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[h=2]Why it’s hard for PAP to change from within[/h]
April 29th, 2013 |
Author: Contributions
PAP Punggol East candidate Koh Poh Khoon wanted to
"change from within". (ST Photo)
Recently, HDB decided to hold a National Conversation to engage more
Singaporeans on their opinions on housing affordability and monetisation means.
Click on http://www.mnd.gov.sg/homesweethome/
Most of the time, the ones who have the most opinions are your own internal
staff.
When I was working in HDB, I have experienced many hardships due to arrears,
rental problems and servicing their loans. Some of the customers even said that
since I was a HDB staff, I should feedback to my own Director on the problems or
solutions to the higher management.
What most outsiders don’t realise that as long as you are a staff drawing a
salary from the organisation, even having an opinion is dangerous.
In most organisations, we have a Staff Suggestion Scheme. On average, we have
to submit a few each year to meet our quota and these suggestions could be
something to do with cut waste or enhancing of productivity etc.
When I was a HDB staff, I submitted one suggestion that suggested that the
Finance Dept should try to accept credit cards/ visa for payment of deposit.
Straight away, that suggestion was cancelled and deleted by my boss as they
think that since it is outside my department, my suggestion should be more for
internal department. My boss feels that since it is cross/ inter-department,
other people may not like my suggestion and there are other implications.
With this mindset, it is very hard for even internal staff to voice out
concerns, let alone outsiders. Dr Koh Poh Khoon, the PAP candidate for the
recent by-election in Punggol East said that he wants to be the ‘change from
within’. It is hard to be the change from within. Changing from the outside is
easier.
We have seen how some ex-civil servants like Tan Jee Say or Dr Liu Thai Ker
who openly criticised some of HDB’s policies. Most civil servants are very
unlikely to do that when they are in office. My hands were tied too at that
time. Now that I am out, I can do that as an outsider.
.
CJ
PAP Punggol East candidate Koh Poh Khoon wanted to
"change from within". (ST Photo)
Recently, HDB decided to hold a National Conversation to engage more
Singaporeans on their opinions on housing affordability and monetisation means.
Click on http://www.mnd.gov.sg/homesweethome/
Most of the time, the ones who have the most opinions are your own internal
staff.
When I was working in HDB, I have experienced many hardships due to arrears,
rental problems and servicing their loans. Some of the customers even said that
since I was a HDB staff, I should feedback to my own Director on the problems or
solutions to the higher management.
What most outsiders don’t realise that as long as you are a staff drawing a
salary from the organisation, even having an opinion is dangerous.
In most organisations, we have a Staff Suggestion Scheme. On average, we have
to submit a few each year to meet our quota and these suggestions could be
something to do with cut waste or enhancing of productivity etc.
When I was a HDB staff, I submitted one suggestion that suggested that the
Finance Dept should try to accept credit cards/ visa for payment of deposit.
Straight away, that suggestion was cancelled and deleted by my boss as they
think that since it is outside my department, my suggestion should be more for
internal department. My boss feels that since it is cross/ inter-department,
other people may not like my suggestion and there are other implications.
With this mindset, it is very hard for even internal staff to voice out
concerns, let alone outsiders. Dr Koh Poh Khoon, the PAP candidate for the
recent by-election in Punggol East said that he wants to be the ‘change from
within’. It is hard to be the change from within. Changing from the outside is
easier.
We have seen how some ex-civil servants like Tan Jee Say or Dr Liu Thai Ker
who openly criticised some of HDB’s policies. Most civil servants are very
unlikely to do that when they are in office. My hands were tied too at that
time. Now that I am out, I can do that as an outsider.
.
CJ
