In a letter sent to the media today, Dr Ong Seh Hong wrote:
“I was an employee of GIC in 1999. I was offered by Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre to be Director, Medical & Paramedical Services in January 2000.
“However to leave GIC, I had to pay S$560,000 to settle my outstanding staff housing loan. I agreed to join Ren Ci on condition that I received a loan of S$60,000, to pay off in part the amount of S$560,000 and I paid the remaining S$500,000 from bank loan.
We find Dr Ong’s explanation most unusual and disingenuous which appear to give the impression that Ren Ci was sort of “blackmailed” by his demands into giving him the loan.
It does not make any difference if Dr Ong was a PAP MP then. As a medical doctor, he should be aware that Ren Ci is a charitable organization supported solely by funds from well-wishers.
The $60,000 loan made to him for his own personal purpose would deprive needy patients of the necessary funds thereby mandating Ren Ci to raise more from the public.
Dr Ong could have borrowed the remaining $60,000 from another bank or delayed joining Ren Ci till he had the means to pay off his outstanding staff housing loan.
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“I was an employee of GIC in 1999. I was offered by Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre to be Director, Medical & Paramedical Services in January 2000.
“However to leave GIC, I had to pay S$560,000 to settle my outstanding staff housing loan. I agreed to join Ren Ci on condition that I received a loan of S$60,000, to pay off in part the amount of S$560,000 and I paid the remaining S$500,000 from bank loan.
We find Dr Ong’s explanation most unusual and disingenuous which appear to give the impression that Ren Ci was sort of “blackmailed” by his demands into giving him the loan.
It does not make any difference if Dr Ong was a PAP MP then. As a medical doctor, he should be aware that Ren Ci is a charitable organization supported solely by funds from well-wishers.
The $60,000 loan made to him for his own personal purpose would deprive needy patients of the necessary funds thereby mandating Ren Ci to raise more from the public.
Dr Ong could have borrowed the remaining $60,000 from another bank or delayed joining Ren Ci till he had the means to pay off his outstanding staff housing loan.
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/?p=7856