Lee himself (the Father) issued his own press statement to comment that the latest revelations involving sex being exchanged for favourable outcomes are "new forms of corruption", adding, "There is no end to human ingenuity."
Going back a few years, in a speech to the Singapore Advocates and Solicitors Society on March 18, 1967, the same man made the following observations:
We live in an area where to be corrupt is a way of life. And there are scales starting from 20 cents for this and 40 cents for that, to two dollars for this. There are rates for the job. You know it, I know it. What is most important really for us is that because it is a way of life for others around us, it has to be understood.
What is your answer? I say unless you are able to give our civil servants that pride in their standards and reward them for being able to maintain those standards, the standards in the end will be undermined. (LKY, The Man and His Ideas, page 196)
Well, those 20 to 40 cents are now in the rarefied atmosphere of hundreds of thousands, and yet the evil has not been expunged. The price of pride to maintain the elusive standards continue to be escalated with no ceiling in sight. Recall the member of parliament who once said one of our ministers will be embarrassed when clinking glasses in the cocktail circuit of businessmen if his salary was short of a million bucks. It was an ingenious argument of course, the same sort of human ingenuity referred to by one of the Republic's founding fathers.
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Is nepotism a form of corruption? What about putting one's wife in a position of direct conflict of interest or one's uncle to hold key position? How about the father who pull strings for his son? Or the non-independence of CPIB?
ReplyDelete"I think this is a very serious charge. You must be able to back it up." - Dr. Tony Tan
DeleteAs they always say, everything they do is above the board. Anyone who stops believing can be served lawyer letter.
Papotism and Papronyism are Leegal. They practice a form of Papocracy. If you are Paptised, you become a Pappist (adult), Pappie (young) or Pappoose (infant). Their economic policy is Papitalism, and they propagate their Papaganda....and if you fall afoul of them, you can be Paped.
DeleteWhite horsing and white washing? Studying soil disease considered as NS? Serious charge indeed.
Delete"It wasn't me, I didn't select my son. It just happens to be one of of those who although is supposed to take orders from me, did it on his own accord."
DeleteDitto, I didn't select my wife also, ditto.
So how can I be culpable it there is no such thing as conflict of interest ? What do you think ?
Being born to affluent parents who can smooth life's path for you, cushion fortune's blows and help you over hurdles is NOT a measure of merit -- it is a measure of luck and privilege.
DeleteI think the word you are looking for is "plutocracy.
What do you call it when you put your relatives and friends positions of influence and power ?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you call it when you can skew the process and procedure to your advantage ?
Legalised corruption ??
One person becomes a mandarin, his whole clan benefits.”
Delete- Vietnamese old saying
“Even the blind favor the people they know.”
- Indian old saying
“When a man gets the power, his chicken and dogs all go to heaven.”
- Chinese old saying
The answer to your question has been supplied:
Delete"There is no end to human ingenuity."
i think you missed the point. the sex cases are a joke. it is to nailed one lawyer professor because he wrote too much and too explicitly. it is hurting the lees.
ReplyDeletehonestly, if you look at the sex cases, can you believe the favorable outcomes were given purely because of sex? the firm itself is good and would probably have won anyway.
don't be hoodwinked. the fuckers just want to claim moral high ground to stay in power. you are playing into it.
That's why any government is scared to lose power.
ReplyDeleteThey will be hunted by the next government via "corruption" probes.
Excellent article Tatler. See attach link for another good article on social inequality.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.economist.com/node/21563188
What about getting kids to get into "preferred schools", scholarship interviews, testimonials from teachers, etc. The list is endless, where do we draw the line between a favour and corruption?
ReplyDeleteaiyah..these are all labeled as 'meritocracy' lah. so many years already still haven't learnt your lessons huh..
DeleteIt has little to do with intelligence - if your folks are willing to foot the bill, and you are not developmentally challenged, you will find a school that will take your money. The meritocracy is pay-to-play, starting right from pre-school!
DeleteRight, CPIB can take action only when the PMO "okay' it.
ReplyDeleteWhat the PMO sowed, so shall his children, grandchildren reap... and the outcome can be disastrous with a vindictive non PAP govt.
DeleteArticle 22g Concurrence of President for Certain Investigations
DeleteNotwithstanding that the Prime Minister has refused to give hisconsent to the Director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau to make any inquiries or to carry out any investigations into any information received by the Director touching upon the conduct of any person or any allegation or complaint made against any person, the Director may make such inquiries or carry out investigations into such information, allegation or complaint if the President, acting in his discretion, concurs therewith.
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So how likely is an uncle to expose and act on a sitting PM who has familial ties to him?
Pay high salaries can prevent corruption.
ReplyDeleteSo to prevent sex-for-favors corruption, what do you pay?
Sirte was a small and unknown village in Libya until early 1970s when it suddenly received massive govt investments, which turned it into a real city. In 1988, the Libyan parliament and most government departments were even relocated from Tripoli to Sirte. This special treatment was not a surprise to anyone: the town is the birthplace of Colonel Gaddafi. Anecdotal abuse of favoritism/patronage abounds. Just look at Hougang vs other constituencies. Some are more equal than others.
ReplyDeleteHG taxpayers must feel very proud of the same standards they receive. So when will million dollar garden and river be build there huh?
DeleteI happen to pass by Hougang Central and thought there would be a bank located inside and to my surprise, Hougang Central is a dead end consisting of a few HDB blocks with all of them empty void decks.
DeleteDoesn't this by itself speaks volumes of what kind of govt leaders we have ? They can boast about anything but one thing they completely lacks is the basic decency to be a human person.
Quite a solid show of attendances by MM, SM & PM on this 60th occasion. This must boost up their "moral leadership" by few notches from the low, don't you think? Anyway, CPIB should keep up with the efforts, without fear and favor. There are ALOT more work to be done.
ReplyDeleteI am inclined to believe the attendance of LKY and GCT is a reaffirmation to those in CPIB that their loyalty must always be to number one only...
DeleteAnd this gesture alone will ensure Lee Jr can still pretend to have a spine.
The corrupt influence of money is curruption
ReplyDeleteWell, it was said that we will not tolerate corruption here. But do we tolerate corruptions that origin from abroad?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/mongolian-ex-president-laundering-case-shows-asian-banks-need-a-tight-pep-regime-say-officials-12466/
Recall a PRC govt official Li HuaBo who embezzled 14m yuan from China, escaped to SG with his wife and 2 children. They had become PR before being caught, and since there was no extradition treaty between CN /SG, we have to trial and likely jail him here. He would face death penalty if deported back to china. Was said that he was on his route to Canada, so SG was probably his stepping stone. So how does it work? We loot x% of his 14m to house/prison him here until he gets out, and the rest goes back to ?? govt/china or his family who are stranded here? Probably not the only case here.
Delete"Public corruption poses a fundamental threat to our national security and way of life. It impacts everything from how well our borders are secured and our neighborhoods protected…to verdicts
ReplyDeletehanded down in courts…to the quality of our roads, schools, and other government services. And it takes a significant toll on our pocketbooks, wasting billions in tax dollars every year." unquote.
search google, FBI — Public Corruption
search google, FBI — Public Corruption a Top Priority
(Office of Inspector General (OIG) - Labor Racketeering)
http://www.oig.dol.gov/laborracprogram.htm
(Ex-MP Choo Wee Khiang charged with corruption « Everything Also Complain)
http://everythingalsocomplain.com/2011/12/08/ex-mp-choo-wee-khiang-charged-with-corruption/
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1170100/1/.html
(S'pore Foreign Ministry suspends senior official over 'improper claims' - Yahoo! News Singapore)
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/top-foreign-ministry-official-suspended--probed-by-cad.html
(Singapore civil servant facing 455 fraud charges - Yahoo! News Singapore)
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-civil-servant-facing-455-fraud-charges-090816963.html
(NParks officer suspended for foldable bikes purchase worth S$57,200 - Yahoo! News Singapore)
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/nparks-officer-suspended-for-foldable-bikes-purchase-worth-s-57-200.html
(MOH Holdings director quits after conflict of interest uncovered - Yahoo! News Singapore)
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/moh-holdings-director-quits-after-conflict-of-interest-uncovered.html
(AGC Prof Tey was charged not because of his academic writings critical of Singapore’s legal system « Editorial « TR EMERITUS.htm)
http://www.tremeritus.com/2012/07/29/agc-prof-was-charged-not-because-of-his-academic-writings-criticqal-of-singapores-legal-system/
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Joshua Chiang
/// Lee himself (the Father) issued his own press statement to comment that the latest revelations involving sex being exchanged for favourable outcomes are "new forms of corruption", adding, "There is no end to human ingenuity." ///
ReplyDeleteIsn't this subjudice? He has already given his "oral" judgement that oral sex is corruption when the case is still being heard.