In the picture is a booklet issued by MUIS this year entitled “Organ Transplant in Islam: The Fiqh of Organ Transplant and Its Application in Singapore”. Its content is in Malay and English, and it can be downloaded from the MUIS website. It shall henceforth be referred to as “booklet” or “the booklet”.
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Alangkah terkejutnya saya apabila menonton siaran Suria baru-baru ini. Peserta-peserta peringkat akhir Anugerah 2007 telah mendendangkan sebuah lagu dalam sebuah klip video. Saya tidak pasti akan judul lagunya.
Yang saya perhatikan, lima dari keenam-enam para peserta itu mempunyai rambut yang tidak hitam; rambut mereka keperangan.
Setahu saya, orang yang dipanggil Melayu itu, rambutnya hitam. Warna rambut orang [...]
This is the film Singapore’s censorship board doesn’t want people to see. It’s the story of opposition politician Chee Soon Juan, who has been imprisoned twice for championing democratic change in the city state. The censors declared it a “party political film” and it was pulled from April 2005’s Singapore International Film Festival line-up after [...]
Nice commentary: Mr Wang Is Skeptical (Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma)
Okay, let’s see what’s happening. Essentially the divide between rich and poor is growing wider and wider in Singapore. And some Singaporeans are getting left far, far behind.
What’s the government’s proposed solution? Basically their idea is to encourage the people to help the people (God [...]
I took this photo at 8am just now. PSI is 44. See how much clearer it is (compare with previous photo). No Photoshop effects applied.
i am inclined - too much, perhaps - to dismiss such people as crackpots. stupid crackpots. the sadder class. too often singaporeans - both the neighborhood poor and the red-taloned socialites - kid themselves into believing that our society, like most others, is compartmentalized by breeding. ridiculous. we are a tyranny of the capable and [...]
Ever been approached in a public place by someone who tries to sell some insurance or financial product or wants to do a survey on you? (Signature items: lanyards, clipboards, etc.)
Ever shown that you’re uninterested, but they persistently try to gain your attention?
This is hilarious! (Thank you, Kah Meng!)
Firstly, some definitions.
ORD = Operationally Ready Date.
Coloquially used as a verb i.e. “to ORD”, “have ORDed”, “ORDing”, meaning, to end the 2-year term of full-time service to the country.
The feeling has never been as overwhelming as just now, when I was clearing out my locker.
Ridzwan.Com: Myths About Singapore Malays (Linked from OneNews)
Let’s face it. Hatred towards the Malays is still very much alive on the Internet. Despite all the uproar over the convicted racist bloggers last year, many are still finding sadistic solace in overseas websites and spurious blog sheets. The question is, how do we even begin to [...]
