Tag Archives: Auditor-General’s Office

Commentary: Civil Servants, Unelected Can Carry This?

Political appointees have no financial role, safe to say merely ‘approving’ the use of the $5 billion. If the PM is talking about decision making, it is the civil servants who are making the decision behind the scene, collating, presenting, advising where the draw down and transfer of money comes from. So is the prime minister trying to draw wool over people’s eyes when he said, ‘It is a big decision, S$5 billion of supplementary budget.

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CORRECTION TO MSM NEWS: PA PANEL TO FIX LAPSES IS INCORRECT

There is a footnote at the end of the news report “PA sets up panel to fix lapses” (Jul 17), which said “Correction: An earlier version of this story and its headline said that the PA had set up a panel to fix lapses. This is incorrect. The panel is to review rules and procedures. We are sorry for the error.”

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AUDITOR-GENERAL ISSUES REPORT ON AHPETC LAPSES

The Auditor-General's Office (AGO) today, 9 February, issued a report highlighting five "major lapses" in AHPETC's accounts for Financial Year 2012-13. Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan will move a motion for debate in Parliaent on Thursday based on this report.

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