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KL's goal: No more hardcore poor in 5 years The government unveils wide-ranging measures to help urban poor, fishermen, farmers, single mums and land settlers Is the sun really rising? It would be foolish to take Japan's recent promising economic growth indicators at face value, but some things really do seem different this time round, despite what cynics say Meritocracy must rule A taboo subject has come out in the open on whether Chinese employers are denying jobs to Muslim applicants. Malays move up academic ladder Dr Yaacob: Community bitten by education bug Separuh yang ditawar kerja baru tolak tawaran Satu tinjaun Yayasan Mendaki mendedahkan bahawa seorang daripada tiga pekerja Melayu yang menganggur berjaya ditawarkan pekerjaan baru tahun lalu tetapi separuh daripada mereka menolaknya. Badan Melayu bersiap perkenal program peningkatan baru Usaha kini sedang giat dijalankan oleh beberapa badan Melayu/lslam setempat untuk memperkenalkan program baru dalam meningkatkan taraf pencapaian masyarakat Melayu/lslam setempat. Perlu ramai relawan jayakan inisiatif Forum Pemimpin Sekumpulan besar sukarelawan mungkin diperlukan bagi membantu menjayakan beberapa inisiatif Forum Pemimpin yang bakal dimulakan tahun depan. Murid Melayu kurang bersiap untuk ke sekolah Satu dalam tiga murid Melayu perlu mengambil Program Sokongan Pembelajaran (LSP) di sekolah rendah. Cabaran bina Melayu Baru perlu gembleng usaha pemimpin, orang ramai Pengumuman 'retreat Forum Pemimpin' di dada akhbar ditunggu kesannya oleh ramai. Para pemimpin masyarakat menaruh harapan akan usaha susulan daripada forum 11 Oktober 2003 itu. 'At risk' Malay students to get mentors Mendaki volunteers will help 300 youths at risk of dropping out of school; about 520 Malay students drop out each year. Fokus aktiviti Ufuk disemak dengan pekerja tumpuan utama Koperatif Ufuk Singapura Berhad (Ufuk) telah menyemak fokus kegiatannya dengan perhatian kini diberikan kepada mengendalikan isu-isu pekerja. Mendaki going all out to boost maths standards A day after the Education Ministry's report card showed Malay pupils falling behind other races in mathematics, Mendaki announced a massive programme to tackle the community's weakest subject. Inisiatif baru bina Masyarakat Cemerlang Beberapa inisiatif baru akan diperkenalkan bagi menerajui usaha melaksanakan pelan strategik bagi membina masyarakat Melayu/lslam Cemerlang. Sistem mentor bagi elak belia dari risiko nakal, keciciran Satu program belia yang melibatkan bimbingan mentor akan dijalankan mulai Januari depan bagi mengurangkan pendedahan golongan belia itu kepada risiko kenakalan remaja dan keciciran. Program tingkat kemahiran matematik Yayasan Mendaki akan melancarkan beberapa program peningkatan kemahiran matematik bagi golongan murid lemah dalam usaha untuk mengekang trend kemerosotan pencapaian mata pelajaran itu. Umat Islam diseru Jadi 'Keluarga Belajar' Keluarga Melayu/lslam perlu terus mengutamakan pembelajaran sehingga ia menjadi sebahagian daripada hidup seharian mereka. Start Muslim 'learning families': Yaacob Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday urged Muslims to make learning an integral part of their lives and to start by nurturing 'learning families'. Jadikan pembelajaran sebahagian daripada kehidupan umat Islam Yaacob: Masyarakat berupaya buat pilihan tepat sesuai dengan masa dan keadaan Laksanakan Pelan Forum Pemimpin Perbincangan Forum Pemimpin telah pun selesai, kini tiba masanya untuk para pemimpin Melayu melaksanakan tindakan susulan yang telah dikenal pasti. Generasi Baru AP Melayu Berkesan Generasi baru Anggota Parlimen (AP) Melayu telah menjalankan tugas yang baik di sebalik cabaran ekonomi yang sukar. 'Bantu' Muslim Dalam Masyarakat Sekular Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis) harus membantu masyarakat Islam di sini mengamalkan agama mereka menurut konteks masyarakat Singapura yang sekular lagi berbilang bangsa dan agama. Media free-for-all? No, our values can't be sacrificed Can Singapore become a global media hub even as it imposes strict rules on how journalists-both foreign and local - report the news? Hanya orang Islam sendiri yang boleh lawan penyelewengan Indoktrinasi tentang jihad yang menjanjikan syurga mewujudkan pengebom nekad Masyarakat bersemangat Masyarakat Melayu/Islam setempat telah mengecapi banyak kemajuan di bawah sistem nilai yang dibentuk oleh Menteri Kanan, Encik Lee Kuan Yew. Nilai jadi inspirasi Nilai-nilai seperti usaha gigih, kejujuran dan kewibawaan adalah warisan penting Menteri Kanan Encik Lee Kuan Yew yang harus dicontohi dan dijadikan iktibar untuk menghadapi cabaran di masa hadapan. Menyorot pengalaman tugas bersama SM Lee Pertama kali Haji Othman Wok bertemu Menteri Kanan, Encik Lee Kuan Yew, ialah semasa beliau bertugas sebagai seorang wartawan di akhbar Utusan Melayu pada 1952. SM ajak rakyat bersatu, hurai masalah bersama Menteri Kanan, Encik Lee Kuan Yew, menggesa rakyat Singapura agar mengekalkan perpaduan mereka walaupun terdapat pergolakan di dunia luar. So close, yet so different Malays here are unlike those in Malaysia. The reason? Different policies Pintar kuasai bahasa Melayu Meskipun asalnya tidak terbiasa dengan bahasa Melayu, Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Encik Lee Hsien Loong, memiliki kepintaran luar biasa dalam menguasai bahasa tersebut. Kepentingan Melayu sentiasa di hati Sifat tegas dan terbuka Encik Lee Kuan Yew dalam menilai kemajuan masyarakat Melayu kadangkala mungkin mengguris perasaan sesetengah orang. Dasar pemerintah tidak dicorak oleh maklum balas saja Mendapatkan maklum balas masyarakat adalah penting bagi pemerintah. Innovations Create Jobs The slow pace of job creation is clearly the most serious political and economic problem in the country today. Hanya di Singapura Tidak ada panik. Majlis tidak terganggu. Dan tidak ada air mata yang menitis.Yang kedengaran adalah tepukan tangan. Berita dunia jauh menyeleweng Gambaran 'Muslim ganas' tidak seimbang dengan keadaan sebenar masyarakat Islam How to help low-wage earners break out of poverty trap Is there an underclass in Singapore? Where racism is 'normal' ... Study finds children of different races are not mixing. Should we be surprised? HP moves networking hardware R&D to S'pore (SINGAPORE) US giant Hewlett-Packard Company is moving its networking hardware R&D from California to Singapore and will invest S$55 million over three years in a new 10,000 sq ft facility here Retrenchment SM Lee says new jobs will come and workers will get better wages when we climb the tech ladder A Malaysian reflects on Singapore's Malays Views on the changes in Singapore's Malay community since separation in 1965 have brought about some reactions. Kejahilan punca salah tanggap terhadap Islam Terdapat lebih satu bilion orang Islam di dunia hari ini. Walaupun Islam itu hanya satu, orang Islam terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum dan mempunyai latar belakang budaya yang berbeza. S'pore reaches out to new horizons with FTA In these uncertain times, the agreement certainly comes under the spotlight of global trade, more so when the Doha round of multilateral trade talks is still stuck in the quagmire. Erti Perubahan di MUIS SELEPAS menyaksikan perubahan di Yayasan Mendaki, bakal berlaku juga perubahan di Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis). A Welfare-to-work study finds no harm to children A major new study has shown that poor children suffer no psychological damage when their mothers move from welfare to work, as millions of women have in recent years. 'Hijrah pemikiran'agar ke hadapan Masyarakat Islam tidak boleh hanya 'terperuk' dalam kegemilangan masa lampau The Reform Islam Needs Reconciling religion and freedom has been the most difficult political task most nations have faced. What Arabs need: an education in modernity Many children are taught the ancient ideology of a triumphant Muslim empire and are not equipped to cope with today's changing world. Disunited and confused, Muslims have lost their way Rather than fighting over interpretations of Islam and working towards heavenly rewards, muslims should aim for economic, military and scientific strength. What Bush should have said after Sept 11 but didn't. The following is a speech that United States President George W. Bush should have given in the immediate aftermath of the Sept 11 attacks, but didn't. Muslim Singapura Punya Kemahuan Corak Jati Diri Watan Dr Yaacob Ibrahim on the Singapore Malay/Muslim Community. Memupuk Rasa Kebersamaan Dalam Masyarakat Majmuk Singapura Extracts of E-Mel Dari Kota Singa by Rudy Herman Sinen. The goal becomes Muslim democracy The article discusses Muslim democracy. Global terror needs local efforts The international community has yet to find an effective response to the source of religious-inspired terrorism. An All American View of Islam A vivacious young teacher in Toledo, Ohio, with an Islamic head scarf, appears in a U.S. government video that will have its first public showing this week on national television in Indonesia. Will U.S. follow Japan downhill? The U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve Board divided over whether to cut interest rates again, worrisome comparisons between the United States and Japan are gaining renewed currency. Against all odds Despite the death of her mother, the imprisonment of her father and poverty, Zahidah Mohamed Naim emerged one of the top scorers in the PSLE last year. Malays deserve support and trust Jemaah Islamiah arrest left an impact on the pluralistic social structure of Singapore. The challenge for progressive Muslims PROGRESSIVE Muslim intellectuals are caught between a rock and a hard place today, says Malaysian academic Farish Ahmad Noor. Let our children experience the joy of multiracialism Mansor Hj Sukaimi was moved by the empathy that Chinese clan leaders showed towards the Malay-Muslim community over the weekend. When religion encroaches into public space in S'pore The proposed guidelines on how Singaporeans of different faiths should interact with one another as yet another attempt by the Government to tell people how to lead their lives. Main peranan jadi The article highlights the growing up story of Mr Mohd Amin, director of Mitra Properties. Beranikah siswazah kita ambil risiko? Jika dulu usahawan hanya memerlukan tulang empat kerat untuk meningkatkan perniagaan, usahawan masa kini memerlukan lebih daripada itu. Pendidikan di persada dunia USUL menjadikan Singapura sebagai 'sekolah global' boleh dianggap satu saranan menarik lagi kreatif. Globalisation still the way forward The declaration by noted London School of Economics professor John Gray that 9/11 heralded the end of the era of globalisation. Al Qaeda replicates, rejuvenates and reorganise Dr Rohan Gunaratna writes about Al Qaeda and its networking. Bane or boon? Article talks about the economic plot that hasn't played out the way Osama wanted. Kesannya ke atas kepaduan sosial, keselamatan dan ekonomi S'pura A year has passed since Sept 11 attack. BH reporter, Suhaimi Mohsen analyses the impact it has on Singapore. How it has affected us:A Malay politician and a Malay technician Moderately Mr Mohd Maidin Packer, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Home Affairs) aired his concerned about the Muslim community that has been tarred by the actions of a few. How it has affected us: A Malay technician and NS-man Fears prove unfounded Technician Jumari Taufig, 29, a police NSman, speaks of his worries on being mobilised after the Sept 11 attacks. Menyingkap Tabir 911 The article unveils the impact of Sept 911 event. Introspection Muslims are returning to sources of Islam to clarify the meaning of their action Terus buru 3 'C' demi perpaduan kaum The 3 'C' with a difference : CC, CCC and IRCC. The US is at war, the rest of the world is not Unlike a year ago, Sept 11 linked most of the world in a shared emotion of horror and sympathy, an emotional and psychological disconnect has developed between the US and the rest. Tradisi Penulisan Dan Pembagunan Masyarakat Islam Rencana ini adalah petikan dari buku Hadijah Rahmat yang bertajuk "Sastera & Manusia Melayu Baru - Kumpulan Esei & Wawancara". Book A date on S-EA's Islam with Karim Raslan Karim Raslan,has come up with his second book-Journeys Through Southeast Asia-Ceritalah2 A history of hatred exploding now For many centuries, Islam was the greatest civilisation on earth - the richest, the most powerful, the most creative in every significant field of human endeavour. The road from Iraq to Singapore How will an attack by the United States on Iraq affect Muslims in Singapore? Pandangan An article by Mohd Pitchay Gani Ma Aziz on Prophet Muhammad as the most influenced role model in the world. UN role crucial in war against terrorism After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the world joined America in expressing grief and outrage. Thinking Aloud Tricky balancing act for Singapore as war looms over Iraq 911 ingatkan peri penting diperkukuh hubungan kaum Hari ini - 11 September - genap setahun serangan pengganas di Amerika Syarikat yang menggemparkan dunia. Pengganas gagal lagakan antara agama Haryani Ismail menjenguk semula perkembangan pasca-911 sempena tahun pertama peringatan peristiwa itu hari ini. The Mathematical Legacy of Islam The article features mathematicians such as Abu Ja'far Mohammed ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi an astronomer to the caliph at Baghdad. Singapore?s Engine of Growth Economic Growth World Competitiveness Highlights of the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2001 The Disk Drive Industry in Singapore Trends and Outlook for the Disk Drive Industry in Singapore.