Er........Mr Lee's wife? :bsmilie:Gymrat76 said:Got Mrs Goh Chok Tong as the patron of NKF, what do they have to fear?
Er........Mr Lee's wife? :bsmilie:Gymrat76 said:Got Mrs Goh Chok Tong as the patron of NKF, what do they have to fear?
Don't worry, you still had done a good thing isn't it? This whole thing won't change that............idor said:hmmmm now i feel so cheated... many years ago sell flags for them they oni gimme 1 dollar..... somemore school teachers force us to put that dollar into the can... :thumbsd:
Why worry? You can donate to Kidney Dialysis Foundation who have been around helping for many years in silence.code said:It's a shame if the outcome of this whole episode is that the needy suffer from a drop in donations. I guess the critical issue here is accountability, which is rather opaque for charities here in Singapore
Just try the alternative,dkw said:Sorry if I'm being brusque, I find this whinging really pathetic.
Hommie said:Why worry? You can donate to Kidney Dialysis Foundation who have been around helping for many years in silence.
ST did an article on the Charities in Singapore on efficiency of the donated dollars. Out of a dollars how many cents were actually spend on the needy. NKF fared one of the worst. Out of a dollar, only 2-3cents went to the kidney patients. Alot went to the big budget shows, employees, etc. KDF fared much better at 5-7cents per dollars.
dkw said:They are in the business of saving lives, if I were them I couldn't care less if you were offended by in-your-face charity drives.
Sorry if I'm being brusque, I find this whinging really pathetic.
hongsien said:What is this case between Durai and SPH about? I am in HK, and didn't follow this case when I was in SG.......
I still believe your donations are put to good use, just look at the numerous NKF centers.......don't let the patients suffer becuae of this. Offcourse, they should manage it differently if there is reason to......
Hong Sien
dkw said:Quick, everybody, pull out your donations NOW! Too bad if the kidney patients SUFFER or DIE (who asked them to get kidney disease in the first place), we MUST show these GREEDY CEOs a thing or two! Its a matter of PRINCIPLE. All those TV stars who continue to donate their time, they must ALL be real SUCKERS right? :sticktong
Folk on this forum saving up for 1DM2's and D2x's, not batting an eyelid when buying $2000 lenses, begrudging a few hundred bucks to help some kidney patients, on a matter of principle?? Puh-leeez.......
Why does it surprise anybody that the NKF, the behemoth that it is, is run like a commercial concern, with well paid staff, bonuses and the like? Why does that influence you in any way in deciding whether or not to donate time/money? Prior to the formation of the NKF, most end-stage renal patients died quickly due to lack of access to dialysis, now most DO have access. If those results don't speak for themselves then what does? So what if they adopt hard-sell tactics? Is everybody so thin-skinned that your sensibilities are insulted? They are in the business of saving lives, if I were them I couldn't care less if you were offended by in-your-face charity drives.
Sorry if I'm being brusque, I find this whinging really pathetic.
madmacs said:some food for thought...if our donations are being put to good use..ie. helping the needy patients, then who is paying the ceo 12 months bonus? :think:
Gymrat76 said:SINGAPORE : The National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) defamation suit against the Singapore Press Holdings has opened in the High Court.
The case centres around an article in the Straits Times published on 19 April 2004 entitled "The NKF Controversially ahead of its time".
And first to take the stand was the NKF's CEO, TT Durai who made some startling revelations during cross examination by SPH's Senior Counsel Davinder Singh.
The article in question was written by SPH's journalist Susan Long, whom NKF is also suing.
It had an account of a contractor who had been hired to install some bathroom fittings for its new headquarters in 1995.
NKF says the article had many falsehoods and half truths. But Monday's hearing was more than just about toilet fittings.
It was a public scrutiny of how the NKF is administered and run, the travel patterns of its senior executives and the chief executive officer, and what salaries were paid to the CEO in the last three years.
The court heard that CEO Durai got a twelve month bonus last year. And between 2002 and 2004, he would have earned close to S$1.8 million.
From the outset, Senior Counsel Davinder Singh who is acting for SPH, emphasized the importance of transparency and public accountability on NKF's part as every cent which NKF spent came from public donations.
Several senior officials from NKF were in court to follow the proceedings, including its patron Mrs Goh Chok Tong.
- CNA /ls
Taken from: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/157420/1/.html