Ong was appealing on the grounds that the bribes were actually loans he had taken to repay the joint account that he shared with his wife. However, contrary to his claims, the evidence presented in the case showed that Ong was motivated by greed as both he and his wife were earning substantial salaries, and he had said he was never in financial difficulty.
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TAXI DRIVER OVERHEARD ARMY BOYS PLAN TO PROFIT FROM ED SHEERAN TICKETS
I am a taxi driver and would like to share what I heard when I sent 4 army boys to their camps on Sunday night. The boys were talking about how they can profit from Ed Sheeran tickets, one of them who went to queue claimed that he got 8 tickets and only needs 2, he is willing to sell the some of the remaining 6 tickets to the other friends and allow them to jack up the prices for profits. They started looking over the Internet for some cheaper tickets like maybe less than $1000 and prepare to sell them out again at $1500 so on and so forth. I am wondering, are these army boys so desperate for money? Why are they robbing others of their livelihood with their own greed or advantage? I am hoping for the authorities or ticketing agents to take actions avian at these scalpers. Please be careful Ed Sheeran fans.
Read More »DR SELLS COUGH SYRUP TO DRUB ABUSERS TO MAKE EXTRA PROFIT
Yet another case of a doctor doing illegal things. Dr Tan Gek Young was charged in court for selling more than 2,300 litres of cough syrup illegally to drug abusers. He was jailed two years and fined S$130,000. What is wrong with these doctors? Selling drugs knowingly to drug abusers? Just for the profit? Sometimes, it seems like greed is a more important consideration.
Read More »IF PAP MAKES S’POREAN PAY-AND-PAY, WHY DO THEY STILL GET A DECISIVE MANDATE?
While the PAP IBs will tell you that this is because Singapore is more developed and its citizens richer and we should thus be happy to pay more. But the reality is that for most businesses, high rents means that they have no choice but to raise the prices of their goods. And who really benefits, except the government?
Read More »CONFESSION: TAXI DRIVER WAIT FOR SURCHARGES TO EARN MORE
Imagine we pick up a passenger at 5.45pm when the surcharge is going to start at 6pm, why wouldn't we wait till 6pm then start to pick up? We will be earning more.
Read More »GREED IS THE CAUSE OF LONG QUEUES FOR PUBLIC HOSPITALS
This letter to ST truly reflect the frustrations of users of the public health care system. It's not the private health care sector doctors are always better trained, skilled, even though quite often that's so, but it is the extremely long wait to see a specialist doctor in the public health care sector that is most frustrating and irritating.
Read More »LONG TIME CLIENT PISSED AFTER GREAT EASTERN INSURANCE INSISTS ON CHARGING $20 ADMIN FEE
So, to Great Eastern . Insurance is see how much you buy not how long you have been with them. They don't even want to waste a few piece of A4 paper to print out the econnect details which is already avaliable in front of their screen. They want to charge you $20 for information that can be printed when they send us the password form. they had been with your company for 18years and 11 mths .
Read More »SINGTEL REFUSES TO GRANT GRACE PERIOD FOR LOYAL CUSTOMER OF 11 YEARS, CAUSES HIM TO LOSE JOB
SingTel a phone providing company in Singapore, has the worst customer relationship ever. A customer with SingTel for 11 years lost his job. He tried to find recruitment, unfortunately it wasn't possible.
Read More »THE S’PORE STORY: LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVILS
A BTO HDB flat at Macpherson Spring is more than $460000, A Corolla Altis car is $110,000 for 10years usage, A Singapore Minister demands to be paid 4 times the salary of US President. No wonder aged Singaporeans are poor and don't have enough to live on. Should Singaporeans support a Govt whose primary love is money?
Read More »CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN OF COFFEESHOP THAT CHARGES GST
Most people are aware of the goods and services tax (GST), which is a levy imposed by the government on items in malls and supermarkets. This neighbourhood coffeeshop began to charge its customers GST recently, much to the shock and anger of the resident customers there as they were made to pay more than they were used to.
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