It can't be too good for them. How can it be when a great majority of the Chinese themselves are having it bad. The new Malays are not dumb , are they? The Malaysians don't seem interested in championing their causes and welfare anymore. Where will the Malays be in the near future?
Well their leader within a leadership is imploring them, the Malays to live within their means. He of course is showing a great example by living within his budget of 1.5 million Singapore dollars a year.
A vote for Yacob is a vote for PAO is a vote for Malay progress!
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July 30, 2009
Live within means
THE current recession holds some lessons for Malays, and one they have already taken to heart is the need for training to keep themselves competitive and employable in the job market.
DEBT SPIRAL
'THEY have extended themselves in terms of credit, buying homes beyond their means...there is a downward spiral effect.'
Dr Yaacob Ibrahim
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However, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said there is something else they need to take heed of as well - to exercise prudence in spending money, especially during the upcoming festive season.
He also has this message for the Malay community here: Avoid spending habits that will bear negative consequences for future generations.
Citing examples of families who sold their homes and ended up having to stay with relatives, he said '20 people in a three-room flat' is an environment which 'cannot be conducive for the children's education'. He added: 'There is enough evidence to suggest that the Malay community is overstretched.
'They have extended themselves in terms of credit, buying homes beyond their means...there is a downward spiral effect.'
Dr Yaacob, who is also the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, was speaking at the official opening of the second branch of Mendaki's training arm, Social Enterprise Network Singapore (Sense), at Woodlands Community Club yesterday.
During his speech, he announced that Mendaki Sense saw 5,400 training places filled in the first half of this year, a 13 per cent jump from the same period last year.
This number is already more than half the 10,000 training positions that Mendaki Sense aims to fill this year.
This pro-active attitude towards training, said Dr Yaacob, was one good thing that came out of the downturn.
He added that many who have jobs are now more keen to upgrade themselves to prepare for a worst-case scenario. This group, he said, occupied 80 per cent of the training places taken up during the first half of this year.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times
LEOW SI WAN
Well their leader within a leadership is imploring them, the Malays to live within their means. He of course is showing a great example by living within his budget of 1.5 million Singapore dollars a year.
A vote for Yacob is a vote for PAO is a vote for Malay progress!
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
July 30, 2009
Live within means
THE current recession holds some lessons for Malays, and one they have already taken to heart is the need for training to keep themselves competitive and employable in the job market.
DEBT SPIRAL
'THEY have extended themselves in terms of credit, buying homes beyond their means...there is a downward spiral effect.'
Dr Yaacob Ibrahim
... more
However, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said there is something else they need to take heed of as well - to exercise prudence in spending money, especially during the upcoming festive season.
He also has this message for the Malay community here: Avoid spending habits that will bear negative consequences for future generations.
Citing examples of families who sold their homes and ended up having to stay with relatives, he said '20 people in a three-room flat' is an environment which 'cannot be conducive for the children's education'. He added: 'There is enough evidence to suggest that the Malay community is overstretched.
'They have extended themselves in terms of credit, buying homes beyond their means...there is a downward spiral effect.'
Dr Yaacob, who is also the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, was speaking at the official opening of the second branch of Mendaki's training arm, Social Enterprise Network Singapore (Sense), at Woodlands Community Club yesterday.
During his speech, he announced that Mendaki Sense saw 5,400 training places filled in the first half of this year, a 13 per cent jump from the same period last year.
This number is already more than half the 10,000 training positions that Mendaki Sense aims to fill this year.
This pro-active attitude towards training, said Dr Yaacob, was one good thing that came out of the downturn.
He added that many who have jobs are now more keen to upgrade themselves to prepare for a worst-case scenario. This group, he said, occupied 80 per cent of the training places taken up during the first half of this year.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times
LEOW SI WAN
