BREAD: Town council software review and minister in parliament provide no answer

[Confuseous]

So here too, this is something that is legal, but saying it is legal is not the end of the matter. People at large clearly think it is unethical; thus the controversy.

The ministry’s town council review too makes the same omission, saying again and again that the AIM transaction complies with the law. In fact, the entire report reads as if someone went to town council spokespersons, interviewed them extensively, and wrote up their justifications for what they did. There is not a lot of critical enquiry into what they said.

I even did a search for two words in the 37-page document: ‘ethics’ and ‘ethical’. Both searches resulted in ‘none found’.

The report went some length to play down the value of the obsolescent software that was sold to AIM, thus arguing that town councils suffered no loss. By so focussing on the dollars and cents, the review lost sight of the principle involved.

Indeed, the review doesn’t seem to see anything wrong with selling IP rights to a partisan owner, not only in this case, but in all future arrangements.

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[winnipegjets]

The report went some length to play down the value of the obsolescent software that was sold to AIM, thus arguing that town councils suffered no loss. By so focussing on the dollars and cents, the review lost sight of the principle involved.

There is a loss to the PAP TC in the sale which was glossed over.

3 IT support @ $40k per head per year ...$120k a year (PAP TC still doing the support even software is owned by AIM);
Management fee paid to AIM - $60k per year

So, that's a whopping $180k per year that is NOT included in the cost.

 

[Bigfuck]

The people are now galvanized. Just wait. Now no one will listen anymore nor fear either. You pushed the people to the wall. Wait for the rebound.

 

[Tuayapeh]

If the dumb sheep sinkies still dun wake up to the blantant thievery and abuse of process and sheer unethical behaviour of these PAP fucks,....they are hopeless......

 

[Narong Wongwan]

The people are now galvanized. Just wait. Now no one will listen anymore nor fear either. You pushed the people to the wall. Wait for the rebound.

Come 2016 might be a case of too little too late....
FT tsunami might carry the pap to 'victory' once again....
With tricks learned from najib....pap can't lose.