Di petik dari Sebuah Keluhan Seorang Gadis 19 Tahun:- http://illa-equitas.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-completely-dissatisfied-with.html
I'm completely dissatisfied with the education ministry's decision to allow the Normal Academic students to forego the 'O' Levels supposedly at their fifth year and head straight for ITE after their fourth year.
Let me explain the darn system. I was from the Express stream where we take the O's after 4 years them move on to JC/Polytechnics/ITE. The weaker kids are in the NA stream and take 'N' lvls after 4 years. Ideally, they pass it and move on to the fifth year where they'll get to take the 'O's.
No disrespect to anyone, but as the whole country knows, Institute of Technical Ed is like the bottom of pre-U education routes after JC and polytechnic. I'm not proud of it but my fellow Malays invariably form the majority of ITE students. The sad thing is that these students have such misplaced pride in their position.
Don't tell me I'm wrong to say they shouldn't be proud. Don't try reminding me that some of the kids in ITE had perfect grades in their O/N Lvls. And don't even try giving me the crap about the ITE winning this-and-that award and is now labeled the jewel in Singapore's educational crown. Please don't kid yourself by thinking that these achievements were largely due to the Malays in the institutes.
Lets all be frank with ourselves - 95% of the Malays who got into ITE either (a) had shitty grades and had no damn choice on where to go after secondary school except ITE. or (b) they failed their fourth year's N Levels on purpose to get into the ITE where a purportedly cooler, less stressful education is visualized to be at. The plus point for them other than not having to study for the O's is that they get to meet other equally futureless flirts who think that the most important thing in a school is a boyfriend/girlfriend. The ITE is seriously made out to be something of a dating network. I'm speaking as a person who has a substantial lot of ITE buddies here, including a pretty close friend.
And now, the ministry's giving these N.A kids the choice of heading straight for ITE without having to opt out from/fail their final exams. What do you think these slackerheads will do?
Mr Minister, do you honestly feel for a second that the lot of them would even bloody think about studying for the damn O's when you're provided them with such a comfortable chocie?
Do you honestly think that they'll fulfill your expectation/anticipation and aspire for higher education after ITE? And yo, as if we don't know that these people are mostly Malays-- Malays who would take the easier way out of anything at the drop of a hat.
I can just imagine the various consequences :
-Higher unemployment rates for the Malay community..
-Lower income..
-Higher crime rates...
-More need to seek (financial) help from the governmental bodies... etc.
A fucking burden to society, that's what. And trust me when I say I predict "terrible family planning" to be slotted in somewhere in between the mess to add on to the problems. Soon, all KFC cashiers, Pizza Hut waiters & McD delivery men will be Malays.
Seriously, the ministry's not helping fuck by allowing such things. What exactly do you mean by expanding the whole education shit? You jolly well KNOW that the Malays will make up the huge majority of the people concerned, and you know darn well that like 60-70% of them will undoubtedly head for ITE. So what in hell are you trying to do, sir? Push us deeper into the mud?
Thanks. I didn't think that was possible. Silly me.
A couple of people have told me this thing shouldn't affect me since I'm in a JC and all. Sorry guys, but I just find it terribly sad that the future of my community is practically going to the dogs. I really hope we'll start using our brains for once and realize that we're not only living for today.
As Raf said, "It's amazing how many Malay students just don't think about their future."
Je sais.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Best of LUCK to my (LUCKY) 13!!!!
After reading my last week posting on how EASY to Get a GOOD RECOGNISED DIPLOMA, many readers email me to get more details.
This is VERY ENCOURAGING! Because it really shows that we MALAYS have the wanting for SUCCESS.... to upgrade, to work hard for promotions and ultimately RISING our QUALITY of LIFE.
OK, some mentioned that they have no money to take diploma. So I recommend them various education loans from banks. I reckon that if people are willing to loan for home renovations, buying cars...even taking a loan to get a big fat gold chain... then taking a loan for EDUCATION UPGRADING is MUST!!! A REAL INVESTMENT!!!
Some also asked me what DIPLOMA they should get? My answer is simple. Let's check out what DIPLOMA the EMPLOYERS APPRECIATE. So they sat with me and we do reseach on the various current job placements to have the visibility what the JOB MARKET REALLY REQUIRES? Then I allow them to make up their mind & whether thay have the aptitude to do the course they chose.
Then some mentioned that they are working shifts so NO TIME to study. So, I provide them the list of training schools which are flexible in their course scheduling and make REAL efforts to compromise the timetables.
So to these (LUCKY) 13 individuals, I wish you all BEST of LUCK!!! Stay-in-touch!!! Once you got your Diplomas, we can celebrate... I Belanja, promise.... I don't mind at all? Because our Community will surely GAIN with having more & more educated people amongst OUR FOLD.
For the rest who are still without a Diploma, my door is always OPEN for you...may you are given the taufiq & hidayah ... to improve yourself in this dunia & akhira.... Ameen...
Email me: fundblog@gmail.com
This is VERY ENCOURAGING! Because it really shows that we MALAYS have the wanting for SUCCESS.... to upgrade, to work hard for promotions and ultimately RISING our QUALITY of LIFE.
OK, some mentioned that they have no money to take diploma. So I recommend them various education loans from banks. I reckon that if people are willing to loan for home renovations, buying cars...even taking a loan to get a big fat gold chain... then taking a loan for EDUCATION UPGRADING is MUST!!! A REAL INVESTMENT!!!
Some also asked me what DIPLOMA they should get? My answer is simple. Let's check out what DIPLOMA the EMPLOYERS APPRECIATE. So they sat with me and we do reseach on the various current job placements to have the visibility what the JOB MARKET REALLY REQUIRES? Then I allow them to make up their mind & whether thay have the aptitude to do the course they chose.
Then some mentioned that they are working shifts so NO TIME to study. So, I provide them the list of training schools which are flexible in their course scheduling and make REAL efforts to compromise the timetables.
So to these (LUCKY) 13 individuals, I wish you all BEST of LUCK!!! Stay-in-touch!!! Once you got your Diplomas, we can celebrate... I Belanja, promise.... I don't mind at all? Because our Community will surely GAIN with having more & more educated people amongst OUR FOLD.
For the rest who are still without a Diploma, my door is always OPEN for you...may you are given the taufiq & hidayah ... to improve yourself in this dunia & akhira.... Ameen...
Email me: fundblog@gmail.com
Pengalaman Melayu Singapura Merentas Globalisasi – Mohd Raman Daud
Selaku Pengerusi Asas 50 Singapura, Saudara Mohd Raman Daud banyak terlibat dengan aktiviti budaya dan kebajikan masyarakat Melayu di Singapura. Beliau mengatakan bahawa masyarakat Melayu adalah kumpulan minoriti yang paling tercabar dengan gelombang globalisasi terutama pada aspek pekerjaan, fahaman, sosial dan pendidikan.
Pekerjaan –
Fahaman- Sejak berlakunya peristiwa serangan 11 September 2001, Singapura amat berjaga-jaga terhadap pengganas kerana hubungan baiknya dengan Amerika Syarikat. Justeru, para pemimpin Islam Singapura mengambil peranan bagi menjaga keharmonian dan kesucian Islam seperti mengeluarkan kenyataan yang mengutuk keganasan serta meluaskan dialog dan rumah terbuka di masjid.
Sosial- Keterbukaan Singapura sebagai
Pendidikan- Pencapaian anak-anak Melayu Singapura telah boleh dibanggakan. Malah dalam ujian Sains dan Matematik sedunia, anak Melayu Singapura muncul antara yang terbaik. Kini, persaingan sengit masyarakat di negara maju memberi impak positif kepada anak-anak Melayu untuk berusaha dan berdikari malahan ramai di antara mereka melanjutkan pengajian di luar negara.
Menurut Saudara Raman lagi, walau bagaimanapun jatidiri orang Melayu masih utuh kerana penggunaan bahasa Melayu dan kegiatan budaya Melayu yang rancak serta pengamalan Islam yang utuh di Singapura.
Success = 1% Talent + 99% Hardwork???
“ Success is one percent talent and 99 percent hard work.”
“Kejayaan itu satu peratus bakat dan sembilan puluh sembilan peratus kesungguhan.”
Kejayaan itu membawa maksud yang sama seperti kemenangan dan kemajuan. Kejayaan atau kemenangan ini merupakan misi yang setiap insan di muka bumi ini ingin perolehi sebelum mati. Hidup tanpa kejayaan merupakan hidup yang kebanyakan orang fikiran tiada maksud atau arah. Dengan adanya kejayaan di dalam genggaman, kejayaan itu akan membuka pintu kepada pelbagai kemewahan dan peluang. Apabila seseorang itu dikatakan sudah berjaya, dia dianggapkan sebagai orang yang berada, berjawatan tinggi dan hidupnya senang tanpa sembarang gangguan.
Walau bagaimanapun, adalah segolongan orang pandangkan kejayaan itu sekadar mendapat harta benda dan kemewahan hidup. Mereka menganggapkan diri mereka berjaya apabila sesuatu pekerjaan mereka buat mempengaruhi orang lain secara positif. Mereka berjaya mengubah kehidupan seseorang atau sekumpulan orang akibat tindak laku mereka. Contohnya, pekerja sosial sering membantu golongan orang yang bermasalah atau kurang bernasib baik seperti keluarga yang miskin, pesakit-pesakit yang menghidapi penyakit kronik atau remaja bermasalah. Kerja mereka pula untuk membantu golongan orang ini sedaya upaya untuk menyeleraikan masalah-masalah yang dihadapi . apabila matlamat mereka telah dicapai, baru mereka rasa mereka sudah berjaya kerana mereka berjaya untuk mengubah kehidupan seorang insan atau sekumpulan orang. Jadi, kejayaan bukan sahaja dikira dengan wang ringgit tapi boleh dinilaikan dengan pelbagai cara.
Sebelum kita dapat menikmati laba daripada kejayaan, kita mesti berusaha sesungguhnya untuk mencapai kejayaan. Kejayaannya tidak akan datang begitu sahaja jika kita berduduk diam tanpa mengangkat sebuah jari pun. Kesungguhan atau usaha gigih merupakan fakta utama jika ingin mencapai kejayaan. Kita harus berikhtiar sedaya upaya daripada umur yang muda lagi jika kita ingin menjadi menjadi orang yang berjaya dan dipandang tinggi oleh masyarakat. Sebuah contoh untuk membuktikan fakta ini adalah guru kita sendiri. Jika mereka tidak bertungkus-lumus belajar dan menimba ilmu sepanjang umur hidup mereka, adakah mereka layak untuk mengajar kita? Akhirnya, kerja keras mereka semasa bersekolah dahulu berbaloi juga. Kini, mereka dapat hidup senang, bergaji yang berpatutan dan dapat nikmati kehidupan mereka. Ini menunjukkan tanpa usaha gigih, kejayaan tidak akan jatuh dalam tangan kamu. Sebab itu , kata perangsang tersebut “Kejayaan itu satu peratus bakat dan sembilan puluh sembilan peratus kesungguhan” menunjukkan bahawa kesungguhan merupakan keperluan asas dan paling penting jika ingin mencapai kejayaan.
Kesungguhan memang penting, tetapi tanpa sedikit bakat pun, kejayaan tidak akan melimpah dalam diri anda. Kerana bakat, kita dapat melakukan sebuah pekerjaan yang akan membuat kita berjaya dalam hidup satu hari nanti, jikalau dilakukan dengan betul. Kejayaan dianggap sudah tercapai apabila pekerjaan yang kita lakukan berhasil. Walau sedikit mana pun, bakat membolehkan kita membuat sesebuah pekerjaan itu. Dengan sedikit bakat pun, jika seseorang itu tekun untuk belajar dan mempertingkatkan bakat yang setia ada, dia boleh berjaya melakukan pekerjaannya dengan bakatnya. Kejayaan dianggap sudah tercapai apabila pekerjaan yang kita lakukan berhasil. Ayat perangsang “Kejayaan itu satu peratus bakat dan sembilan puluh sembilan peratus kesungguhan” juga mengatakan bahawa satu peratus bakat diperlu untuk berjaya. Tanpa bakat, walau sesungguh mana kita melakukan sesuatu pekerjaan, kita akan merosakkannya sahaja bagai tikus memperbaiki labu. Lagipun, jikalau, bakat atau ilmunya sedikit, kita boleh belajar dan memperkukuhkan kelemahan kita, lama-lama tentu akan mahir dalam sesebuah pekerjaan bagai belakang parang jikalau diasah nescaya tajam.
Kejayaan hanya boleh tercapai dengan adanya gabungan bakat dan kesungguhan dalam diri kita. Tanpa salah satu faktor ini, anda akan mendapati sukar untuk berjaya dalam hidup. Bakat tanpa kesungguhan, kesungguhan tanpa bakat; kedua-dua aspek ini penting untuk membina kejayaan dalam kehidupan kita. Bakat merupakan sifat yang semula jadi dalam diri kita. Kita harus mengubah diri kita supaya kita menjadi rajin dan gigih dalam setiap kegiatan dan pekerjaan kita supaya bakat kita tidak akan disia-siakan. Gabungan bakat dan kesungguhan merupakan gabungan yang amat hebat sekali kerana gabungan inilah yang mungkin menentukan jalan hidup yang kita akan lalu pada masa yang akan datang nanti.
Apabila kita sudah berjaya, kejayaan yang kita perolehi boleh membentuk kehidupan yang kita akan melalui. Kejayaan selalu dianggapkan akan mendatangkan kemewahan hidup seperti harta benda, wang tunai dan nama, jawatan atau pangkat yang tinggi. Kita boleh menikmati kehidupan yang selesa dan mewah dengan adanya wang kerana apa yang hati kita inginkan, tentu agak mudah untuk mendapatinya bagai pucuk layu disiram hujan. Kita tidak payah bertungkus-lumus lagi untuk hidup kerana usaha dan titik peluh kita dahulu akhirnya berbaloi dan kini, kita boleh menikmati laba kejayaan kita. Tetapi, pada orang lain, kejayaan mungkin tidak dikira dengan wang ringgit. Mereka mungkin menganggap diri mereka sebagai berjaya apabila sesuatu yang mereka lakukan untuk seseorang atau sekumpulan orang mempengaruh mereka dalam cara yang baik. Contohnya , seseorang kauselor dapat meleraikan sebuah masalah keluarga dengan sesi kaunselingnya. Mereka mengganggap hasil daripada sesi-sesi ini sebagai sebuah kejayaan kerana dia telah mengubah hidup sebuah keluarga secara positif. Jadi, kejayaan bukan sahaja mendapat harta dan pangkat tetapi kejayaan juga dilihat sebagai membuat sebuah tindakan yang akan mengubah hidup seseorang secara positif .
Walau bagaimanapun, untuk kita memperolehi kejayaan, pelbagai hambatan dan cubaan yang harus kita duga dan tempuh. Kejayaan, yang seperti dikatakan pada awal karangann ini bahawa kejayaan tidak akan datang begitu sahaja, perlukan kesungguhan untuk kita menempuh hambatan sebegini. Akibat hambatan sebegini, seseorang itu akan menjadi lebih kuat berazam untuk memperjuangkan kejayaan yang kita semua diidamkan.
Kita harus menyemai sikap kesungguhan dalam hidup kita dan digabungkan bakat yang sedia ada supaya kejayaan yang diinginkan akhirnya tercapai juga.
“Kejayaan itu satu peratus bakat dan sembilan puluh sembilan peratus kesungguhan.”
Kejayaan itu membawa maksud yang sama seperti kemenangan dan kemajuan. Kejayaan atau kemenangan ini merupakan misi yang setiap insan di muka bumi ini ingin perolehi sebelum mati. Hidup tanpa kejayaan merupakan hidup yang kebanyakan orang fikiran tiada maksud atau arah. Dengan adanya kejayaan di dalam genggaman, kejayaan itu akan membuka pintu kepada pelbagai kemewahan dan peluang. Apabila seseorang itu dikatakan sudah berjaya, dia dianggapkan sebagai orang yang berada, berjawatan tinggi dan hidupnya senang tanpa sembarang gangguan.
Walau bagaimanapun, adalah segolongan orang pandangkan kejayaan itu sekadar mendapat harta benda dan kemewahan hidup. Mereka menganggapkan diri mereka berjaya apabila sesuatu pekerjaan mereka buat mempengaruhi orang lain secara positif. Mereka berjaya mengubah kehidupan seseorang atau sekumpulan orang akibat tindak laku mereka. Contohnya, pekerja sosial sering membantu golongan orang yang bermasalah atau kurang bernasib baik seperti keluarga yang miskin, pesakit-pesakit yang menghidapi penyakit kronik atau remaja bermasalah. Kerja mereka pula untuk membantu golongan orang ini sedaya upaya untuk menyeleraikan masalah-masalah yang dihadapi . apabila matlamat mereka telah dicapai, baru mereka rasa mereka sudah berjaya kerana mereka berjaya untuk mengubah kehidupan seorang insan atau sekumpulan orang. Jadi, kejayaan bukan sahaja dikira dengan wang ringgit tapi boleh dinilaikan dengan pelbagai cara.
Sebelum kita dapat menikmati laba daripada kejayaan, kita mesti berusaha sesungguhnya untuk mencapai kejayaan. Kejayaannya tidak akan datang begitu sahaja jika kita berduduk diam tanpa mengangkat sebuah jari pun. Kesungguhan atau usaha gigih merupakan fakta utama jika ingin mencapai kejayaan. Kita harus berikhtiar sedaya upaya daripada umur yang muda lagi jika kita ingin menjadi menjadi orang yang berjaya dan dipandang tinggi oleh masyarakat. Sebuah contoh untuk membuktikan fakta ini adalah guru kita sendiri. Jika mereka tidak bertungkus-lumus belajar dan menimba ilmu sepanjang umur hidup mereka, adakah mereka layak untuk mengajar kita? Akhirnya, kerja keras mereka semasa bersekolah dahulu berbaloi juga. Kini, mereka dapat hidup senang, bergaji yang berpatutan dan dapat nikmati kehidupan mereka. Ini menunjukkan tanpa usaha gigih, kejayaan tidak akan jatuh dalam tangan kamu. Sebab itu , kata perangsang tersebut “Kejayaan itu satu peratus bakat dan sembilan puluh sembilan peratus kesungguhan” menunjukkan bahawa kesungguhan merupakan keperluan asas dan paling penting jika ingin mencapai kejayaan.
Kesungguhan memang penting, tetapi tanpa sedikit bakat pun, kejayaan tidak akan melimpah dalam diri anda. Kerana bakat, kita dapat melakukan sebuah pekerjaan yang akan membuat kita berjaya dalam hidup satu hari nanti, jikalau dilakukan dengan betul. Kejayaan dianggap sudah tercapai apabila pekerjaan yang kita lakukan berhasil. Walau sedikit mana pun, bakat membolehkan kita membuat sesebuah pekerjaan itu. Dengan sedikit bakat pun, jika seseorang itu tekun untuk belajar dan mempertingkatkan bakat yang setia ada, dia boleh berjaya melakukan pekerjaannya dengan bakatnya. Kejayaan dianggap sudah tercapai apabila pekerjaan yang kita lakukan berhasil. Ayat perangsang “Kejayaan itu satu peratus bakat dan sembilan puluh sembilan peratus kesungguhan” juga mengatakan bahawa satu peratus bakat diperlu untuk berjaya. Tanpa bakat, walau sesungguh mana kita melakukan sesuatu pekerjaan, kita akan merosakkannya sahaja bagai tikus memperbaiki labu. Lagipun, jikalau, bakat atau ilmunya sedikit, kita boleh belajar dan memperkukuhkan kelemahan kita, lama-lama tentu akan mahir dalam sesebuah pekerjaan bagai belakang parang jikalau diasah nescaya tajam.
Kejayaan hanya boleh tercapai dengan adanya gabungan bakat dan kesungguhan dalam diri kita. Tanpa salah satu faktor ini, anda akan mendapati sukar untuk berjaya dalam hidup. Bakat tanpa kesungguhan, kesungguhan tanpa bakat; kedua-dua aspek ini penting untuk membina kejayaan dalam kehidupan kita. Bakat merupakan sifat yang semula jadi dalam diri kita. Kita harus mengubah diri kita supaya kita menjadi rajin dan gigih dalam setiap kegiatan dan pekerjaan kita supaya bakat kita tidak akan disia-siakan. Gabungan bakat dan kesungguhan merupakan gabungan yang amat hebat sekali kerana gabungan inilah yang mungkin menentukan jalan hidup yang kita akan lalu pada masa yang akan datang nanti.
Apabila kita sudah berjaya, kejayaan yang kita perolehi boleh membentuk kehidupan yang kita akan melalui. Kejayaan selalu dianggapkan akan mendatangkan kemewahan hidup seperti harta benda, wang tunai dan nama, jawatan atau pangkat yang tinggi. Kita boleh menikmati kehidupan yang selesa dan mewah dengan adanya wang kerana apa yang hati kita inginkan, tentu agak mudah untuk mendapatinya bagai pucuk layu disiram hujan. Kita tidak payah bertungkus-lumus lagi untuk hidup kerana usaha dan titik peluh kita dahulu akhirnya berbaloi dan kini, kita boleh menikmati laba kejayaan kita. Tetapi, pada orang lain, kejayaan mungkin tidak dikira dengan wang ringgit. Mereka mungkin menganggap diri mereka sebagai berjaya apabila sesuatu yang mereka lakukan untuk seseorang atau sekumpulan orang mempengaruh mereka dalam cara yang baik. Contohnya , seseorang kauselor dapat meleraikan sebuah masalah keluarga dengan sesi kaunselingnya. Mereka mengganggap hasil daripada sesi-sesi ini sebagai sebuah kejayaan kerana dia telah mengubah hidup sebuah keluarga secara positif. Jadi, kejayaan bukan sahaja mendapat harta dan pangkat tetapi kejayaan juga dilihat sebagai membuat sebuah tindakan yang akan mengubah hidup seseorang secara positif .
Walau bagaimanapun, untuk kita memperolehi kejayaan, pelbagai hambatan dan cubaan yang harus kita duga dan tempuh. Kejayaan, yang seperti dikatakan pada awal karangann ini bahawa kejayaan tidak akan datang begitu sahaja, perlukan kesungguhan untuk kita menempuh hambatan sebegini. Akibat hambatan sebegini, seseorang itu akan menjadi lebih kuat berazam untuk memperjuangkan kejayaan yang kita semua diidamkan.
Kita harus menyemai sikap kesungguhan dalam hidup kita dan digabungkan bakat yang sedia ada supaya kejayaan yang diinginkan akhirnya tercapai juga.
Siapa itu Yusof Ishak?
Encik Yusof bin Ishak merupakan Presiden Singapura yang pertama. Beliau dilahirkan pada 12 Ogos 1910. Beliau meninggal pada 23 November 1970 kerana penyakit jantung. Usul asalnya sebenar di Padang Gajah, Trong, lebih kurang 18 batu dari Taiping, Perak. Bapanya, seorang keturunan Minangkabau, berasal daripada Sumatra Barat dan ibunya pula dari Langkat.
Encik Yusof adalah anak sulung antara 9 adik-beradiknya. Bapanya, Encik Ishak bin Ahmad, merupakan Pemangku Pengarah Perikanan Negeri-Negeri Selat dan Negeri-Negeri Melayu Bersekutu. Encik Yusof dilantik menjadi Presiden pada 3 Disember 1959. Hari ini merupakan hari yang bersejarah bagi Singapura.
Encik Yusof menerima pendidikan awal di sebuah sekolah Melayu di Kuala Kurau, Perak. Dua tahun kemudian, beliau dipindahkan ke Malay School di Taiping dan pada 1921, memulakan pengajian dalam aliran bahasa Inggeris di Sekolah King Edward VII, Taiping.
Pada 1923, bapanya telah ditempatkan ke Singapura. Encik Yusof,bersama dengan keluarganya, berangkat ke Singapura dan melanjutkan pelajaran di Victoria Bridge School sehingga Disember 1923.
Pada 1924 beliau dimasukkan ke sekolah Raffles Institution di mana beliau lulus Sijil Sekolah Cambridge (Cambridge School Certificate) pada 1927 dengan kepujian. Oleh itu, beliau dikurniakan peluang untuk melanjutkan pelajarannya di dalam kelas Queen's Scholarship.
Apabila di sekolah, beliau amat aktif dalam bidang sukan. Di Raffles Institution beliau aktif dalam sukan hoki, kriket, angkat berat dan tinju. Pada 1933 beliau menjadi juara tinju dalam kelas lightweight. Sebagai kadet cemerlang dalam Kor Kadet Sekolah beliau dinaikkan ke pangkat Lieutenant Kedua, pelajar pertama yang menerima jawatan tersebut di Singapura. Beliau juga merupakan ketua murid dan penyunting untuk majalah sekolahnya "Rafflesian".
Semasa Encik Yusof berhijrah ke Singapura, Singapura baru sahaja menandatangani dokumen persetujuan dengan Sir Samford .Pada masa itu, Singapura dijadikan milik Koloni Britsh. Apabila Encik Yusof dilantik sebagai Presiden Singupara, Singapura masih dibawah pengaruh British sehingga Hari Kemerdekaan. Encik Yusof Ishak juga harus mengharugi pelabagai dugaan semasa Perang Dunia Dua. Sewaktu Pendudukan Jepun (1942-1945) Encik Yusof berada di Malaya. Apabila Jepun menyerah kalah, beliau kembali ke Singapura pada 3 September 1945 dan menyambung semula pencetakan Utusan Melayu sebuah akhbar, di mana dia adalah pengarah pertama syaikat tersebut.
Encik Yusof Ishak telah banyak menyumbang kepada Singapura setelah dijadikan Presiden. Sepanjang Encik Yusof menjadi presiden, Singapura berkembang menjadi negara yang moden dan makmur. Dia adalah seorang presiden yang prihatin terhadap kepentingan rakyat dan memastikan keperluan mereka lengkap. Dia berazam untuk memupuk keharmonian dan kesejahteraan antara semua bangsa dan meningkatkan taraf hidup mereka supaya mereka selesa. Dia adil terhadap setiap warga negaranya dan memberi peluang kepada setiap seorang, tidak kira bangsa atau agama. Dia berazam untuk membangunkan Singapura daripada sebuah pulau kepada sebuah metropolis yang moden dan dikenali seluruh dunia.
Encik Yusof Ishak telah banyak meninggalkan kesan kapada semua orang selain saya. Kerja keras dan dedikasi beliau kepada negara, dapat membentangkan asas untuk Singapura maju berkali ganda. Usaha beliau telah mengakibatkan, secara tidak langsung, kemakmuran Singapura pada masa ini. Justeru, impian-impian beliau untuk Singapura telah dikabulkan. Beliau juga merupakan salah satu idola saya. Beliau berjaya dalam hidup dan dilantik sebagai Presiden Singapura walaupun beliau hanya orang biasa yang baru sahaja berhijrah ke Singapura. Ini menunjukkan apa-apa jua boleh dicapai asalkan kita berusaha dengan gigih.
Sebagai pengiktirafan bagi semua sumbangan beliau, potret Encik Yusof Bin Ishak diabadikan pada pecahan-pecahan wang kertas Singapura. Sekolah Menengah Yusof Ishak, telah dinamakan dengan nama beliau. Nama beliau juga digunakan untuk menamakan sebuah jalan raya iaitu ‘Yusof Ishak Boulevard’.
Walaupun Encik Yusof Bin Ishak sudah pergi, beliau masihsegar dalam ingatan warga negaranya yang berjasa.
Encik Yusof adalah anak sulung antara 9 adik-beradiknya. Bapanya, Encik Ishak bin Ahmad, merupakan Pemangku Pengarah Perikanan Negeri-Negeri Selat dan Negeri-Negeri Melayu Bersekutu. Encik Yusof dilantik menjadi Presiden pada 3 Disember 1959. Hari ini merupakan hari yang bersejarah bagi Singapura.
Encik Yusof menerima pendidikan awal di sebuah sekolah Melayu di Kuala Kurau, Perak. Dua tahun kemudian, beliau dipindahkan ke Malay School di Taiping dan pada 1921, memulakan pengajian dalam aliran bahasa Inggeris di Sekolah King Edward VII, Taiping.
Pada 1923, bapanya telah ditempatkan ke Singapura. Encik Yusof,bersama dengan keluarganya, berangkat ke Singapura dan melanjutkan pelajaran di Victoria Bridge School sehingga Disember 1923.
Pada 1924 beliau dimasukkan ke sekolah Raffles Institution di mana beliau lulus Sijil Sekolah Cambridge (Cambridge School Certificate) pada 1927 dengan kepujian. Oleh itu, beliau dikurniakan peluang untuk melanjutkan pelajarannya di dalam kelas Queen's Scholarship.
Apabila di sekolah, beliau amat aktif dalam bidang sukan. Di Raffles Institution beliau aktif dalam sukan hoki, kriket, angkat berat dan tinju. Pada 1933 beliau menjadi juara tinju dalam kelas lightweight. Sebagai kadet cemerlang dalam Kor Kadet Sekolah beliau dinaikkan ke pangkat Lieutenant Kedua, pelajar pertama yang menerima jawatan tersebut di Singapura. Beliau juga merupakan ketua murid dan penyunting untuk majalah sekolahnya "Rafflesian".
Semasa Encik Yusof berhijrah ke Singapura, Singapura baru sahaja menandatangani dokumen persetujuan dengan Sir Samford .Pada masa itu, Singapura dijadikan milik Koloni Britsh. Apabila Encik Yusof dilantik sebagai Presiden Singupara, Singapura masih dibawah pengaruh British sehingga Hari Kemerdekaan. Encik Yusof Ishak juga harus mengharugi pelabagai dugaan semasa Perang Dunia Dua. Sewaktu Pendudukan Jepun (1942-1945) Encik Yusof berada di Malaya. Apabila Jepun menyerah kalah, beliau kembali ke Singapura pada 3 September 1945 dan menyambung semula pencetakan Utusan Melayu sebuah akhbar, di mana dia adalah pengarah pertama syaikat tersebut.
Encik Yusof Ishak telah banyak menyumbang kepada Singapura setelah dijadikan Presiden. Sepanjang Encik Yusof menjadi presiden, Singapura berkembang menjadi negara yang moden dan makmur. Dia adalah seorang presiden yang prihatin terhadap kepentingan rakyat dan memastikan keperluan mereka lengkap. Dia berazam untuk memupuk keharmonian dan kesejahteraan antara semua bangsa dan meningkatkan taraf hidup mereka supaya mereka selesa. Dia adil terhadap setiap warga negaranya dan memberi peluang kepada setiap seorang, tidak kira bangsa atau agama. Dia berazam untuk membangunkan Singapura daripada sebuah pulau kepada sebuah metropolis yang moden dan dikenali seluruh dunia.
Encik Yusof Ishak telah banyak meninggalkan kesan kapada semua orang selain saya. Kerja keras dan dedikasi beliau kepada negara, dapat membentangkan asas untuk Singapura maju berkali ganda. Usaha beliau telah mengakibatkan, secara tidak langsung, kemakmuran Singapura pada masa ini. Justeru, impian-impian beliau untuk Singapura telah dikabulkan. Beliau juga merupakan salah satu idola saya. Beliau berjaya dalam hidup dan dilantik sebagai Presiden Singapura walaupun beliau hanya orang biasa yang baru sahaja berhijrah ke Singapura. Ini menunjukkan apa-apa jua boleh dicapai asalkan kita berusaha dengan gigih.
Sebagai pengiktirafan bagi semua sumbangan beliau, potret Encik Yusof Bin Ishak diabadikan pada pecahan-pecahan wang kertas Singapura. Sekolah Menengah Yusof Ishak, telah dinamakan dengan nama beliau. Nama beliau juga digunakan untuk menamakan sebuah jalan raya iaitu ‘Yusof Ishak Boulevard’.
Walaupun Encik Yusof Bin Ishak sudah pergi, beliau masihsegar dalam ingatan warga negaranya yang berjasa.
Unspoken Numbers
Di petik dari:
http://muhammad-ridzwan.blogspot.com/2007/10/unspoken-numbers.html
Recently I picked up a booklet titled “Progress of the Malay Community in Singapore since 1980” from the library. It’s been recently published by MCYS to document several milestones that the community has made.
Undeniably, there have been several improvements with Singapore’s Muslim community. Drug abuse may still be a bane, but at least we’re not the number one problem race anymore. More of our children are attending school and dropouts have reduced considerably.
As expected though, several disturbing trends still remain. Divorce rates are increasing alarmingly and the number of teenage pregnancy cases continues to be a persistent challenge for the community.
However, other several riveting trends have NOT been highlighted by the publication. While browsing through the statistics, I picked up a handful of note-worthy figures that we need to pay attention to. These unspoken numbers need special mention for they tell a dreary tale of things to come for the Malay community.
The booklet is quoted as saying that Malay households “are doing better financially”. Median monthly household income has more than tripled from below $800 in 1980 to $3,100 in 2005.
Is this something that Malays should be proud of? Think again. A three-fold increase in income over a period of 25 years may seem impressive. But look at the numbers when presented in graphical format.
We are actually falling behind the other races – by a very wide margin.
In 1980, the Median income of virtually all households in Singapore - be it Chinese, Malay and Indian - were almost alike. The Chinese may earn slightly more, but the disparity between the races was not so obvious.
However come 1995 onwards, the Indians and Chinese seem to have raced ahead in median household income, leaving the Malays biting the dust. The disparity is even more pronounced in 2005. This rising income gap seemed to have crippled the Malays in a perpetual last placing. It looks to be a long time more before the race in household income evens out. Meanwhile, Malays remain the country’s poorest people.
But wait, it gets more interesting. Being the poorest in the land, surely you would expect the Malays to be more prudent with their money?
No.
If you flip to the Specific Consumer Durables Chart, it will tell you that Malays make up the nation’s second highest number of car owners percentage wise, behind the Chinese. According to latest statistics, 23% of Malay households today are having a car. Even the Indians, who earn much more than us, do not lay claim to this title. I suspect the number of Malay car owners is much higher now with the recent spate of frenzy car buying among the community.
The Malays sure do enjoy their entertainment too, and will spare no cash in its pursuit of it. They are the most dominant owner of VCD and DVD players in the country. 87% of Malay households here own these devices, as compared to 83% for the Chinese and 81% for the Indians.
Cable TV subscription looks to be a hit with Malay families also, with 36% of Malay households having subscribed to it, surpassing numbers for the Chinese households who have only got 32% of their population on cable.
Unfortunately, Malays do not spend the same fervor for education.
Despite the extravagance in matters like cars and DVD players, Malay parents have seemed to take learning pretty lightly. Only 64% of Malay households have a computer in their midst – lowest figure among all the ethnic groups who all score above 70% in computer ownership. The same goes with Internet subscription figures. They score the lowest in this aspect too, with only 44% of Malay households connected.
What do these figures mean to you?
The figures tell a paltry story about our Malays indeed. They have been highlighted in such a way not so I can demean my own people, but I think these issues have gotten very little mention by our leaders and our media.
There is a fundamental flaw with the way Malays are spending money and the effects will be staggering for our children and our future. The numbers are slowly coming out one by one and it tells a story of debt, falling wages and a very mediocre future. Sadly, people are more comfortable sweeping these truths under the rug as unspoken numbers.
http://muhammad-ridzwan.blogspot.com/2007/10/unspoken-numbers.html
Recently I picked up a booklet titled “Progress of the Malay Community in Singapore since 1980” from the library. It’s been recently published by MCYS to document several milestones that the community has made.
Undeniably, there have been several improvements with Singapore’s Muslim community. Drug abuse may still be a bane, but at least we’re not the number one problem race anymore. More of our children are attending school and dropouts have reduced considerably.
As expected though, several disturbing trends still remain. Divorce rates are increasing alarmingly and the number of teenage pregnancy cases continues to be a persistent challenge for the community.
However, other several riveting trends have NOT been highlighted by the publication. While browsing through the statistics, I picked up a handful of note-worthy figures that we need to pay attention to. These unspoken numbers need special mention for they tell a dreary tale of things to come for the Malay community.
The booklet is quoted as saying that Malay households “are doing better financially”. Median monthly household income has more than tripled from below $800 in 1980 to $3,100 in 2005.
Is this something that Malays should be proud of? Think again. A three-fold increase in income over a period of 25 years may seem impressive. But look at the numbers when presented in graphical format.
We are actually falling behind the other races – by a very wide margin.
In 1980, the Median income of virtually all households in Singapore - be it Chinese, Malay and Indian - were almost alike. The Chinese may earn slightly more, but the disparity between the races was not so obvious.
However come 1995 onwards, the Indians and Chinese seem to have raced ahead in median household income, leaving the Malays biting the dust. The disparity is even more pronounced in 2005. This rising income gap seemed to have crippled the Malays in a perpetual last placing. It looks to be a long time more before the race in household income evens out. Meanwhile, Malays remain the country’s poorest people.
But wait, it gets more interesting. Being the poorest in the land, surely you would expect the Malays to be more prudent with their money?
No.
If you flip to the Specific Consumer Durables Chart, it will tell you that Malays make up the nation’s second highest number of car owners percentage wise, behind the Chinese. According to latest statistics, 23% of Malay households today are having a car. Even the Indians, who earn much more than us, do not lay claim to this title. I suspect the number of Malay car owners is much higher now with the recent spate of frenzy car buying among the community.
The Malays sure do enjoy their entertainment too, and will spare no cash in its pursuit of it. They are the most dominant owner of VCD and DVD players in the country. 87% of Malay households here own these devices, as compared to 83% for the Chinese and 81% for the Indians.
Cable TV subscription looks to be a hit with Malay families also, with 36% of Malay households having subscribed to it, surpassing numbers for the Chinese households who have only got 32% of their population on cable.
Unfortunately, Malays do not spend the same fervor for education.
Despite the extravagance in matters like cars and DVD players, Malay parents have seemed to take learning pretty lightly. Only 64% of Malay households have a computer in their midst – lowest figure among all the ethnic groups who all score above 70% in computer ownership. The same goes with Internet subscription figures. They score the lowest in this aspect too, with only 44% of Malay households connected.
What do these figures mean to you?
The figures tell a paltry story about our Malays indeed. They have been highlighted in such a way not so I can demean my own people, but I think these issues have gotten very little mention by our leaders and our media.
There is a fundamental flaw with the way Malays are spending money and the effects will be staggering for our children and our future. The numbers are slowly coming out one by one and it tells a story of debt, falling wages and a very mediocre future. Sadly, people are more comfortable sweeping these truths under the rug as unspoken numbers.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Statistics Don't Lie.... See it for Yourself...
Singapore Malays' Education Hard Facts
As to date, we have some 4.4 million Singaporeans in population and the breakdown in ethnicity is:
- Chinese 76.8%
- Malay 13.9%
- Indian 7.9%
- other 1.4%
S'pore Malays 'O' Levels (5 Credits) Performance:
National = 73%
Malays = 59%
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S'pore Malays Sat for 'A' Levels = only 4.6 % (compared to Malay Population of 13.9%)
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As to date, we have some 4.4 million Singaporeans in population and the breakdown in ethnicity is:
- Chinese 76.8%
- Malay 13.9%
- Indian 7.9%
- other 1.4%
S'pore Malays 'O' Levels (5 Credits) Performance:
National = 73%
Malays = 59%
S'pore Malays Sat for 'A' Levels = only 4.6 % (compared to Malay Population of 13.9%)
S'pore Malays Graduates Statistics are MORE SHOCKING!!!!Ratio:
Malays vs Chinese = 1 : 34
Malays vs Indians = 1 : 5
Malays vs Other Races = 1 : 2
ARE YOU ADDING TO THIS MISERABLE STATISTICS?
If yes, PLEASE UPGRADE YOURSELF!!!
If yes, PLEASE UPGRADE YOURSELF!!!
Apahal Kaum Melayu di Utara kita???
Dipetik dari: http://arahkita.blogspot.com/
Pertahankan hak Melayu – Ketuanan Melayu
Hari ini terma baru lahir – Ketuanan Rakyat dan Ketuanan Rakyat ini tidak sepatutnya dan tidak boleh menggantikan Ketuanan Melayu. Ketuanan Melayu perlu dipertahankan. Salahudin Ayub dari Dewan Pemuda PAS dan Azmin Ali bersetuju secara dasar untuk berbincang mengenai isu mempertahankan hak orang Melayu dengan UMNO.
Justeru itu apakah sebenarnya agenda permuafakatan tersebut? Adakah ini tidak akan menimbulkan kemarahan dari kaum-kaum lain? Kenapa kita tidak boleh bercerita mengenai mempertahankan hak Melayu yang semakin masa semakin terkikis. Adakah tidak benar Melayu dalam Bahaya?
Sememangnya ada kelihatan keuzuran Melayu biarpun di tanah air sendiri. Melayu perlu mempertahankan hak baik dari segi ekonomi mahupun politik. Pertahanan hak ini perlu agar Melayu, bukan menjadi tuan di negara ini tetapi mempunyai kekukuhan kedudukan . Hari ini bukan sahaja ketirisan malah apa yang di genggam baik kuasa politik mahupun ekonomi kini dipegang oleh kaum lain. Pegangan inilah yang pernah kita rujuk sebagai Melayu Dalam Bahaya dan pegangan ini secara kolektif terhakis memungkinkan Ketuanan Cina melampaui Ketuanan Melayu.
Adakah kenyataan itu salah? Adakah kenyataan itu melampau? Takutkan kita pada kenyataan sebenarnya mengenai ketuanan bangsa lain melampaui bangsa kita? Bukankah telah disebarkan statistik mengenai pendapatan purata orang Melayu jatuh di tempat tercorot berbanding dengan Cina dan India. Itu belum dikira pula kemiskinan tegar di kalangan orang Melayu yang melangkau melebihi kaum lain di Malaysia.
Justeru itu apakah sebenarnya agenda permuafakatan tersebut? Adakah ini tidak akan menimbulkan kemarahan dari kaum-kaum lain? Kenapa kita tidak boleh bercerita mengenai mempertahankan hak Melayu yang semakin masa semakin terkikis. Adakah tidak benar Melayu dalam Bahaya?
Sememangnya ada kelihatan keuzuran Melayu biarpun di tanah air sendiri. Melayu perlu mempertahankan hak baik dari segi ekonomi mahupun politik. Pertahanan hak ini perlu agar Melayu, bukan menjadi tuan di negara ini tetapi mempunyai kekukuhan kedudukan . Hari ini bukan sahaja ketirisan malah apa yang di genggam baik kuasa politik mahupun ekonomi kini dipegang oleh kaum lain. Pegangan inilah yang pernah kita rujuk sebagai Melayu Dalam Bahaya dan pegangan ini secara kolektif terhakis memungkinkan Ketuanan Cina melampaui Ketuanan Melayu.
Adakah kenyataan itu salah? Adakah kenyataan itu melampau? Takutkan kita pada kenyataan sebenarnya mengenai ketuanan bangsa lain melampaui bangsa kita? Bukankah telah disebarkan statistik mengenai pendapatan purata orang Melayu jatuh di tempat tercorot berbanding dengan Cina dan India. Itu belum dikira pula kemiskinan tegar di kalangan orang Melayu yang melangkau melebihi kaum lain di Malaysia.
Bukankah kita patut akui bahawa sekiranya keadaan ini berlarutan dan terdapat kepincangan dalam sosiopolitik dan ekonomi negara ini maka kemungkinan-kemungkinan kegusaran antara kaum akan berlaku? Ini adalah fakta berhemah yang pernah di ulas dan mempunyai jelas kebenarannya.
Hari ini kita pula disergah dengan pemilikan bangunan di Malaysia yang kebanyakannya adalah milik kaum lain. Adakah kita masih mahu berselimut untuk tidak menyakitkan hati sesiapa lalu diam membiarkan perkara ini berlaku. Ini adalah “survival” bangsa dan ini hakikat yang memerlukan kita untuk mempertahankan hak agar – BUMI DIPIJAK BUKAN MILIK ORANG.
Ketuanan Rakyat anjuran sesetengah pihak adalah kenyataan politik menjual hak Melayu. Tindakan mahu juga membicarakan ketuanan, terlampau angkuh mahukan kuasa maka ketuanan rakyat dilemparkan untuk mengelirukan sedangkan isu ketuanan rakyat ini bukan satu isu pokok kerana itu adalah asas prinsip demokrasi. Ketuanan Melayu adalah persoalan hak, persoalan kedudukan orang Melayu dan persoalan pembelaan kemiskinan dan ketinggalan orang Melayu. Ini adalah perbicaraan terbuka dengan menilai kedudukan orang Melayu. Ini persoalan bangsa dan bukan persoalan ideologi politik.
Persoalan tersebut tidak memerlukan lagi sinopsis siapa bersalah kerana kesalahan itu melibatkan semua, kepimpinan Melayu dan orang Melayu itu sendiri. Kesalahan ini sudah cukup diketahui dan kemungkinan klimaks kesalahan orang Melayu hari ini adalah ketirisan kuasa yang dipegang.
Hari ini akan terjadi satu petunjuk baru mengenai ketirisan kuasa kerana ketirisan kuasa ini menambah lagi satu lagi bentuk kekurangan untuk orang Melayu. Penghakisan ini amat membimbangkan. Persoalan kesamarataan yang dituntut sebenarnya menghakis hak yang ada. Menuntut ketuanan rakyat kononnya untuk menunjukkan liberalis yang ada sebenarnya mempunyai matlamat tersendiri yang tidak menguntungkan bangsa. Ini perlu di sedarkan agar kita tidak terikut dengan konsep kesamarataan sebagai satu keadilan. Kita perlu menilai di mana Melayu berada dan apa sebenarnya yang perlu dipertahankan sebagai hak Melayu. Kontrak sosial adalah kontrak sepanjang hayat yang perlu kita tegaskan dengan penjelasan konkrit. Isu ketidakadilan tidak timbul dan isu diskriminasi juga tidak timbul dalam kita melalui perkembangan bangsa khususnya dalam soal-soal kebajikan dan pendidikan. Pegagan ekonomi oleh kaum lain menunjukkan diskriminasi yang di katakan wujud hanya satu kesimpulan politik.
Hari ini kita pula disergah dengan pemilikan bangunan di Malaysia yang kebanyakannya adalah milik kaum lain. Adakah kita masih mahu berselimut untuk tidak menyakitkan hati sesiapa lalu diam membiarkan perkara ini berlaku. Ini adalah “survival” bangsa dan ini hakikat yang memerlukan kita untuk mempertahankan hak agar – BUMI DIPIJAK BUKAN MILIK ORANG.
Ketuanan Rakyat anjuran sesetengah pihak adalah kenyataan politik menjual hak Melayu. Tindakan mahu juga membicarakan ketuanan, terlampau angkuh mahukan kuasa maka ketuanan rakyat dilemparkan untuk mengelirukan sedangkan isu ketuanan rakyat ini bukan satu isu pokok kerana itu adalah asas prinsip demokrasi. Ketuanan Melayu adalah persoalan hak, persoalan kedudukan orang Melayu dan persoalan pembelaan kemiskinan dan ketinggalan orang Melayu. Ini adalah perbicaraan terbuka dengan menilai kedudukan orang Melayu. Ini persoalan bangsa dan bukan persoalan ideologi politik.
Persoalan tersebut tidak memerlukan lagi sinopsis siapa bersalah kerana kesalahan itu melibatkan semua, kepimpinan Melayu dan orang Melayu itu sendiri. Kesalahan ini sudah cukup diketahui dan kemungkinan klimaks kesalahan orang Melayu hari ini adalah ketirisan kuasa yang dipegang.
Hari ini akan terjadi satu petunjuk baru mengenai ketirisan kuasa kerana ketirisan kuasa ini menambah lagi satu lagi bentuk kekurangan untuk orang Melayu. Penghakisan ini amat membimbangkan. Persoalan kesamarataan yang dituntut sebenarnya menghakis hak yang ada. Menuntut ketuanan rakyat kononnya untuk menunjukkan liberalis yang ada sebenarnya mempunyai matlamat tersendiri yang tidak menguntungkan bangsa. Ini perlu di sedarkan agar kita tidak terikut dengan konsep kesamarataan sebagai satu keadilan. Kita perlu menilai di mana Melayu berada dan apa sebenarnya yang perlu dipertahankan sebagai hak Melayu. Kontrak sosial adalah kontrak sepanjang hayat yang perlu kita tegaskan dengan penjelasan konkrit. Isu ketidakadilan tidak timbul dan isu diskriminasi juga tidak timbul dalam kita melalui perkembangan bangsa khususnya dalam soal-soal kebajikan dan pendidikan. Pegagan ekonomi oleh kaum lain menunjukkan diskriminasi yang di katakan wujud hanya satu kesimpulan politik.
Ketuanan Rakyat adalah satu justifikasi palsu yang sebenar berhasrat untuk membawa politik idealisme Pakatan Rakyat di terima secara total oleh kaum lain sementara bertindak untuk kekal memecahbelahkan Melayu untuk tujuan memperoleh kuasa. Tindakan ini amat merugikan dan perlu kita sedarkan. Tuduhan berterusan mengenai “salah siapa” tidak seharusnya berpanjangan tetapi memperkasakan rakyat untuk memilih dan memahami perlu dilaksanakan. Tindakan menjual-bangsa untuk kuasa adalah sat pengkhianatan. Ini perlu kita tolak dan sekali lagi penjelasan mereka adalah perlu.
UMNO pada am juga telah melakukan kesalahan. Kesilapan dan sikap prioriti yang salah adalah punca-punca UMNO berada di mana ia berada sekarang ini. Menjaga kepentingan sekelompok tertentu menjadikan kredibiliti UMNO tergugat dan unsur-unsur kompromi melampau untuk memegang kepimpinan dalam UMNO melukakan UMNO dari aspek demokrasi. Ini adalah punca pengasingan Melayu baru terhadap UMNO tetapi kewujudan UMNO sebagai simbol kekuatan Melayu perlu ada sungguhpun sudah terhakis.
UMNO memang perlu berubah dan perubahan itu tidak akan menarik legasi lama untuk singgah semula dalam masa terdekat. Banyak usaha perlu diambil khususnya untuk menaturalisasikan konon-konon kepentingan meninggalkan ketuanan Melayu dan mendukung Ketuanan Rakyat. Soalan Melayu perlu ditangani dan soal meningkatkan martabat Melayu perlu menjadi prioriti semua Melayu.
Kita perlu pegang perjuangan Ketuanan Melayu – memperjuangkan hak dan mempertahankan apa yang ada dan menuntut apa yang tiris kembali. Apa salah perjuangan ini?
Extracted from Ridzwan.com
Fixation for Installments
Boy: I went to a friend's place in the evening. He has a big radiogram!
Boy: It would be fun if we were to have a radiogram... We could listen to a lot of records!
Father: Radiograms are expensive. We can't afford it.
Yes, those were the days indeed.
The cartoon above is taken from Town Boy
, a nostalgic work about life in the 50s by acclaimed Malaysian cartoonist Lat. I decided to immortalise it here for it reminds me of a scene we seldom see today. A scene long ago when Malay men were noble heads of the household who did not expose their families to debt and installments.If this cartoon were to depict the life of a typical Malay family today, it would have most probably ended with the dad taking out an installment plan on that radiogram.
Yes, there has been plenty of jokes about Malays and installments.
There were rumours going around not too long ago that salespeople at furniture and appliance shops were instructed to hide price tags whenever they see a Malay customer walking in. They were told to display an installment plan instead.
At first I thought that this was just another one of those tales to beguile the Malay community. Such a policy of displaying installment plans for Malays, but normal prices for other races would be downright discrimination. Surely this humiliating story is nothing but just a rumour?
Well guess what.
All ads taken from Berita Harian and Straits Times, 2nd March 2008
Examine the prices on these ads carefully. One set is taken from a Malay paper while the exact same ads, with exactly the same products, are taken from an English paper.
The Installment Culture
Taking up loans is now such a way of life for the Malay community that even businesses are realising this disconcerting anomaly and have catered their marketing messages accordingly.
I'm not sure about you, but I find the situation above extremely humiliating. No one can deny that the habit is spreading like cancer in the Malay community. From cars, to furniture, to jewellery and even wedding expenses. Installments are now the norm rather than the exception. And some are even very proud of it.
Flip the Malay paper today and you will find numerous advertisements for $1-deposit cars, buy-now-pay-later gold bracelets and $12-a-month mobile phones. Amusingly, there is also a letter in the forum pages by one Osman Ibrahim who is suggesting that the Government implement an installment plan for the lost Identity Card fee.
Indeed the signs are clear for those who wish to see.
The Storm Ahead
A community heavily laden with debt is a community at the edge of trouble. Being surrounded by loans and installments increases your chances of being a financial delinquent. All it takes is just one emergency or an unforeseen circumstance such as an accident, retrenchment or disease before your whole world comes crashing down. Things may look rosy today, but many in the Malay community has never thought about the weather tomorrow when taking on that car loan.
And it does not take a genius to tell you that being a financial delinquent would mean being a liability to society. A breadwinner struggling to settle the compoundingly mounting debts around him would most likely not be able to fulfill his family's financial obligations.
Marriages have been torn apart and families have been broken due to financial delinquencies. In a community facing a host of social problems, financial delinquents are just adding on to the statistics. The future is a scary thought indeed. Sadly many do not see this yet.
Action Now
Stay out of debt and spread this message. This culture of taking out installments for things that we cannot yet afford has to stop. Double-standard advertisements is the clearest sign yet that this fixation for installments is a plague that our community has to overcome. There is nothing honourable in owning something you have not yet paid for - be it a $60,000 car, a $16,000 grand wedding or a $600 bracelet.
It is much more noble to live within you means, than to live a life of debt.
Let us face THE TRUTH...
Written By Policy Unit, Yayasan MENDAKI
Stretching Personal Limits
Introduction
- As technological changes evolve at bullet speed, labour authorities across the world play catch-up trying to tailor the current profile of workers to that required for upcoming vocations and fields. The employability issue, therein lies, a race against time.
Issue
- In 2009, MOM forecasts that the Singapore economy can only accommodate 45%1 of workers without post-secondary education. Based on Census 2000, 75% of the Malay workforce possesses secondary education or below. This is higher than the national average of 60% in 2002. This means that an approximate 30% of Malay workers may be displaced in 5 years’ time, which translates to a figure of about 78,000 workers.
- As at 2004, 75% of Malay P1 cohort attained post-secondary education, leaving the remaining quarter at-risk. The young entrants to the workforce run the risk of losing out in the job scene, having no marketable skills or qualifications to offer. If this trend continues, we can expect a higher number of such unskilled workforce in our community in the coming years. This will have an impact on the community’s development and progress.
Emergent trends
- Singapore’s economy made a resounding leap of GDP 5.2%2 in Q2 this year from a modest 2.4%3 in the first quarter. The impressive growth augurs promising annual growth, as indicated by regional economists. In line with the economic surge, jobs created stood at 45,5001 in the first six months.
- The unemployment rate in Q2, however, remains high, rising at 1% from Q1, to arrive at 3.4%4. Although the increase may be minimal, the rise in unemployment is an issue of concern as Malay workers form the predominant group amongst the unemployed. In January 2005, Panasonic retrenched 200 workers and Malay workers comprised almost 45%5 of the total number. Malay workers were also over-represented at the retrenchment exercises by HDB and URA in May, whereby about 500 workers lost their jobs. In line with the weakening electronics industry worldwide, the withdrawal of jobs from the Singapore labour market by Maxtor, Sanyo and Hewlett Packard also pose a gloomy outlook for Malay workers, specifically those with low education.
- Studies have shown that occupational half-life has declined from between 7 to 14 years previously to between 3 to 5 years now.6 Rapid changes in the job market and technological advancement will cause the obsolescence of information to take effect at accelerating speeds. This will necessitate training for virtually every worker.
- In February 2005, it was reported7 that only 20% of Malay workers were keen to take up the Skills Redevelopment Programme (SRP). This is far from encouraging, considering 4 out of every 10 workers retrenched are Malays. Newly created jobs, including non-administrative positions churned from the Jobs Re-creation Programme8, require workers who are skilled, so as to substantiate the minimum $1000 wage. Thus, Malay workers are left with no other option but to position skills training as central priority and imbibe life-long learning for life-long employability.
- Based on a survey conducted on job-seekers at CareerLink Centres, reasons quoted for not pursuing training were - no time to attend, no one to baby-sit children, no money for transport, language barrier and just not interested. Two issues compounding the inertia towards retraining are possibly ignorance of structural changes and the lack of optimism or drive to brave the odds.
Intervention programmes
- In support of the Employability Network, SENSE, a co-operative under Yayasan MENDAKI, embarked on the Skills Training Campaign ‘Kalau Hendak Seribu Daya’ in August 2005. The objective of the campaign is to create awareness on the importance of skills training to workers within the Malay/Muslim community. Over 90 courses, highly subsidised up to 90%, would be marketed at the campaign.
- The Career Rejuvenation Programme by SENSE is designed to assist retrenched workers to re-enter the labour market. The programme is conducted in collaboration with companies involved in the retrenchment exercises. A Training Needs Assessment is conducted to identify areas of skills training required by each participant.
What more can be done to help the Malay/Muslim community?
- Reports show that our Malay workers are reluctant to attend skills training. What more can be done to encourage our Malay workers to upgrade their skills and imbibe life long learning for life long employability?
1 Source : Speech - Committee of Supply : Responses by Minister of Manpower, Dr Ng Eng Hen to Member of Parliament on Manpower Challenges to Shortage of Workers, 18 March 2004, www.mom.gov.sg
2 Source : 4% growth in first 6 months - Straits Times, 9 August 2005
3 Source : Weak 2.4% Q1 growth puts year’s target at risk - Business Times, 12 April 2005
4 Source : Employment Situation Report in Second Quarter 2005, MOM
5 Source : ‘Pekerja Melayu masih berat ikuti latihan semula’ - Berita Harian 25 February 2005
6 Source: Hiemstra, Roger - Lifelong Learning: An Exploration of Adult and Continuing Education within a Setting of Lifelong Learning Needs; Chapter One. ‘Occupational half-life is based on the assumption that enough new developments, techniques, and/or knowledge evolve in a short period of time, say 5-15 years, so that a person becomes roughly half as competent to do the job for which his or her initial training was intended. Consequently, adults frequently must turn to learning activities in and out of workplace just to maintain or regain competence’.
7 Source: ‘Pekerja Melayu masih berat ikuti latihan semula’ - Berita Harian 25 February 2005
8 In March 2005, the government launched the Job Recreation Programme (JRP) and identified 12 domestic sectors8 for replication of the successful working model in the environment sector. This programme aimed at converting 10,000 jobs into more attractive and better paying positions within 12 to 18 months through incorporation of greater mechanisation, work scope enlargement, flexible hours and performance-based contracts.
The New Malay Dilemma - by Dr Mahathir Mohamad
http://chser.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-malay-dilemma-by-dr-mahathir.html
By former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on
Malays remaining behind others despite privileges.
The Malays are among the few people whose race is legally defined. Thus, the Malaysian Constitution states that a Malay is one who habitually speaks Malay, professes the religion of Islam and practises Malay customs. There is nothing said about the definitive culture of the Malays. It follows that changes in culture do not make a Malay person a non-Malay.
Culture is made up largely of the value systems accepted, even if not actually practiced by a people or a race. Observations have shown that the culture of a people determines whether they are successful or they fail...
Europeans, Asians, Africans and American Indians can all be successful and can all fail. It is, therefore, not the race or ethnicity which determines success. It is the culture.
When I wrote The Malay Dilemma in the late 60s, I had assumed that all the Malays lacked the opportunities to develop and become successful. They lacked opportunities for educating themselves, opportunities to earn enough to go into business, opportunities to train in the required vocation, opportunities to obtain the necessary funding, licences and premises. If these opportunities could be made available to them, then they would succeed...
But today, the attitude has changed. Getting scholarships and places in the universities at home and abroad is considered a matter of right and is not valued any more. Indeed, those who get these educational opportunities for some unknown reason seem to dislike the very people who created these opportunities. Worse still, they don't seem to appreciate the opportunities that they get.
They become more interested in other things, politics in particular, to the detriment of their studies. In business, the vast majority regarded the opportunities given them as something to be exploited for the quickest return...
They learn nothing about business and become even less capable at doing business and earning an income from their activities. They become mere sleeping partners and at times not even that. Having sold, they no longer have anything to do with the business. They would go to the government for more licences, permits, shares, etc...
Why has this thing happened? The answer lies in the culture of the Malays. They are laid-back and prone to take the easy way out. And the easy way out is to sell off whatever they get and ask for more. This is their culture.
Working hard, taking risks and being patient is not a part of their culture. It should be remembered that in the past the Malays were not prepared to take up the jobs created by the colonial powers in their effort to exploit the country. Because the Malays were not prepared to work in rubber estates and the mines, the Indians and Chinese were brought in. At one time, the migrants outnumbered the Malays. Had they continued to outnumber the Malays, independent Malaya would be like independent Singapore.
But the Malays have apparently learnt nothing from the near loss of their country in the past. Today, they are still unwilling to work and foreign workers are again flooding the country. And because they are not equipping themselves with the necessary education and skills, they have continued to depend on others.
Their political dominance will protect them for a time. But that dominance is fading very fast as they quarrel among themselves and breaks up into small ineffective groups. Their numerical superiority means less today than at the time of independence. ..
The Malays, together with the other Bumiputeras, make up 60 per cent of the country's population. But in terms of their political clout, it is now much less than 60 per cent. They are now more dependent on non-Malay support, both the government party and the opposition.
Economically, of course, they have less than half the 30-per-cent share that has been allocated to them. If we discount the non-Malay contribution to the nation's economy, Malaysia would be not much better than some of the African developing countries.
To succeed, the Malays must change their culture. They must look towards work as a reward in itself. They must regard what they achieve through work as the true reward. There should be some financial reward but this must not outweigh the satisfaction obtained from the result of their work...
Changing culture is far more difficult than changing the policies of government. It is easy enough to propose affirmative action but it is not easy to implement it. The recipients must have the right attitude if the results are going to be obtained...
Unfortunately, their view is that their crutches are symbols of their superior status in the country. The sad thing is that they are not even using the crutches properly. As a result, they gain nothing or very little from the availability of these aids...
So what is the new Malay dilemma? Their old dilemma was whether they should distort the picture a little in order to help themselves.
The new dilemma is whether they should or should not do away with the crutches that they have got used to, which in fact they have become proud of.
There is a minority of Malays who are confident enough to think of doing away with the crutches, albeit gradually. But they are a very small minority. Their numbers are not going to increase any time soon. They are generally regarded as traitors to the Malay race...
There will be a host of protests over this generalisation about Malay attitudes. We read almost every day about blind Malay people and other handicapped Malays graduating with university degrees or driving cars or doing all kinds of work.
This does not prove that the generalisation that I make is wrong. These are exceptions. They only prove that if the right attitude or culture is adopted, even the handicapped can succeed.
The dilemma faced by those few who want to build a strong, resilient and independent Malay race without crutches is that they are most likely to end up becoming unpopular and losing the ability to influence the changes in the culture and the value system which are necessary.
It seems that they should not try and yet they know that without the cultural changes, the Malays are going to fail.
By Mahathir Mohamad
By former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on
Malays remaining behind others despite privileges.
The Malays are among the few people whose race is legally defined. Thus, the Malaysian Constitution states that a Malay is one who habitually speaks Malay, professes the religion of Islam and practises Malay customs. There is nothing said about the definitive culture of the Malays. It follows that changes in culture do not make a Malay person a non-Malay.
Culture is made up largely of the value systems accepted, even if not actually practiced by a people or a race. Observations have shown that the culture of a people determines whether they are successful or they fail...
Europeans, Asians, Africans and American Indians can all be successful and can all fail. It is, therefore, not the race or ethnicity which determines success. It is the culture.
When I wrote The Malay Dilemma in the late 60s, I had assumed that all the Malays lacked the opportunities to develop and become successful. They lacked opportunities for educating themselves, opportunities to earn enough to go into business, opportunities to train in the required vocation, opportunities to obtain the necessary funding, licences and premises. If these opportunities could be made available to them, then they would succeed...
But today, the attitude has changed. Getting scholarships and places in the universities at home and abroad is considered a matter of right and is not valued any more. Indeed, those who get these educational opportunities for some unknown reason seem to dislike the very people who created these opportunities. Worse still, they don't seem to appreciate the opportunities that they get.
They become more interested in other things, politics in particular, to the detriment of their studies. In business, the vast majority regarded the opportunities given them as something to be exploited for the quickest return...
They learn nothing about business and become even less capable at doing business and earning an income from their activities. They become mere sleeping partners and at times not even that. Having sold, they no longer have anything to do with the business. They would go to the government for more licences, permits, shares, etc...
Why has this thing happened? The answer lies in the culture of the Malays. They are laid-back and prone to take the easy way out. And the easy way out is to sell off whatever they get and ask for more. This is their culture.
Working hard, taking risks and being patient is not a part of their culture. It should be remembered that in the past the Malays were not prepared to take up the jobs created by the colonial powers in their effort to exploit the country. Because the Malays were not prepared to work in rubber estates and the mines, the Indians and Chinese were brought in. At one time, the migrants outnumbered the Malays. Had they continued to outnumber the Malays, independent Malaya would be like independent Singapore.
But the Malays have apparently learnt nothing from the near loss of their country in the past. Today, they are still unwilling to work and foreign workers are again flooding the country. And because they are not equipping themselves with the necessary education and skills, they have continued to depend on others.
Their political dominance will protect them for a time. But that dominance is fading very fast as they quarrel among themselves and breaks up into small ineffective groups. Their numerical superiority means less today than at the time of independence. ..
The Malays, together with the other Bumiputeras, make up 60 per cent of the country's population. But in terms of their political clout, it is now much less than 60 per cent. They are now more dependent on non-Malay support, both the government party and the opposition.
Economically, of course, they have less than half the 30-per-cent share that has been allocated to them. If we discount the non-Malay contribution to the nation's economy, Malaysia would be not much better than some of the African developing countries.
To succeed, the Malays must change their culture. They must look towards work as a reward in itself. They must regard what they achieve through work as the true reward. There should be some financial reward but this must not outweigh the satisfaction obtained from the result of their work...
Changing culture is far more difficult than changing the policies of government. It is easy enough to propose affirmative action but it is not easy to implement it. The recipients must have the right attitude if the results are going to be obtained...
Unfortunately, their view is that their crutches are symbols of their superior status in the country. The sad thing is that they are not even using the crutches properly. As a result, they gain nothing or very little from the availability of these aids...
So what is the new Malay dilemma? Their old dilemma was whether they should distort the picture a little in order to help themselves.
The new dilemma is whether they should or should not do away with the crutches that they have got used to, which in fact they have become proud of.
There is a minority of Malays who are confident enough to think of doing away with the crutches, albeit gradually. But they are a very small minority. Their numbers are not going to increase any time soon. They are generally regarded as traitors to the Malay race...
There will be a host of protests over this generalisation about Malay attitudes. We read almost every day about blind Malay people and other handicapped Malays graduating with university degrees or driving cars or doing all kinds of work.
This does not prove that the generalisation that I make is wrong. These are exceptions. They only prove that if the right attitude or culture is adopted, even the handicapped can succeed.
The dilemma faced by those few who want to build a strong, resilient and independent Malay race without crutches is that they are most likely to end up becoming unpopular and losing the ability to influence the changes in the culture and the value system which are necessary.
It seems that they should not try and yet they know that without the cultural changes, the Malays are going to fail.
By Mahathir Mohamad
A letter from a disgruntled Singaporean on the influx of foreign workers into Singapore
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/01/letter-from-disgruntled-singaporean-on.html
Monday, January 21, 2008
Sir,
The government's claim that foreign workers benefit Singapore is largely not true. Their benefit if any is far outweighed by the damage done to Singapore and Singaporeans. Ironically they robbed Sporean of their jobs.These Malaysian unlike the Bangla or Indian workers don't spend in Singapore as expected.They brought their lunches and cigarettes from Malaysia ,ride a Honda Cub and take home to Malaysia thousands of Singapore dollars.
I knows of two Malay brothers in Johor residing at 21 Banang 4,Taman Bukit Tiram Johor and 19 Banang 4 Taman Bukit Tiram. Both ride a motorcycle to work and gets all the overseas assignment and we the poor Singaporean aren't given the jobs. This two brothers aren't spending much in Singapore and not interested to be a PR .Their jobs is not that we Singaporean can't or cannot do,they have everything from a terrace houses in Johor to a Kompressor Merc and what we Singaporean have, except bills and NS for our children to protect this foreigners and to work until we drop dead
Singaporean the miserable lots pays are pegged to Singapore high standard of living,where an average household pay $200 for electric and water bill and expensive education system and by the end of the month is left with nothing. Singaporean ends up the fool and the Malaysian the winner and benefited from Singapore economy .
We can take it with stride if the job foreigners are doing are jobs that we can't do or incapable of doing. But sadly we Singaporean are deprived of jobs that we can do and capable of doing. So where our expensive education system helps us when Malaysian education which is of lower standard is given priority over us?
I can't grasp Spore labour policy,here we Sporean are running out job and ironically its given to foreigner in a silver platter,we bear the brunt of protecting this foreigner interest.
As the Malay saying "beruk di hutan di susukan anak di rumah mati ta makan" which means "you feed the monkey in the jungle yet your children starve at home"
Signed
A disgruntled Singaporean
Friday, April 18, 2008
How Much Diploma Holders Earn Nowadays???
Median Gross Monthly Income for Diploma Holders (2008)
- Age group 25-29: $2,170 (males $2,170)
- Age group 30-39: $3,060 (males $3,250)
- Age group 40-49: $4,000 (males $4,330)
- Age group 50-59: $4,330 (males $4,500)
- Age 60 & above: $3,930 (males $3,250)
These salaries are REALLY NOT MUCH with cost of everything under the SUN rising!!!
So those without a Diploma, please for your own sake, do it part-time. By 1 year, you will get your diploma...EASY!!!
All employers are now looking for only Diploma Holders and above! Below than Diploma, these jobs are now meant for Foreigners....not for us Singaporeans / PRs...
Good News is that nowadays, you don't even need to cough up cash upfront to get the Diploma.... and they even give you a free laptop!!!
If you don't know how, just email me: fundblog@gmail.com
So those without a Diploma, please for your own sake, do it part-time. By 1 year, you will get your diploma...EASY!!!
All employers are now looking for only Diploma Holders and above! Below than Diploma, these jobs are now meant for Foreigners....not for us Singaporeans / PRs...
Good News is that nowadays, you don't even need to cough up cash upfront to get the Diploma.... and they even give you a free laptop!!!
If you don't know how, just email me: fundblog@gmail.com
Diploma is In-Demand compared to GCE 'O" Levels
Diploma is In-Demand compared to GCE 'O" Levels.
Don't believe just look below - the simple search I did this morning at Recruit.Net
Don't believe just look below - the simple search I did this morning at Recruit.Net
Diploma = 14725
GCE 'O' Levels = 2058
Do yourself a favor.....Get a Diploma for More Pay & Better Post.....
This is critical with the influx of foreigners coming over..to take your jobs
What scary is that they will also upgrade and subsequently earn a diploma
So, who wants to be FIRST???
This is critical with the influx of foreigners coming over..to take your jobs
What scary is that they will also upgrade and subsequently earn a diploma
So, who wants to be FIRST???
Can your Increment beat Inflation?
Extracted from: http://www.salary.sg/
Channelnewsasia.com previously reported that “Singapore’s annual inflation rate hit a 25-year high of 6.6 percent in January (2008)…” and that was according to official data from Department of Statistics (DOS).
I checked the recently released DOS figures for February 2008. The inflation rate was 6.5%. Contributing the most to the still very high figure are housing (8.8%), transport & communication (7.6%) and food (6.7%).
The price of rice is also set to rise. And rise fast, perhaps. Maybe that’s why the government has repeatedly assured us that there is enough stock for all. “3 months at least,” I heard a Minister of State say on TV.
The message is: we should not hoard rice, to avoid artificially inflating the price.
But the repeated assurances seem to make some people buy more rice!
ST reported that “Checks at supermarkets yesterday (i.e. April 3) showed that many people were not yet heeding the advice to stay calm and were buying more than usual.” Also, check out these comments at StraitsTimes.com.
I then looked at the earnings growth reported in the Labour Market Report from MOM. Nominal earnings grew by 6.2% in 2007. After adjusting for inflation, the real earnings growth was 4.0%.
I’m not exactly sure how the adjustment works. But I hope it means that even with the highest inflation in years, we’re generally still making enough to get by…
Was your salary increment sufficient to overcome inflation?
2008 - Wages in Singapore. How much are you really worth?
WAGES ARE LISTED IN SINGAPORE DOLLARS
Extracted from: http://www.warrenssingapore.com/wages_in_singapore.htm
Aerospace
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER
Basic: $2,540 - 3,492
Gross: $3,294 - 5,166
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER TECHNICIAN
Basic: $1,800 - 2,316
Gross: $2,345 - 3,577
INDUSTRIAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT ENGINEER
Basic: $4,234 - 7,260
Gross: $4,528 - 7,410
LICENSED AIRCRAFT ENGINEER
Basic: $1,735 - 4,140
Gross: $2,500 – 5000
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Basic: $1,663 - 2,495
Gross: $2,123 - 3,669
PRODUCTION PLANNER
Basic: $2,022 - 3,245
Gross: $2,565 - 4,077
UALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER
Basic: $4,000 - 6,379
Gross: $4,376 - 6,642
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC
Basic: $1,221 - 1,533
Gross: $1,577 - 2,310
WELDER
Basic: $970 - 1,724
Gross: $1,000 - 2,723
Biomedical
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
BIOCHEMIST
Basic: $2,650 - 3,838
Gross: $2,650 - 3,838
BIOLOGIST
Basic: $2,572 - 2,946
Gross: $3,022 - 3,396
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER
Basic: $3,520 - 4,848
Gross: $3,520 - 4,928
PHARMACIST
Basic: $2,750 - 3,618
Gross: $2,810 - 4,225
PHARMACOLOGIST
Basic: $4,600 - 6,085
Gross: $4,800 - 6,085
PRODUCTION ENGINEER
Basic: $4,990 - 7,086
Gross: $5,213 - 7,881
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Basic: $2,050 - 3,630
Gross: $2,426 - 3,735
QUALITY CONTROL ENGINEER
Basic: $3,670 - 6,518
Gross: $4,073 - 6,518
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
ASSEMBLER
Basic: $910 - 920
Gross: $1,305 - 1,705
QUALITY CHECKER & TESTER
Basic: $780 - 1,406
Gross: $1,129 - 1,736
Chemical
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
CHEMICAL ENGINEER
Basic: $2,873 - 5,216
Gross: $3,285 - 6,390
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Basic: $1,861 - 2,781
Gross: $3,060 - 4,112
CHEMIST
Basic: $2,648 - 5,070
Gross: $3,102 - 5,335
PRODUCTION ENGINEER
Basic: $3,502 - 6,222
Gross: $4,168 - 6,966
PRODUCTION PLANNER
Basic: $2,855 - 5,165
Gross: $3,000 - 5,200
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (Shift Team Leader)
Basic: $2,855 - 5,165
Gross: $3,000 - 5,200
QUALITY CONTROL ENGINEER
Basic: $3,934 - 6,062
Gross: $4,097 - 6,362
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Basic: $4,842 - 7,756
Gross: $4,936 - 8,106
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANT OPERATOR
Basic: $1,100 - 1,765
Gross: $1,657 - 2,778
QUALITY CHECKER & TESTER
Basic: $780 - 1,406
Gross: $1,129 - 1,736
Community and Social Services
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
COUNSELOR
Non-Graduate: $1,400
Graduate: $1,800
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Basic: $2,096 - 2,837
Gross: $2,107 - 2,871
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Basic: $2,200 - 3,047
Gross: $2,200 - 3,093
PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER
Basic: $1,205 - 1,581
Gross: $1,231 - 1,630
PSYCHOLOGIST
Basic: $2,371 - 3,458
Gross: $2,371 - 3,458
SOCIAL WORKER
Basic: $1,360 - 1,735
Gross: $1,990 - 2,750
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL TEACHER
Basic: $1,360 - 1,735
Gross: $1,800 - 2,600
SPEECH THERAPIST
Basic: $2,437 - 3,365
Gross: $2,437 - 3,365
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
HEALTHCARE ATTENDANT / SINGAPOREAN
Basic: $989 - 1,168
Gross: $989 - 1,168
Electronics
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
BUYER
Basic: $1,900 - 3,140
Gross: $2,000 - 3,328
ELECTRICAL/ ELECTRONICS DRAUGHTSMAN
Basic: $1,034 - 2,100
Gross: $1,759 - 2,278
ELECTRONICS ENGINEER
Basic: $3,103 - 4,590
Gross: $3,300 - 4,628
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Basic: $1,722 - 2,220
Gross: $2,336 - 3,197
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Basic: $1,433 - 2,158
Gross: $2,111 - 2,979
PRODUCTION ENGINEER
Basic: $3,377 - 4,805
Gross: $3,378 - 4,998
PRODUCTION PLANNER
Basic: $2,521 - 3,749
Gross: $2,640 - 3,998
QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER
Basic: $4,840 - 7,000
Gross: $5,000 - 7,250
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Basic: $5,625 - 8,336
Gross: $5,690 - 8,638
SALES MANAGER
Basic: $4,212 - 6,078
Gross: $4,350 - 6,300
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
ELECTRICAL/ ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS QUALITY CHECKER & TESTER
Basic: $ 780 - 1,089
Gross: $1,094 - 1,640
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT/ COMPONENT ASSEMBLER
Basic: $ 739 - 1,044
Gross: $1,018 - 1,637
STOREKEEPER
Basic: $1,350 - 1,917
Gross: $1,582 - 2,347
Finance
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
BANK OFFICER
Basic: $2,400 - 3,420
Gross: $2,530 - 3,549
CREDIT ANALYST
Basic: $2,452 - 6,667
Gross: $2,452 - 6,667
FINANCIAL ANALYST
Basic: $3,684 - 9,146
Gross: $4,600 - 14,500
FINANCIAL FUTURES DEALER & BROKER
Basic: $2,600 - 4,350
Gross: $2,773 - 4,625
FUND MANAGER
Basic: $7,500 - 20,417
Gross: $10,477 - 25,327
INSURANCE SALES AGENT & BROKER
Basic: $2,350 - 3,100
Gross: $1,725 - 2,956
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Basic: $4,250 - 7,740
Gross: $4,300 - 7,962
PERSONAL BANKER
Basic: $2,000 - 2,300
Gross: $2,450 - 6,350
PRIVATE BANKER
Basic: (Salary will be dependent on experience)
Gross: (Salary will be dependent on experience)
SECURITIES DEALER & BROKER
Basic: $2,600 - 6,167
Gross: $2,500 - 6,000
CLERICAL POSITIONS
INSURANCE/ UNDERWRITING CLERK
Basic: $1,600 - 2,065
Gross: $1,626 - 2,119
LEDGER & ACCOUNTS CLERK
Basic: $1,650 - 2,246
Gross: $1,700 - 2,547
OFFICE CLERK
Basic: $1,508 - 2,084
Gross: $1,557 - 2,310
Food & beverage
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
EXECUTIVE CHEF
Gross: $8,000 - 14,000
SOUPS CHEF
Gross: $3,000 - 4,000
PASTRY CHEF
Gross: $3,000 - 4,000
RESTAURANT MANAGER
Basic: $1,600 - 2,841
Gross: $1,700 - 2,912
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
CHEF DE PARTIE
Gross: $1,600 - 3,000
CAPTAIN
Basic: $1,600 - 1,919
Gross: $1,613 - 1,962
BARTENDER
Basic: $1,300 - 1,550
Gross: $1,403 - 1,624
WAITER/ WAITRESS
Basic: $ 781- 1,141
Gross: $ 800 - 1,219
COMMIS COOK
Basic: $ 700 - 1,050
Gross: $ 700 - 1,200
Government
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE (MX) (POLICY & STRATEGY, CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT, OR SERVICE DELIVERY)
Starting Salary Range:
$1,737 - 2,410
ACCOUNTANT/ FINANCE & AUDIT EXECUTIVE
Starting Salary Range:
$1,737 - 2,410
INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS EXECUTIVE
Starting Salary Range:
$1,737 - 2,410
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER
Starting Salary Range:
$2,563 - 2,760
SENIOR UNIFORMED SERVICE OFFICER (CIVIL DEFENSE, IMMIGRATIONS & CHECKPOINT, NARCOTICS, POLICE & PRISON OFFICERS')
Starting Salary Range:
$2,180 - 2,630
TEACHER
Starting Salary Range:
$1,630 - 2,939
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT OFFICER
Starting Salary:
$1,580
CORPORATE SUPPORT OFFICER
Starting Salary Range:
$1,008 - 1,218
OPERATION SUPPORT OFFICER
Starting Salary Range:
$818 – 885
JUNIOR UNIFORMED SERVICE OFFICER (CIVIL DEFENSE, IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINT, NARCOTICS, POLICE & PRISON OFFICERS)
Starting Salary Range:
$1,040 - 1,845
Nursing
REGISTERED NURSE
Salary Range:
$1,500 - 4,000
ENROLLED NURSE
Salary Range:
$1,150 - 2,900
HEALTH SCIENCES
PHARMACIST
Salary Range:
$2,400 - 4,500
DIETICIAN & PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONIST
Salary Range:
$2,200 - 4,500
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Salary Range:
$1,700 - 4,500
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Salary Range:
$1,700 - 4,500
SPEECH THERAPIST
Salary Range:
$2,200 - 4,500
DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHER
Salary Range:
$1,700 - 4,500
RADIATION THERAPIST
Salary Range:
$1,700 - 4,150
PROSTHETICS & ORTHODONTIST
Salary Range:
$2,200 - 3,800
PODIATRIST
Salary Range:
$2,200 - 4,150
MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
Salary Range:
$2,000 - 4,500
SUPPORT STAFF
PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT / HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT
Salary Range:
$850 - 1,535
PATIENT SERVICE ASSISTANT / CLINIC ASSISTANT
Salary Range:
$850 - 1,535
HEALTHCARE ATTENDANT
Salary Range:
$750 - 1,175
THERAPY ASSISTANT
Salary Range:
$975 - 1,535
Hotel Industry
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPER
Gross: $2,500 and above
DUTY MANAGER
Basic: $2,400 - 3,632
Gross: $2,700 - 3,964
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
BELL HOP
Gross: $800 - 950
FRONT OFFICE RECEPTIONIST
Basic: $1,135 - 1,600
Gross: $1,339 - 1,700
HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR
Gross: $1,679 - 3,219
Gross: $1,973 - 3,219
HOUSEKEEPING ATTENDANT
Basic: $880 - 1,229
Gross: $1,071 - 1,496
SECURITY OFFICER
Gross: $995 - 1,450
Gross: $1,215 - 1,545
MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN
Basic: $1,200 - 1,744
Gross: $1,294 - 1,753
CONCIERGE
$1500 and above
Infocomm
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Salary* Typical Annual Package: $250,000
MANAGEMENT
INFOCOMM PROJECT MANAGER
Salary Range
Basic: $4,998 - 7,325
Gross: $5,415 - 7,935
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER
Salary* Typical Annual Package: $120,000
EXPERT
NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
Salary* Typical Annual Package: $90,000
SECURITY ANALYST
Salary Range
Basic: $2,900 - 4,505
Gross: $2,950 - 5,270
SPECIALIST (MANAGEMENT)
IT MANAGER
Salary Range
Basic: $5,000 - 8,599
Gross: $5,000 - 8,860
SALES & MARKETING MANAGER
Salary Range
Basic: $3,400 - 7,573
Gross: $3,700 - 7,959
SPECIALIST (TECHNICAL / BUSINESS DOMAIN)
NETWORK DESIGNER
Salary Range
Basic: $2,700 - 5,584
Gross: $2,877 - 5,659
SYSTEM ANALYST
Salary Range
Basic: $2,450 - 4,800
Gross: $2,650 - 4,857
ENTRANT
APPLICATION PROGRAMMER
Salary Range
Basic: $2,000 - 3,500
Gross: $2,120 - 3,750
Marine
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE / DESIGN ENGINEER
Basic: $2,400 - 3,100
Gross: $2,704 - 3,409
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Basic: $2,800 - 5,050
Gross: $3,200 - 5,640
INSTRUMENT ENGINEER
Basic: $2,937 - 6,650
Gross: $3,166 - 6,817
MARINE / MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Basic: $2,550 - 3,405
Gross: $2,550 - 4,111
QUALITY CONTROL ENGINEER
Basic: $2,600 - 4,090
Gross: $2,769 - 4,301
TECHNICIAN - EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
Basic: $1,280 - 2,265
Gross: $1,910 - 2,661
PRODUCTION CRAFTSMEN & RELATED WORKERS
DRAUGHTSMAN
Basic: $1,585 - 2,320
Gross: $1,655 - 2,442
ELECTRICIAN
Basic: $1,100 - 1,400
Gross: $1,260 - 2,372
FOREMAN / SUPERVISOR (Electrical, Hull, Machinery, Painting/ Blasting, Piping/ Welding, Plant & Maintenance, Shipwright)
Basic: $1,600 - 2,500
Gross: $2,050 - 3,136
MACHINERY MECHANIC
Basic: $900 - 1,500
Gross: $1,200 - 2,489
PAINTER / BLASTER
Basic: $900 - 1,557
Gross: $1,200 - 1,557
PIPE FITTER
Basic: $900 - 1,500
Gross: $1,200 - 2,401
WELDER
Basic: $900 - 1,500
Gross: $1,200 - 2,103
Precision Engineering
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
BUYER
Basic: $1,900 - 3,140
Gross: $2,000 - 3,328
MACHINING & TOOLING TECHNICIAN
Basic: $1,695 - 2,747
Gross: $2,142 - 3,447
MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
Basic: $2,470 - 3,029
Gross: $2,650 - 3,500
MANUFACTURING PLANT & PRODUCTION MANAGER
Basic: $3,550 - 5,534
Gross: $3,800 - 5,939
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Basic: $2,500 - 3,300
Gross: $2,655 - 3,676
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Basic: $1,550 - 2,406
Gross: $1,800 - 3,118
QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER
Basic: $3,650 - 5,102
Gross: $3,852 - 5,316
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Basic: $4,742 - 7,971
Gross: $4,892 - 8,575
TOOL / MOULD DESIGNER
Basic: $1,800 - 2,552
Gross: $2,241 - 3,200
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE SETTER-OPERATOR
Basic: $1,500 - 2,042
Gross: $2,016 - 2,974
PRECISION GRINDING MACHINE SETTER-OPERATOR
Basic: $1,291 - 2,080
Gross: $1,823 - 3,457
TOOL & DIE MAKER
Basic: $1,700 - 2,302
Gross: $2,274 - 3,012
Retail
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
BUYER
Basic: $2,015 - 4,000
Gross: $2,310 - 4,899
DISPLAY ARTIST
Basic: $1,300 - 2,360
Gross: $1,338 - 2,308
FLOOR / STORE MANAGER
Basic: $2,500 - 4,060
Gross: $2,695 - 4,249
SALES & MARKETING EXECUTIVE
Basic: $1,813 - 2,572
Gross: $1,902 - 2,713
NON-EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
CASHIER
Basic: $800 - 1,078
Gross: $907 - 1,228
CUSTOMER SERVICE CLERK
Basic: $1,200 - 1,550
Gross: $1,356 - 1,781
SALES SUPERVISOR
Basic: $1,234 - 1,771
Gross: $1,390 - 2,025
SHOP SALES ASSISTANT
Basic: $929 - 1,232
Gross: $1,100 - 1,721
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wanna be SIA Steward / Stewardess?
Wanna be SIA Steward / Stewardess?
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Malaysian Cabin Crew. (Residing in Singapore)
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Malaysian Cabin Crew. (Residing in Singapore)
We will be conducting a recruitment exercise for Cabin Crew in Singapore. If you meet the following standards, we will be pleased to meet you at our walk-in interview.
Requirements
- Singapore or Malaysian citizenship
- Females who are at least 1.58m; Males who are at least 1.65m in height
- Degree/ Diploma
OR - At least 2 GCE ‘A’-level credits and 2 ‘AO’-level credits including General Paper in the GCE ‘A’-level examination
OR - At least 5 GCE ‘O’-level credits including English and working experience
- For Malaysian qualifications at SPM level, at least 5 credits including a minimum grade of B4 in English and working experience is required
- Completed, are exempted from, or are not liable for National Service. Those in the process of completing NS may also apply.
Preference will be given to candidates who are able to speak foreign languages or are experienced in customer service. Interested applicants graduating by October 2008 may also apply.
Training
Our comprehensive 4 months training program will cover topics such as:
- Product Knowledge including Food & Beverage
- Service Procedures
- Passenger Handling
- Deportment & Grooming
- Language & Communication Skills
- Safety Equipment Procedures
- First Aid
On successful completion of training you will commence flying duties.
Remuneration & Service Benefits
A monthly allowance will be provided during training. Upon graduation, you can look forward to a basic salary and various allowances amounting to about $3,500 a month. In addition, there will be an annual wage supplement of one month’s basic salary and profit-sharing bonus. You will also be entitled to free travel to any SIA destination once a year and enjoy discounted travel at other times.
APPLICATION DETAILS
Interested applicants, please download and complete this application form. Please bring the following documents for registration between 9am and 3pm.
- Completed application form
- Passport-sized photograph
- Original(s) of:
a) your birth certificate
b) all educational certificates
c) identity card
Interviews will be conducted on 27 April 2008 at:
Sheraton Towers Singapore Hotel
2nd Level – Ballroom 2
39 Scotts Road
Singapore 228230
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