A hypocrite of the highest order.
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Remember this. This was the Royal address given by the Crown Prince Tengku Faris which caused a furore in the blog world. I alone received 15 comments a fairly high number considering receiving one or two is great. If Haris Ibrahim is correct then I offer my humble apologies to Tengku Faris. My comments were based on the Malaysiakini report and very rare such reports are incorrect. Would it not have been better the organisers corrected this misconception, immediately it was reported.
You know the Malaysiakini report by Andrew Ong that has it that Tengku Faris had made some rather un-Bangsa Malaysia statements last week?
Well, Lil’ Hummingbird tells me that she heard from the horse’s mouth that the Crown Prince never made those statements.
Apparently, it was written in HRH’s scripted speech by some official, but he re-worked it the night before he was to deliver the keynote address.
I’m also told that whilst he delivered his re-worked speech, the media reps in attendance were given the original text.
So it would seem that the reporters merely extracted from the distributed original text and did not report on what was actually said.
I’ve suggested to Lil’ Hummingbird that she flutter away and hum in the royal ear that royal steps be taken to clear this most unfortunate confusion.
What you read ain’t always what’s said! « The People’s Parliament
I hope Sabariah Abdullah, who as the name implies must be a convert, reply to the following clarifications sought.
Islamic NGOs Disagree To Having Non-muslims Inform Family Before Embracing Islam
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (Bernama) — The Allied Coordinating Committee of Islamic NGOs (ACCIN) does not agree to having non-Muslims inform their family before converting to Islam.
Its chairman, Sabariah Abdullah, said such a move would deny them the right to convert and would be seen as forcing them to inform their family when the situation then would still be inappropriate.
“It should be left to the individuals to decide whether to inform their family or otherwise because it would be difficult for the family to accept the fact and would cause problems to the convert as well as his family,” she told a press conference.
Sabariah said the major problems the convert would face were rejection by the family members, threats to commit suicide or inflict self-injury and fear of isolation by the family.
ACCIN has 16 member organisations, including the Malaysian Muslim Youth Movement (Abim), the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association (Macma), the All-Malaysia Indian Converts Welfare and Missionary Association (Al-Hidayah) and the Malaysian Muslim Welfare Organisation (Perkim).
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in announcing the proposed rule, had said it was meant to avoid problems, especially when the converts died and their family disputed the status of the deceased’s religion.
Abdullah had said those who wanted to convert to Islam must inform their family through a form or letter declaring that their family had been told. He said the idea behind the rule was to recognise the rights of the affected families, especially the spouses.
Islamic NGOs Disagree To Having Non-muslims Inform Family Before Embracing Islam :: Bernama.com
The Education Ministry’s buildings division principal assistant secretary (Technical) Samini Omar is an asset to the civil service. For 4 years he has been waiting for the CIF, and only after the roof collapsing, some other repairs in the same school has been detected, and the industrial workshop is closed. I wonder if he has children and whether he would have considered it safe to send the children to this school. How many more schoold buildings don’t have CIF. we don’t know. Keep it up Samini you are doing a good job.
Roof Collapse School Operating Without CF
MARANG, April 13 (Bernama) — Sekolah Menengah Wakaf Tapai whose hall roof collapsed on Friday does not have a Certificate of Fitness for Occupation (CF) although it has been operating since 2005.
The Education Ministry’s buildings division principal assistant secretary (Technical) Samini Omar said the school, built under the Eighth Malaysia Plan, had to be used because of pressing needs at the time.
“We were issued a temporary CF while waiting for the CF to enable the school to be used because of pressing needs at the time.
“The contractor involved has agreed to undertake the repairs (at the hall) and also some more repairs at other buildings in the school,” he told reporters after making a visit to the school here today.
The roof of the hall, which cost over RM2 million to build, collapsed at 8.30pm on Friday.
However, there were no casualties in the incident.
Samini also said the school’s management had been instructed to stop using its industrial workshop building because its roof also appeared to have structural problems.
Investigations also revealed there were soil movements where the school was built, he said.
However, he said this did not affect the overall safety of the four building structures of the school.
He assured everyone that all necessary steps would be taken to ensure safety would be paramount at the school.
Meanwhile, State Education, Higher Education, Science and Technology and Human Resources Committee chairman Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman asked the ministry to inspect all school halls with the same design in the state to ensure safety of students and teachers in the schools concerned.
According to Abdullah, he still has unfinished business to do before he steps down to allow Najib to take over the helm.
