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May 24, 2011
IN THE ST NEWSPAPER TODAY
Nicole Seah's fund-raising method is OK: NSP chief
By Jeremy Au Yong
Ms Seah's call to donors to send funds to her personal account would simplify the accounting for the party, says Mr Goh.
NATIONAL Solidarity Party (NSP) chief Goh Meng Seng has jumped to the defence of Ms Nicole Seah, who has been criticised for the way she is raising funds to pay for the cost of campaigning in Marine Parade GRC.
On Monday, he put up a blog post saying her call to donors to send their contributions to her personal account would simplify the accounting for the party.
'It would be technically tedious for us to differentiate between funding meant for the Marine Parade team if donations are made to the party's bank account.
'Besides, financial reporting for the party will be very complex if every team or individual candidate utilise the party's bank account for their fund-raising activities,' he wrote on his blog.
But Mr Goh told The Straits Times that in future, a more appropriate way of raising funds might be for candidates to open a joint account with a fellow GRC team member for such monies.
Some netizens had criticised Ms Seah for using her personal account instead of one in the name of the party.
May 24, 2011
IN THE ST NEWSPAPER TODAY
Nicole Seah's fund-raising method is OK: NSP chief
By Jeremy Au Yong
Ms Seah's call to donors to send funds to her personal account would simplify the accounting for the party, says Mr Goh.
NATIONAL Solidarity Party (NSP) chief Goh Meng Seng has jumped to the defence of Ms Nicole Seah, who has been criticised for the way she is raising funds to pay for the cost of campaigning in Marine Parade GRC.
On Monday, he put up a blog post saying her call to donors to send their contributions to her personal account would simplify the accounting for the party.
'It would be technically tedious for us to differentiate between funding meant for the Marine Parade team if donations are made to the party's bank account.
'Besides, financial reporting for the party will be very complex if every team or individual candidate utilise the party's bank account for their fund-raising activities,' he wrote on his blog.
But Mr Goh told The Straits Times that in future, a more appropriate way of raising funds might be for candidates to open a joint account with a fellow GRC team member for such monies.
Some netizens had criticised Ms Seah for using her personal account instead of one in the name of the party.
