I wonder what GMS have to say about this?
http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/05/18/gm-of-jurong-tc-is-also-md-of-managing-agent-of-tc-pap-branch-secretary-revisit/
May 16th, 2011 | Author: Editorial
The General Manager of Jurong Town Council Ho Thian Poh is also the Managing Director of UGL Premas Limited which owns Esmaco Township Management Services, the contractor employed by Jurong Town Council itself. (Source: ULG Premas)
Netizens have been asking if this duo role of Mr Ho may have led to a possible conflict of interest. Besides Jurong, UGL Premas Limited manages Marine Parade, West Coast and Hong Kah Town Councils as well.
Mr Ho first came into public spotlight when he sacked an opposition supporter purportedly for ‘poor performance’ one day after she was spotted by fellow colleagues selling merchandise at an opposition rally.
It turns out that Mr Ho is also the PAP branch secretary of Bukit Batok East.
Another possible case of conflict of interest involves Aljunied Town Council which is managed by CPG Facilities Management. The General Manager of Aljunied Town Council Mr Jeffrey Chua is also the Managing Director of CPF Facilities Management. It is not known if he is a PAP member as well.
It is a common knowledge that grassroots organizations and Town Councils have long been politicized to become ‘political tools’ of the PAP regime.
PAP branch secretaries often wear many hats at the grassroots levels – some hold multiple positions such as Chairman of Community Clubs, Town Council managers and Chairman of Citizen Consultative Committees at the same time.
According to PAP strongman Lee Kuan Yew, all grassroots organizations such as CCs, CCCs and RCs are ‘part of the PAP.’
The implication of AIM-FMSS saga is far beyond FMSS to WP.
The implications of AIM-FMSS saga is this...
In all fairness, I have not attacked WP unreasonably in any ways. We want opposition in parliament but what WP has given us really fall short of first world or first class as they claimed. Right from sex scandal to conflict of interests in management.
As opposition supporters, you should worry more of the dwindling credibility of the only opposition in parliament than anything else. Don't really need to worry about me.
PAP cannot divert attention if there is nothing for them to fire. Whose fault? Well, frankly speaking, whatever PAP tried to justify AIM, nobody will believe because people have already made up their minds. The problem is, WP got itself into this mess because of its inability to safeguard a stringent standard against potential conflict of interests. This could mean a lot more things in terms of playing the role of opposition in parliament. It would mean that it has lost its moral high ground totally on good governance and good practice to point fingers at PAP's wrong doing in future. It would mean that it will have to condone various bad practices happening in the government...
To put it straight, it has even no moral authority to criticise PAP over the bomptom bike tender procedure! It would have lost all its effectiveness as opposition in parliament to give the necessary checks and balances.
It is not just about AIM nor FMSS anymore. It is about something more damaging towards Democratic development for Singapore.