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Always the case.Originally posted by Lim Beh Ka Li Kong:You will need to apply for a permit from the Police to conduct a riot. How high a chance do you think it will be approved?
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They already ask kidney patient to beg for continous support in TNP.Originally posted by crazy monkey:ya waiting to see wat they have to say on the show
Also I can't stand Mrs Goh. She was asking :" What does SPH gain from this issue" I think she was so shocked and forgot who is the plantiff and who is the defendent of this case. -
let's do it our way then!Originally posted by Lim Beh Ka Li Kong:You will need to apply for a permit from the Police to conduct a riot. How high a chance do you think it will be approved? 
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What?Flash Mob ahOriginally posted by 798:let's do it our way then!
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signed 3032 already
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ya short term memoryOriginally posted by Agressor:They already ask kidney patient to beg for continous support in TNP.
Also I can't stand Mrs Goh. She was asking :" What does SPH gain from this issue" I think she was so shocked and forgot who is the plantiff and who is the defendent of this case. -
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at least someone got guts!Originally posted by LazerLordz: -
is that at the HQ ? go and see later
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I thought she's been eating $600,000 peanuts, and peanuts are supposed to be good for brains!!!1Originally posted by crazy monkey:ya short term memory -
forget to notice... female police officer!Originally posted by LazerLordz: -
As I've said, lucky this is SG.IF this was Mexico City or Rio De Janeiro, you and I would be there throwing Molotov cocktails man..Originally posted by 798:at least someone got guts! -
Already whitewashed by 8a.m. according to TNP.Originally posted by crazy monkey:is that at the HQ ? go and see later -
back then our grandparents and parents time, that was how they gained their independence.Originally posted by LazerLordz:As I've said, lucky this is SG.IF this was Mexico City or Rio De Janeiro, you and I would be there throwing Molotov cocktails man..
now everything also cannot do and all we are now is chicken out, suck thumbs and kpkb here.
starting a riot will thrown you to jail, paid fine or banished out of sg.
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knn they must have expected thatOriginally posted by Agressor:Already whitewashed by 8a.m. according to TNP. -
http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/main.asp?webtag=sammyboymod&nav=messages&msg=76543&prettyurl=%2Fsammyboymod%2Fmessages%2F%3Fmsg%3D76543
Minister backs NKF's 'sound record' in using funds
The Straits Times, 20 April 2004
By Wong Sher Maine
THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) spends more than 80 per cent of its funds on its beneficiaries, which is within the guidelines set for charities, said Minister Lim Hng Kiang (Prime Minister's Office).
Mr Lim, in giving his support to the NKF yesterday, noted that it spent 56 per cent of its money on beneficiaries and put 26 per cent aside into its reserves.
This 'puts the NKF on quite a sound record', said Mr Lim, who is also the Second Finance Minister.
NKF's reserves of $189 million, enough to fund its programmes for two to three years, had sparked controversy recently as many people asked the charity body to explain how it spends the millions it raises.
Some people also urged NKF to hold back its fund-raising efforts in order not to crowd out the smaller charities.
But Mr Lim pointed out that it had to raise tens of millions of dollars a year because it was 'very, very expensive' to treat a kidney patient with dialysis.
The procedure of cleaning the impurities from the blood of a patient with failing kidneys costs $25,000 to $30,000 a year, which works out to around $60 million annually for its more than 2,500 patients.
Also, when the NKF takes on a patient, it is committed to him for life, he said as he applauded its medical record, adding that it is 'better than world standards, so patients... live much longer'.
This commitment also means it made sense to put some of its money in reserves, Mr Lim said in reply to a call by Nominated MP Braema Mathi for more accountability and transparency in how charities spend money.
However, he sympathised with its 'dilemma' in whether to disclose the salary of its chief executive.
'If they don't, then I think there will be critics who say they are not transparent. If they disclose, I think there will also be critics who will say that whatever they pay will be too high.
'So, I think they are caught between a rock and a hard place.'
Mr Lim also defended the 30 per cent cap on expenses used for fund-raising, saying it helped the smaller charities.
They run up higher overheads in fund-raising and would be hit if the cap was lowered, he said.
On the controversial issue of sharing its database of donors with its partners, Mr Lim saw 'nothing objectionable' as NKF had declared that the data would be given only if the donor agreed.
On aquariums and plasma TV sets at its dialysis centres, he said they helped keep patients occupied during their treatment and added: 'We do have aquariums and TV sets also in our blood donation centres.'
Mr Lim does not see fund-raising as 'a zero sum game', maintaining that there is room for big and small charities.
Singaporeans have big hearts, and 'if you convince them of the worthiness of your causes, Singaporeans will open up their wallets'. He also urged the smaller charities to pool their efforts in fund-raising to 'get a bigger share of the pie'. -
Now you wonder whether the PMO is with NKF or has been smoked by NKF now that the truth about the expenditure is released....
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Originally posted by Atobe:
I m surprised & disgusted wif her response.
This morning's news over Channel News Asia had a report that said Mrs Goh Chok Tong (the patron of NKF) had expressed her continued confidence with Mr T.T. Durai.
She also responded to a question concerning the payment of $600,000 to Mr Durai for his annual remunerations as being:-
[b] "PEANUTS - especially for someone running an organisation that is handling millions of dollars a year !!!" -
I'm not a fan of NKF..... this whole debacle has firmly turned me against them.Originally posted by crazy monkey:knn they must have expected that
Still, I'm not a fan of vigilante justice either... if anything, the actions of those vandals may backfire on themselves. When people read the newspaper reports about the vandalism, sympathy for NKF is gonna rise again.
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i hope they will report tis on tv n press so more people get to know.Originally posted by LazerLordz: -
I see government encouraging citizens to donate as a form of indirect tax, albeit a volunteering one. Maintaining proper and cheap healthcare for all is the duty of a government.
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the silence from PMO is deafening. MIW always got a lot to say suddenly they have got so quiet.Originally posted by CoolMyth:Now you wonder whether the PMO is with NKF or has been smoked by NKF now that the truth about the expenditure is released.... -
Very deafening..let's see what LHL has to say after his US tour.Originally posted by crazy monkey:the silence from PMO is deafening. MIW always got a lot to say suddenly they have got so quiet. -
"No big deal. I was in the US anyway!"Originally posted by LazerLordz:Very deafening..let's see what LHL has to say after his US tour. -
NKF should dump durai NOW for the sake of NKF and all the patients under its care....
in fact... the entire board of directors should resign en mass and a govt appointed caretaker should be appointed immediately... any reputable ex minister would do fine until the whole mess is sorted out.
its unbelievable that NKF still wanna stick with DURAI... NKF should realise that it is the publics money that keep NKF above the water.. NOT DURAI...
NKF should remember who they are supposed to serving and helping... and NO! its not durai they should be supporting !