SAF cruel employer?
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SAF cruel employer? Demanding MC submission same day of illness? Expecting dizzy employee to report to camp: how? - she never did... Appa credible fighting force?
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Oct 19, 2007
Bride-to-be killed in accident 6 days before wedding
She was thrown off her motorcycle and landed in drain
By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent
Investigation showed that Ms Nur Baidura had apparently lost control of her 125cc motorcycle. -- PHOTO: BH
A SINGAPORE Armed Forces regular died after she was thrown off her motorcycle and landed in a drain along Pan-Island Expressway.
The bride-to-be, Ms Siti Nur Baidura Mohd Yusof, 22, was on her way with her fiance, full-time national serviceman Fareed Serlan, 20, to hand over her medical certificate at Maju Camp at Clementi Road on July 23 when the accident happened. No other vehicle was involved.
The couple were to wed in six days and invitation cards had been sent out.
An inquiry into her death heard that her fiance, who was riding pillion, was warded for five days for injuries to his face, knees and left elbow.
Investigation showed that Ms Nur Baidura had apparently lost control of her 125cc motorcycle along the right-most lane with intermittent gouge marks. She was thrown off from the motorcycle and landed in the drain.
Just before the accident, she had informed her family that she was feeling dizzy. She consulted a doctor at Bedok Polyclinic and was given a day's MC. She and her fiance were heading towards camp to hand the MC to her supervisor when she was killed.
State Coroner Ronald Gwee recorded a verdict of misadventure.
Her elder brother, Mr Mohammad Noor Azhar, 24, who attended the inquiry, is now riding her motorcycle which she had bought about six months before the accident.
He described her as a talkative, sporty and very active person, who loved karaoke.
'I miss her so much,'' he told reporters outside court.
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What business does a ill person have in operating machinery?
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bastard employer no sense, go by the book, all will die
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Considering that there was a recent issue in the forums regarding the medical policy of a unit in Maju Camp..I'm not surprised..
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Should have taken cab and claim money back if SAF allows.
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I have never been requested to hand in an MC on the day of my illness. I think the supervisor should be questioned on why he requested for her to do.
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it's singapore.......the supervisor is being forced i tink, cos if not the supervisor would be punished, that's why from this i tink i better not join SAF
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Yeah....even if you become a begger also better than join SAF!Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:it's singapore.......the supervisor is being forced i tink, cos if not the supervisor would be punished, that's why from this i tink i better not join SAF
Bunch of ACTORS AND ACTRESS.....Biggest Television Network in Singapore -
This is a first that I heard that one day mc also need to be submitted on the same day.
The other times only mc exceeds 2 days then need to submit on the spot.
But I do not think that SAF will kena cos they never ask her to ride back to camp mah.... -
i is going to join SAF in 5 days
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SAF don even give a damn to anyone dying or wat!
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never say 1 day only whatOriginally posted by caleb_chiang:This is a first that I heard that one day mc also need to be submitted on the same day.
The other times only mc exceeds 2 days then need to submit on the spot.
But I do not think that SAF will kena cos they never ask her to ride back to camp mah.... 
anyway seriously dumb ruling. I think its been around for quite awile already right? -
What the fcuk?
When I was in Gedong, this policy was already in force: Having to endorse one's MC the very same day.
How stupid can it get? Feeling feverish and still having to waste half a day in camp.
A better way to deter malingering would be to send personnel to check up on the sick soldier. -
Really ? i was in Gedong too but dunnit leh...go back then endorse one mah...Ur superior dun like u issitOriginally posted by Rock^Star:What the fcuk?
When I was in Gedong, this policy was already in force: Having to endorse one's MC the very same day.
How stupid can it get? Feeling feverish and still having to waste half a day in camp.
A better way to deter malingering would be to send personnel to check up on the sick soldier.
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It's been there to prevent "malingering" a very common trait amongst our Singapore's finest.
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Then maybe i heng
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Haha maybe lor.....Originally posted by kramnave:Really ? i was in Gedong too but dunnit leh...go back then endorse one mah...Ur superior dun like u issit
Maybe not a hard and fast rule but largely prevalent, still. -
well, SAF's core purpose of existence and business IS killing peopleOriginally posted by FBI:SAF don even give a damn to anyone dying or wat! -
This is not the first time SAF killing people.
HP staff also died of overwork.
Thanks to the Government policy, we are killing hardworking people.
Do they care? -
so how does this work? the sicker you are, the more you need to go back to camp and submit mc/ spread you virus/ risk accident etc?Originally posted by caleb_chiang:This is a first that I heard that one day mc also need to be submitted on the same day.
The other times only mc exceeds 2 days then need to submit on the spot.
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Employer went by the book but employee should have taken a public transportOriginally posted by t_a_s:bastard employer no sense, go by the book, all will die -
Employee should have stayed at home and reported status over the phone.Originally posted by Short Ninja:Employer went by the book but employee should have taken a public transport
Employer requires a radical revamp of policies. -
It is not about the transport or the mean to follow the book. If u are sick and are medically certified that you are sick and not well to work by a doctor, you should rest at home till you recover or at least fit enough to return to work. Endorsing a MC on the day of MC or endorsing it after the MC period don't change the fact that you will still be unfit for work and will not work for that duration. So why the hurry to endorse it? Coz paper work can't wait till then or the army organisation stop functioning if you don't?Originally posted by Short Ninja:Employer went by the book but employee should have taken a public transport -
Wrong.Originally posted by FBI:SAF don even give a damn to anyone dying or wat!
Please dont judge the whole organisation just because of one mishap. -
True.Originally posted by vIn.Warrior:Wrong.
Please dont judge the whole organisation just because of one mishap.
But the organisation as a whole, has been undergoing a slow process of systemic attrition in terms of its work processes being under fire.