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In his response to questions on the Auditor General’s Office (AGO) report on the People’s Association (PA), Mr Lim Swee Say gave a detailed breakdown of the nature of the reimbursements involving the former chairman of the Admiralty ward’s Citizens’ Consultative Committee (CCC).
Mr Tonic Oh, the chairman in question, had written and signed off on cheques totalling some $114,000, which were from seven reimbursement claims, to himself.
According to Mr Lim, two out of the seven claims were not substantiated with proper receipts or supporting documents.
One of these was the money for a funeral wake which a needy family required immediately.
Mr Lim said there was no supporting document for the claim but the amount given was “witnessed by a few volunteers.”
Is this enough substantiation for the PA to pay out reimbursements to Mr Oh – that the claim was “witnessed by a few volunteers”? Who were these “few volunteers”? Were they or are they closely related to Mr Oh? What are their positions in the PA or the CCC?
And how much was this claim?
Mr Lim did not say.
The other incident which was not substantiated with documentary proof were three claims for “workplans” retreats by the grassroots organisation (GRO).
While Mr Lim did not specify which GRO it actually was, it is presumed that it was Mr Oh’s own CCC.
The Straits Times reported:
“Four claims were for retreats to discuss workplans. Only one had supporting documents. The receipts for the other three, totalling $56,050, were misplaced but the CCC later verified the sums with proof of payment from the vendor.”
One would first question how much was the claim for the one which had supporting documents – Mr Lim did not say.
As for the other three,while the CCC later verified the sums with proof of payment from the vendor – which Mr Lim, incidentally, did not name – the obvious question one would ask is:
Why does it cost $56,050 to hold three workplans retreats?
That works out to an average of $18,680 for each retreat.
Where were these retreats held? Were they overseas trip? If they were, are these necessary?
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In his response to questions on the Auditor General’s Office (AGO) report on the People’s Association (PA), Mr Lim Swee Say gave a detailed breakdown of the nature of the reimbursements involving the former chairman of the Admiralty ward’s Citizens’ Consultative Committee (CCC).
Mr Tonic Oh, the chairman in question, had written and signed off on cheques totalling some $114,000, which were from seven reimbursement claims, to himself.
According to Mr Lim, two out of the seven claims were not substantiated with proper receipts or supporting documents.
One of these was the money for a funeral wake which a needy family required immediately.
Mr Lim said there was no supporting document for the claim but the amount given was “witnessed by a few volunteers.”
Is this enough substantiation for the PA to pay out reimbursements to Mr Oh – that the claim was “witnessed by a few volunteers”? Who were these “few volunteers”? Were they or are they closely related to Mr Oh? What are their positions in the PA or the CCC?
And how much was this claim?
Mr Lim did not say.
The other incident which was not substantiated with documentary proof were three claims for “workplans” retreats by the grassroots organisation (GRO).
While Mr Lim did not specify which GRO it actually was, it is presumed that it was Mr Oh’s own CCC.
The Straits Times reported:
“Four claims were for retreats to discuss workplans. Only one had supporting documents. The receipts for the other three, totalling $56,050, were misplaced but the CCC later verified the sums with proof of payment from the vendor.”
One would first question how much was the claim for the one which had supporting documents – Mr Lim did not say.
As for the other three,while the CCC later verified the sums with proof of payment from the vendor – which Mr Lim, incidentally, did not name – the obvious question one would ask is:
Why does it cost $56,050 to hold three workplans retreats?
That works out to an average of $18,680 for each retreat.
Where were these retreats held? Were they overseas trip? If they were, are these necessary?
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?213170-56-000-for-3-“work-plans”-retreats-for-grassroots-organisations&goto=newpost).