“Unrealistic” to expect zero lapses in the use of public funds - Indranee

[laksaboy]

This is one area I agree that PAP is world class -making convenient excuses for itself while coming down very very hard on others-eg why such a high punitive fine of $300 for not clearing table esp when your meals may cost only $5?
They are the expert in bullying its own people while making life easy for themselves

They are also world class when it comes to constructing strawman arguments.

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Strawman-Fallacy

 

[batman1]

They Want the dough but don't want to do the job correctly.

 

[pvtpublic]

AGC is like CASE... all bark and no bite. Anyone involved lost their jobs? Jailed?

Quite frankly, they are all the same bunch of doggies... all kaki lang. Typical totalitarian shithole with zero oversight.

CASE has successfully helped me get my money back before, couple of hundreds. so who knows..... anything is possible in the new normal.

 

[shittypore]

These are the 4G Leeders today, collect millions in salary and no clue how to solve problems.

 

[pvtpublic]

Maybe they should start from looking into the projects that not require open tender, so many projects in many constituencies need not open tender.

don't start at all... the worms crawling inside must be horrific, better to torch it all down and spare us all the drama.

 

[batman1]

don't start at all... the worms crawling inside must be horrific, better to torch it all down and spare us all the drama.

how many contractors/vendors are grassroots leaders ?

 

[cowbellc]

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah said in Parliament on Monday (13 Sep) that it will be “unrealistic” to expect zero lapses in the use of public funds, given the scale and complexity of Government operations.
“With 150,000 officers in the public service handling hundreds of thousands of transactions each year, and more than 2,000 Government IT systems built over the years by different vendors and using different technologies, human errors and process gaps will occur from time to time,” she argued.

On the recurring lapses, Ms Indranee noted that these lapses have been in the areas of procurement and contracts management, IT controls and grants management, which share common factors like the scale and complexity of operations, a constantly changing operating environment, high volume of transactions and multiple touchpoints.

“What is important therefore is that we must have the means to pick up such lapses and address them in an upfront and transparent manner,” she added.

According to Ms Indranee, in the past five years, six agencies have been mentioned in the AGO report for recurring lapses which are mainly in the areas of procurement, contract management and IT controls.

“These are the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the People’s Association (PA).

“The lapses arose from gaps in agencies processors and human factors,” she noted.

Then what's the use of using technology or upgrading software infrastructure?

 

[Leckmichamarsch]

pundek

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Have to give PAP credit for being world class in giving excuses and deflecting issues. Who was the one who expected 0.00% lapse?

 

[myfoot123]

When comes to attacking PAP critiques, they took zeo tolerance. When comes to PAP governance, they don't expect zero lapses. Is there a proverb for this?

 

[borom]

When comes to attacking PAP critiques, they took zeo tolerance. When comes to PAP governance, they don't expect zero lapses. Is there a proverb for this?

heads I win, tails you lose​

 

[bushtucker]

These useless ministers are paid million dollar salaries to tell you that there are bound to be some lapses in the use/misuse of public funds.

 

[Cottonmouth]

Is Tualiapnee telling people she's corrupted?
Her black hole must be inspected thoroughly!

 

[Blazars]

It will be interesting if lky is still around. She can say it to his face.

 

[batman1]

Is Tualiapnee telling people she's corrupted?
Her black hole must be inspected thoroughly!

Standby bed with a vacuum cleaner.

 

[red amoeba]

When comes to attacking PAP critiques, they took zeo tolerance. When comes to PAP governance, they don't expect zero lapses. Is there a proverb for this?

There is a Chinese saying. Only the government can set fire commoners ain’t allow to illuminate a candle.

 

[a_korusawa]

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah said in Parliament on Monday (13 Sep) that it will be “unrealistic” to expect zero lapses in the use of public funds, given the scale and complexity of Government operations.
“With 150,000 officers in the public service handling hundreds of thousands of transactions each year, and more than 2,000 Government IT systems built over the years by different vendors and using different technologies, human errors and process gaps will occur from time to time,” she argued.

On the recurring lapses, Ms Indranee noted that these lapses have been in the areas of procurement and contracts management, IT controls and grants management, which share common factors like the scale and complexity of operations, a constantly changing operating environment, high volume of transactions and multiple touchpoints.

“What is important therefore is that we must have the means to pick up such lapses and address them in an upfront and transparent manner,” she added.

According to Ms Indranee, in the past five years, six agencies have been mentioned in the AGO report for recurring lapses which are mainly in the areas of procurement, contract management and IT controls.

“These are the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the People’s Association (PA).

“The lapses arose from gaps in agencies processors and human factors,” she noted.

so they jail private sector for $1 relapse and not themselves for $1M whilst they continue to take $1M salary home!
wtf

 

[Confuseous]

In a way, I buy her argument; those are big numbers. The problem I have is HOW and WHAT were the
punishments meted out? Can anyone recall the number of people jailed for offences uncovered by
AGO?