Bigbird Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) Eric Chua on PA's S$796 million budget: The proof of the pudding is in the eating The People's Association (PA)'s mission is to build up the "cohesiveness of our population", as well as trust between the people and the Singapore government, and therefore needs to be "properly resourced", said Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) Eric Chua. He said this at the tail-end of the Committee of Supply (COS) debates for MCCY on Monday (March 8), explaining in greater detail the PA's work and a brief breakdown of the budget allocated to its work for the coming financial year. It became a topic of discussion after Progress Singapore Party (PSP) Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Leong Mun Wai raised it as part of MCCY's COS cuts, arguing that "many questions remain unanswered" with regard to PA's nearly-S$800 million budget. Leong: PA's budget translates to higher cost per staff than IRAS & GovTech Leong noted that this has been the case since 2016, when Workers' Party's Sylvia Lim questioned PA's increasing budget and whether the statutory board had deviated from its mandate of fostering social stability. He flagged PA's operating expenditure for financial year 2021 as being S$589 million with 2,565 staff, which translates to a higher cost per staff than those of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) and Government Technology Agency (GovTech) — both of which are supposed to have higher proportions of professional staff. Blah blah blah............ https://mothership.sg/2021/03/pa-budget-mccy-cos-2021/https://mothership.sg/2021/03/pa-budget-mccy-cos-2021/ Edited March 8, 2021 by Bigbird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 Quote Chua: Funding is 'put to good use' In his speech and in response to Leong, Chua defined the PA's mission as building up the "cohesiveness of our population" and a reserve of "social capital and goodwill" built on trust between Singaporeans and the government. He disclosed that out of PA's S$796 million budget, S$207 million is devoted to development (mainly to build and upgrade community clubs), while the remaining S$589 million is for operating expenditure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaur4man Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 JOINING PA NAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) Quote He disclosed that out of PA's S$796 million budget, S$207 million is devoted to development (mainly to build and upgrade community clubs), while the remaining S$589 million is for operating expenditure. So S$589,000,000 / 2,565 (no of PA employees) S$229,629.62963 cost per employee per yr!!!! Unbelievable !!! Something is wrong here and going on for so many years!! Even S$207M for development! Is #songboh! Edited March 9, 2021 by Bigbird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meng.huat Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 take so much public money... but only serve 1 party... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaur4man Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, Bigbird said: So S$589,000 / 2,565 (no of PA employees) S$229,629.62963 cost per employee per yr!!!! Unbelievable !!! Something is wrong here and going on for so many years!! Even S$207M for development! Is #songboh! lanjiaola u think communist meh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, aaur4man said: lanjiaola u think communist meh My math salah meh???? @socrates469bc Come in and use your PHD to Sexplaine the budget required above pse! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, aaur4man said: lanjiaola u think communist meh 9 hours ago, Bigbird said: My math salah meh???? @socrates469bc Come in and use your PHD to Sexplaine the budget required above pse! this is loong loong's oxbridge professorship level maths. sibei beyond our mere mortal maths. and 61% thinks the money is put to good use. so diam diam, ok???? wahahahahahaha https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/auditor-general-finds-lapses-in-contract-management-it-and-financial-controls https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2020/08/29/peoples-association-distances-itself-from-bn-groups-loh-cousins/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive-idUSKBN25H2CG Edited March 9, 2021 by socrates469bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 14 hours ago, socrates469bc said: this is loong loong's oxbridge professorship level maths. sibei beyond our mere mortal maths. and 61% thinks the money is put to good use. so diam diam, ok???? wahahahahahaha https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/auditor-general-finds-lapses-in-contract-management-it-and-financial-controls https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2020/08/29/peoples-association-distances-itself-from-bn-groups-loh-cousins/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive-idUSKBN25H2CG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 This kinda amount wasted on PA + the millions wasted in a failed TraceTogether project.... Please vote wisely 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Ape Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 So when the pudding goes bad, how to eat? Utter BS. 1 Good content = Topics that genuinely encourages and stimulates interaction/banter. Bad content = Clickbaits, brag posts and social media news feed that nobody gives a flying fuck about + waste of server storage space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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