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  • 70% Of Persons Who Committed Suicide In 2014 Were Males

    70% Of Persons Who Committed Suicide In 2014 Were Males

    Seven out of every 10 persons who committed suicide last year were male, according to the latest statistics by the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS).

    In a report on Monday (July 27), the suicide prevention group noted that 292 men and 123 women committed suicide last year.

    In the past decade, it added, the number of men committing suicide rose by nearly 30 per cent, while the number of women fell by 20 per cent.

    Part of the reason is that men tend to keep quiet about the problems they are facing, while women are more likely to seek help, said SOS executive director Christine Wong.

    “(Men) feel the continuous pressure to solve issues faced on their own, and suppress feelings of distress,” she said.

    “Help-seeking is often associated with loss of status… loss of control and autonomy, and incompetence.”

    Ms Wong noted that most of the people who seek help at SOS are female.

    The difference between the genders, she added, is clearest for those aged between 60 and 69. This is likely to be because the elderly tend to adhere more strongly to traditional gender roles.

    Problems such as loneliness and mental health issues were common to both genders. However, many men faced financial or debt issues, while more women faced problems at home.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Fandi Ahmad And Sundram As Co-Coaches Of National Team?

    Fandi Ahmad And Sundram As Co-Coaches Of National Team?

    They set pulses racing among football-crazy Singaporeans when they played together for the country, a dream attacking combination capable of unsettling many defences on the continent.

    Now, there is a possibility Fandi Ahmad and V Sundramoorthy, two of Singapore’s all-time greats, could lead the national team as co-coaches.

    Current Singapore coach Bernd Stange’s contract is understood to be up at the end of September and the two local coaches are among the front-runners to take over, should the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) choose not to extend the German’s tenure.

    Sundram and Fandi both have expressed their desire to take on the national job, but the prospect of the duo handling the role together is an intriguing one.

    Most football brains The New Paper spoke to, however, don’t seem convinced a co-coaching system will work.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Zulfikar Shariff: PAP Malay Muslim MPs Cannot Be Counted On To Fight For Malay/Muslim Issues

    Zulfikar Shariff: PAP Malay Muslim MPs Cannot Be Counted On To Fight For Malay/Muslim Issues

    We are constantly told to leave the hijab issue to the Malay MPs. We are told they are working on it behind close doors.

    We are told that if we raise the issue, it will force the government to dig in their heels and deny our Muslimah of their rights for even longer. We should keep quiet and appreciate their decisions.

    I remember a conversation I had with a Malay MP shortly before the 2001 elections.

    Yatiman Yusof was part of the Tampines GRC. By 2001, he had been in parliament for 17 years and was the Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Communications And The Arts.

    One night about a week before the election, I had a meeting with members of the Fateha group at Afghanistan Restaurant in Tampines. Yatiman happened to be at the same restaurant.

    As I made my way to order dinner, he asked me to sit with him for a chat.

    Our conversation understandably, turned to the hijab issue. According to Yatiman, he supported the ban on “tudung”.

    He argued that if Singapore was to allow tudung in school, we will not integrate anymore and society will disintegrate.

    When it was pointed out that other countries such as Malaysia allows tudung, he answered:

    “It is a mistake by the Malaysian government to allow tudung in schools. I am 55 now. If we allow tudung in school, in 25 years, by the time I am 80, we will start to kill each other.”

    A Malay MP prioritized government policies and support the oppression of our Muslimah.

    And yet…

    We are told to leave the hijab issue to the Malay MPs.

    We are told they are working on it behind close doors.

    We are told to support them and keep quiet.

    And we believe them.

     

    Source: Zulfikar Shariff

  • Syed Danial: Government And Opposition Malay Muslim MPs Should Make Clear Their Stance On Hijab

    Syed Danial: Government And Opposition Malay Muslim MPs Should Make Clear Their Stance On Hijab

    The Malay Muslim MPs should make their stance on the hijab issue clear. From both the PAP n WP.

    I must say the only opposition Malay Muslim MP was the only one with the moral courage to make his stance unequivocally clear during the LGBT issue during last year’s Ramadhan. May Allah azzawajal Bless him n Reward him profusely. From the ruling party we have the Minister in Charge of Muslim Affairs making the statement mosques shouldn’t take sides in an issue Allah azzawajal Himself has taken sides. Shocking, to say the least. It doesn’t help that the establishment ulema were silent in docility when this was played out in real time.

    Our current MPs should bear in mind we may be witnessing as we speak this notion that if we throw our hat hook line n sinker with official govt stand we may juz end up being considered a sellout and a political liability when elections draw near.

    They plan. And Allah azzawajal Plans. And Allah is the Best of planners.

    May Allah azzawajal Grant us leaders who would serve His Deen.

    Above all.

     

    Source: Syed Danial

  • Atan Flybaits: MP Melayu PAP Pak Turut, Takut Mengetengahkan Isu-Isu Melayu

    Atan Flybaits: MP Melayu PAP Pak Turut, Takut Mengetengahkan Isu-Isu Melayu

    Kita sering menyangka bahawa calun calun PAP terdiri dari orang orang yg berkaliber tapi itu tak betul

    Di pertemuan yg di anjurkan oleh encik Faisal Manap tidak lama dulu iaitu pertemuan dgn aktivis Melayu, Encik Faisal memberitahu kami satu ketika beliau cuba membangkit kan isu isu Melayu di parlimen.

    MP Melayu PAP telah menerang beliau dgn kata kata ‘ are you trying to politicised malay issues ‘, jadi agak sulit untuk beliau bersuara

    Di sini kita lihat kebodohan MP MP Melayu PAP – parlimen adalah the hse of politik kalau ahli politik tak boleh mempolitik kan isu di dalam hse of politik maka di mana kah mereka nak berbicara tentang politik ?

    Secara logic kita lihat kebodohan MP MP melayu PAP sangat jelas atau PAP sengaja memilih mereka kerena kebodohan mereka yang boleh di jadi kan ‘Yes man’

     

    Source: Atan Flybaits in Suara Melayu Islam Singapura

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