Yeo Guat Kwang – PAP MP with 64 other jobs
May 30th, 2011 | 
Author: Amidst the ongoing discussion about political salaries, it is worth noting the following “Rules of Prudence” letter which PM Lee has sent to all PAP MPs.
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110527-0000143/Rules-of-Prudence-for-PAP-MPs
For those who find the original letter too dry, I recommend the following from Scroobal, Sammyboy forum’s resident PAP party insider. It is a hilarious tongue-in-cheek posting and one of his best ever. It is specially dedicated to Tin Pei Ling in case she finds it hard to understand what PM Lee is saying.
The “Rules of Prudence” contradicts the following statement made by Mr Gerald Ee, Chairman of the committee to review political salaries.
Past commanders-in-chief like Bill Clinton can make lots of money even after they leave office, which is something that home-grown office holders do not do.
As can be seen, PAP MPs also have the opportunity to make lots of money. This is via company directorships which they are appointed to. These company directorships could be from government linked companies or private companies who would like a PAP MP to be on their board. Also other than company directorships, PAP MP’s may also serve as advisors or hold key positions in unions, government related organisations etc.
The “Rules of Prudence” have no limit to the number of positions that a PAP MP may hold. Two PAP MPs who previously became household names for the number of directorships they held are:
Wang Kai Yuen 11 directorships.
John Chen 8 directorships.
When asked why he had so many directorships, Mr John Chen famously said
Do you want me to work for free?
Since then things have not gotten better. Things have in fact gotten worse. Scroobal highlighted MP Yeo Guat Kwang ( http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?94191-PM-s-empty-Prudence-Rules-External-Responsibilites-of-a-PAP-MP ) who is a team mate of PM Lee in Ang Mo Kio GRC.
Other being a PAP MP, he has an amazing 64 other positions !!!
http://www.parliament.gov.sg/mp/yeo-guat-kwang?viewcv=Yeo%20Guat%20Kwang
1) Member, Government Parliamentary Committee on Manpower
2) Member, Government Parliamentary Committee on Community Development, Youth & Sports
3) Member, GPC for Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
4) Vice Chairman, Aljunied Town Council
5) Alignment Director, NTUC Quality Worklife & All Nationalities
6) Acting Advisor to Taxi Operators’ Association
7) President of Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE)
Vice-Chairman, North East Community Development Council
9) Member, Board of Directors of PUB Board
10) Advisor to the Singapore Table Tennis Association
11) Advisor to the Singapore WeiQi Association
12) Advisor to the Ren Ci Hospital
13) Advisor to the Bright Vision Hospital
14) Advisor to Artistes & Performers’ Association
15) Advisor to Restaurants Association of Singapore
16) Executive Secretary, Singapore Chinese Teachers’ Unions
17) Director, Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDReC)
18) Advisor, Federation of Merchants’ Associations, Singapore
19) Executive Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Statutory Board Employees
20) Member, Workplace Health and Safety Council
21) Co-Chairman, National Tripartite Committee on Workplace Health
22) Co-Chairman, Customer Centric Initiatives
23) Co-Chairman, NTUC-SNEF Migrant Workers’ Forum
24) Member, Aids Business Alliance
25) Member, Mental Health Alliance
26) Member, Centre for Service Excellence and Leadership Governing Council
27) Member, SPRING Standards Council
28) Patron to Pets Enterprises & Traders Association (PETAS)
29) PAP Community Foundation HQ Executive Committee
30) Member, Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning (CPCLL)
31) Member, Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA)
32) Member, AVA Human Resource Committee
33) Member, WSH Council Finance Committee
34) Member, Tripartite Committee on Employability of Older Workers
35) Member, Tripartite Committee on Portable Medical Benefits
36) Member, Tripartite Committee on Flexible Work Arrangement
37) Member, Quality Service Advisory Council
38) Member, Institute for Service Excellence @ SMU (ISES) Governing Council
39) Member, Motor Industry Disputes Resolution Centre Pte Ltd Board of Governors
40) Member, Retail Price Watch Group
41) Member,Tobacco Licensing Consultative Panel
42) Member, Ngee Ann Kongsi Council
43) Advisor, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Staff Union (IRASSU)
44) Advisor & Trustee, NatSteel Employees Union (NEU)
45) Business Advisor, NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd
46) Advisor, Yeo Clan General Association
47) Advisor, Singapore Taoist Federation
48) Advisor, Fo Guang Shan (Singapore)
49) Advisor, Mun San Fook Tuck Chee
50) Advisor, Society of Sheng Hong Welfare Services
51) Advisor, Sian Chay Medical Institution
52) Advisor, Society of Tourist Guides (Singapore)
53) Advisor, Singapore Furniture Association
54) Advisor, Eggs’ Import/Export Trading Association (Singapore)
55) Advisor, Federation of Merchants’ Singapore
56) Advisor, JCI Senators Club of Singapore
57) Advisory Board Member, Singapore-China Association for Advancement of Science & Technology
58) Patron. Buddist Fellowship
59) Independent Director, Grandwork Interior Pte Ltd
60) Independent Director, Japan Foods Holding Ltd
61) Independent Director, Koyo International Ltd
62) Independent Director, United Envirotech Ltd
63) Independent Director, Asia Water Technology Ltd
64) Independent Director, HLH Group Ltd
Somehow the word EXCESSIVE seems grossly inadequate to describe what Mr Yeo is doing. Given that he is PM Lee’s team mate in Ang Mo Kio GRC, I would assume PM Lee knows about this and approves of Mr Yeo’s 64 other jobs. I would also assume that having 64 other jobs is consistent with the “Rules of Prudence” issued by PM Lee.
Previously I had estimated what political salaries should be if we benchmark against the leaders of top economies who are known not to be corrupt. For PM Lee, the amount is US$257,000 to US$ 308,000. An Anon reader of my blog had asked if I had taken into account the money that PAP MPs earn from company directorships and other positions. I replied that I did not. This is because if we did, we might get a NEGATIVE number on the amount that Singapore taxpayers should be paying them.
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Aurvandil
*The writer blogs at Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician.
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Unbelievable. One aspect of Surprising Singapore. Could Mr Yeo offer himself as a tourist attraction. He can charge $10.00 a tourist and probably out-earn the President and the Lees
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this is JUST a LIST OF JOBS,not ACTUAL WORK DONE?
I GUESS WHEN YOU HAVE ACCUMULATED SUCH MAOUNT OF WORK,YOU DONT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN?
AND SO,my frends,such kind are basiclaly NATO.
that’s where they rightly and truly belong.
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“Greed Is Good” …. Maybe YGK wants to be Gordon Gecko ….
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64 jobs, even superman do not have such capacity. No wonder he sleep in every MPS sessions. Maybe he also sleeps on many of his 64 jobs.
Lets see whether he could have the 64 jobs if he not a PAP YES MAN.
Isn’t these legal bribes and legal corruption from that old sly asshole LEE to buy over his YES MAN to support the Lee Dnyasty
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The PAP encourages them to be as they are so that they are given enough incentives to “tekan” the citizens on behalf of LKY/PAP in forming a one-party state like that of China. It is no wonder PAP is courting China like a businessman courting his concubine. PAP should be booted out this GE 2011 if we wait till GE2016 it may be too late.
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This is mind boggling, obscene and out-of-this world! Looking at the titles most of them are name-sake and more of a wayang then responsibilities! I’m sure Mr Yeo “need not” attend all the meetings like many MPs does not attend every Parliamentary sessions as you can see many empty chairs during the news bulletin.
Needless to say this is typical of PAP MPs who are part-timers and we Singaporeans just take it as normal! On the other hand we expect the opposition MPs to work their heart out and to speak in every sitting whilst the PAP MPs making money elsewhere!
This must change! Mr Yeo should tender his resignation and have his name removed from 60 of the present list!
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Now we know why an MP’s job is just a part-time job!
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I don’t know what to say ! Stomp feet
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64 jobs? This is a joke…..
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I think he has violated Rule #15 made by his boss. So now what.
Does he still have time to do MPS?
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wtf????
I’ll really like to see he takes up 64 salesman job..I refuse to believe he can handle so much responsibilities. wtf….
outrages…
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wah!
thick membership card stack man!
as thick as his wallet haha!
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Simply put, voters of PAP ‘kena pluck”. Live with this gazella for the next 5 years.
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Any job position left for native Singaporean !!!
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Talking about corruption.
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Ha! ha!….another Good One for LHL..”Chwee Tak Lan” !
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As far as I am concern PAP is alway PAP and they do not have REAL MPs that will serve the people. REAL MPs are like oppositions who serve the people as a calling.
Mr Kwan wants to built more HDB Flats but for whom, the PRs or the citizens. If he wants to stabilize the prices then he just need to stop PRs from buying HDB flats and everything will be ok.
At the rate PAP is going I predict 2016 will be their doomsday.
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I am curious to know how much extraneous income Yeo Guat Kwang squeeze from all these extra curricular appointments?
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No man can serve 2 masters. This saying is out of date. YGK is a living example of a man that can serve 64 masters if the price is right. How he can cope or find the time to serve the residents is beyond comprehension. It is simply amazing! Could ginseng be the secret to possessing such boundless energy?
PS: Pinky needs to revisit his “Rules of Prudence”. He must be mindful that MPs are elected to serve the people and not themselves.
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Legal corruption at its best and finest.(plus M.P.salary.)Should be in wilkie leak or Guiness book of record.
Join the Papies for legalised corruption
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KNN if this fella got 64 JOBS, then where the hell will he got the time for Meet the People Sessions..????
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No wonder each and every papies members are too busy counting all the $$$ that they can masok pocket, to each their own, you keep quiet I also keep quiet as long as we all make alot alot of $$$ while we can.
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Wahh !!! This Mr Yeo Guat Kwang really very multi-tasking lehh !!!
Even powerful IBM Servers & PCs cannot match his ability lehh !!!
If 1 post get S$5k (assuming, of course must be more), 64 positions = S320k at least. Plus S$15k MP allowance…..Jiat Buay Liao…Every month can change 1 Mercedes Benz… !!!!
But….even if Mr Yeo don’t eat, don’t sleep, don’t shit, how can he fulfill all the duties of all the above posts ? Cannot imagine !!!
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this is better than corruption ! Chen ShuiBian finally meet his match !
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strike whilst iron is HOT.
make hay whilst t sun still shines??
same applies to grass roots”volunteers”
as i was born in hougang,speak fluent teochow.i was “head hunted” to help.
i serve for few weeks – i didnt like wat i saw. i quitted.
most/many grass roots “volunteers” served with private agenda..
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He must be a wonderful multi tasker.! Unbelivable! With so many committees has he got time to go to the toilet? Does he ever sleep?
Amazing person.
old bird
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ENDORSED CRONIES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL… TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY…NONE WHATSOEVER..FROM THE PAP…WHAT A DISGRACED..BETTER THAN WRITING BOOKS OR MAKING SPEECHES AFTER RETIREMENT…GETTING ALL THE $$$ WHILE IN OFFICE COMMANDS BETTER $$$…RIGHT???
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in singapore -it is NOT corruption-it is above board.
it must be transparent-
tats their priveledge
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what is his income tax declaration like and how much salaries he gets a month?
who are his auditors?
does pm lhl knows anything about these 2 people many offices held?
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When asked why he had so many directorships, the former MP Mr John Chen famously said
Do you want me to work for free?
Yes John Chen was lucky then because Internet was at its fancy and its full potential was not realised. If he dares to make this kind of remark now, I am 100% sure PM Lee will definitely ask him to withdraw it and apologize as what he has recently done it to Dr Lim Wee Keak for making irresponsible remarks to derail his initiative for reform.
John remark also confirms high pay would only attract wrong people into politics : they join politics not because of a calling but rather for money.
So the question to Mr Yeo is how he manages to find time to serve residents as he promised before the election ?
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Member of Parliament
02.01.1997 – 17.10.2001 Cheng San GRC
25.10.2001 – 19.04.2006 Aljunied GRC
06.05.2006 – 18.04.2011 Aljunied GRC*
07.05.2011 Ang Mo Kio GRC
If you look carefully, Ah Yeo just managed the Great Escape! He is a very lucky man.
By having so many appointments, I wonder if he can attend D&D as a VIP if some of the companies were to organise one at the same time.
By having so many appointments, I wonder if he ever have time to attend the MPS at Aljunied(of course last time lah)
By having so many appointments, I wonder if it shows a lack of judgement on being an MP because you can be a ’sleeping’ member by name but it doesn’t reflect good on being an MP. You could be termed negatively as greedy.
Lastly, by having so many appointments, does it make him a better MP to serve the people? Phew, that is tough one to answer, Mr Yeo .
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melvinpal singh , TNP, spin on this one to save pm lhl’s face.
the pm lhl by now should be terribly red-faced.
others, pls check on these two guys thoroughly and be transparent
please as you are also taxpayers !
follow pm lhl’s recent guidelines,pls.
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Sorry i maybe sounding like im defending him BUT
he may have a total 65 “positions” but how many of such positions is he actually being paid for???filtering such positions out will be able to give readers a better view… for all i know IEEE… and IES (from engineering) is already 2 “positions” or membership…
im not sure whatever does an independent director does…hopefully someone can enlighten me….
cant imagine one holding 65 boxes of name cards…
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Mr. Yeo must be
1. Spending his time counting money he earn as an adviser.
2. He has so much money earned he cannot finished counting them even with a computer.
3. He don’t mind contribute some to the PAP at the end of day, as he can’t finish counting anyway.
4. So its one happy family which share ‘resources’
This is corruption in the most highly legalized system. Long live stupid Singaporean!
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议员身兼64职务，难道此人神通广大？分身有术？非也！与其身份地位，挂名敛财，下流政客也！！！如何以正视听？
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No wonder he smiles the way he does in the photo. Also, see money until eyes crooked.
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YGK
What a joke! 64 jobs how you going to meet and look after your voters? Please make up your mind whether you serve for nation or you serve for your income. I pity the voters who voted to you.
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If this report is true, it is simply insane! Are these jobs counted by MOM as part of total jobs created?
Blessed are the MPs for they shall inherit the jobs.
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DANGEROUS DANGEROUS
PM LHL SHOULD BE FULLY INFORMED ON ALL PROBABLE INVESTIGATIONS ON THESE THIS YEO AAND HON CHE LIKE ANG MONG SENG AND JTC’S HO.
OTHERWISE, PM AND PAP WILL ‘BUANG ARANG KA MUKA SENDIRI’.
INVOLVE THE IRAS, POLICE AND CPRIB IMMEDIATELY.
TAXPAYERS WILL ALL BE SEEING RED INCLUDING THE PM AND TTHE PAP.
JAIL THEM FOR THE SMALLEST TRANSGRESSION OR HANG THEM OR IMPRISON THEM FOR LIFE – WITHOUT PAROLE – IF THERE IS ANY CHEATING CASE EXCEEDING $100 MILLION OF TAXPAYERS MONEY.
IT IS THE ONLY WAY FOR THE PM LHL AND PAP TO REGAIN THEIR CREDIBILITY AND IMPROVE THEIR SLAGGING IMAGE .
ANY BETRAYAL OF TRUSTS BY ANY OF THESE MEN MUST BE DEALT SEVERELY.
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Man, he is really a Money Printer (MP)!
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On top of being an MP, the 64 other “jobs”,he still has a full-time job in NTUC!!! Check his record, he started working life as a Chinese Language teacher. Actually, I wonder whether he can even read a company balance sheet report although he is the independent director of 6 companies.
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This guy, Yeo Guat Kwang, is really lucky. If he were to stay put in the Aljunied GRC, he would have lost his MP post and perhaps all, if not some, of the 64 jobs. Due to the gerrymandering of the Hougang previously in the Aljunied Hougang GRC, he was moved to Ang Mo Kio GRC by PM Lee.
He should thank his lucky stars that he could have been booted out from Aljunied GRC had he stay put.
Some of his 64 jobs contradict each other, for example, he is the President of Consumers Association (CASE) and Adviser of Merchants Association in the events of disputes between consumer member and a shop of the Merchants Association. There is a conflict of interests. Wonder how he resolves the dispute.
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here comes the possible pap mother-of-all corruption case in singapore’s history of cheating singaporean taxpayers’ money!
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Simply astonishing!
Even if only half of 64 for being member of this and that still amazing!
Can’t believe PM Lee doesn’t know about it or is it because nobody bothered or dared to tell him.
On the other hand, if he knew and didn’t do anything, it means he saw nothing wrong with it.
Both ways, I don’t know what to say!
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That is why PAP have no time to hear or care about Singaporeans!
PAP is a joke!
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Dear Fellow Singaporeans,
I cannot help but feel that until and unless The PM addresses these “Gang Banging” of the system,I’m afraid I know the next election is going to smell Disaster for the ruling party.It is scary .I’m afraid the new BG elected has just indicated his desire to curtail the people’s freedom of expression by suggesting control of the internet …he called it responsible netizen but i call it SURPRESSION!.This will lead to another LIBYA or Syria….I’m afraid.What a COCKY new rookie ,treating us as recruits trying to promote the on going arrogance and gang banging!of the state at the expense of Singaporean and the guise of serving the people.I think the PAP must relook at their selection process….and have these lot SACK!
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That is why PAP should be voted out.
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Woo…so talented, other than MP can hold 64 other positions…
SG still get ppl unemployed…err…i meant “underemplyed”
You “Overemployed” one can share with the less fortunates?
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consider mr. yeo’s links through these companies.
anyway he could have bought many many votes in ang mo kio for pm lhl’s unbelievable resounding victory in ge 2011 without the pm’s knowledge?
any information source ?
anyone who is on-the-take from him has any info?
any spy vs spy vs spy info?
remember, “my enemy’s enemy is my best friend” (Quote: richard nixon)
here are many chances to go transparent and recoup singaporean taxpayers money.
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submit his namme to guiness world record.
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Wow,this is real elite,64 position,15 minutes on the job per holding,it takes approx. 16 hrs per day…very energectic MP.What about SALARY?
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This is a by-product of the sleazy, moneyed culture that was introduced into the PAP in the mid 90s, under the pretext that only by offering high pay can the PAP retain talent. However, such financial inducements didn’t produced better ministers nor better policies. Instead, we have a whole cabal of venal mercenaries. John Chen and this Yeo chap have exploited the system to the hilt, leveraging their MP positions to secure all these board seats. Andy Lim, ex Minister Lim Hwee Hua’s husband is another notorious sleezeball who milked his wife’s ministerial position for various benefits. And there are many others.
Let’s face it. The decay is pervasive and is corrosive. The root cause is the weak and ineffectual leadership at the top.
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They should silk-screen the PAP’s ‘Lightning’ logo on his T-shirt and then nickname him Captain Marvel if he has 64 positions. I also like to know what he drinks and eats everyday to get all that high energy.
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Excldue members of committees which cannot confirm draw income, he is getting paid for rest of the list as Advisors, Directorship etc.. WOW, he got sons or daughters? Can ask my niece or nephew court them sure don’t need to worry can’t afford HDB buy dozen of condos also no problem. LOL
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Dear PM,
Time to stop these practices.
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this blady clown, no wonder i always see him smiling, now i know why.
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if cheating is involved in any way by any of these multi-tasking pap ministers or leaders and justice is delayed, CRUCIFY THE PAP’s machinery of justice !
am very very sure pm lhl is a man of integrity and will not let all singaporeans down !
let justice be seen to be manifestly done !
UPHOLD THE RECENTLY RELEASED RULES OF ENGAGEMENT BY THE PM AND UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW.
SINGAAPORE CANNOT AFFORD THE AMERICAN ENRON OR LEHMAN BROTHERS SCANDALS.
make it impossible for any crook to run, and make evEn more impossible for them to hide – lesson 101 of all the police academies of the world.
SINGAPORE TAXPAYERS ARE POOR PEOPLE UNLIKE THE AMERICANS.
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HE got time to fuck or not?
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kepala pusing , betul !
how many more such disasters are coming prime minister’s way?
is this the end of it or are taxpayers expecting more?
itu semua orang jahat pap, ya?
dia itu mr. yeo dari mana satu negeri dulu?
dia orang penchuri ka? ada orang buat jahat tak dalam ge 2011 tak?
saya sudah fikir dulu bagaimana pap ge 2011 result boleh dapat 70 %.
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It is time that a detailed CV of each MP should be publicised to give the citizens a glimpse of their super human quality and their 365*24 h/y super time management method. Such publicity is good for the party concerned and for the citizens at large since it would give the citizens a chance to appreciate and to realise how fortunate Singapore is to have such super talents to look after the national welfare and to stop groaning.
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I think he just wants to show he’s up-to-date and can multitask.
You know, like today’s computer that is running on 64-bit operating system, we now have a 64-job member of parliament!
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Wah lau eh! No wonder so many ordinary middle age people could not even get a decent job! This guy already chope …….SIXTY-FOUR! At least 30 people could have benefited has this guy not been so GREEDY!
If this has nothing to do with corruption then he must be a SUPERMAN!
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@MoveForwardSingapore , Super superman , multitasking .maybe he’s fitted with 32GB DDR4 ram . can run very fast .
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This fellow is a champion!
So many positions at his age.
Now he’s exposed and bared for all Singaporeans to see.
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how many of such similar jobs does the lowly paid Obama take on in addition to drawing his Presidential salary?
is Obama part of any CDC or advising any chess association?
Yeo’s salary is within range to fight Obama’s salary already.
Tin Pei Ling’s salary too is within visual range.
once you add these other kickbacks, our highly important and capable Singapore GRC-”elected” MPs are all very within range of touching Obama’s salary. if some of them served NS, and get 2 more years of increment for serving NS as a dutiful new citizen MP should, hell, he may even exceed Obama’s salary.
but of course, he contributed a lot already by working in his full-time normal job, so he should be exempted from the less-useful NS that other old citizens can serve on his behalf.
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sloan:
May 26, 2011 at 12:41 pm (Quote)
Over 50 years of repression. Many jailed, tortured, exiled, repressed, bullied, bankrupted. Bludgeoned mercilessly into submission. Just so that the PAP can hold on to power. And you are surprised when finally, after so very long, there is a way for the oppressed to fight back? FUCK YOU!
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yes, pap, let’s rock and roll on this one…and explain to all singaporeans on these quotes below:
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64 postions, win liao lor
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does he had the time to do his work ??? 64 postion got time to go toliet???
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I remember our local press critize Bush write books make money after he retired
I remember our local press critize Clinton make speech make money after he retired
it makes you wonder why our local press is so quiet on this ???
64 position makes money too
Selective Reporting ??? or Self Censorship ???
Who is more credible Online News ??? or Mainstream News ???
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TR and readers please take note of this information from losing PAP candidate Ong Ye Kung’s wall: he and his remaining 4 team mates, including and especially those who have declared that they are retiring from politics, are all now advisors in Aljunied, where they now have a physical base to regain lost ground for the PAP.
The losing candidates from opposition parties are discriminated against (by the PA?) in the wards they contested in.
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Wow Wow Ye Yi Ye Yi, what else do you TIN we can say Ye!
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But my comment to this article is that no wonder PAP MPs have no time or energy to listen to their constituents and attend to their needs.
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Dear PM,
We the Singaporweans really like to have your opinion on this matter regarding double jos,64 jobs,and conflict of interest.We are waiting Sir.It is vital
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Although the majority of the 64 appointments I would not consider them as jobs, but even if he does not stop work every day in the year, he could only devote 5 to 6 days to each appointment in a year. How good can he be in fulfilling his obligation? It is a shame that we have MPs who are so irresponsible in enriching their own wealth by adding connection through political affiliation. People like that have only self-interest in mind. How can this man serve the people! Why could he find time to serve the people!!
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U believe pap has no corruption?
Wow. Is hard for us the locally born Singaporean to believe in anything Pap says now.
Thy lied till their jaw drop and still think they can con you forever.
When Civil war arises, then we see how these cronies can contain it.
We must start to remove the immigrants before too late.
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The stories of all these strange PAP MPs which are now fast coming out are getting betterer and betterer. Three cheers to alternative media because that magnificent Mirror of Singapore News, the ST, has been intentionally sleeping on its job re such public-service stories. But, hey, maybe that muckraking TNP may actually want to run this story. Over to you, Melvin Singh.
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Everybody is in for the money just like MM and the problem the nation is facing today is they all get paid sleeping on the job.
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No need to be a Minister to be a millionaire.
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Believe his MP’s salary together with that of the 64 positions he held must be credited to his various banks’ accounts thru Giro. Will not be surprised this joker would need to change all his little bank booklets every week/month as during updating, the printout of all his banks accounts transactions together with his other non-bank transactions would easily fill up all the pages of all his little bank booklets in no time! If he chose to keep those precious little bank booklets for record purpose, would not be surprised all the used booklet lots would fill up his storeroom!
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The majority of the ruling party leaders seems to have associated themselves very very closely with money.
Despite their denials it is so clear to the average person that money seems to be their primary motivator.
You really think these MPs love all those extra appointments? Pray accept a token $1 per year if it is otherwise please dont even start defending yourself. To me it is so clear you guys are sooooooo greedy.
Money never enough.
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I want to be a PAP MP. I love money more than I love people.
http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/01/02/are-you-voting-for-money-loving-or-people-caring-mps/
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If you are an interviewer, imagine if one of your job candidates tells you that he can only work part-time because it is impossible to work full-time as he has 8 other part-time jobs as a director of public-listed companies. On top of the half-in-half-out poor job commitment, he insists that he must be paid a full-time salary of at least 15k. Would you employ this job candidate? If some arrogant fellow dares to talk to me like that in a job interview, I will shame him straight away. No need to give face to this kind of shameless greedy person.
Foreigners will think this is a fictional story and will never happen in real life. It simply sounds too ridiculous. Unfortunately, the sad fact in Singapore is that such job candidates are not imaginary. They are real-life PAP MPs.
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LKY always criticise other countries for their corruption, nepotism, and cronyism.
Yeo Guat Kwang obviously enjoys all the perks and privileges of these multi positions. he doesn’t seem to be concerned that there are so many opportunities for conflict of interest situations.
How can he decide impartially and fairly as President of CASE when he is at the same time the adviser to numerous merchants’ association such as eggs, furniture, pets, etc.
i think he is cultivating a big network of friends and business associates to serve his bank accounts after retiring from politics. shame on you, yeo guat kwang.
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Wow This chap must be Singapore Superman, All the posts mentioned exclude his role as a husband, father and son if his parents still alive. Whether he got stamina in bed….
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Please, the bulk of them are not jobs. By this writer’s arguments, an MP with diverse hobbies, interests and passions should not be paid. Yes, he needs to trim the list to devote time to causes he believes in but the argument presented here is weak.
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This is just another form of well covered up, legalized corruption, he gets paid for just having his name put up and the company in turn gets contracts and other form of “Convenience”, having one of LHL’s AMK MP on the board can really get things moving or move out of the way in any gov agency.
If PAP and LHL condone to such practices, then his “I will listen and Change” talk is nothing but another wayang to drag us for 5 more years.
I see no other way out for Singapore but to send more and more credible opposition in.
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Maybe they are preparing him for the “Elected President” akan datang since he got so many portfolio to show that he is a “everthing oso a sai”
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Now you know why we need to pay super high salary for our talented PAP members. They are all supermen. Come 2016 Supermen will meet Kryptonites.
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Dear PM Lee …. did you know about this. So is the MP job part time or full time which tax payers are paying them SGD15,000 per month and yet sometimes, we get a blind eye & ear from them at MPS…. you wait for reply which is always the common answer to brush off people. What is the code of conduct of an MP especially in this case, the commitment to the people of AMK GRC and Singaporeans. What are you going to do? Tell us…..You FT down there…. now is us…..u are next.
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WOW! Cannot believe my eyes leh! Where got such “powerful” MP one?
He should rightly earn the Title “Rear-Advisor” Yeo or “64Yeo”man.
Think of it,if every organisation were to give him 30K per year as token fee,he would make something like S$2 million hor,very close to Minister pay huh?
Why PM lee “snatched” him from Aljunied GRC,we know now lah,because imagine the “support base” of voters he can swing in almost all sectors to AMK GRC ,see or not? So,even if “64Yeo” seems questionable PM Lee also don’t care lor,winning AMK PM seat more important than being righteous mah.At most next GE say magic word “Sorry” again lor.So,PM Lee talked about what “Prudence” all just for “your ears only” lah!
But frankly if you look at how fat “64Yeo” is,you can easily tell he is not “overworked” lah (maybe he can take on another 64 jobs leh,and that will make him “128Yeo” auspicious somemore!).
Hmm…actually he reminds us of NSP chairman Sebastian Teo type leh; Chinese-ed,plenty of credentials,loud enough for you to notice him from far as he swaggers…
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I believe some, if not all, of these membership position is dormant and non-paying. I know that sometimes, an advisor position can also be non-paying. It can even receive a token $1 per annum. We need to get these facts right.
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this confirms SGP do not have enough talents to form 2 ‘A team’
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I was an auditor and audited AMK Town Councilin 1998. Then, LHL nominal allowance was $800 per month for being the Town Council chairman. If we go along this assumption that each organisation pay Yeo $800 each month, his total collections would be $51,200 each month for attending a few meetings. He wife is laughing every day and buying Kate Spade!
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i see, no wonder so many financial dispute have been unsuccessfully over the client side, 17) Director, Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDReC) is also under his directorship. just like CASE.
we want a singaporean first singapore not a pap or foreigner first singapore.
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its obsecene to the core !
Simply cant reconcile ! where we are heading ?
Does he still got time to fight for consumers ???
Take my hat off him ! still can smile everyday , must be laughing all the way to the banks .
Cant he learnt something from Dr Lily Neo (my little mother theresa) ???
He think his voters vote for him to do all this part-time things ??
He very lucky , was rescued from aljunied GRC to amk GRC , really really very lucky !!!
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If he lose the $15k job, he will lose the other 64.
READ MY LIPS–There is no CORRUPTION in Spore!
EXTREME CRONY ISM. Marcos would have been proud of him.
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“yeo and melvin tnp singh seen binging on beer and alcohol and todi in geylang with a few china and bangla dolls last night”.
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“PAP MP YEO GUAT KWAN AND MELVIN TNP SINGH SEEN IN GEYLANG BACKLANE DISCUSSING THEIR FUTURE OVER ALCOHOL”
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Certainly one would not even hope that this SUperman MP with so much jobs to multiple task would even have a moment to spare in visiting regularly his constituency. This is the MP that Singapore is having? good luck!
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OMG! Only two words to describe Yeo Guat Kwang, either he is a BUSYBODY or he’s GREEDY.
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this guy is lucky to be still around collecting his $15K MP allowance. Saved by gerrymandering! He should have been long gone together with GY, LHH, ZA, CP n that union Ong guy as he was part of Aljunied GRC before GE2011 taking care of my Hougang ward.
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If PAP doesn’t enforce MP should be a full time job and pay MP $16,000 a month voters should demand this is so.
Why let MPs make a mockery of voters’ confindence to vote for them in the first place.
VOTERS SHOULD DEMAND MP MUST BE A FULL TIME JOB OR VOTE THEM OUT IN THE NEXT GE!
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ONE MOMENT THEY SAY THAT THEY SERVE WITH THEIR HEART BUT THE NEXT MOMENT THEY START HOLDING OTHER JOB TITLES…HOW TO HAVE TIME TO SERVE WHEN THEY ARE MAKING TON OF $$$$$$ ELSEWHERE? NO WONDER THEY DONT EVEN KNOW THERE IS RESENTMENT ON THE GROUND! ALL PAP MPs GO FLY KITE BETTER!
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Much have been said. Singaporeans have AWAKEN.
Proud Arrogant People now knee jerking.
Proud Arrogant Puppies media give daily ‘carry ball’ free advertisement trying to brain wash Singaporean.
Same tactic cannot work liao la.
2016 we all know what to do.
Singaporeans want to re-take Singapore back from Lee Dynasty.
Majulah Singapore
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may be he is all the long the eyes and ears for lhl.
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HELLO SINGAPOREANS THERE IS A PERSON WHO CAN BE OUR YOUNGEST PRESIDENT IS PHILLIP JEYARETNAM . HE IS NOT A S. R. MAN. HE IS A HIGH FLYER LAWYER.HE CAN ALSO DEBATE ISSUES. SINGAPORE CAN HAVE THE FIRST YOUNGEST PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD..
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INTERESTING !!! Beside TPL here came another interesting topic. Thanks TR. With TR we are no longer the ignoranct citizens. It groomed us to be a matured citizen who know how to diffentiate when come to time for election.
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This is legalised corruption at its ugliest!!!
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Maybe our president should dissolve the parliment again. let all
participating candidates declare assets n nos of offices/posts they
are holding. Then we could make a better decision who to vote hal?
Be fair to the Taxpayers…. the wind is blowing.
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Make LHL think that YGK make more money than PM – then he will start to do something…….
How many more there in PAP? Who knows?
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This is terrible. In addition to having so many commitments, there is the matter of conflict of interest, which is sure to arise when you wear so many hats. For example, wouldn’t being a president of CASE and also advisor to business-related associations, like taxi operators association, be a conflict? It shows that he is not careful about looking bad.
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Amazing ! Unbelievable !
Superman In Disguise !
With one foot in every conceivable organisations in Singapore
This guy must be walking around like king
In every corner of Singapore
Btw, can we enter Yeo Guat Kwang
For the Guiness World Book of Record ?
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The stench from the PAP’s shit is getting unbearable!!
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Where got time to serve the people????Meet the people session are usually handle by those running dogs. Now i know why.MP is always out station!!!!
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Maybe we should change the election rules for GE2016
All candidates should declare their other appointments – so that voters can judge whether the candidate will have the time to serve them.
All elected MPs must declare their other appointments annually – so that voters know their MP is still serving them faithfully and can vote their MP out the next round if he is too busy with his other appointments
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A must read for all those voted him.Thank you for your vote.
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UNBELIEVABLE – THREE HEADS AND SIX LIMBS!
Can he seriously do his job well? He must be laughing his way to the bank$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Maybe he is not the only MP who has soooooooooomany gooooooooooooood positions……
Time to share for many Singaporeans are jobless – dont hog the jobs!
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PLS LICK MY BOOTS AND I’LL AWARD YOU, A “MG” AND THEN YOU AWARD ME A “BG”
THAT’S THE WAY TO GO, YOU LOVED IT AND I LOVED IT.
ALL OUR FAMILIES LOVED IT TOO, CAN’T YOU SEE, THE WHOLE ISLAND,
“LOVES” IT
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The devil is in the details. As you can see, most of the 64 positions are as Member, Advisors, President, Chairman, Independent Director roles. They are not executive positions ie. on a day-to-day basis. I personally don’t have a problem with that. It is normal for business groups to have interests in politics to represent their views re: tax changes, manpower laws, environmental laws, etc.
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Tauke of all trades. Skill of none.
Just your standard PAP people lah… HK Trait King also cannot match. The Mafia Godfather see also scared liao!!
Legal corruption.
Legal gambling den.
Legal bribing of mass media, police, unions, election department, town councils.
Legal land repossession from our forefathers.
Legal kidnapping of innocent bystanders.
Legal loan shark till u bankrupt.
Lists just never ending.
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Is this happening in singapore?, Is this a nightmare, I taught these happen only in Indonesia, malaysia, India, Burma. And they let us have 7percent gst and high transport cost? and sold our jobs to half baked indians?, well u become greed u become blind. How long singaporean have to suffer? 60 percent daft.
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Everyone is jumping onto the PAP bandwagon. Make hay while the sun is shining. It may not shine in 2016. Dont ever believe that people join PAP to serve the people. Singaporeans better dont be too naive. To each his own. You take care of yourself.
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Wow. He is a superhuman. Able to do so many things in a day. Does he need to sleep at all? PAP really got talent.
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Wow this man seems to be involved in all types of Associations and societies. Even in religion he is Advisors to the Taoists and the Buddhists. It will be interesting to know his principles in life?
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No wonder PAP MPs lost touch with the ground. They are so busy handling their other numerous job that the have no time for their part time MP job – after all this job salary guarantee already for the next 5 years. Work or no work the same. Let the grass root leaders do the donkey work for them.
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Looks like only way for our PM to prove his credibility is to act and remove those including borderline cases where there are conflict of interest.
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I love it how 8 ) becomes a smiley
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Every MPs and ministers are the same, they’ve many appointment or position in various organizations. Of course they’ll receive some form of salary or remuneration. Put it simply, it is crony capitalism at the expense of the citizens.
It is time to change this entire self corrupt regime with a new government.
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Wah!Champion!!Our next PM!!
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This is just tip of the iceberg. There are probably thousands of other cases we are not aware of.
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singing the praises and using the pap scare tactics is out again in the shitty times in force except for a gaunt-looking totally-shocked picture of minister lew tai kher in his commute on the mrt train yesterday.
as a minister, surely someone must have given up the reserved senior citizen seat for him?
surely he deserves a seat, no?
surely for him this is a one time experience and am sure he vowed never take the mrt again.
didn’t the over-head loud-speaker blare for a seat for him instead of the non-sensical ” suspicious ” baggage crap ?
the minister looked terribly shaken by the mrt experience .
surely as a pap minister the security personnel checking the trains for suspicious bags and the armed police stomping up and down the stations have been paid and told the minister was coming on the mrt trains and asked commuters to make way for him and to secure a seat for this respectable minister?
if not, what’s all the wayangs every day by these paid security people?
why are taxpayers’ money used and wasted for these blady wayangs and security personnel who look more like misfits of society mostly?
explain the shocked and awe look, shitty times !
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Why our Mainstream Newspapers so quiet ???
a) selective reporting
b) self censorship system
c) practise double standard
d) mouth piece for the government
e) our press media are right wing minded (but pretend to be liberal)
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This guy Directorship is longer than a roll of toliet papers
Can this guy really perform his work ???
No kidding man, 64 tittles this is overload with jobs
When Channel NewsAsia said:”Asking if SDP Mr Vincent has a gay agenda???” is a legitimate question
Then can we ask this guy:”How much money does he had in his Swiss Bank Account???” this is also a legitimate question
After, he had 64 tittles on his belt, King of the heavy weight
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Is it possible?
That this guy has a brain capacity that is more powerful than some of the most advance supercomputers in the Far East!!
Or is it probable that some of these organisations are redundant or not functioning at all(just for show only)…..esp. all those PAP’s committees, associations, councils, etc!
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Is it true that he has so many appointments. No wonder Singaporeans are out of job leow.
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ISWARAN HOLDS 48 DIRECTORSHIPS!!
http://paptheweakestlink.blogspot.com/2011/04/weakest-link-west-coast-grc.html#more
Iswaran, who jut got promoted is holding 48 directorships!! Wah lau!.
found it in the link shown above. he is Director in some of Ong beng Seng compnaies eg 98 Holdings . No wonder both so good pals!
S Iswaran
Iswaran was born in Madras, India. He started his career in the civil service and went on to become a Managing Director at Temasek Holdings. Even while he served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 2004 to 2006, Iswaran retained his appointment at Temasek and was director of a large number of its investment vehicles and investee companies. Iswaran was responsible for Temasek’s private equity investments, in particular the healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and technology sectors.
Board Directorships
Non-Executive Director, Sunningdale Precision Industries Ltd
Non-Executive Director, Hyflux Ltd
Director, Sunningdale Tech Ltd.
Director, SembCorp Industries Ltd
Director, SciGen Ltd
Director, FHTK Holdings Ltd
Director, Daimler-Benz Vietnam lnvestments Singapore Pte Ltd
Director, China Everbright Industrial Investment Fund Pte Lid
Director, China Everbright Industrial lnvestment Management Pte Ltd
Director, PLE Investments Pte Ltd
Director, Fibers Technology Corporation Pte Ltd
Director, Singapore Africa Investment Management Pte Ltd
Director, 98 Holdings Pte Ltd
Director, Southern Africa Investments Pte Ltd
Director, MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd
Director, Cradance Services Pte Ltd
Director, Biotech Research Ventures Pte Lid
Director, Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Holdings Pte Ltd
Director, Century Private Equity Holdings (S) Pte Ltd
Director, V-Sciences Investments Pte Ltd
Chairman, Temasek Life Sciences Ventures Pte Ltd
Director, Coleman Fund Management Pte Ltd
Director, Tazwell Pte Ltd
Director, Temasek Life Sciences
Director, Temasek Life Sciences Pte Ltd
Director, MacRitchie Investments Pte Ltd
Director, Cassia Fund Management Pte Ltd
Director, Anderton Investments Pte Ltd
Director, TLS Alpha Pte Ltd
Director, TLS Beta Pte Ltd
Director, Dover Investments Pte Ltd
Director, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Ltd
Director, Securities 2000 Inc (Philippines)
Director, PT Asean Aceh Fertilizer (Indonesia)
Director, Mercedes-Benz Vietnam Limited (Vietnam)
Director, Asean Bintulu Fertilizer Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
Director, Temasek Holdings Advisors India Private Limited (India)
Director, Matrix Laboratories Limited (India)
Director, Hendrix Feed (Xiangtan) Co Ltd (China)
Director, Quintiles Transnational Corp. (USA)
Director, Orqis Medical Corporation (USA)
Director, Lotus 2000 Limited (South Africa)
Director, Prosper Development Ltd (British Virgin Islands)
Director, Compass Technology Holdings Limited (Cayman Islands)
Director, N.A.I. Ltd. (Mauritius)
Director, Maxwell (Mauritius) Pte Ltd (Mauritius)
Director, Fircroft Investments Limited (Mauritius)
Director, Biosensor International Pte Ltd (Bermuda)
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It’s appropriate that PM himself clarifies Yeo’s superman involvement in 64 different capacities as Advisor, Member, President, Chairman, Independent Director, etc., and whether he was/is aware of all this, and what course of action, if any, that he intends to take. This is extreme nonsense that any sensible PM wld hv no hesitation to put a full stop to. PM LHL shd take Yeo to task on his numerous hats if he (PM) is worth his salt and not of the same feather. In particular, Yeo shd be asked to publicly declare his total remuneration from all his 64 positions (MP post not counted!). The CPIB and other relevant agencies shd also look into his case to see if there are irregularities/malpractices – not just conflicts of interest – connected with his multifarious appointments for transparency.
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No wonder so many Singaporeans jobless. By the way he looks qualified to enter Guiness World Record. is there any other like Guiness Universal Record? Shall we do it for him- then more ’sh..) will come out when he is required to demonstrate how he manages. Oh yeah maybe clones…(dummy ones of course)
(2) the companies must have hired him for favours- easy business and also they can hire FTs easily.
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sleepy:
May 30, 2011 at 11:34 pm sleepy(Quote)
Sorry i maybe sounding like im defending him BUT
he may have a total 65 “positions” but how many of such positions is he actually being paid for???
- Its not just abt money, Is he performing? are these organisations getting favours with his help?
2016 – lets get him out as well. (it was mentioned in TR that PAP knew Aljunied GRC will be lost, so this guy must have been air-lifted for these reasons…
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how, pm lhl?
think iswaran should be investigated by cpib for the sake of all taxpers?
no taxation without representation, ya?
what say you, all taxpayers?
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@pluto
As this is a sensitive issue, let us stick to information from offical sources. Yeow Guat Kwang’s positions are listed in http://www.parliament.gov.sg. They are therefore verified to be real.
The positions highlighted in your posting about Iswaran come from a uncomfirmed web site which is unknown to most bloggers familiar with the Singapore blogging scene. There is therefore a high chance that it is a hoax.
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what is his total decalred income to iras?
are all declared fully and above board?
iras, pls help all taxpayers as you pay income tax too.
is iswaran taxes alone able to pay all your iras’ staff?
if all pap ang mong sengs and iswarans incomes are put together, how many more singaporeans can be employed by their incomes instead of so many singaporeans being jobless?
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WOW, even Kamasutra doesn’t have 64 positions, but this MP scumbag has it all. All you stupid singkies deserve what you voted for.
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I have a slight problem with this particular appointment of his – the President of Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE).
Isn’t there potential conflict of interest with his other advisor roles below?
Would he abel to balance the interest of consumers with those of the mercants?
Advisor, Singapore Furniture Association
Advisor, Eggs’ Import/Export Trading Association (Singapore)
Advisor, Federation of Merchants’ Singapore
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The site where pluto got the information about Minister Iswaran appears to be a hoax site. As far as I am aware, this is not true. The offical Parliament web site lists that the CV of Minister Iswaran as under construction when you click on it.
http://www.cabinet.gov.sg/content/cabinet/appointments/mr_s_iswaran.html
The cache in Google suggests that Minister Iswaran did not hold the posiitons in the hoax site.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ql5OvZKATWQJ:www.parliament.gov.sg/mp/s-iswaran%3Fviewcv%3DS%2520Iswaran+parliament+iswaran&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk
If there is any further update in the offical Parliament web site, I will reflect this in my blog.
http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/
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@Aurvandil
“The positions highlighted in your posting about Iswaran come from a uncomfirmed web site which is unknown to most bloggers familiar with the Singapore blogging scene. There is therefore a high chance that it is a hoax.”
Do you really think any PAP MP would want to list all his directorship in one page in the present enviroment? I dont think its a hoax. Best is to post it on as many sites as possible and wait for reaction. Confirmation or denial. I bet you it will be confirmed by someone sooner or later.
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So Mr Yeo has over 60 positions; why? In case one of his positions is offered to an FT for half the price, he’s got the others to fall back on.
Oi! Everything you want, ah? Share a bit lah!
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@Pluto
No need kan cheong. My favourite saying from Buddha:
There are three things which cannot be long hidden. The sun, the moon and the truth.
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MR YEO GUAT KWANG just answered my S$64 million dollar question.
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eh these not jobs lah, public figures/management levels have quite alot of directorship being they are invited. I am sure man individuals in Singapore of that stature breaks Yeo’s record.
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“4) Vice Chairman, Aljunied Town Council”
Ahem! Actually its 63. Low Thia Kiang kicked this dumbass out of Aljunied.
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TOO MANY TALKS ALREADY, NOW MUST ACTION.
COME 2016, LET OUR ACTION SPEAKS LAH.
OR WE BE LIKE PARROTS ALL OUR LIVES BEING SLAVES TO THE FEW WHO IS
TURNING US AROUND LIKE CROWNS.
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Wah seh… he got time to pan sai pan jeow boh? much less make love? Wonder how is his sex life? zero ? or on-the job? He is a superman, if give him 64 hats, I think will drown him. I know of a CBL non-executive director draws SGD1,000.00, very conservative liao, bila bila, he draw SGD64,000, mai kong other position, what lao, bee tang, no wonder so round and fat, like choy san yeh.Everytime see him smiling from ear to ear,now I know why alady.
What is CBL – ask any army guy, they will tell you.
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this guy looks decent and lay low but by the look of the names he gets involved and if its true, he is really a crook esp team with PM and of cos it will benefit you where ever you go carrying such a gold mountian backing you up.
the moral of the story, dont just a book by its cover.
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@sugar,
what make you think the he is not benefited? nothing in this world is free lunch.
i am a busineseman like any others who know very well, this is called networking or connections. if you are a businese, you know damn well what i am refering at??
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In Singapore context :
这是贪没有污！！！！！ Mr Yeo能人所不能 ！！！！！That’s why he got so many titles mahh !!! I think he is more capable than LKY + GCT + LHL !!!
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Why Singaporeans don’t understand there’s no Conflict Of Interest and everything is above board as long as the PAP is the ruling party?
Singapore is PAP and PAP is Singapore don’t you get that?
Lee Kuan Yew is the emperor and the whole of Singapore belongs to the Lee family so what Conflict Of Interest is there? All the funds in Temasek Holdings as well as with GIC and also all the CPF monies belongs to the Lee family so why Singaporeans are so naive after almost 50 years? Don’t they learn this since kindergarten? If not then Ah Beng, the new Education Minister, will change the education system!
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Why our local press choose to remain slient on this news ???
Pick the right answers
1) restrictive move by upstair people
2) too many rules and regulation
3) upstair people knows everything, you listen to the right answer, we had the right answer
4) control freaks, everything need to be miro-manage
5) tiger dad control everything, tiger mum control the kids, tiger wife control what the hushand can eat
6) offical answer can be boardcast, unoffical answer only for the elite to know
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Why Singaporeans don’t understand there’s no Conflict Of Interest and everything is above board as long as the PAP is the ruling party?
Singapore is PAP and PAP is Singapore don’t you get that?
Lee Kuan Yew is the emperor and the whole of Singapore belongs to the Lee family so what Conflict Of Interest is there? All the funds in Temasek Holdings as well as with GIC and also all the CPF monies belongs to the Lee family so why Singaporeans are so naive after almost 50 years? Don’t they learn this since kindergarten? If not then Ah Beng, the new Education Minister, will change the education system!
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@We’re Singaporeans!
The list from pluto is taken from a hoax site.
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I think the record is by former PAP mp Chandra Das directorships in about 150 companies. We netizens don’t like to speculate too , now just ask all ministers and MPs to declare their net income and we can make judgement whether there is conflict of interests. And to prove to Lim Wee Kiak that they have more than enough money to meet their basic needs and dignitiy
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If these companies meet just ONCE a month for the board meetings, the director will have to dash from pillar to post just to attend each meeting….no wonder these MPs have no time to think of their constituents …and often arrive LATE or miss functions altogether. And still make tons of money too! That may explain their arrogance when they have to deal with the non-financial aspects of constituency work. No money, no talk.No action too.
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@Auvandil, if all of declared , what site hoax or backside when different does it matter
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Having read and really see the list of appointments, one wonders if Mr. Yeo is just lending his name as MP – PAP and get paid. Even a “superman” cannot possibly doing all the works he has been appointed to. I also believe, he is not the ONLY ONE of PAP MP, there are many others, many many others if one care to dig further.
Just cannot believe we need our PM to write out a beautifully crafted “Rules of Prudence” which if you analyse deep, means nothing because there are no consequence if any one of them are in breach. In fact, if you look at the Rules, the moment it is published, at least 90% of PAP MPs had breached one or more of the Rules which in reality, cannot possibly be complied with and there will be no possibility that PAP or the government will ever have a chance to enforce this, because it is not Law, its only a set of Rules written by the PM. There will be no effect and no legal consequence.
Why not just simply ban MP from accepting appointment as director of companies because there bound to be conflicts with their public office as MP. Can’t the PAP get this simple logic at all ?
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‘pluto’ is melvin singh of the new paper shit?
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i would like to meet up with you, to ask you how you cope, how you schedule your time, i want to learn from you, because a person with many responsibilities usually ends up doing nothing fruitful because he lost focus. are you such? if you are not, i want to meet you and learn from you. pls reply.
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Huh??? Does he have a lot of free time as an MP??? Or is he a full time MP???
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Dear Prime Minister,
I hope you are reading my comments.If you do not change the rules to forbid office holders in the govt and Parliament,to hold appointments,jobs outside ,directorships etc,I’m afraid the govt is encouraging conflict of interest,nepotism,indirect corruption,and the diversion of care by these appointment holders for the Citizens of Singapore!OBVIOUS!!!>…how can someone be a Director of another company whilst securing a Parliament seat and still be able to find time to serve the Singaporeans seriously…LET ALONE 67 DIRECTORSHIPS!!!!! SAck HIM !!!!!!! or change the rules…..!!!!I am angry ….so are many Singaporeans.I am offering a challenge to a debate with ANY Ministers or MP on TV about these issues if you think you should not abolish such practices….Many MP and office holders are doing this….STOP IT !!!!!!
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Dear Editor,
I read with interest the article “Yeo Guat Kwang – PAP MP with 64 other jobs” published on your website.
I would like to clarify the points made in this article, which I feel do not fairly reflect my current duties as a Member of Parliament and have been taken out of context.
I have three main duties; As the Director for Quality Work-life and All Nationalities at NTUC which champions Workplace Health and Workers’ Safety and Fair Treatment for all workers including migrant workers, as a Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC; and an honorary duty as the Elected President for Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE).
My other affiliations listed on both the Parliament website and your article are memberships and advisory roles. I wish to clarify that apart from my job as NTUC director and as Independent Director to the few companies stated. I do not receive remuneration for these other roles.
I see these roles as affiliations which help me to improve my understanding of the ground, in the context of my duties as either an MP, CASE President or NTUC Director. These are platforms that help me to reach out to and serve people from all walks of lives.
For instance, it is part of my MP duties to sit on two GPCs; As a labour MP, I am supposed to play an advisory role to several unions, and this in turn give me opportunities to be with the workers at the ground. Same as these, as part of my duties as CASE president, I was invited to advisory position of the respective trade associations. I undertake these duties pro-bono.
I also participate actively in what may seem like many committee memberships. These may be standing or ad-hoc committees that were convened for specific purposes. Some of these committees have since adjourned because the project is completed.
For my advisory positions in VWOs, I was invited to sit on their board in my personal capacity and I undertake these meaningful roles on a pro bono basis too. In this capacity, I have helped these VWOs raise funds and grow. I see this as an important way for me to further strengthen my role in serving the community and Singaporean.
I wish to emphasise that the many roles listed in the article should not be taken out of context. They represent my affiliations and networks and are episodic in nature. I am fully committed to my duties as an MP, as a union leader and as a consumer advocate. I believe that these affiliations and networks should be seen as my attempts to connect with the many good people and organisations that have and are doing their part to better the lives of Singaporeans. I think of it as a large network of family and friends, with whom I have connections with and with whom we share mutual resources, advice and support.
I thank you for publishing this response on your website as a sign of good faith. I would like to invite the Temasek Review editors, writers and readers to join me at my Meet the People Session or social events to see for themselves the work I and my team do on the ground.
Yours Sincerely,
Yeo Guat Kwang
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surprisingly u have time to read the hankam site, here is like ghoetto, anyhow whack, no need to back it up with fact, stay away , coz u have lots of thing to do, any answer is still never acceptable here. free for all here
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Yeo Guat Kwang@
don’t have to justify. u are choosen, u are not force to be there.
these ppl want u to hold those position.period
whatever is written here, trying hard to bring u down. u need not justify it.just kkep up with your good work.
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How quickly you answer these doubts when your lively hood is at stack? Never seen any of these super quick reponse to ‘man in the street’ problems.
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Dear Yeo Guat Kwang,
You seem to put all your activities and explain them as though you are a lone crusader for the whole Singapore.We have MCYS and thelikes
to do some of those you said you were doing.You conveniently brush aside your Directorships with SOME companies….etc…the bottom line is ARE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES your duties or the welfare of your CONSTITUENTS electing you office…viz a viz the PAP to power?
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能者多劳，毕竟是大家选出来的。接受吧
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PM Lee – I thought you mentioned we have to pay our ministers well (5-10 times more than their counterparts elsewhere) because they don’t write books?
Oooops …. seriously, holding directorships at multiple companies are better than merely writing books. Do they secure these directorship because of their position as MP?
No wonder there are rumours that PAP is about OPEN CORRUPTION or LEGAL CORRUPTION in the forums.
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Yeo – are you given these positions because of your competency or is it because of your position as an MP? This makes a difference!
Realistically – nobody is COMPETENT enough to hold 64 concurrent positions!
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Mr. ISWARAN is competible to Yeo.
Board Directorships
Non-Executive Director, Sunningdale Precision Industries Ltd
Non-Executive Director, Hyflux Ltd
Director, Sunningdale Tech Ltd.
Director, SembCorp Industries Ltd
Director, SciGen Ltd
Director, FHTK Holdings Ltd
Director, Daimler-Benz Vietnam lnvestments Singapore Pte Ltd
Director, China Everbright Industrial Investment Fund Pte Lid
Director, China Everbright Industrial lnvestment Management Pte Ltd
Director, PLE Investments Pte Ltd
Director, Fibers Technology Corporation Pte Ltd
Director, Singapore Africa Investment Management Pte Ltd
Director, 98 Holdings Pte Ltd
Director, Southern Africa Investments Pte Ltd
Director, MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd
Director, Cradance Services Pte Ltd
Director, Biotech Research Ventures Pte Lid
Director, Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Holdings Pte Ltd
Director, Century Private Equity Holdings (S) Pte Ltd
Director, V-Sciences Investments Pte Ltd
Chairman, Temasek Life Sciences Ventures Pte Ltd
Director, Coleman Fund Management Pte Ltd
Director, Tazwell Pte Ltd
Director, Temasek Life Sciences
Director, Temasek Life Sciences Pte Ltd
Director, MacRitchie Investments Pte Ltd
Director, Cassia Fund Management Pte Ltd
Director, Anderton Investments Pte Ltd
Director, TLS Alpha Pte Ltd
Director, TLS Beta Pte Ltd
Director, Dover Investments Pte Ltd
Director, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Ltd
Director, Securities 2000 Inc (Philippines)
Director, PT Asean Aceh Fertilizer (Indonesia)
Director, Mercedes-Benz Vietnam Limited (Vietnam)
Director, Asean Bintulu Fertilizer Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
Director, Temasek Holdings Advisors India Private Limited (India)
Director, Matrix Laboratories Limited (India)
Director, Hendrix Feed (Xiangtan) Co Ltd (China)
Director, Quintiles Transnational Corp. (USA)
Director, Orqis Medical Corporation (USA)
Director, Lotus 2000 Limited (South Africa)
Director, Prosper Development Ltd (British Virgin Islands)
Director, Compass Technology Holdings Limited (Cayman Islands)
Director, N.A.I. Ltd. (Mauritius)
Director, Maxwell (Mauritius) Pte Ltd (Mauritius)
Director, Fircroft Investments Limited (Mauritius)
Director, Biosensor International Pte Ltd (Bermuda)
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ID of listed companies gets directors’ fee annually. The type of listed companies that he sits in as ID typically allocate $100K for directors’ fee.
For e.g. Koyo Int has $108K as directors’ fee for 2011; there are 4 ID in Koyo’s board,so he probably gets $25K annually.
Sometime ago, there was discussion on how many directorships an ID should hold but that’s another matter. There are people with more than 10 directorships.
Not sure with a language teacher background, how Mr Yeo can value-add to his mostly technology/industrial portfolio of companies. But that is up to the shareholders of those companies to decide.
I guess being an incumbent or ex MP does give them an edge in directorship. As companies like to have someone with standing in the board to help in investor confidence in the company.
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Even superman have only 2 roles. You must be better than superman to have so many roles. How to have time for citizens or your own family members? Don’t think you have displayed a good role model for Singaporeans.
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要錢就赚外国錢,别赚国家人民税,不交税会被关,交的税又被乱花.
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Obviously these are not jobs, as such, but establishments that hope to be able to benefit from their connections to this MP. If and often they do then that becomes corruption of sorts.There is definitely an axe to grind, if not, why would anyone want to be associated with allll these establishments, makes no sense otherwise. One way or the other give and take must follow otherwise why the appointment. Maybe the appointment in itself,if not related to the persons job, is a corrupt act of acceptance with so many strings attached.
We hope all such appointments for all the MINISTERS and MPs can be researched and made public soon.
For example TPL should resign as an MP as she was not directly voted as such and go back to whatever she was doing before. She sure has a rather thick skin, after so much resentment shown to PAP and herself.What are the inner thoughts of those that shake her hand???? Obviously she has no conscience.
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WOW ! so many titles. For so many years, Can’t even solve the complaints from tourist & locals about the SIM LIM & LUCKY PLAZA issues.
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??? can you YEO GUAT KWANG remember all the titles ????
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It would be good to know who does his income tax.
Won’t be surprise he didnt pay any tax.
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Looks like Iswaran and Yeo are both the same sh*t – Just coming out of different bottoms.
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Not paid ? what about allowance ? totally zero ???????????
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On what ground should we give MPs a full month salary job when they only attend like 4 x2-hour “Meet-the-Residents” session each month, which adds up to like 8hours??? That means their rate is S$1875/hr!!! Of course, some may say that they are doing a lot backgroud works after those “Meet-the-Residents” sessions, but please, it’s those grassroot leaders that are doing the job, not the MP!! When residents lodge a complain/seeking for help to their MP, what the MP do is pass these jobs to the grassroot leaders and when the job is done, they’ll take the credit, give speechs(which is prepared by grassroot leaders also) So why still pay them so much and allow them to take up other appointments? s$15,000/mth is already a very high source of income compared to many many many many Singaporeans. The MPs should fully commit to serve the residents if they chose this job in the first place!!!
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I tell you guys…..the moment they resign,removed or leave disgraced or any reason, the leeches and parasites…turn to the next victim or comrade in arms to’ gang bang ‘the system.Why dont someone ask John Chen if he is still holding many Directorships?……Any volunteers?
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How can anyone, who’s holding so many titles to various organisations, perform all their duties efficiently. Gosh, Mr Yeo, may I know how fat is your bank account now? Please, MP for the people?? Who are you trying to kid?? MP pay not enough or is that an easier route to earn bigger bucks? If you don’t call that greed, then I really don’t know what it is! And do you get special treatment and privileges as an MP and thought that no one will ever dare make noise? What have you done so far really? What contributions have you made? You are only good at media PR-ing. I lodged a complaint with CASE years ago and guess what? NOBODY got back to me despite calling (and put on voice mail) for umpteen times! Now with this, probably it just explains the shabby attitude (cos not media worthy?). I beseech the ruling govt to handle this matter seriously and in transparency. Please do not let us lose faith in you further.
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http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/06/career-options-for-members-of.html
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How’s this humanely possible ?
Beat me to death, I will also not beleive it !!
No way, I will not even buy that for a penny #R%%^&*
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PAP under LKY/GCT/LHL must be booted out next GE! Shame, shame, shame!!! 64Yeoman sure can carry skyscrapers in 1 hand, PM’s balls in 2nd hand, tickle his arse 3rd hand, massage here there everywhere 4th, 5th to 7th hands, etc etc. What to say?? LHL – don’t let people shit on ur and LKY’s legacies. Come clean. Don’t be Marcos, Mubarak, Suharto clique in history.
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LHL, more. Say sorry no enough. Like, bricks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me. So, hope LHL backs up his words of apology with real actions. Or is he just 1 big lameduck a*** of a PM in S’pore’s history for the hidden agendas of PAP ministers/mps.
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Obladi, oh-bloody, don’t be like that, lah. Give LHL a chance to prove himself, ok? He said nothing is sacrosanct. Think he’ll sack 64Yeoman and TPL 4 the shame to PAP, also good 4 next GE unless LHL himself wants to be booted out then. LHL not stupid people belly belly angry with PAP and he will no wanna make them angrier to keep these 2 jokers.
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So S’poreans now know the legacies the gang of 3 LKY/GCT/LHL will leave behind – nepotism, cronyism, money politics and corruption ad nauseam. They’ve turned upside down the legacy of integrity, people’s welfare, self-sacrifice and dedication to the people’s service of the old PAP stalwarts (including, sad to say) LKY/Toh CC/Goh KS/Rajaratnam. LKY wld hv bn a legend in our history as the prime Founding Father had he not pegged minister’s pay to the dubious equivalent formula of top private sector salaries. As it is, his legacy is now dubious when MPs like Chandra Das held 150 directorships (if true), Yeo 65 positions, etc., etc., etc.. How can LKY face his Maker when his time comes which can’t be very far? He might hv bn 1 and Prime of the 4 Founding Fathers (the others being Toh CC, Goh KS and Rajaratnam), but he’s now the same Founding Father of PAP’s rot as a decadent party of nepotism, cronyism, obscene ministerial pays, corruption, etc..
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WOW,,1 MP post and 64 other title, multi-tasking to the extend!!! When one becomes rich ,famous or in-power. Many indivuals,schools,companies,organisations,associations will start to offer titles of all sorts.President, chairman ,director, advisors,member etc, etc. All they want is to try to gain some benefit from the connection to the person. Sadly this is the reality of today’s society. But 64 titles is really too much for one to handle! And this is called BOOTLICKING or BALLS-CARRYING to be exact!! Looking into the heavy workload of our ELITE MP $15000/m is really good value-for-money, CHICKEN-FEET, PEANUTS!!! Only $15k/m must multitask 65 jobs KANN COW ALSO DIE LA !!!!!
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WOW !!! 1 MP 64 other positions power leh, I salute you. This is the true faces of today’s society, when one becomes rich, famous or inpower many individuals, companys, schools, associations, temples whatever will start to offer titles of all sorts to the person. All they want is to try to gain some benefit from the connections. And this is so-called BOOTLICKING or BALLS CARRYING to be exact !!! Looking at the amount of titles our elite MP need to hold $15k/m is really good VALUE-FOR-MONEY,,CHICKEN FEET,, PEANUTS !!!
KANN !@#$%* only $15k/m must do 65 job,,, COW ALSO DIE LA !!!
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