Seringkali melihat golongan penunggang motosikal memakai jaket dengan
cara yang salah dan tidak kemas, tanpa menyedari kelalaian mereka itu
boleh mengundang maut atau kecelakaan kepada pengguna jalan raya yang
lain.
Sama ada jaket biasa atau pakaian hujan, kedua-duanya perlu dipakai
mengikut cara yang sepatutnya agar tidak meragut nyawa penunggangnya
sendiri di kemudian hari. Seperti yang diceritakan oleh saudara Zairul
Eizam, kejadian yang menimpa arwah pelajar senior sekolahnya masih lagi
terngiang-ngiang di kepala.
TERNGIANG-ngiang sehingga ke hari ini. Kepada para penunggang motosikal, saya mohon bantuan kalian boleh?
Sejak 18 hari kebelakangan ini, saya melihat terdapat 63 penunggang
motosikal memakai baju hujan atau jaket dengan tidak kemas (rujuk
gambar). Saya juga penunggang motosikal seperti kalian. Setiap kali
memanaskan enjin motosikal, kebiasaannya saya akan memakai baju hujan
sebelum saya pakai topi keledar. Ianya disebabkan beberapa perkara:
1.Siap sedia andai kata cuaca hujan
2.Elakkan baju/uniform kerja berbau asap
3. Sejuk, terutamanya keluar awal pagi.
Sepanjang perjalanan saya dari rumah ke tempat kerja dan begitu
sebaliknya mengambil jarak 68 kilometer. Apa yang saya perhatikan, ramai
penunggang motosikal memakai jaket atau baju hujan dengan tidak kemas.
Baik lalu di sebelah mahupun berhenti di lampu isyarat.
Saya faham kalian ingin cepat pergi kerja atau balik ke rumah dan
saya juga faham ajal maut di tangan Tuhan. Tetapi beginilah, teringat
masa saya balik dari sekolah menengah. Heboh mengenai cerita seorang
pelajar senior meninggal dunia akibat dari pemakaian jaket yang tidak
kemas.
Punca kejadian, jaket yang dipakainya mengibas-ngibas lalu tersangkut di sebatang cangkuk kecil pada sebuah lori simen.
Bukan nak cerita kejadian ngeri, tetapi itu kenyataan. Arwah ketika
itu dikatakan mahu memotong lori simen dan tak semena-mena jaketnya
tersangkut pada lori lalu digilis dek lori simen berkenaan. Kejadian itu
masih terngiang-ngiang di kepala saya sehingga ke hari ini.
Saya kongsikan perkarai ni kerana ramai penunggang motosikal yang
rajin celah mecelah. Adakalanya kita tidak perasan akibat pemakaian
jaket yang tidak kemas boleh menyebabkan jaket tersangkut pada cermin
sisi kereta atau handle motosikal.
Di tempat kerja, Alhamdulillah saya berjaya memujuk rakan sepejabat
untuk memakai jaket dengan kemas. Syukur mereka mendengar kata dan
setuju.
Saya juga pernah dua kali menegur penunggang di hentian lampu isyarat. Pertama, di awal pagi dan kedua pada lewat petang.
Situasi pertama begini. Masa itu awal pagi dan saya berhenti di
sebelah motosikal lain. Perlahan-lahan saya beri salam dan lalu saya
katakan begini kepada lelaki berkenaan.
“Bang, minta maaf. Saya mohon abang pakai jaket dengan kemas. Pernah
berlaku di mana senior sekolah saya meninggal dunia sebab jaketnya
tersangkut pada lori simen.”
Terkedu mendengar cerita saya, lelaki itu lantas memakai jaketnya dengan kemas.
Situasi kedua di mana berlaku pada lewat petang ketika dalam
perjalanan pulang dari kerja. Saya juga buat perkara yang sama seperti
situasi pertama. Tetapi pemuda ini memandang saya dari atas bawah dan
matanya memandang tepat ke arah saya. Malah balasan yang saya dapat
adalah,
“Innalillah.”
Lelaki berkenaan terus berlalu pergi tanpa mengambil sebarang
tindakan untuk memperbetulkan jaketnya dan saya melihat sahaja jaketnya
mengibas-ngibas dek angin lalu membawa dirinya.
Saya memohon kepada semua agar kalian yang membaca perkongsian saya
ini faham dengan apa yang saya maksudkan. Semoga kalian dipermudahkan
segala urusan dan tugasan.
Sumber : Katak Pisang
Forex Trading in Singapore
Singapore has a well-established, if not especially long, history as a
solid offshore financial center. For a long time, it has been the
largest Forex trading center by volume in the entire Asia-Pacific region, and according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, it is the third largest such center in the world, after London and New York. It is widely considered to be well regulated, by the Singapore Monetary Authority.
An Independent City-State
A look at Singapore’s history as a nation gives plenty of clues as to
how it arrived at such a strong position. Ruled by Britain as a colony
from 1826 to 1963, and suffering a very harsh Japanese occupation from
1942 to 1945, Singapore gained independence as part of Malaysia in 1963.
A mostly Chinese island a midst a Malay and Muslim majority,
strong political differences led quickly to turmoil, armed intervention
by neighboring Indonesia, political strife, rocketing food prices, and
race riots, culminating in the expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia in
1965. The newly independent nation found itself in a very difficult
position: a small ethnic and religious minority sandwiched between
potentially hostile Indonesia and Malaysia, with massive unemployment, a
serious housing shortage, and a near-total lack of any natural
resources, except its deep-water harbor.
Singapore’s Resource: its People
Singapore’s leader during the final years of its membership of the
Malay Federation, Lee Kuan Yew, was not initially in favor of
independence, but once Singapore was expelled from Malaysia by the rest
of the component states, he set Singapore on a difficult course, albeit
one that was widely accepted as necessary by its long-suffering
population. One of the keystones of Singapore’s long-term prosperity was
its recognition that in the absence of natural resources, its people
and reputation were its prime assets. Singapore invested very heavily in
education, with Prime Minister Yew stating that he wanted “to develop
Singapore’s only available natural resource, its people.” Singapore had
inherited an education system built largely by the British colonial
authorities, but its government and people decided not to tear it up
from the roots and to rebuild from scratch, as some other newly
independent nations did, so Singapore’s educational system enjoyed a
solid foundation from the get-go. Moreover, with bilingualism enshrining
English as a language of instruction, Singapore was well-placed to
attract international business while English became even more entrenched
as the global language of business. Two of the top 75 global
universities are based in Singapore, even though the city-state has a
population of only 5 million.
Singaporean Meritocracy
Another recurring theme within Singapore’s political values system is
meritocracy: anyone with ability and dedication is encouraged to rise
as far as they can within the country’s educational system, thanks to a
program of generous scholarships, which are also available to students
who wish to study at premier institutions of higher education outside
Singapore. Another contribution to the success of Singapore’s education
system is an elevated level of respect for professional teachers and
educators, and in deed as well as word: teachers’ salaries are above the
national median amount. The most talented teachers are promoted
quickly. It is also not an accident that the Singaporean education
system has typically stressed science, technology, engineering and
mathematics as its primary topics, as these are all skills that are in
high demand globally and have helped make the Singaporean workforce one
of the most highly educated in the world.
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