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[h=2]NParks spends $10K to teach scholars how to wine and dine when overseas[/h]
July 15th, 2012 |
Author: Editorial
On 13 Jun last month, NParks published a tender on GEBIZ inviting suppliers to quote for a “one-day western dining etiquette, wine appreciation and preparation of simple meals workshop” for the Ministry of National Development scholars.
The tender on GEBIZ [Link] stated that it was published on 13 Jun, 3:56 PM. The closing date was 18 Jun. The contact person was listed as Christina Lee:
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In the tender document, it described the need for such a workshop to teach MND scholars on western dining etiquette and wine appreciation. The workshop was also supposed to teach these scholars on how to prepare simple meals. It said that the workshop was part of the scholars’ induction programme with the “objective to enrich our scholars with essential knowledge in these areas during their course of studies overseas”:
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The tender specification is stated as follows:
It appears that MND scholars are not only going overseas to study, they are supposed to “wine and dine” too, of course, all at the expense of our taxpayers.
Perhaps NParks should also consider throwing in another workshop for our MND scholars on how to date so that they can get married quickly when they are back in Singapore and make babies for Singapore in view of our low fertility rate.
In any case, 2 suppliers participated in the tender:
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It is not known if scholars like ex-CNB chief Ng Boon Gay and ex-SCDF chief Peter Lim had to go through such kind of courses to learn how to dine and wine or how to date when they were on scholarships.
It is also not known when the Minister of National Development, Khaw Boon Wan, was a Colombo Plan scholar, did he go through such courses too?
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On 13 Jun last month, NParks published a tender on GEBIZ inviting suppliers to quote for a “one-day western dining etiquette, wine appreciation and preparation of simple meals workshop” for the Ministry of National Development scholars.
The tender on GEBIZ [Link] stated that it was published on 13 Jun, 3:56 PM. The closing date was 18 Jun. The contact person was listed as Christina Lee:
.
In the tender document, it described the need for such a workshop to teach MND scholars on western dining etiquette and wine appreciation. The workshop was also supposed to teach these scholars on how to prepare simple meals. It said that the workshop was part of the scholars’ induction programme with the “objective to enrich our scholars with essential knowledge in these areas during their course of studies overseas”:
.
The tender specification is stated as follows:
It appears that MND scholars are not only going overseas to study, they are supposed to “wine and dine” too, of course, all at the expense of our taxpayers.
Perhaps NParks should also consider throwing in another workshop for our MND scholars on how to date so that they can get married quickly when they are back in Singapore and make babies for Singapore in view of our low fertility rate.
In any case, 2 suppliers participated in the tender:
- EKA TRAINING GROUP PTE LTD – quoted $7,000 in total at $140 per pax.
- SHATEC INSTITUTES PTE LTD – quoted $9,750 in total at $195 per pax.
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It is not known if scholars like ex-CNB chief Ng Boon Gay and ex-SCDF chief Peter Lim had to go through such kind of courses to learn how to dine and wine or how to date when they were on scholarships.
It is also not known when the Minister of National Development, Khaw Boon Wan, was a Colombo Plan scholar, did he go through such courses too?
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