Training Centre (NTC) squad under current national assistant coach Gary Tan and high-performance manager Sonya Porter.

    The alternative would be to follow in the footsteps of national team-mate and newly minted Olympic champion Joseph Schooling, who is a University of Texas student, and head abroad to train and study in an overseas university.

    Quah is understood to be weighing up the possibility of joining former Singapore swimming head coach Sergio Lopez at the Auburn University in the United States, with the two having developed a strong bond over the course of the Spaniard’s two-year stint in the Republic.

    When asked, coach Tan said the SSA would meet Quah over the next few days to discuss the best course of action for the young swimmer.

    “We will be sitting down with Zheng Wen properly following this announcement to discuss our plans,” Tan told TODAY.

    “We need to discuss with various parties to make sure that we have the best system and support in place for Zheng Wen, who has proved with his performances that he has so much potential to go even further.”

    Quah’s deferment comes just a month after Schooling was granted fresh deferment till the 2020 Games. Quah was initially granted long-term deferment in July 2015 to train for the 2016 Rio Games, where he qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s 100m and 200m butterfly with new personal best (PB) times of 52.08s and 1min 56.01s respectively. He finished 15th and 10th overall, respectively.

    Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen said in his Facebook post on Thursday: “For the first time ever, we now have two Olympics medal prospects ­— Zheng Wen and Joseph Schooling — who are exceptional sportsmen and meet all the existing criteria for deferment. This speaks well of our sporting talent in our younger generation. I hope their achievements will encourage many more sportsmen and women to excel.

    “I spoke to Zheng Wen and his father. I thanked them for their commitment to excellence, the many hours of training Zheng Wen has put in and many more needed for the next four years, for him to win in Tokyo 2020. I wished Zheng Wen the very best in his training and his ambition to win glory for Singapore.”

    SSA secretary-general Oon Jin Teik said in a statement: “We are deeply grateful for the continuous support from Mindef, MCCY, SportSG, SNOC and our various partners, who have continued to support us in the journey to becoming a world-class aquatics nation.

    “We will be working closely with … the relevant parties to develop the future plans to help Zheng Wen achieve his goals for Tokyo 2020.”

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • Mohd Khair: Cabaran-Cabaran Yang Dihadapi Masyarakat Melayu

    Mohd Khair: Cabaran-Cabaran Yang Dihadapi Masyarakat Melayu

    Cabaran-cabaran yang dihadapi masyarakat kita sekarang ini dan akan datang bukannya sedikit, berlambak-lambak…(senarai di bawah ini tidak menurut mana-mana keutamaan)

    1. Masalah anak-anak yang tidak mendapat pendidikan agama (jumlah peratusan yang tinggi)

    2. Generasi muda yang tiada atau longgar pegangan agama

    3. Generasi tua yang tidak kesah tentang agama

    4. Keluarga-keluarga yang tiada nilai atau kekontangan nilai

    5. Anak2 muda yang berzina secara selamba macam anjing kat stesen bas

    6. Anak-anak yang dilahirkan luar nikah

    7. Ketidak cukupan keluarga Muslim untuk mengambil anak-anak angkat Muslim (adoption)

    8. Ketidak cukupan keluarga Muslim untuk mengambil anak-anak Muslim sebagai anak titipan (fostering)

    9. Anak-anak yang tidak atau kurang mendapat bimbingan dari ibubapa dan kemudian melakukan pelbagai kesalahan

    10. Institusi keluarga dan struktur rumahtangga yang rapuh mudah roboh

    11. Isu perceraian yang orang kita sudah jadi champion semenjak berdekad lamanya

    12. Isu perceraian di kalangan para datuk dan nenek (ini maslaah baru dalam masyarakat)

    13. Suami atau isteri atau kedua-duanya selingkuh dan berzina sehingga ada isteri yang hamil anak orang lain

    14. Masalah penagihan dan pengedaran dadah yang masih lagi belum selesai

    15. Cabaran pendidikan untuk lebih ramai lagi anak-anak kita yang berjaya

    16. Cabaran untuk mencelikkan sebahagian para ibubapa yang masih lagi rabun akan masadepan anak-anak mereka

    17. Cabaran dayakerja (employability) para pekerja kita dalam zaman globalisasi yang begitu cepat berkembang dan berubah

    18. Cabaran terhadap persaingan dalam peluang-peluang pekerjaan dalam konteks pembanjiran para pekerja asing

    19. Cabaran risiko pembuangan kerja para pencari nafkah kita

    20. Cabaran bagi yang telah hilang pekerjaan

    21. Cabaran akan hilangnya istilah persaraan di masa depan apabila setiap warga perlu kerja sehingga ke liang lahat

    22. Masalah hutang & tailong di kalangan individu dan keluarga

    23. Masalah kesihatan dan pakej penyakit 3-in-1 atau 4-in-1

    24. Cabaran persaraan warga senja

    25. Cabaran muslimin dan muslimat yang masih membujang dan belum mendapat jodoh, terutama di peringkat usia melebihi 35 tahun

    26. Cabaran kos kehidupan yang semakin meningkat

    27. Cabaran membantu keluarga-keluarga dan individu-individu yang kurang upaya atau kehilangan upaya untuk berdikari

    28. Cabaran membantu muslimin dan muslimat yang kebingungan akan identiti jantina mereka (isu LGBT)

    29. Isu tudung (belum selesai lagi semenjak awal tahun 70an lagi)

    30. Isu Autisma dan lain-lain keperluan khas yang semakin meningkat di kalangan anak-anak dari keluarga Muslim .

    …dan banyak lagi cabaran dan masalah tidak tersenarai di sini

    Dan kita sering dipesongkan dan disibukkan dengan isu-isu yang langsung tidak akan membantu kita menyelesaikan cabaran-cabaran dan masalah-masalah yang tersenarai di sini (dan yang lain-lain lagi setentunya).

    Tidak ada orang lain melainkan kita yang boleh selesaikan masalah dan cabaran ini semua.

    Kalau kita hilang fokus, maka hilanglah kita.

    الله المستعان

     

    Source: Mohd Khair

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