Revisiting the Vision of “A Graduate in Every Family”
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim “A graduate in every family” – this was a goal proposed during the Third National Convention of Singapore Muslim Professionals in 2012. It has since become a mantra of sorts for Malay/Muslim self-help organisations intending to help...
Navigating the Turbulent Path with Captain Gibbrael Isaak
This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), January 2017, Volume 12, Issue 1 The private aviation industry is facing increased competition and greater challenges such as external security threats and...
Advancing Entrepreneurship: The Role of Malay/Muslim Institutions
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Contrary to what is generally believed, institutional efforts to develop Malay/Muslim entrepreneurship is not a recent phenomenon, buoyed by the current national fervour of promoting and incentivising innovation and value creation, as...
Designed for Success: A Malay/Muslim Fashion Label
This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), July 2016, Volume 11, Issue 2. Introduction It is tough to be in the fashion industry in Singapore. The lack of clientele, contributed in part by a small...
Haji Hashim Bin Haji Abdullah: A Household Name Adapting to Changing Times
This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), July 2016, Volume 11, Issue 2. During our primary school days, my brother and I bought not only our Malay language and religious books but also soccer apparels...
Transforming Passion into Opportunity: Seafood at Your Doorstep
This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), July 2016, Volume 11, Issue 2. One can never go wrong with food in Singapore. With the advent of technologies and a surge in entrepreneurial spirit and online...
The Porous USB: Memory & Cognition
By Nabilah Mohammad Can’t find your keys? Forget what you had for breakfast? Walked into a room and forgot why you went there? You are not alone. Everyone forgets things occasionally. Memory lapses can be frustrating, and most of the time these cognition glitches are...
Re-examining Malay/Muslim Entrepreneurship: Perceptions, Realities and Hopes
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Promotion and advancement of Malay/Muslim entrepreneurship has often been viewed through the business lens. Thus, the solutions proposed have ranged from competence- and productivity-enhancing programmes, such as those offered by the SME...
In the Land of Gold: Place of History in the Commercial and Entrepreneurial Dialogue
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid Introduction The ancient trade history in the Muslim community is often dominated by images of the sand-borne men in their robes and headgears, leading a caravan of camels carrying rolls of rugs and linens, silks and spices strapped onto their...
Risk-Proofing the Family
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid In Singapore, the family is recognised as the bedrock of a society. In line with the country’s family-oriented values, as well as the respective cultural ones, the Malay/Muslim community and its structures are making efforts to safeguard the...
In the Land of Gold: Place of History in the Commercial and Entrepreneurial Dialogue
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid Introduction The ancient trade history in the Muslim community is often dominated by images of the sand-borne men in their robes and headgears, leading a caravan of camels carrying rolls of rugs and linens, silks and spices strapped onto their...
Risk-Proofing the Family
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid In Singapore, the family is recognised as the bedrock of a society. In line with the country’s family-oriented values, as well as the respective cultural ones, the Malay/Muslim community and its structures are making efforts to safeguard the...
Encourage more economically inactive women to seek employment
Amid positive news of income improvement among poorer households, efforts to help mitigate their predicaments should continue with more targeted initiatives. One such initiative worth considering involves ways to encourage economically inactive women among...
Perniagaan Melayu/Islam digalak manfaatkan program pemerintah
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Between Numbers and a Good Place
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results released on 25 November 2015 saw a record of 98.3% of students qualified to advance to secondary school, up by 0.7% from the previous year. However, it is worth noting that the percentage of...
“Pursuit of Knowledge” paparkan pergelutan 8 individu timba ilmu dan kejayaan
11 Ogos 2015 SINGAPURA: Masyarakat Melayu terbukti memiliki daya tahan yang kukuh untuk berjaya. Ini jelas, menerusi penerbitan buku kompilasi "Pursuit of Knowledge", yang memaparkan pergelutan lapan anggota masyarakat dalam mencari ilmu dan kejayaan. Ada yang diduga...
Nurturing the Community’s Success in Sports
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim At the recently-concluded 28th South East Asian (SEA) Games, Team Singapore hauled a record total of 259 medals, of which 84 were gold. It was the Team’s best ever performance in the history of the SEA Games, and a fitting tribute to the...
Re-examining the Debt Problem
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Given the interest in the debt problem in Singapore at the national level, the annual Community in Review (CIR) seminar, organised by the Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA) in collaboration with its parent...
Online Radicalism And The Youth
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Considering the sheer number of Malay/Muslim voluntary welfare organisations and self-help groups, and the events they organise each year, it could be argued that no other community devotes more time and effort at looking into its issues...
Adding Educational Pathways to A Brighter Future?
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim In his National Day Rally 2014 speech delivered on 17 August, Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong touched on two key areas pertinent to the Malay/Muslim community: education and employment. With a relatively young population structure...
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