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- Dec 30, 2010
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The following are the irregularities found with regards to MIB:
- Not maintaining proper access rights and activity logs of system for recording revenue collection, related traffic offences and drivers’ records.
- Administration fees of $7.23mil which should have been charged to a retirement fund for uniformed staff was charge to the govt
- Police Coast Guard was overcharged for construction work done and work delivered was sub-standard. Some materials were not even delivered and inadequate payment control.
- Possible false documents were submitted by the PCG contractor and this has been referred to the CAD and AGC.
Granted, other ministries were just as bad. For example, our “favourite” LTA awarded a contract for a road camera system to the sole tenderer when the offer did not meet a number of technical requirements specified in the tender. And the report did not even state the dollar amount of this contract. Another agency (Maritime Port Authority) under the Ministry of Transport, helmed by one of our “favourite” minister, did not change their agent for “sale of water to vessels using water-boats” since 1996 and has not called for a competitve tender since then. This agent must be sibeh huat/rich now. MICA awarded almost $3mil worth of tenders when they did not even meet the critical evaluation criteria.
To be fair to the zheng hu, which employs more than 120,000 people and purchases billions upon billions of equipment and services every year, the Auditor-General (ony) made 22 observations. Govt should strive to do better and Auditor-General should have the moral courage and integrity to point out mistakes for the benefit of Singaporeans. Govt should continue to make such reports for public consumption and if reveal as much details as possible.
Lastly, it should be noted that the Public Accounts Committee which consists of 8 MPs convened 3 meetings from Nov 2011 to Mar 2012. One of the MPs, Christopher De Souza, was absent for 2 of these 3 meetings.
- http://unbrandedbreadnbutter.wordpr...he-public-accounts-committee-wassup-with-mib/
- Not maintaining proper access rights and activity logs of system for recording revenue collection, related traffic offences and drivers’ records.
- Administration fees of $7.23mil which should have been charged to a retirement fund for uniformed staff was charge to the govt
- Police Coast Guard was overcharged for construction work done and work delivered was sub-standard. Some materials were not even delivered and inadequate payment control.
- Possible false documents were submitted by the PCG contractor and this has been referred to the CAD and AGC.
Granted, other ministries were just as bad. For example, our “favourite” LTA awarded a contract for a road camera system to the sole tenderer when the offer did not meet a number of technical requirements specified in the tender. And the report did not even state the dollar amount of this contract. Another agency (Maritime Port Authority) under the Ministry of Transport, helmed by one of our “favourite” minister, did not change their agent for “sale of water to vessels using water-boats” since 1996 and has not called for a competitve tender since then. This agent must be sibeh huat/rich now. MICA awarded almost $3mil worth of tenders when they did not even meet the critical evaluation criteria.
To be fair to the zheng hu, which employs more than 120,000 people and purchases billions upon billions of equipment and services every year, the Auditor-General (ony) made 22 observations. Govt should strive to do better and Auditor-General should have the moral courage and integrity to point out mistakes for the benefit of Singaporeans. Govt should continue to make such reports for public consumption and if reveal as much details as possible.
Lastly, it should be noted that the Public Accounts Committee which consists of 8 MPs convened 3 meetings from Nov 2011 to Mar 2012. One of the MPs, Christopher De Souza, was absent for 2 of these 3 meetings.
- http://unbrandedbreadnbutter.wordpr...he-public-accounts-committee-wassup-with-mib/
