Chitchat Zainuddin and his 7 years in FAS

[CoffeeAhSoh]

jackpot machine can collect 30 over million?! sounds like money laundering to me.

Chinatown. Peoples park area all most poor folks on govt assistance.

 

[RandomNexus]

Thanks, I struggle with this guy, Sunil and the wife's nephew.

I find that they going ahead with the elections as terrible.

I agree about the terrible part.

But this time around, the government has no say. FAS is meant to be a private organisation's matter in conducting its affairs. The key figures are only arrested with no charges meaning they are not guilty till it is proven.

 

[Debonerman]

I agree about the terrible part.

But this time around, the government has no say. FAS is meant to be a private organisation's matter in conducting its affairs. The key figures are only arrested with no charges meaning they are not guilty till it is proven.

Who okayed the high number jackpot machines in one location? Is it LEEGAL?

 

[halsey02]

Who okayed the high number jackpot machines in one location? Is it LEEGAL?

If this was run by Low Thia Kiang & WP....police will raid & seize the fruit machines...100%..wanna bet!....but "kawan-ku"...well!..it is LEEGAL!

 

[RandomNexus]

left over change from his IR in Cambodia. CAD needs to look into the machine supplier also, its the same guy that was main sponsor for Hougang FC for a while and they always help to "tweak" the machines...

If you take a look at Bill Ng's company website, you have an idea what he may be up to. He has interests in stocks like ISR and this listed company has been in the headlines for the wrong reasons. Look at the penny stocks in the list which are not investments in the real sense but manipulation to make it look good. Naga Corp has been refused listing in Singapore before it gets its chance in HK - why? A casino stock - one can understand about the concerns in Singapore. If you are dealing with a third world casino company, what do you expect to deal with? I think this has a lot to do why he gets interested in jackpot machines running in these football clubs. To think he has this ingenious plan to privatise football clubs tell you the intentions - it is not about football but the cash generation capabilities of these clubs.

He is smart yet dumb to think that the authorities will not look at his background - what a character. He seeks publicity when he should be lying low - that tells you that much about him. To have his club paying rental on the premise to his wife again makes wonder whether he is smart or dumb and it is likely both.

His days are numbered.

 

[Debonerman]

If this was run by Low Thia Kiang & WP....police will raid & seize the fruit machines...100%..wanna bet!....but "kawan-ku"...well!..it is LEEGAL!

Quanxi very important in this pseudo Chinese imperial state. The "Quans" have two mouths and very big pockets for you to fill for a "fruitful" relationship. But then Sinkapore has low corruption according to the Lee Government.

 

[RandomNexus]

Sashi Nathan is Chandra Das' nephew and not Subhas' nephew. Think Subhas' nephew, Sunil, now with 'mango' Palmer's law firm.

Back to the Game Changers camp, interesting to see Annabel P and Lau Kok Keng 'disappear' all of a sudden. As for Krishna, think he is still wet behind the ears.

Whatever happens next, must thank Bill Ng for opening this can of worms.

Annabel and Lau Kok Keng can read the tea leaves.

Krishna? I think he too can read the leaves but I am just thinking if I am in his position, perhaps he might be struggling whether to make an appearance - not to go means he is playing safe and if going, he has to account for the fact he is the second person in charge and might be next in line to take over if Bill steps down.

In this island, playing safe has always ensured your survival - our kiasuism is not something unimportant that is created out of nowhere but ensure you stay alive.

He will be wise to walk off before anything happens. With his past bravado to lead Tampines into debts with the signing of Pennant and openly declaring not needing jackpot machines' revenue, I bet he will walk off soon. Not just him but everybody in Game Changers!

 

[halsey02]

Quanxi very important in this pseudo Chinese imperial state. The "Quans" have two mouths and very big pockets for you to fill for a "fruitful" relationship. But then Sinkapore has low corruption according to the Lee Government.

There is no Obvious Corruption in Singapore & that is the truth...but if you are doing business here...it is whom you know, is connected to who you want, to get, what you can get, is most important. There is no show of "favour" or "money"...

This is an example of the point I am raising...

There is no corruption...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIBpHO1gZgQ

 

[borom]

......no Obvious Corruption....it is whom you know, is connected to who you want, to get, what you can get, is most important. There is no show .......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIBpHO1gZgQ

As seen in many countries , corruption does not only means giving of monies or favours

" Daniel Kaufmann..include 'legal corruption' in which power is abused within the confines of the law—as those with power often have the ability to make laws for their protection. .....................
Networking ......to cultivate personal relationships ....has been described as an attempt to corrupt formal hiring processes.....non-meritocratic advantage over other candidates; advantage that is based on personal fondness rather than on any objective appraisal .................

Favouritism, nepotism and clientelism involve the favouring of not the perpetrator of corruption but someone related to them, such as a friend, family member or member of an association. Examples would include hiring or promoting a family member or staff member to a role they are not qualified for, who belongs to the same political party as you, regardless of merit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption

Abuse of power is the worst as it often involves the wanton and open use of public funds to keep themselves in power with very negatives effect on the people's quality of lives. As they work within the law passed by themselves,they make use of state resources to send those who criticise them to jail and threathen the very people who vote them into power.

 

[scroobal]

Even the pro govt team with a new PAP MP Edwin Tong if elected is going to be a hollow victory. Its serves no good going into the elections with so much in the air. if is postponed, a new team can be formed to contest and I am sure they will drop Bill Ng like a rock.

The leader of one team has been arrested and yet to be cleared which effectively turns this into a non-contest. I am even surprised that FIFA is even allowing this.

I agree about the terrible part.

But this time around, the government has no say. FAS is meant to be a private organisation's matter in conducting its affairs. The key figures are only arrested with no charges meaning they are not guilty till it is proven.

 

[scroobal]

This will tell you how rotten this is - there a football that played its last game in 2005, 12 years later the club has 5 fruit machines and still going strong in Sultan Plaza. And we raiding gambling dens.

If Sylvia lim failed to pay parking fine, Shanumugam, Indrani and V Bala will be asking her to come clean.

 

[scroobal]

Dont waste your time with Krishna. He should ask his in laws to advise him. The guy was not even born a Singaporean.

Annabel and Lau Kok Keng can read the tea leaves.

Krishna? I think he too can read the leaves but I am just thinking if I am in his position, perhaps he might be struggling whether to make an appearance - not to go means he is playing safe and if going, he has to account for the fact he is the second person in charge and might be next in line to take over if Bill steps down.

In this island, playing safe has always ensured your survival - our kiasuism is not something unimportant that is created out of nowhere but ensure you stay alive.

He will be wise to walk off before anything happens. With his past bravado to lead Tampines into debts with the signing of Pennant and openly declaring not needing jackpot machines' revenue, I bet he will walk off soon. Not just him but everybody in Game Changers!

 

[kezgtree]

This will tell you how rotten this is - there a football that played its last game in 2005, 12 years later the club has 5 fruit machines and still going strong in Sultan Plaza. And we raiding gambling dens.

If Sylvia lim failed to pay parking fine, Shanumugam, Indrani and V Bala will be asking her to come clean.

....whole sinkie land know it...becoz Sylvia is opp. party...even if she accidently a piece of tissue on the pavement they will come after her like monster...and probably charge her for littering...endangering to public ...disturbence to public user...and etc etc..sighhh

 

[virus]

If this was run by Low Thia Kiang & WP....police will raid & seize the fruit machines...100%..wanna bet!....but "kawan-ku"...well!..it is LEEGAL!

luckily laura ran off, otherwise they would have grab and impound her mangoes

 

[gatehousethetinkertailor]

Dont waste your time with Krishna. He should ask his in laws to advise him. The guy was not even born a Singaporean.

I was quite surprised to see him so involved in football as a sport (he has always been a fast cars kinda guy being President of the Ferrari Club and meeting then Tampines Chairman Teo Hock Seng) - his eldest son (Rohin) is keen to make it to the EPL so I do wonder if that has catapulted him to the game or more specifically to being in a position of management authority. His other half (also a qualified lawyer but non-practising) was always more of an equestrine and her sister runs a vet service for the same sport.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/aspiring-professional-footballer-thinks-quickly-on-his-feet

I really do wonder what his f-i-l thinks of all this as he always had a reputation for being a straight-shooter and no-nonsense style and m-i-l is a force to be reckoned with in her own right (although she too struggled to tame the Law Soc when she was President - Subhas was quite vicious in his account of what happened then: "She was a disaster. She did not read the minds of the lawyers. There was an attempt to pass a vote of no-confidence against her and her council by the general body of lawyers. I think it’s the first time in the history of the Law Society that such a motion was tabled. After two hours of serious debate, my good friend, Lee Tow Kiat, wisely suggested that the meeting be adjourned. That motion was carried and the meeting was reconvened again. After the incident, I think she decided that she had enough after being president for one year. She stood down. She blamed me amongst others for making her life as president miserable and blamed us for all the problems she had. In some ways what she said was true. - http://unravelling1987.blogspot.sg/2013/09/subhas-anandan-on-law-society.html)

 

[gatehousethetinkertailor]

in other news...that's the end of SIngapore football and despite best intentions of someone like Fandi to reinvigorate the lost spirit of local football, you have the death knell right here....shameless to portray this as a necessary evil for the sake of the staff.....:*:

http://www.todayonline.com/sports/winston-lee-lead-association-now-fas-council

SINGAPORE — Even as rumours continue to swirl around Football Association of Singapore (FAS) general secretary Winston Lee’s tenure at the association, the newly-elected council stressed on Tuesday (May 2) that Lee will continue to lead the organisation for now.

Lee, 52, and three other individuals — Hougang United chairman Bill Ng and his wife Bonnie Wong, former FAS president Zainudin Nordin — were arrested two weeks ago after a police report lodged by Sport Singapore (SportSG) over the suspected misuse of funds at Tiong Bahru Football Club (TBFC), and an attempt by a senior club official to obstruct the completion of audits of the S.League’s sit-out clubs. They are assisting with the police probe, and are out on bail.

“So far as the management of FAS is concerned, I’ve already affirmed it to the staff that Winston is still the leader,” said president Lim Kia Tong on Tuesday. “Of course ... he’ll definitely be psychologically affected by the investigations. But we have given him the necessary assurance and advice that he should continue to lead the FAS to the best of his abilities regardless of the emotional setback that he may be facing.”

FAS vice-president Edwin Tong added: “We’ll let the investigations play out and see what the facts are before making a decision. It may well be that for reasons unrelated to the investigation, we may want to review the position (of general-secretary).”

It has been a turbulent time for local football, with the April 29 elections marred by controversy surrounding TBFC’s S$500,000 donation to the Asean Football Federation (AFF) via the FAS. Following SportSg’s police report, the FAS office, and clubhouses of TBFC, Hougang United and Woodlands Wellington — which are all linked to businessman Ng, who led Team Game Changers in the elections — were raided by the Commercial Affairs Department.

However, it is business as usual for the FAS, as eight of the 15 council members met staff over lunch on Tuesday to thank them for their hard work, and assure them of their futures in the association.

Lim, a 64-year-old lawyer, told TODAY: “From feedback that we received, the staff had entertained some uncertainty about their future because they didn’t know which team would come in to manage the FAS.

“We also wanted to take this opportunity to show them that we recognise they play a very important pillar of the whole administration and management of football.”

Tong added that the new council would also look at ways to improve the working environment within the FAS.

“We sent a message to draw the line between us and the previous council. Even though some of us were from the previous council, the style of management, the transparency and openness will be there,” said Tong.

Fabian Chew, who works in the development and planning department, was happy with what he heard, as he said: “The council members were sincere and forthcoming in their sharing. We’re all looking forward to moving on (from the elections).”

 

[jw5]

Any one of these morons in the FAS?

 

[gatehousethetinkertailor]

Coincidence in timing or just plain bad luck at Tampines Rovers....

http://www.todayonline.com/sports/ronaldinho-academy-fails-take-without-single-training-session

Ronaldinho football academy fails to take off, without any training session
Company behind it shuts down because of financial problems; still owes staff up to eight months’ salary

SINGAPORE – When it was announced in December 2015 that Brazilian football star Ronaldinho would be setting up a football academy in Singapore, the news created such a buzz that football fans turned up in droves to catch a glimpse of the World Cup winner when he subsequently arrived here for the soft launch of the academy.

Two years on however, the academy, which had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner S.League club Tampines Rovers, has closed down without even conducting a single training session.

This comes after International Football Group (IFG), the company in charge of setting up the academy, ceased operations earlier this year due to financial difficulties.

A fully-owned subsidiary of Eagle Sports International (ESI) Pte Ltd, which was founded in September 2014, IFG described itself as a local integrated football solutions company with plans to become the next leader in sports marketing across Asia.

Now however, TODAY understands that former IFG employees are owed up to eight months’ salary by the company’s directors Gane Ramachandra and Nicole Liu, a former Chinese national who is now a Singapore citizen, and that at least six former staff have not been paid since July 2016.

Gane is the brother of lawyer Krishna Ramachanda, who is also the chairman of Tampines Rovers.

A post on IFG’s Facebook page last week, which TODAY understands was written by a former IFG staff, said IFG had “ceased operations” since last December.

It added: “The directors…had misled staff into working for IFG and its parent company ESI for an extended period of time without pay.

“Staff were promised that salaries will be paid with each passing week but the promises were not fulfilled.

“Staff are owed between six to eight months’ salary and the directors had forced staff to backdate their resignations that were signed in December 2016 to October 2016 to avoid CPF commitments on the promise that all outstanding salaries will be paid in December 2016.

“The salaries remain unpaid and staff were sent an unofficial private email to inform them that the company will be liquidated in January 2017.”

FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES

TODAY understands that IFG’s financial difficulties began as early as January 2016, when staff had their salaries delayed by a week. By June 2016, the company was no longer paying salaries to its staff.

According to two former IFG employees who spoke to TODAY, Gane and Liu, however, told staff to continue working and promised to pay the owed salaries in the subsequent months.

This went on till November, when Gane sent an email out to the employees acknowledging problems with IFG’s cash flow. IFG then converted all of their staff to part-time “consultants”.

TODAY obtained a copy of the email that Gane sent out to the staff on Jan 22 this year informing them of IFG’s liquidation.

In it, Gane wrote that Liu had been “declared a bankrupt” and that “letters of demands have been filed and (it) is a matter of time before the companies are liquidated.”

He added that it was only a “matter of time” before he too would face bankruptcy.

“I apologise to all staff whom I have brought on board and shared on the vision and plans and trust you all have had in the company and placed on me,” he wrote in the email.

“I am not in a position to pay you all now and our lenders but I will personally try over time to slowly make good and make up for things.

“Please give me time to regroup myself and rebuild my finances.”

But a former IFG employee, who declined to be named, told TODAY that no official documents were ever provided to verify Liu’s bankruptcy.

He added that both she and Gane have been uncontactable since the email was sent.

Attempts by TODAY to contact Liu and Gane were also unsuccessful.

LEGAL ACTION

The ex-employee said those who were still owed their salaries were now considering pursuing legal action against Liu and Gane.

“We’ve tried going to the MOM (Ministry of Manpower) for help, but because our salaries are above a certain range, they are unable to assist us in this matter,” said the ex-employee.

“So for now, it looks like our only recourse might be to take joint-legal action against the directors.

“However, we need to stabilise our finances first because we haven’t been paid for so long.”

When asked why they did not lodge police reports against Liu and Gane, the ex-employee said: “We’re not sure if that will do anything to help us, or if we even have a case.

“We need legal advice before making a report, because the directors may simply hide behind the ‘bankruptcy’ card and close the matter.”

Another former employee revealed that IFG had been working with a Chinese company called Zhongti Jiaqi – which was set-up as ESI’s arm in China – to stage a national youth inter-school futsal tournament in the country.

While IFG has since ceased operations, Zhongti Jiaqi remains active and is listed as the official organiser of the tournament.

And the former employee, who also declined to be named, believes that Zhongti Jiaqi is reaping the benefits of the work that was done by IFG’s staff. A check on the tournament’s official website still shows two former IFG employees listed as part of the consultant team.

“During the period where we weren’t paid, we were tasked to work on this project to organise an inter-school futsal tournament in China,” the ex-employee said.

“We were told that the authorities (in China) would only work with a Chinese company, and that’s why Zhongti Jiaqi was set-up.

“We were also told that Zhongti Jiaqi is run by Nicole’s brother.

“So we did up all the groundwork and blueprints for organising the tournament, and brought in our own contacts to help with the project.

“But even though IFG is no more, we see that Zhongti Jiaqi is still running the tournament by using the work that we’ve done. We’ve also learn that they have gone behind our backs to approach our contacts. “It’s unfair that they’re now benefitting from this, when we’re struggling with our finances because we’ve not been paid for so long.”

Zhongti Jiaqi has not replied to TODAY’s media queries.

TODAY reached out to Tampines chairman Krishna Ramachandra, who requested for queries to be sent by Whatsapp.

He told this newspaper that the club has moved on from the Ronaldinho academy. “Over a year ago we decided not to proceed with the…academy plans as we could not agree on the commitments from Ronaldinho,” he replied.

“We also had feedback from community leaders that there were too many elitist programmes out there and that it would make accessibility to football training limited to only certain sectors which are already well served.

“We have since replaced the academy with our Tampines Gold CSR programme that involves kids at risk.”

When asked if he has been in contact with Gane, Krishna said: “Not on IFG… we haven’t done anything with Ronaldinho and IFG since 12 months ago so we have had no contact with IFG.”

 

[cocobobo]

Coincidence in timing or just plain bad luck at Tampines Rovers....

http://www.todayonline.com/sports/ronaldinho-academy-fails-take-without-single-training-session

Ronaldinho football academy fails to take off, without any training session
Company behind it shuts down because of financial problems; still owes staff up to eight months’ salary

SINGAPORE – When it was announced in December 2015 that Brazilian football star Ronaldinho would be setting up a football academy in Singapore, the news created such a buzz that football fans turned up in droves to catch a glimpse of the World Cup winner when he subsequently arrived here for the soft launch of the academy.

Two years on however, the academy, which had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner S.League club Tampines Rovers, has closed down without even conducting a single training session.

This comes after International Football Group (IFG), the company in charge of setting up the academy, ceased operations earlier this year due to financial difficulties.

A fully-owned subsidiary of Eagle Sports International (ESI) Pte Ltd, which was founded in September 2014, IFG described itself as a local integrated football solutions company with plans to become the next leader in sports marketing across Asia.

Now however, TODAY understands that former IFG employees are owed up to eight months’ salary by the company’s directors Gane Ramachandra and Nicole Liu, a former Chinese national who is now a Singapore citizen, and that at least six former staff have not been paid since July 2016.

Gane is the brother of lawyer Krishna Ramachanda, who is also the chairman of Tampines Rovers.

A post on IFG’s Facebook page last week, which TODAY understands was written by a former IFG staff, said IFG had “ceased operations” since last December.

It added: “The directors…had misled staff into working for IFG and its parent company ESI for an extended period of time without pay.

“Staff were promised that salaries will be paid with each passing week but the promises were not fulfilled.

“Staff are owed between six to eight months’ salary and the directors had forced staff to backdate their resignations that were signed in December 2016 to October 2016 to avoid CPF commitments on the promise that all outstanding salaries will be paid in December 2016.

“The salaries remain unpaid and staff were sent an unofficial private email to inform them that the company will be liquidated in January 2017.”

FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES

TODAY understands that IFG’s financial difficulties began as early as January 2016, when staff had their salaries delayed by a week. By June 2016, the company was no longer paying salaries to its staff.

According to two former IFG employees who spoke to TODAY, Gane and Liu, however, told staff to continue working and promised to pay the owed salaries in the subsequent months.

This went on till November, when Gane sent an email out to the employees acknowledging problems with IFG’s cash flow. IFG then converted all of their staff to part-time “consultants”.

TODAY obtained a copy of the email that Gane sent out to the staff on Jan 22 this year informing them of IFG’s liquidation.

In it, Gane wrote that Liu had been “declared a bankrupt” and that “letters of demands have been filed and (it) is a matter of time before the companies are liquidated.”

He added that it was only a “matter of time” before he too would face bankruptcy.

“I apologise to all staff whom I have brought on board and shared on the vision and plans and trust you all have had in the company and placed on me,” he wrote in the email.

“I am not in a position to pay you all now and our lenders but I will personally try over time to slowly make good and make up for things.

“Please give me time to regroup myself and rebuild my finances.”

But a former IFG employee, who declined to be named, told TODAY that no official documents were ever provided to verify Liu’s bankruptcy.

He added that both she and Gane have been uncontactable since the email was sent.

Attempts by TODAY to contact Liu and Gane were also unsuccessful.

LEGAL ACTION

The ex-employee said those who were still owed their salaries were now considering pursuing legal action against Liu and Gane.

“We’ve tried going to the MOM (Ministry of Manpower) for help, but because our salaries are above a certain range, they are unable to assist us in this matter,” said the ex-employee.

“So for now, it looks like our only recourse might be to take joint-legal action against the directors.

“However, we need to stabilise our finances first because we haven’t been paid for so long.”

When asked why they did not lodge police reports against Liu and Gane, the ex-employee said: “We’re not sure if that will do anything to help us, or if we even have a case.

“We need legal advice before making a report, because the directors may simply hide behind the ‘bankruptcy’ card and close the matter.”

Another former employee revealed that IFG had been working with a Chinese company called Zhongti Jiaqi – which was set-up as ESI’s arm in China – to stage a national youth inter-school futsal tournament in the country.

While IFG has since ceased operations, Zhongti Jiaqi remains active and is listed as the official organiser of the tournament.

And the former employee, who also declined to be named, believes that Zhongti Jiaqi is reaping the benefits of the work that was done by IFG’s staff. A check on the tournament’s official website still shows two former IFG employees listed as part of the consultant team.

“During the period where we weren’t paid, we were tasked to work on this project to organise an inter-school futsal tournament in China,” the ex-employee said.

“We were told that the authorities (in China) would only work with a Chinese company, and that’s why Zhongti Jiaqi was set-up.

“We were also told that Zhongti Jiaqi is run by Nicole’s brother.

“So we did up all the groundwork and blueprints for organising the tournament, and brought in our own contacts to help with the project.

“But even though IFG is no more, we see that Zhongti Jiaqi is still running the tournament by using the work that we’ve done. We’ve also learn that they have gone behind our backs to approach our contacts. “It’s unfair that they’re now benefitting from this, when we’re struggling with our finances because we’ve not been paid for so long.”

Zhongti Jiaqi has not replied to TODAY’s media queries.

TODAY reached out to Tampines chairman Krishna Ramachandra, who requested for queries to be sent by Whatsapp.

He told this newspaper that the club has moved on from the Ronaldinho academy. “Over a year ago we decided not to proceed with the…academy plans as we could not agree on the commitments from Ronaldinho,” he replied.

“We also had feedback from community leaders that there were too many elitist programmes out there and that it would make accessibility to football training limited to only certain sectors which are already well served.

“We have since replaced the academy with our Tampines Gold CSR programme that involves kids at risk.”

When asked if he has been in contact with Gane, Krishna said: “Not on IFG… we haven’t done anything with Ronaldinho and IFG since 12 months ago so we have had no contact with IFG.”

a pair of indian-born and china-born fleecing sinkies?

truly an apt reflection of the country. You couldn't make it up.

 

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE – When it was announced in December 2015 that Brazilian football star Ronaldinho would be setting up a football academy in Singapore, the news created such a buzz that football fans turned up in droves to catch a glimpse of the World Cup winner when he subsequently arrived here for the soft launch of the academy.

Two years on however, the academy, which had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner S.League club Tampines Rovers, has closed down without even conducting a single training session.

This brazilian nigger talks like another donald trump. Full of shit and no substance.

In Singapore, kids aspire to do well in their studies, get a government scholarship and be a top government scholar. Few kids aspire to be professional athletes. We have a singapore sports school, but i don't see that school churning out sports champions. It's just another school for rich parents to indulge their kids.

I am not surprised that this so-called football academy closed down before it even took off. The brazilian nigger was just making speeches for publicity.