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Parliament: Debate on AGOs audit report on AHPETC, Day 2
By Rachel Chang, Assistant Political Editor, The Straits Times, 14 Feb 2015. He said the WP had no choice but to accept FMSS higher charges because no other managing agent company would bid for the business, for political reasons. But PAP leaders. Education Minister Heng Swee Keat, accusing the Workers Party (WP) of lacking integrity in dealings with managing agent FM Solutions and Services (FMSS), owned by key officers of the WP-run town council
Firms appointed to manage Workers Party-run town councils books, but these.
Two external companies have been appointed by the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) to manage its finances, but the Ministry of National Development (MND) said in court on Monday that this was a lukewarm assurance.
Under The Angsana Tree: From AIM AHPETC to PA
company,lapses in governance and compliance,workers party,people action party,ahpetc,people association,town council,aljunied grc,AIM operating out of a virtual business office,. In response, PA has given its reply which was duly published in the Straits Times (ST) today (PA responds to online reports on its accounts, 21 Feb). In the ST article, PA... These arise both from what the Town Council did, and what Ms Sylvia Lim and Mr Pritam Singh said. Minister��.
Under The Angsana Tree: Lapses in Governance And.
. council books. THE Auditor-Generals Office (AGO) has found several major lapses in the governance of the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) run by the opposition Workers Party (WP).. The recent report by the Auditor-General following its audit of the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) revealed that key individuals running the town council also have stakes in companies it hired to manage its estates. Experts have��.
Audit of Workers Party-run town council flags major lapses
While double-hatting of roles is not uncommon among town councils, including those run by the Peoples Action Party, ownership of companies that provide managing agent services is not prevalent... million between the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) and its managing agent, and the town council had failed to properly monitor and manage these contracts, the Auditor-Generals Office (AGO) said in its report on the town councils accounts.
Workers Party has betrayed residents trust: Heng Swee Keat
The report highlighted lapses in financial management by the town council, run by the Workers Party. Below are. The Straits Times, 14 Feb 2015. But they forgot to pay large sums that were supposed to go into the sinking fund, and repeatedly.. Clearly the managing agent FMSS has failed. The elected members of the town council should be held responsible. They appointed the MA. Theyre responsible for supervising the MA, for setting up a proper structure.
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Parliament: Debate on AGOs audit report on AHPETC, Day 1
By Rachel Chang, Assistant Political Editor, The Straits Times, 13 Feb 2015. THE Auditor-General has confirmed the Governments fears that something is seriously wrong at the Workers Party-run Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC), National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan. Speaking in public for the first time about the findings, WP leaders acknowledged mistakes, but said these largely stemmed from human error and inexperience.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Parliament.
THE $8 billion Pioneer Generation Package drew praise from 25 Members of Parliament who joined the first day of debate on this years Budget, including three from the opposition Workers Party (WP)... Tharman Shanmugaratnam directed the Auditor-General to audit the books of Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) for the past two financial years after independent auditors failed to give the Workers Party-run town council a clean bill of health.
AHPETC: MND applies to court to appoint Independent.
By Walter Sim, The Straits Times, 28 Mar 2015. A HIGH Court application by the Government to have independent accountants oversee government grants given to the Workers Party-run town council will, if granted, derail��.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: WP Town council.
The Straits Times, 22 Nov 2014. ALARM. The Workers Party (WP) town council has been in the spotlight over the state of its finances, involving mounting arrears for service and conservancy (SandC) charges, and an operating deficit, highlighted in the annual town council report card a fortnight ago... Says Mr Teo Poh Siang, head of estate-management firm Wisely 98, which runs 30 condominiums: If they have the cash, then they are fine in the immediate future. But��.
Parliament: MPs unanimously endorse motion on Auditor-Generals audit of WP.
SINGAPORE - Parliament unanimously adopted a motion endorsing the Auditor-Generals Office (AGO) findings of lapses at the Workers Party-run Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) on Friday. All 85 MPs present, including the nine .
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Hri Kumar: PAP.
But these understate the gravity of the findings.. First, the appointment of FMSS and FMSI, and their ownership by the Secretary of AHPETC and his wife, who is also the General Manager of FMSS ��� both hard-core Workers Party members.. It states that the AHPETC Town Councillors were assured that FMSS would charge about the same amount as the previous contractors. But this was false. The Report notes that the combined fee of the previous contractors was��.
MND applies to Court for independent accountants to safeguard Govt grants to.
SINGAPORE - The Ministry of National Development (MND) has applied to Court to appoint independent accountants to safeguard Government grants to the Workers Party-run Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) and to oversee its use of those.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Sylvia Lim takes.
By Tham Yuen-C, The Straits Times, 13 Feb 2015. WORKERS Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim said the town council it runs never hid the fact that its senior officers were also owners of its managing agent, FM Solutions and Services (FMSS). She also. Ms Lim, who is AHPETCs chairman, made these points in Parliament yesterday as she led her partys clarifications of the lapses found by the Auditor-Generals Office (AGO) in a year-long audit of its accounts. Opening��.
Auditor-General to study WP town councils accounts
By Leonard Lim, The Straits Times, 20 Feb 2014. FINANCE Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has directed the Auditor-General to audit the accounts of the town council run by the Workers Party (WP). The directive comes��.
Shanmugam: AHPETC setup designed to let friends benefit
. Council. The Straits Times, 13 Feb 2015. It is common practice across Singapore that when a town council engages the managing agent, a major part of the MA contract is to provide the town council with its key management personnel to supervise the day-to-day running of the TC.. However, in all these 25 years, in no other town council except AHPETC are the secretary, general manager, deputy GMs not just employees of the MA but complete owners of the MA.
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���CPG is currently the managing agent of Aljunied Town Council [under the PAP], although it is not clear if the agreement will continue following the Workers Party taking over of Aljunied and the subsequent merger to form Aljunied-Hougang. The Straits Times also carried the following report in 2013, during the debate which had erupted over the saga following revelations that the PAP-run town councils had sold off the computer system used by the town councils to a��.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Parliament.
MPs unanimously endorse motion on audit finding lapses at Workers Party-run Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC). - Debate on AGOs audit report on AHPETC, Day 1 �� - Debate on AGOs audit report��.
The G spot ��� on town councils
So we were treated to a spectacle in Parliament recently with the Workers Party having to defend its management of the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East town council in the wake of the Auditor-Generals findings. The WP is being cajoled into pursuing its.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: AHPETC does badly.
Three other town councils also tripped up in one of these two areas.. THE Ministry of National Development (MND) has taken issue with a claim by the Workers Party-run town council that it could not submit its service and conservancy charges (SandCC) arrears report because its staff were tied up with work for an audit by. Last night, Ms Lim told The Straits Times she had offered to submit the data as is to the MND in July, but was told it had to be in its required format.