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BAHASA NEWS
Gambar sekadar hiasan - Sumber foto Harian Metro
KUCHING: Sambutan perayaan pada tahun 2020 ini adalah berlainan. Walau bagaimanapun perayaan-perayaan di Malaysia tidak menghalang rakyat untuk terus mengukuhkan silaturahim dalam kalangan keluarga dan memupuk semangat hormat-menghormati, perpaduan dan kerjasama antara semua kaum yang berbeza kepercayaan agama, budaya dan latar belakang.
Perayaan hari raya, Deepavali dan Krismas diraikan secara sederhana, ia berikutan pelaksanaan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat (PKPB) dalam usaha kerajaan mengekang penularan wabak COVID-19 di negara ini. Kerajaan Malaysia telah melarang perjalanan merentas negeri untuk pulang ke kampung bagi menyambut perayan.
Sekatan-sekatan jalan raya telah diadakan di sempadan-sempadan antara negeri serta di plaza-plaza tol di seluruh negara. Hanya perjalanan antara daerah sahaja yang dibenarkan. Semasa sambutan perayaan, tiada ziarah rumah ke rumah yang dibenarkan. Hanya perkumpulan sesama ahli keluarga sahaja yang dibolehkan dengan mengikut syarat Tatacara Pengendalian Piawai (TPP) yang telah digarispandukan.
Yuhaniss binti Sulaiman, 21 Tahun,
Pelajar UNIMAS.
Gayathiri a/p Ramani, 22 Tahun
Pelajar UNIMAS.
Ivon Bong Wan Jun, 27 Tahun, Guru.
“Sambutan pada tahun ini tidak meriah seperti sambutan raya pada tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Perbezaan raya pada tahun ini adalah tidak dapat menziarahi keluarga besar yang berada di negeri lain,” kata Yuhaniss, 21, salah seorang pelajar dari Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi (FBK) Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).
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Gayathiri a/p Ramani, 22, seorang pelajar FBK, UNIMAS yang menyambut perayaan Deepavali mengatakan bahawa pada kebiasaannya, beliau akan pergi ke tempat beribadat pada awal pagi perayaan Deepavali. Namun, pada tahun ini beliau serta ahli keluarganya tidak berupaya melakukan tradisi tersebut kerana enggan meletakkan diri mereka pada risiko jangkitan COVID-19.
“Krismas pada tahun ini amatlah berbeza. Namun begitu, walaupun tidak dapat mengadakan aktiviti keramaian di gereja, sambutan krismas dapat diraikan di kelompok yang kecil yang dinamakan sebagai “Connect Group”. Ianya merupakan sebuah sambutan kecil-kecilan yang bermakna, walaupun disambut dalam keadaan yang berlainan daripada sebelumnya, makna krismas itu masih dikekalkan.” kata Ivon Bong Wan Jun, 27, seorang guru yang berkongsi pendapat beliau berkenaan sambutan perayaan krismas.
Perasaan semasa meraikan perayaan di norma baharu ini adalah bercampur baur. Ramai yang tidak dapat pulang beraya bersama keluarga menyebabkan suasana perayaan tahun ini amat hambar sekali kemeriahannya.
“Saya berasa sangat sedih kerana tidak dapat berjumpa dengan saudara mara. Duit raya yang diterima juga berkurang,” kata Yuhaniss. Namun berbeza pula dengan Gayathiri. Beliau menyatakan bahawa walaupun tidak dapat melakukan aktiviti menziarah. Beliau gembira kerana dapat meluangkan lebih banyak masa dengan keluarga di rumah. Menurutnya, perayaan kali ini disambut dalam norma baharu mempunyai sudut positifnya, apabila anggota keluarga berpeluang meraikan bersama-sama di rumah.
“Sejujurnya saya berasa positif berkenaan situasi yang kita berada pada ketika ini. Ia memberikan peluang yang besar untuk menjalinkan hubungan dengan lebih akrab lagi dengan komuniti sekitar. Saya berasa gembira kerana dapat menikmati suasana sambutan yang unik ini berbanding dengan sambutan krismas yang biasa diraikan,” kata Ivon.
Oleh itu, sememangnya penting untuk kita mematuhi arahan yang telah dikeluarkan oleh kerajaan untuk memerangi COVID-19 ini.
Sambut Perayaan dengan Norma Baharu
Oleh Anna Maria Wong Yen Ping
Foto: Pelitup muka yang dibuang merata-rata - foto oleh Harrison
SIBU: “Sudahlah jatuh ditimpa tangga”. Begitulah ungkapan yang boleh diberikan apabila kerajaan mewajibkan setiap individu mematuhi peraturan norma baru iaitu memakai pelitup muka semasa berada di tempat awam berikutan ancaman pandemik Covid-19. Namun, masalah lain pula yang timbul di mana wujud kebimbangan pembuangan pelitup muka di merata tempat.
Kurangnya kesedaran sivik dalam kalangan rakyat tentang usaha memelihara keindahan alam sekitar amatlah membimbangkan. Umum mengetahui betapa penting pelitup muka itudibuang di tempat yang betul kerana ia boleh menjadi punca baharu yang akan mencemarkan
alam sekitar.
Encik Barthleomeo George, 26, foto oleh Harrison
Menurut Encik Barthlomeo, 26, salah seorang responden yang ditemuramah, beliau sedar bahawa penggunaan pelitup muka telah menyebabkan punca baharu sampah apabila hampir semua kawasan yang beliau pergi mempunyai pelitup muka yang dibuang merata-rata. Antara tempat utama yang sering menjadi kawasan pembuangan pelitup muka ini adalah di sekitar premis makanan di Sibu, Sarawak. Menurut beliau, terdapat sesetengah individu yang tiba di kedai makan terus membuka dan meletakkan pelitup muka mereka diatas meja sehingga membiarkan pelitup muka mereka terjatuh akibat ditiup angin. Namun begitu, menurut beliau tidak ada seorang pun membuang pelitup muka yang terjatuh itu ke dalam tong sampah kerana wujud kebimbangan berkenaan virus covid-19 yang mudah merebak dimana-mana sahaja.
Beliau berkata, sekiranya tabiat membuang pelitup muka secara merata-rata tempat ini tidak dibendung, ia seolah-olah sama seperti isu penyedut minuman yang dibuang merata-rata sehingga mencetuskan pencemaran alam sekitar dan berlakunya perubahan landskap sesuatu kawasan.
“Merujuk kepada isu pembuangan pelitup muka yang dibuang merata-rata tempat ini, saya rasa perkara ini amatlah perlu diselesaikan kerana dalam kita bergelut menentang penularan wabak Covid-19, pembuangan pelitup muka merata-rata tempat ini bukan sahaja menjadi sampah baharu tetapi juga akan menjadi salah satu punca seseorang individu terkena jangkitan virus tersebut. Ini kerana jika pelitup muka ini mengandungi virus covid-19, ia boleh merebak kepada individu yang bekerja sebagai tukang sapu di tempat awam contohnya. Jadi secaara tidak lansung, ia boleh mengakibatkan punca kewujudan kluster virus Covid-19,” kata Encik Collin, 24 yang merupakan seorang guru sekolah menengah di Sibu.
Beliau berkata, bagi mengelakkan pembuangan pelitup muka di merata-rata tempat, pihak bertanggungjawab perlu mewujudkan 1 tong sampah di tempat awam yang dikhaskan untuk membuang pelitup muka. Tindakan undang-undang juga boleh dikenakan oleh pihak berkuasa terhadap individu yang membuang pelitup muka sesuka hati.
Encik Collin Gregory, 24,
foto oleh Harrison
Pelitup Muka : Pengawal Wabak Atau Punca Sampah Baru?
Oleh: Harrison Vergeer Rosley
ENGLISH NEWS
By Anis Puteri binti Muhamad Ruzlan
Student Development Talk Series : Depression Never Gets Old
Student Development Talk Series, Life Challenges & Psychological Resiliency: A Story
between You and Me poster featuring Profesor Dr. Siti Raudzah Bt Ghazali - Source by UNIMAS
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Ever since the early days of the Movement Control Order (MCO), news related to students’ mental health particularly among college students were all over media and yet to recede.
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“While people would say depression is a sign of weakness, actually it is not. Depression is a sign of wielding strong for so long,” Professor Dr. Siti Raudzah Ghazali’s remarked on depression in a talk series, Life Challenges & Psychology of Resiliency: A Story between You and Me.
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Professor Dr. Siti Raudzah Ghazali, a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience from Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UNIMAS, had collaborated with Student Development Centre, UNIMAS to held a sharing session last Wednesday with the intention to help students who were struggling during this pandemic.
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According to her studies together with three other Master students, a range of 20% to 30% university students worldwide suffers from depression, and another three studies in Sarawak shows that from 18% to 20% have shown symptoms of depression.
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“We did a study on students from UiTM, UNIMAS, Polytechnics, IPGs, Swinburne, and around 15 other IPTs in Sarawak, and interestingly 2.5% of them were reported having suicide thoughts,” said Dr. Siti Raudzah.
On the other hand, a total of 8% students are reported having suicide behaviour worldwide.
“Depression is actually psychology disturbance because it disturbs our life, it comes and it goes,” said Dr. Siti Raudzah.
Some students were affected in a way that they could not segregate between personal matters and studies especially students who came from a broken family.
She also mentioned about financial issues are one of the reason too especially when students had to extend their studies whereby loans would not be provided anymore. In worst cases, parents are losing jobs because of COVID-19 and could not afford to pay for their children’s studies.
Dr. Siti Raudzah strictly suggested that people with depression disorder should take their medication on time with accurate prescription from the expert, and not carelessly relied on others’ groundless opinions.
She hopes that this session will help to informed students especially one who is currently suffered from depression because it was the only way for the university to be able to help and guide them.
“Normally, students would find their way to me after my talk session, and I’m so happy for their responsive act towards this health issue that we offered,” she said optimistically knowing that the same thing would happen again after the talk session.
The number of guests who come to the house when celebrating Christmas should be
in accordance with the set amount - Photo source by Joim Anak Fabian Joshua
MIRI: Due to COVID-19 pandemic that happen in 2020, the celebration of Christmas have to be celebrate according to the rules that have been given by the government. The government have set that the Christmas will be celebrated for only one day with a 20 person limit of guest for each house. This is to ensure that will be no cases of COVID-19 will occur after the celebration. The rules also have been applied to the any churches that open for the Christmas service.
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According to Mr Methusael Spit, 31 years old, the Leader of Young Adult in The Good Shepherd Church, Lutong, Miri said that the Christmas celebration this year is definitely a unique celebration. “ Even though this year celebration is not as merrier as before but I believe in one thing, as long as you are being with your love one, family nothing else matters because family is the real meaning of Christmas,” he said.
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Beside that, Mr Methusael Spit also said that the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the Christmas celebration for his family. He said that this year celebration only consist of his close family but yet it still meaningful for him and his family.
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“In order to ensure the spread is well contained, this rules must be imposed to all festive celebration because we can’t do this alone, each and everyone of us is responsible to ensure the spread are controlled and most importantly eliminated from our country. As goes the old saying, united we stand, divided we fall,” he said.
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The Modesty of Christmas Celebration in 2020
By Joachim Anak Fabian Joshua
Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah In An Online Conference In Youtube
KUALA LUMPUR: As COVID-19 continues, the community are forced to survive under the circumstances of quarantine.
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It is prominent that in this state of need, more people are dependent towards the delivery service in Malaysia. Balancing between work and daily life, delivery service such as Food Panda and Grab Food are one of the many gems of food delivery industry in Malaysia.
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In the recent implementation of the new Movement Control Order (MCO) in the country, there is a new Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for the delivery service industry in Malaysia.
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Working hours for Food Panda starts from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Grab Food will be available starting from 7 a.m. in certain delivery area and will stop operating at approximately 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. everyday.
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According to the Chief Minister of Health, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, the current MCO that will end on February 4, will not be further extended as it left a huge impact on the economy.
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“The implementation of MCO is to ensure the safety of the community and to lower the rate of COVID-19 patients in Malaysia. After the MCO ended, the economy industry will continue to proceed with limitation but the crossing of borders will still be in restriction,” he said in his statement today.
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Thus, even after the MCO ended, most people will still operating for the food delivery service as it is easier for them to go on their daily lives while working. This can be a rising chance for the industry to grow in Malaysia despite having MCO implemented.
Food Delivery Service: Rising and Crucial
By Nurul Fatimah Zaharah
Nabila Amira Munirah Binti Ahmad Ashry, 20
KUCHING: In light of this new norm, most people are in their homes and taking care of themselves as the Movement Control Order (MCO) took place.
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Necessity purchase are to be made online or done with the regulations of Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for every grocery shop, shopping mall or regular shops. However, this does not stop people from obtaining their needs.
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One of the ways for them to secure their needs is through online shopping. Thus, we can see a pattern in buying online and the big question is to know whether this can be an addiction or an appeasement for those who cannot go out to buy their needs.
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Nabila Amira Munirah Binti Ahmad Ashry, 20, a frequent online shopper, reveals that she would usually buy her needs in Shopee, which includes dry food and snacks. “This is because shopping online is better for me, the items are listed and you can compare the prices before buying. However, this does make me buy other items that are unnecessary.” She responded.
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She added that her initial purpose is to buy an item and she would end up buying more than what she intended. This is because there are lots of choices that she can choose from and it is cheaper than buying in a walk in shop.
Another frequent online shopper, Mardhiah Nabilah Binti Kamaluddin, 19, reveals that she would usually buy electronics online. As for necessities such as food, she would prefer to buy it in a walk in shop, where she can see the packages and choose on it the spot.
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“I shop online at least one time a week. However, it is more to buying accessories and stuff that are not necessarily important. I think online shopping has become a hobby for me. Opening packages has become one of my joy these days, thus I would always have things that I want to buy.” She added.
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We can see that online shopping has its perks. It makes our life easier and we do not have to go out to buy our needs. This is a game changer in the norm that we live in now.