YOURSAY | ‘Actions speak louder than words and thank you to both of you.’

Cops dive into storm drain to rescue accident victims

JD Lovrenciear: Such humanitarian acts that saw two of our brave men in uniform act fast must not only earn praise but be the benchmark of the entire police force.

Well done, constables Firdaus and Hairi.

Responsible Malaysian: If we have more cops like the two, they will be admired as one of the most respected groups in our society. Salute to you. You can hold your heads high.

Headhunter: Bravo. Going beyond the call of duty. If only the whole police organisation perform like these two officers, Malaysians can sleep easy.

Ipoh Pp: My salute to these two cops, who put their own lives on the line. It’s actions like these that bring the police closer to the rakyat.

Actions speak louder than words and thank you to both of you.

Observing the Nation: Thank you to Constable Firdaus and Constable Hairi. Your act goes out to our hearts.

Such an act is worth being published more often, to give society something positive amidst all the negativity.

Snake-in-the-Grass: Some are born heroes, some learn to be heroes, whilst others are just-happened-to-be-around heroes. Why aren't other Malaysians capable of the same, or even more?

SultanMydin: The police personnel on the ground are generally worthy of praise for their duties they rendered to society, but not those at the top management including the inspector-general of police (IGP). They behave more like politicians.

Wira: I would like to propose that the Penang state government honour the duo for their bravery in the next state honours list.

Mafeeah: Good examples. So can we have more?

Hot dog hullabaloo - getting to the meat of halal certification

Basically: I initially thought the fuss was over the term 'pretzel' as I believe it is both a Jewish term and one related to beer drinking (oops, another furore in the making?). But over the word 'dog'?

Come on, A&W restaurant is practically an institution here of old since the 70s. Where has the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim) been all this while, why didn’t they ban A&W's ‘Coney Dog’? It's been on their menu for decades.

Is Malaysia such a clean and crime-free place that they have to turn to sausages to get some clean-up work done?

Mosquitobrain: Why go gaga over a non-issue like 'hot dogs'? It's only a name. We've been eating them for donkey’s years! Why the hoo-hah now?

If Jakim’s intention is to look for more revenue, by all means, go ahead. But do not disrupt our honest 'cari makan'.

Anonymous #13114320: It is not easy to apply as you might think, based on the general guidelines as listed.

For larger companies with more resources, they would have no problem. The problem lies usually with small and medium industries. These are especially so if you can only afford barely two to three workers to run your business, especially small eateries.

With this limitation, you could hardly afford to gamble employing two Malay workers, who may quit their job as soon as they got their first salary.

Take note, the main requirement is a minimum of two Malays and the firm must submit their identity upon submission. Failure to have two Malays ready on Jakim’s unknown inspection date, and the firm would be immediate disqualified, even if you have all the documents fulfilled.

There are plenty of these eateries in shopping complexes and mostly owned by non-Muslims. They have problems not with documents, but getting Malay workers working on a long-term basis.

The Jakim approval process usually takes half a year plus. So with this in mind, better don’t waste time.

Nil: Do the Jakim guidelines mention international standards, or are they applicable only in Malaysia?

Most people would understand that ‘halal-ness’ applies to food (and food processing) for human consumption or ‘internalisation’, or is there much more?

Goldee: Words are so powerful that a lack of understanding or misunderstanding can turn the world upside down and down upside. Only in Bolehland.

Ex-PJ: Malaysians will be a far happier bunch if they did more social drinking over a teh tarik than worrying about halal food.

They should really focus on haram corruption; a countrywide phenomenon from Kelantan to Sabah and allegedly centred in Putrajaya.

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