Auditor General’s Report – Millions Missing
Friday, 1 June 2007, 8:47 pm
TOC Exclusive
The original Auditor General Office’s (AGO) audit of 12 Ministries and associated statutory boards has revealed irregularities to an extent not fully revealed by the recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
According to the AGO, losses of public monies added up to $6.2 million, a substantial [...]
Archive for July, 2008
A distant Post (a year ago) ..&… nothing has changed….
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
State of Governance….
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
recent meetup with some old friends from garmen and statboard reveals general lack of ideas or motivation to generate $$ from vacant properties and unused equipment in agencies. A friend of mine have to justify dismantling this old equipment bought in the 90s but currently not being used. The bosses asked for justification why the [...]
A case of ‘Ah Kong’s $$$$$….wastages, mismanagement or plain neglect ?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
while we are being taxed heavily, elsewhere goverment $$$ and property not being maximised. its sad. They setup barriers to carpark and don’t charge. They have apartments vacant but don;t rent. They have chalets but nobody use. but when people tries to book, they were told the slots they wanted not available.
sad sad sad.
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July 22, [...]
Pleasure Factory on the DVD assembly line
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pleasure Factory, Ekachai Uekrongtham’s docudrama look at Singapore’s Geylang red-light district, has been picked up by Strand Releasing. It’s coming out on Region 1 DVD on July 8, and is available for pre-order from Amazon.com.
The sophomore feature film from the Beautiful Boxer director, Pleasure Factory has an ensemble cast that includes Ananda Everingham and Taiwanese [...]
Have ‘License’ will ‘Lipo’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged controls on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi, cheesebun is back after a long absense.
More accreditation, more licensing, more controls, more hoops to jump through……would this ever end? like my friend said to me once….mayb in the near future, we would need permission from the garmen to even take a pee or have a ‘poo poo’. Maybe our poo poo habits are [...]