This is another Chen Shao Mao like thread.
WP needs to careful and not follow the PAP's course when it comes to handling Managing Agents and the tendering of projects. If it does because of pressure and market isolation, it helps codify and make the PAP's practice acceptable. That is exactly what the PAP wants. We are all aware that same contractor in PAP TC will be painting the same stair rail 2 times a year whether it is warranted or not.
The reason the Cabinet and MND does not want HDB or any Public Body to act as Managing Agent or even appoint Managing agent is that they can't do what the PAP Town Councils are doing right now - giving jobs to their mates, allowing the non-elected PAP advisor in opposition to have access to state funds to buy loyalty and votes.
I am aware that a tender process can be undermined by those with evil intentions but it very much up to the committee to decide and it need not be the lowest tender. If there is a boycott by firms in this business, this can be turned into a media item and show how opposition TCs are treated by PAP friendly companies or by companies that fear the PAP.
The other point raised by Khaw is the higher price given to the AHTC MA when compared to a similar size TC under PAP. Though the residents are charged not as high and is a separate issue, these needs to explained. Why aren't the additional margin going back to the residents or into further investment.
We also need to careful in rushing thru the process of appointing MAs after an electoral win. Why the urgency. The residents and voters will understand the pain and complexity of transitional management. The Opposition TC can measure performance prior to and after a new MA which can be one year down the road and release it to the public even if it not within HDB template.
We chose WP over PAP for a reason or for a multitude of reasons amongst which cronyism must surely be top of the agenda. I totally get the point that we need like-minded people to help the opposition, we also must be careful that we do not end swimming in the same swill that is the PAP. Lets not trip over the mines that the PAP has laid and we have to careful when throwing stones at glasshouses.
WP needs to careful and not follow the PAP's course when it comes to handling Managing Agents and the tendering of projects. If it does because of pressure and market isolation, it helps codify and make the PAP's practice acceptable. That is exactly what the PAP wants. We are all aware that same contractor in PAP TC will be painting the same stair rail 2 times a year whether it is warranted or not.
The reason the Cabinet and MND does not want HDB or any Public Body to act as Managing Agent or even appoint Managing agent is that they can't do what the PAP Town Councils are doing right now - giving jobs to their mates, allowing the non-elected PAP advisor in opposition to have access to state funds to buy loyalty and votes.
I am aware that a tender process can be undermined by those with evil intentions but it very much up to the committee to decide and it need not be the lowest tender. If there is a boycott by firms in this business, this can be turned into a media item and show how opposition TCs are treated by PAP friendly companies or by companies that fear the PAP.
The other point raised by Khaw is the higher price given to the AHTC MA when compared to a similar size TC under PAP. Though the residents are charged not as high and is a separate issue, these needs to explained. Why aren't the additional margin going back to the residents or into further investment.
We also need to careful in rushing thru the process of appointing MAs after an electoral win. Why the urgency. The residents and voters will understand the pain and complexity of transitional management. The Opposition TC can measure performance prior to and after a new MA which can be one year down the road and release it to the public even if it not within HDB template.
We chose WP over PAP for a reason or for a multitude of reasons amongst which cronyism must surely be top of the agenda. I totally get the point that we need like-minded people to help the opposition, we also must be careful that we do not end swimming in the same swill that is the PAP. Lets not trip over the mines that the PAP has laid and we have to careful when throwing stones at glasshouses.