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Another juicy news being swept under the carpet!

Merl Haggard

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How come this piece of news was not reported in the main media?





AUDITOR GENERAL: BREACHES OF LAW IN PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE



23 Jul 2013

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Barely a week after Lee Hsien Loong spoke of integrity and the importance of admitting ones mistakes, the Auditor General released his annual report and gave the PM the perfect opportunity to practice what he preached. The report for 2012/13 cites more than two dozen incidents relating to contracts worth almost S$300M where the PMO’s National Research Foundation appear to be in violation of The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act. While the PM himself is not directly implicated, the failure of a department under his oversight to abide by its legal and contractual obligations clearly raises significant questions. Will the PM or his office stand up for their integrity and admit to these mistakes – as the PM has urged his political opponents to do over much smaller matters – or will a hypocritical silence be maintained?

To quote the Auditor General’s report directly, under the heading “Prime Minister’s Office”:


62. The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap. 30B, 2006 Revised Edition) stipulated the time frame for making payment and requirements for payment response to a payment claim. The Act was passed to address cash flow problems faced by the construction industry by upholding the rights of parties to seek progress payments for work done and goods supplied.

63. For the contract for building works construction and another contract for foundation works (total contract value of $295.72 million), AGO found 32 instances of late payment to contractors (totalling $254.04 million). In six instances (totalling $26.09 million), the delays ranged from 33 to 174 days.

64. For the three consultancy services contracts (total contract value of $27.25 million), AGO observed that NRF did not provide payment responses to the consultants’ payment claims (totalling $24.56 million).

Report of the Auditor-General for the Financial Year 2012/13

Some observers may find it shocking that the Auditor General claims to have observed unlawful behaviour on the part of the government, but in fact this year’s revelation follows even more serious breaches detected by the AG last year. As was first reported by Kenneth Jeyaretnam, the Ministry of Finance last year broke the law – in fact the constitution – in issuing a “promissory note” to the World Bank without presidential approval. In the same year, the Ministry for National Development was also found to have breached the constitution by engaging in unlawful accounting methods on a land reclamation project.

In any normal democratic country, unlawful or unconstitutional behaviour on the part of the government would be a significant scandal, in Singapore however these mistakes go completely unreported by a mainstream media that apparently deems the cleanliness of a hawker centre to be much more significant. A mainstream media also that uncritically toes the government line on what constitutes “integrity“, but will surely not call the PM out if he maintains a hypocritical silence in failing to admit to the many unlawful mistakes that have been committed by entities responsible to him.

The key question arising from the AG’s findings is whether the current government are fit for purpose in terms of upholding the public interest. Can a government that despite being extremely well paid, repeatedly breaches the law, the constitution and their own contractual obligations be entrusted with the wealth and wellbeing of the nation? The PM should take his own advice. Speak the truth. Things have clearly gone wrong, and even though it is inconvenient the PM should admit to the unlawful mistakes made by the current government. A failure to do so will only leave the PM open to accusations of hypocrisy since these are exactly the steps the PM urged his political opponents to take over actually much more trivial mistakes made in the cleaning of a hawker centre.

The PM should respond. His integrity is at stake.

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The author of this article contacted the Prime Minister’s Office who were offered the chance to comment on the concerns raised by the Auditor General’s report. No response was received.

andyxianwong

*The writer blogs at http://andyxianwong.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/auditor-general-breaches-of...
 

winnipegjets

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There are four ministers in the PMO, including LHL. Who should be fired for this?


At present, Cabinet comprises the following members:


Mr Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister

Mr Teo Chee Hean Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
Mr Lim Hng Kiang Minister for Trade and Industry

Mr Lim Swee Say Minister, Prime Minister's Office
Dr Yaacob Ibrahim Minister for Communications and Information
Mr Khaw Boon Wan Minister for National Development
Dr Ng Eng Hen Minister for Defence
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan Minister for Environment and Water Resources
Mr K Shanmugam Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law
Mr Gan Kim Yong Minister for Health
Mr Lui Tuck Yew Minister for Transport
Mr S Iswaran Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Second Minister for Trade and Industry

Mr Heng Swee Keat Minister for Education
Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien
Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and

Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mr Chan Chun Sing Acting Minister for Social and Family Development and Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Mr Tan Chuan-Jin Acting Minister for Manpower and Senior Minister of State, Ministry of National Development
Mr Lawrence Wong Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information
 

Froggy

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There is a simple explanation but still its too complicated for the daft so why explain to the daft when there are more important national issues to tackle like a new campaign to have the whole sinlieland to use the DTF toothpicks.
 

escher

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The PM should respond. His integrity is at stake.

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The author of this article contacted the Prime Minister’s Office who were offered the chance to comment on the concerns raised by the Auditor General’s report. No response was received.

andyxianwong

*The writer blogs at http://andyxianwong.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/auditor-general-breaches-of...

Ah Loonie has no fucking integrity of any kind.
It is all in his fucking genes

Ah Loonie is like his smear of shit on sole of shoe LKY who got absolutely no morals and no integrity at all
Like his kangaroos , all of them with no fucking integrity
 

Sinkie

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I just like to know one thing that's all.

HOW COME CPIB HAS $1.7 MILLION FOR THAT CPIB DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO EMBEZZLE????????

IS THE $1.7 MILLION FROM TAXPAYERS? IF SO, WHO THE FUCK GIVES THE APPROVAL OF $1.7 MILLION TAXPAYERS TO CPIB?

I DIDN'T.
 

soIsee

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There are four ministers in the PMO, including LHL. Who should be fired for this?

I say the tooth pick thief should be the first to go.

Useless, hopeless bum taking high pay to enjoy his life instead of having and excercise the correct oversight on his responsibilities.
 

Leongsam

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These are minor procedural issues not criminal offenses.

Audits will always uncover a few discrepancies here and there. Nothing to worry about.
 

halsey02

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These are minor procedural issues not criminal offenses.

Audits will always uncover a few discrepancies here and there. Nothing to worry about.

Sure, I have International certified auditors, internal auditor & even HQ auditor from a faraway land...the loon was the International local external auditor...for they not only fail to spot any discrepancies HERE & THERE; the internal one was bringing them for meals...etc. The HQ ones has to come in unannounced..( someone blew the whistle) & later bring in the AUTHORITY, in a place I once work & is closed.

You get my point!...there are auditor's...not they are corrupted, but smoke can get into their eyes, when there is, wine, food....& maybe woman...we are talking about INTEGRITY...the numbskull's I work for, believe in HONOR!...:rolleyes:

This is the kind of 'wood worms' we are having running the country....the word is ruining..:p
 
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eatshitndie

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there are minor breaches of contracts among large customers and suppliers every waking moment. delayed payments over 3 times negotiated terms are part and parcel of doing business, especially with very large firms and or gov entities. it's up to both parties to work out compromises, caveats, clauses and non-compliance of terms. usually, the bigger customers use their weight and size to push the payment envelope. everyday delayed is a bonus for these customers. what can suppliers do? nothing much except to escalate to upper management and cfo echelons of customers. suing or threatening to sue such large customers for breach of terms will be tantamount to blowing large revenue accounts away. n30 in theory effectively and commonly becomes n120 in practice when dealing with these entities. it's corporate bullying and abuse, but there's nothing criminal or dishonest about it. it's considered best practice for the big buyer. :biggrin:
 

halsey02

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Auditor general can start looking for new job or look forward to early retirement.

They will get one with better "moral compass" ( word of the moment):biggrin: , & this one will be named Peter & there will be a Mary & they will be a trio with the best moral compass..PETER, PAUL & MARY...ain't that good! Their number one, top of the chart, will be "INTEGRITY" song!:biggrin: & their next hot number will be " Another One gets, the FIX"...& their dance chart number " Do DAFIX"...stay tune for the charts!!.
 
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saratogas

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The problem with civil service is with their budget allocation, once $$$ is assigned...they will try to finish it up or else next budget will be lesser... So there will always be inappropriate spending.
 

GoldenDragon

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The problem with civil service is with their budget allocation, once $$$ is assigned...they will try to finish it up or else next budget will be lesser... So there will always be inappropriate spending.

Always the case, bro. Madness commences just months before the end of FY where there is a rush to spend all the balance. Many donkey years ago, I requested for some $$$$$ to purchase some equipments. Straightaway rejected. Months later, that same idiot came running up to me to request that I put in my request again.
 

Unrepented

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From bits and pieces, I think the SGD1.7mil is payment outwards from CPIB to some entity, whereby the guy forge the receipt voucher.

Either the entity does not exists or the guy diverted the funds for payment.

I just like to know one thing that's all.

HOW COME CPIB HAS $1.7 MILLION FOR THAT CPIB DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO EMBEZZLE????????

IS THE $1.7 MILLION FROM TAXPAYERS? IF SO, WHO THE FUCK GIVES THE APPROVAL OF $1.7 MILLION TAXPAYERS TO CPIB?

I DIDN'T.
 
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