A distant Post (a year ago) ..&… nothing has changed….

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 [...]

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State of Governance….

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 [...]

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A case of ‘Ah Kong’s $$$$$….wastages, mismanagement or plain neglect ?

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, [...]

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Pleasure Factory on the DVD assembly line

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 [...]

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Have ‘License’ will ‘Lipo’

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 [...]

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Guessing Game: WHO IS GONNA CLOSE DOWN NEXT ?

The game is now on everyone. comment who will close down next ……
DIGIPEN
DUKE NUS
Cornell-NTU Graduate Hotel School
and the list goes on and one…..one by one they came tumbling down like a set of dominos.

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UNSW Asia No More……….

Long as i can remember, Malaysia already had twinning university programmes as far bask as in the 70s. I remember while studying in Australia in the 90s, every other malaysian classmate was from Taylors College, who offers Canadian, UK, USA & Australian matriculation  studies for those preparing to enter university. As far as i can [...]

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Rise of a Police State ? Cheesebuns…..

SAF troops get legal powers to conduct security operations
Amendments to the SAF Act will provide a clear legal basis for them to carry out operations in support of civilian authorities.

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Civil Service to get higher pay now??? Cheesebuns!

First it was the announcement that the ministers and top civil servants pay will be increased. As damage control gesture (who knows???) PM Lee announced that he will donate his next 5 years pay increment to charity. But many of my peers know that by donating he gets tax exemption and he wins also….haha…smart move [...]

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What if you are not a ‘F.T.’ ?

My friend who holds a job as a carpenter, he was single at 40. Recently, He went to china to look for a wife. He found a 23 year old from a village through recommendation of relatives. He subsequently married her and brought her over here. However, due to her lowly qualification (secondary school), she was [...]

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