Hari ini, umat Islam di seluruh dunia merayakan hari raya Idul Fitri 1429H. Satu bulan sudah, mereka berpuasa dan beribadah menjalankan perintah Tuhan Yang Maha Esa, hinggak akhirnya, pada satu Syawal, mereka bisa kembali kepada fitrahnya dan lunturlah kesalahan yang pernah mereka berbuat. Insya Allah.

Kami, komite PPI Singapura tidak luput dari berbagai kesalahan, baik itu secara individu maupun dalam melakukan tugas kami di organisasi ini.

Komite PPI Singapura mengucapkan Minal Aidzin Wal Faidzin, Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin. Mudah-mudahan segala amal ibadah Anda

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1429H

Minal Aidzin Wal Faidzin

1 Oktober 2008,

a.n PPI Singapura 

" Merah darahku, putih tulangku, bermata intan, berkulit baja, berbalung besi, ingat kita bukan bangsa tempe.."

Ir. Soekarno

Background:

Indonesia, in her recent decade, is challenged by democracy test that would never come easy in its history. Freedom  of speech has indeed been achieved since the Reformation Era, however, freedom is not the sole objective of independence, but a prosperous and just society too. Of course, this objective is yet to be attained with 38.4 million people lives under the poverty line.


National Development Planning Agency and Central Statistic Agency (BPS) has ruled out the criterion of people living in poverty that is largely evolve around the available access to living space, food, clothes and social access. And with the population of 234 million in 33 provinces, 489 regencies, 6,357 districts and 75,411 villages, it is indeed a challenge for the government to alleviate the poverty that comes with political test whereby at times interfere the process of poverty alleviation measures.


Democracy challenge is not necessarily in line with rural development. The scarcity of resources of the government leads to the partial development of the nation. And it is not something that should be criticized by the academician. Instead, it is a task for the youths to launch a project that could contribute to the development of the motherland, Indonesia. PPI Singapura initiates Nusantara Development Initiative.