SMRT's senior management under DK - a real SAF old boys' club!

[makapaaa]

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cccaws Master Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 4,268

SMRT's senior management under DK - a real SAF old boys' club! 2012: "SMRT chief to tap military men for key posts" Quote: "In one of his first planned tweaks to his management team, Mr Desmond Kuek - himself a retired lieutenant-general - is understood by The Straits Times to be hiring two or three senior SAF officers to take up key appointments in the coming months. Sources said one is Colonel Gerard Koh, who is poised to join next month as director of human resources - a department that has been in the news since last week's bus drivers' strike. He has held various HR positions. His latest post is head of national service affairs. The last military man at the SMRT HR department was retired colonel Low Ah Tee, a one-time HR general manager. Mr Low and more than half a dozen senior executives retired or quit when retailer Saw Phaik Hwa helmed the SMRT between 2002 and January this year. Sources said Mr Kuek, 49, intends to appoint another senior officer, a logistics specialist, to the bus division. It has not only been loss-making for years, but also made the news when 171 drivers from China went on an illegal strike." -ST​ Come 2013... Desmond Kuek recruits 6th man with military background into SMRT senior management: Quote: SINGAPORE — "Less than a month after ex-military man Lee Ling Wee, 47, was appointed senior vice-president of SMRT’s new division for maintenance and engineering, the transport operator has announced that Mr Lee has taken over the position of Executive Vice President of Trains, effective Monday (June 24). The post was vacated by Mr Khoo Hean Siang, 65, last Sunday when his employment contract with SMRT expired. As Senior Vice President for Maintenance and Engineering, Mr Lee — who joined SMRT on May 20 — had been responsible for the maintenance and engineering aspects of trains, as well as the tracks, quality assurance, innovation and power. With his new appointment, Mr Lee will relinquish this position — renamed Senior Vice President for Systems and Engineering Division — to Mr Ng Bor Kiat, 56, former director of corporate development for the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources. He was also formerly director of land systems in the Defence Science and Technology Agency. Prior to joining SMRT, Mr Lee, 47, headed the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s air-engineering and logistics department, and has more than 25 years of experience in engineering and maintenance in the air force. He is the sixth person with military background whom SMRT chief executive Desmond Kuek has brought onto SMRT’s 20-member senior management board to help the company get back on track since the two major train disruptions in December 2011 that saw then-chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa resign. Other hires include vice-president of human resources Gerard Koh, 42 and vice-president of train operations Alvin Kek, 45. Both men were previously with the Singapore Armed Forces." -TODAY​ Not comprehensive. Feel free to CSI/SIC the full list of ex-SAF (or other military) men recruited by DK into SMRT to refresh our memory and for public interest. Last edited by cccaws; Yesterday at 05:09 PM..

 

[laksaboy]

Unless the SAF scholarship is revamped or scrapped, these military nincompoops will continue to infest our public sector. Some go to (PAP) politics. Some go to GLCs. Some go to stat boards. But all of them will fuck it up in their own special ways.

 

[Papsmearer]

SMRT Board of Directors

Chairman - Koh Yong Guan, former Perm Sec of Ministry of Defense. Know shit all about mass transit
Director - Lee Seow Hiang, former LTC RSAF, ADA commander, knows shit all about mass transit

Senior Management

Desmond Quack, we know all about him, ex SAF Armour officer and Chief of Army
Lee Ling Wee, SMRT senior VP, former RSAF Logistics officer, Colonel
Gerard Koh Keng Swee, VP H & R, former Colonel and 4 SAB commander

 

[zeebjii]

SMRT Board of Directors

Chairman - Koh Yong Guan, former Perm Sec of Ministry of Defense. Know shit all about mass transit
Director - Lee Seow Hiang, former LTC RSAF, ADA commander, knows shit all about mass transit

Senior Management

Desmond Quack, we know all about him, ex SAF Armour officer and Chief of Army
Lee Ling Wee, SMRT senior VP, former RSAF Logistics officer, Colonel
Gerard Koh Keng Swee, VP H & R, former Colonel and 4 SAB commander

So is SMRT a private public-listed company or not? Why can suka suka bring in so many SAF 'talents'? Surely this cannot happen in a private company, even if it's a GLC, right? Can't see this happening in Singtel for example.

 

[mojito]

Desmond is putting singaporeans first, yet people are complaining? Sinkies really hard to please.

 

[winnipegjets]

Desmond is putting singaporeans first, yet people are complaining? Sinkies really hard to please.

It is not sinkee first policy ...it is CRONY-FIRST policy!

 

[shittypore]

It is not sinkee first policy ...it is CRONY-FIRST policy!

All said and done.

 

[SgGoneWrong]

Is ah kuek planning an uprising by gathering his own men?
Good way to overthrow leegime by having control of the public transport system.
If one day leegime wants to sack ah kuek or refuses to increase his pay, ah kuek can hold all lowest denominators at ransom by suspending all train lines.

 

[Papsmearer]

So is SMRT a private public-listed company or not? Why can suka suka bring in so many SAF 'talents'? Surely this cannot happen in a private company, even if it's a GLC, right? Can't see this happening in Singtel for example.

Stomaksick is major shareholder, so they can appoint anyone they one via the power they have on the BOD accorded to them by the number of shares they hold. that is why the BOD is populated by civil serpents whose sole purpose is to vote the way Stomaksick tells them.

 

[Papsmearer]

So is SMRT a private public-listed company or not? Why can suka suka bring in so many SAF 'talents'? Surely this cannot happen in a private company, even if it's a GLC, right? Can't see this happening in Singtel for example.

Stomaksick is major shareholder, so they can appoint anyone they one via the power they have on the BOD accorded to them by the number of shares they hold. that is why the BOD is populated by civil serpents whose sole purpose is to vote the way Stomaksick tells them.

 

[blissquek]

Stomaksick is major shareholder, so they can appoint anyone they one via the power they have on the BOD accorded to them by the number of shares they hold. that is why the BOD is populated by civil serpents whose sole purpose is to vote the way Stomaksick tells them.

that is why the BOD is populated by civil serpents whose sole purpose is to vote the way Stomaksick tells them.[/QUOTE]

Can you put this in BOLD print this agenda ...SMRT is to become the 4th Teleco...

 

[laksaboy]

So is SMRT a private public-listed company or not? Why can suka suka bring in so many SAF 'talents'? Surely this cannot happen in a private company, even if it's a GLC, right? Can't see this happening in Singtel for example.

Publicly listed means jack shit. Who are the majority shareholders?

 

[aerobwala]

A real SAF old boys' club is here.

 

[Hans168]

nothing is new......... Cabinet oso sAF old boys club with ranked members n associates.....

 

[NanoSpeed]

So which old boys network run Singapore now ?

SJI ? Used to be GY, TCH, LHK, LBH

RI ? LKY

ACS ?

Catholic High ? LHL, LSS, LW, CSS

 

[Confuseous]

This Jack Shit Quack is totally out of his depth.

"SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek said the operator will not be able to catch every potential fault even if it stepped up maintenance."

So what is his salary for?
How do other subway lines do it?

 

[GoldenDragon]

My observation of the SPF mirrors that of SMRT - everytime a new boss, be it comdr or director takes over, most would parachute their kakis. All these are the CMI type. Those who chose to lead w/o cronies surrounding them are the ones who succeed. I dont recall Leo Yip bringing in his kakis.

 

[eatshitndie]

the military experience is just leadership training as mandarins for the leedership aristocracy.

 

[laksaboy]

My observation of the SPF mirrors that of SMRT - everytime a new boss, be it comdr or director takes over, most would parachute their kakis. All these are the CMI type. Those who chose to lead w/o cronies surrounding them are the ones who succeed. I dont recall Leo Yip bringing in his kakis.

Non-leaders can't take criticisms, and what better way to avoid this than to bring in your kakis and immerse yourself in their echo chamber of flattery?

And as a result, the people who get work done, the veterans who have tons of experience under their belts, get sidelined or discarded.

This happens everywhere, but it is uniquely Sinkie public sector when it comes to having these SAF scholar nerds parachuted in, get bounced around from GLC to GLC, ministry to ministry, stat board to stat board, with no punishments for their bad decisions.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Non-leaders can't take criticisms, and what better way to avoid this than to bring in your kakis and immerse yourself in their echo chamber of flattery?

And as a result, the people who get work done, the veterans who have tons of experience under their belts, get sidelined or discarded.

This happens everywhere, but it is uniquely Sinkie public sector when it comes to having these SAF scholar nerds parachuted in, get bounced around from GLC to GLC, ministry to ministry, stat board to stat board, with no punishments for their bad decisions.

Isnt it strange that DK is not aware that groupthink will come into play with his subordinates?

When real problems need solving, never get a soldier. They are trained to obey and comply and unable to think. Silly scholar.

His best option would be to invite those who left during SPH's time to return. They left coz they disagreed with HC's best kawan who knows nothing about trains.