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1999 at a Glance
January
4
Setting up of Office of Mufti (OOM).
7
Ramadan Aid – President and senior management of MUIS visited Muslim
welfare homes to disburse grants.
February
5
Official opening of Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah’s Computer Laboratory.
20, 21, 27, 28
Second trial run of the Marriage Preparation Course (MPC).
March
23
Launch of the training of para-counsellors.
25 - 27
President presented a paper at the Halal Food 99 Con-ference, Chicago,
USA.
April
14
MUIS Grant Disbursement Ceremony.
OOM awarded bursaries to two Tahfiz students studying in Malaysia.
16
Zikral Hijrah Celebration Theme: Towards A Communi-ty of Excellence
& Lifelong Learning.
22
Donation drive for Kosovo refugee.
23
MUIS awarded the ‘Y2K-In-Action’ logo by National Computer
Board.
29 & 30
Singapore represented at the 8th Annual Unofficial Meeting of
Religious Ministers of MABIMS member countries in Langkawi, Malaysia.
May
1
Applications for the MUIS Tahfiz Programme opened.
8
Workshop on teaching of Jawi. Staff Enrichment Programme. Topic presented:
Islam in the Eyes of Non-Muslims.
22
First MUIS WITs Presentation and Productivity Day.
June
4
English khutbahs (sermons) delivered at 21 mosques, from June to August.
17 - 18
Head Halal represented MUIS at the 5th Meeting of Asean Ad-hoc Working
Group in Halal Food Guidelines, Bandar Seri Begawan, Negara Brunei
Darussalam.
19
IT camp for madrasah students.
26
Maulid 1420H/99 to mark birthday of Prophet Muhammad.
July
12
MUIS donated a dialysis machine each to National Kidney Foundation
and Kidney Dialysis Foundation.
18
Formation of Tahfiz Al-Quran Centre at Kampong Siglap Mosque.
23
Reopening of Kassim Mosque.
30
Tahfiz Al-Quran Centre’s webpage launched. Wakaf Awareness Campaign
launched.
August
14
Formation of Young Muslim Secretariat.
21 - 27
Donation drive for Turkey’s earthquake victims.
September
1
Azatizah Day.
8 & 9
English Khutbah Translator’s Workshop.
11
MUIS Tea Reception and Welcome for President of Singapore, S R Nathan.
17 &18
Finals of UTQ.
19
Launching of Islamic Intellectual Development Pro-gramme.
23 - 27
MUIS sponsored two Al-Azhar students, Mohamed Bin Ali and Nazirudin
Bin Mohd Nasir, to participate in the Orientation Seminar on Islamic
Economics, Banking & Finance in UK.
Mid-October - November
One-month public education campaign on TAQWA family values.
Opening of Wisma Indah.
October - January 2000
Zuriat, a 13-week parenting programme, aired every Thursday
night on Prime 12.
November
1 - 10
Series of feedback sessions on the proposed compulsory education and
its impact on full-time madrasahs.
19
Sharing session on Baseline Study on Muslim Family Services in the
Muslim Community with the mosques and Malay/Muslim organisations.
December
8
Respect Ramadan education programme.
9
Zakat public education programme.
21 & 22
Ramadan Aid – President and council members visited Muslim Welfare
Homes to disburse grants.
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