20-12-2013, 09:55 AM
(20-12-2013, 09:51 AM)yeokiwi Wrote:(20-12-2013, 09:28 AM)CityFarmer Wrote:(19-12-2013, 11:39 PM)pianist Wrote: dunno who blew the whistle..
anyway I read it as like small gift or souvenirs given by the vendor
I think this is quite common practice in sg..
maybe scdf should have drafted a guidelines on gift value threshold beyond which it is not to be accepted by the staff
IIRC, there are guideline available in SCDF. I was told that all gifts need to do online report. Gifts above specific amount need to surrender.
Small gifts or souvenirs are OK, but not iPads.
The two iPads were said to have been delivered to Jeganathan’s office at Ubi Avenue and meant for testing of mobile applications.
I do not think these were meant to be gifts. NCS is no stranger to civil service and they should know the civil service protocol very well. They may give their civil service customers mooncakes or USB drives but I doubt they will give ipads to their customers as gifts.
If ipads were gifts, the director might not be charged if there was no bribery involved. The worst that he got would be just a termination of employment due to misconduct/flouting of company rules and regulations.
In this case, the former director was using public funds for his own purpose and it is a chargeable offence.
Just another isolated case .