Alamak, according to our superscale chaps from the Ministry, it was a case of a misunderstanding. A breakdown in communication. Of course when you present a report to the Prime Minister of a country and to the country you cannot put a more succinct and simple word like "misunderstanding" so to sound officious it is called "different understanding of the execution of the termination clause in 2011 by both parties"
Reminds me of the "confluence of factors" term used by another Deputy Secretary and her teammates for the Mas Selmat Affair akin to a rare Perfect Storm.
The review team also had this to say about AIM. (direct quote)
There is no other details about AIM. I still know more about my colleagues' panty and bra sizes than I know about AIM after reading this report. The correspondence letters from AIM that is shown in the report shows that they were signed by an unknown person for the Director and again no name. No where in the report are the names of Chandra Das, Lau Ping Sum and Chew Hing Ching appear. What a complete report !
Reminds me of the "confluence of factors" term used by another Deputy Secretary and her teammates for the Mas Selmat Affair akin to a rare Perfect Storm.
Based on the formal communication between the then-Aljunied- Hougang TC (AHTC) and AIM, and from interviews with both parties, the Review Team observed that there appears to be a different understanding of the execution of the termination clause in 2011 by both parties.
The AHTC believed that AIM would be terminating the TCMS contract under the terms of the termination clause and therefore planned to upscale its own system which it had used for the former Hougang TC4. AHTC wrote to AIM on 10 June 2011 to inform AIM that it was developing a system, and requested to continue to use AIM’s TCMS till 31 August 2011, so as to ascertain the reliability of AHTC’s new system. AIM, on receipt of AHTC’s 10 June letter understood it to mean that AHTC was giving notice of its intention to use its own system and not rely on the TCMS, but had sought an extension to enable it more time to install its own system. AIM
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subsequently issued a notice of termination on 22 June 2011. AHTC sought two extensions5 of the TCMS. AIM acceded to both requests
The review team also had this to say about AIM. (direct quote)
In addition, the TCs assessed that AIM was a company with an established track record in TCs and IT services
There is no other details about AIM. I still know more about my colleagues' panty and bra sizes than I know about AIM after reading this report. The correspondence letters from AIM that is shown in the report shows that they were signed by an unknown person for the Director and again no name. No where in the report are the names of Chandra Das, Lau Ping Sum and Chew Hing Ching appear. What a complete report !
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