jackpot machine can collect 30 over million?! sounds like money laundering to me.
Chinatown. Peoples park area all most poor folks on govt assistance.
jackpot machine can collect 30 over million?! sounds like money laundering to me.
Thanks, I struggle with this guy, Sunil and the wife's nephew.
I find that they going ahead with the elections as terrible.
I agree about the terrible part.
But this time around, the government has no say. FAS is meant to be a private organisation's matter in conducting its affairs. The key figures are only arrested with no charges meaning they are not guilty till it is proven.
Who okayed the high number jackpot machines in one location? Is it LEEGAL?
left over change from his IR in Cambodia. CAD needs to look into the machine supplier also, its the same guy that was main sponsor for Hougang FC for a while and they always help to "tweak" the machines...
If this was run by Low Thia Kiang & WP....police will raid & seize the fruit machines...100%..wanna bet!....but "kawan-ku"...well!..it is LEEGAL!
Sashi Nathan is Chandra Das' nephew and not Subhas' nephew. Think Subhas' nephew, Sunil, now with 'mango' Palmer's law firm.
Back to the Game Changers camp, interesting to see Annabel P and Lau Kok Keng 'disappear' all of a sudden. As for Krishna, think he is still wet behind the ears.
Whatever happens next, must thank Bill Ng for opening this can of worms.
Quanxi very important in this pseudo Chinese imperial state. The "Quans" have two mouths and very big pockets for you to fill for a "fruitful" relationship. But then Sinkapore has low corruption according to the Lee Government.
......no Obvious Corruption....it is whom you know, is connected to who you want, to get, what you can get, is most important. There is no show .......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIBpHO1gZgQ
I agree about the terrible part.
But this time around, the government has no say. FAS is meant to be a private organisation's matter in conducting its affairs. The key figures are only arrested with no charges meaning they are not guilty till it is proven.
Annabel and Lau Kok Keng can read the tea leaves.
Krishna? I think he too can read the leaves but I am just thinking if I am in his position, perhaps he might be struggling whether to make an appearance - not to go means he is playing safe and if going, he has to account for the fact he is the second person in charge and might be next in line to take over if Bill steps down.
In this island, playing safe has always ensured your survival - our kiasuism is not something unimportant that is created out of nowhere but ensure you stay alive.
He will be wise to walk off before anything happens. With his past bravado to lead Tampines into debts with the signing of Pennant and openly declaring not needing jackpot machines' revenue, I bet he will walk off soon. Not just him but everybody in Game Changers!
This will tell you how rotten this is - there a football that played its last game in 2005, 12 years later the club has 5 fruit machines and still going strong in Sultan Plaza. And we raiding gambling dens.
If Sylvia lim failed to pay parking fine, Shanumugam, Indrani and V Bala will be asking her to come clean.
If this was run by Low Thia Kiang & WP....police will raid & seize the fruit machines...100%..wanna bet!....but "kawan-ku"...well!..it is LEEGAL!
Dont waste your time with Krishna. He should ask his in laws to advise him. The guy was not even born a Singaporean.
Coincidence in timing or just plain bad luck at Tampines Rovers....
http://www.todayonline.com/sports/ronaldinho-academy-fails-take-without-single-training-session
Ronaldinho football academy fails to take off, without any training session
Company behind it shuts down because of financial problems; still owes staff up to eight months’ salary
SINGAPORE – When it was announced in December 2015 that Brazilian football star Ronaldinho would be setting up a football academy in Singapore, the news created such a buzz that football fans turned up in droves to catch a glimpse of the World Cup winner when he subsequently arrived here for the soft launch of the academy.
Two years on however, the academy, which had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner S.League club Tampines Rovers, has closed down without even conducting a single training session.
This comes after International Football Group (IFG), the company in charge of setting up the academy, ceased operations earlier this year due to financial difficulties.
A fully-owned subsidiary of Eagle Sports International (ESI) Pte Ltd, which was founded in September 2014, IFG described itself as a local integrated football solutions company with plans to become the next leader in sports marketing across Asia.
Now however, TODAY understands that former IFG employees are owed up to eight months’ salary by the company’s directors Gane Ramachandra and Nicole Liu, a former Chinese national who is now a Singapore citizen, and that at least six former staff have not been paid since July 2016.
Gane is the brother of lawyer Krishna Ramachanda, who is also the chairman of Tampines Rovers.
A post on IFG’s Facebook page last week, which TODAY understands was written by a former IFG staff, said IFG had “ceased operations” since last December.
It added: “The directors…had misled staff into working for IFG and its parent company ESI for an extended period of time without pay.
“Staff were promised that salaries will be paid with each passing week but the promises were not fulfilled.
“Staff are owed between six to eight months’ salary and the directors had forced staff to backdate their resignations that were signed in December 2016 to October 2016 to avoid CPF commitments on the promise that all outstanding salaries will be paid in December 2016.
“The salaries remain unpaid and staff were sent an unofficial private email to inform them that the company will be liquidated in January 2017.”
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
TODAY understands that IFG’s financial difficulties began as early as January 2016, when staff had their salaries delayed by a week. By June 2016, the company was no longer paying salaries to its staff.
According to two former IFG employees who spoke to TODAY, Gane and Liu, however, told staff to continue working and promised to pay the owed salaries in the subsequent months.
This went on till November, when Gane sent an email out to the employees acknowledging problems with IFG’s cash flow. IFG then converted all of their staff to part-time “consultants”.
TODAY obtained a copy of the email that Gane sent out to the staff on Jan 22 this year informing them of IFG’s liquidation.
In it, Gane wrote that Liu had been “declared a bankrupt” and that “letters of demands have been filed and (it) is a matter of time before the companies are liquidated.”
He added that it was only a “matter of time” before he too would face bankruptcy.
“I apologise to all staff whom I have brought on board and shared on the vision and plans and trust you all have had in the company and placed on me,” he wrote in the email.
“I am not in a position to pay you all now and our lenders but I will personally try over time to slowly make good and make up for things.
“Please give me time to regroup myself and rebuild my finances.”
But a former IFG employee, who declined to be named, told TODAY that no official documents were ever provided to verify Liu’s bankruptcy.
He added that both she and Gane have been uncontactable since the email was sent.
Attempts by TODAY to contact Liu and Gane were also unsuccessful.
LEGAL ACTION
The ex-employee said those who were still owed their salaries were now considering pursuing legal action against Liu and Gane.
“We’ve tried going to the MOM (Ministry of Manpower) for help, but because our salaries are above a certain range, they are unable to assist us in this matter,” said the ex-employee.
“So for now, it looks like our only recourse might be to take joint-legal action against the directors.
“However, we need to stabilise our finances first because we haven’t been paid for so long.”
When asked why they did not lodge police reports against Liu and Gane, the ex-employee said: “We’re not sure if that will do anything to help us, or if we even have a case.
“We need legal advice before making a report, because the directors may simply hide behind the ‘bankruptcy’ card and close the matter.”
Another former employee revealed that IFG had been working with a Chinese company called Zhongti Jiaqi – which was set-up as ESI’s arm in China – to stage a national youth inter-school futsal tournament in the country.
While IFG has since ceased operations, Zhongti Jiaqi remains active and is listed as the official organiser of the tournament.
And the former employee, who also declined to be named, believes that Zhongti Jiaqi is reaping the benefits of the work that was done by IFG’s staff. A check on the tournament’s official website still shows two former IFG employees listed as part of the consultant team.
“During the period where we weren’t paid, we were tasked to work on this project to organise an inter-school futsal tournament in China,” the ex-employee said.
“We were told that the authorities (in China) would only work with a Chinese company, and that’s why Zhongti Jiaqi was set-up.
“We were also told that Zhongti Jiaqi is run by Nicole’s brother.
“So we did up all the groundwork and blueprints for organising the tournament, and brought in our own contacts to help with the project.
“But even though IFG is no more, we see that Zhongti Jiaqi is still running the tournament by using the work that we’ve done. We’ve also learn that they have gone behind our backs to approach our contacts. “It’s unfair that they’re now benefitting from this, when we’re struggling with our finances because we’ve not been paid for so long.”
Zhongti Jiaqi has not replied to TODAY’s media queries.
TODAY reached out to Tampines chairman Krishna Ramachandra, who requested for queries to be sent by Whatsapp.
He told this newspaper that the club has moved on from the Ronaldinho academy. “Over a year ago we decided not to proceed with the…academy plans as we could not agree on the commitments from Ronaldinho,” he replied.
“We also had feedback from community leaders that there were too many elitist programmes out there and that it would make accessibility to football training limited to only certain sectors which are already well served.
“We have since replaced the academy with our Tampines Gold CSR programme that involves kids at risk.”
When asked if he has been in contact with Gane, Krishna said: “Not on IFG… we haven’t done anything with Ronaldinho and IFG since 12 months ago so we have had no contact with IFG.”
SINGAPORE – When it was announced in December 2015 that Brazilian football star Ronaldinho would be setting up a football academy in Singapore, the news created such a buzz that football fans turned up in droves to catch a glimpse of the World Cup winner when he subsequently arrived here for the soft launch of the academy.
Two years on however, the academy, which had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner S.League club Tampines Rovers, has closed down without even conducting a single training session.