The
professors are not the only people banned from independent directorship. Top
govt officials holding paid corporate positions in the education sector are
also clamped down. The overlapping of govt/academia and business is not
acceptable in the clampdown against corruption. ‘The ministry on Nov 3 ordered
deans, deputy deans and managers at middle level and above to report their part
time jobs, saying those who do not do so in a timely or accurate fashion will
be punished based on the severity of violations.’ Bloomberg.
This is one
of the things that China did not learn from Singapore. This must be the reason
why Singapore is so progressive and China is not. Singapore businesses have no problem
with who are their independent directors or where they come from as long as
they are honest and incorruptible men and women with the right connections and
expertise to add value to the companies. Perhaps this is something the Chinese
did not have, honest and incorruptible men and women that can wear many hats
and be independent directors and would not be accused of corruption because
they are just incorruptible. Just pay them well to make sure they are not
corrupt.
With the
kind of pay the Chinese are paying, no wonder they have a big corruption
problem. They must send more delegations to Singapore and learn from Singapore
on how to keep people from falling to corruption. According to world surveys,
Singapore is the least corrupt country in Asia. Just pay them not to corrupt.
The only
thing good about China is that when it is clamping down on corruption, it is
serious about it and big shots are also caught in the net. Xi Jinping was
quoted to have said in his book that no one is immune from punishment. China
still got a lot to learn.
21 comments:
Please lah, Singapore is very small, that's why can afford to pay ministers, CEOS, professors, directors, etc very well mah. Many cities in China are even much bigger than Singapore in terms of population.
So can you imagine if such a big country like China were to do the same? This will bankrupt the country man!
Singapore is unique, that's why learned already also cannot apply in other countries' one. And there are good reasons why Xi jinping's salary is only US$22,000 a year, much less than even my salary as a junior employee in Singapore!
Dear Mr Chua
May I request you take down my comments at 9.48am.
"Going back to school" may have a more positive context here in Singapore versus China.
Thanks for your kind attention.
Sorry for the bother.
Hi Anon 9:55,
Your comments at 9:48 did not have this quoted by you.
"Going back to school" may have a more positive context here in Singapore versus China.'
You still want to take 9:48 down?
Hi Mr Chua
Yes, please take down my 9.48am comment.
Thanks very much.
And once again, sorry for the bother.
China is one cuntry where the social engineering is more 'garang' than Singapore.
Sorry lah Singapore, on this one you are Number 2. Once in awhile China has to come out to remind the rest of the world that they're still COMMUNISTS and party-apparatchiks still call the shots.
Back to school, you nincompoop fake public intellectual!
Anyone shouting "human rights" yet? Clinton? Obama? New York Times? The Guardian? Glen Greenwald, valiant campaigner for the down-trodden? ...yoohoo...anyone?
rb, what is your view on such incident - HK bookseller went missing?
China is very big and important to many people in this world including chinese and cannot be managed by corrupted people else will end up like one of those big and poor third world countries. Sending them to school is definitely a good start to polish up their skills.
Sg needs to send the Ministers, Civil
Servants and Quasi Government Organizations to ITE for training. Their
Academic Qualifications do not seem to have practical values.
Many are collecting gaji buta(easy money)
China cannot afford to have traitors working for foreign forces. Should hang them when caught.
During the Qing Dynasty, Emperors Kang Xi, Yong Zheng and Qian Long tried to reform their ( corrupted ) system but in vain.
In all, their reform attempts lasted about 120 years from the late 17th century to end 18th century.
Alas, despite wielding absolute power, their anti-corruption drives failed and about 50 years after Emperor Qian Long's death, the Qing Dynasty was humiliated by a small British Naval Fleet during Opium War I in 1847 despite having a huge population of 400 million and home ground advantage.
Just like Singaporeans, home ground advantage, super talents but all useless and need to be replaced by village kids from the third world.
anonymous 8.36
Nothing is more humiliating than allowing British East India ( private company) to defeat a large empire, India.
India had larger population than employee in the east india.
India enjoy home ground advantage.
Rb // The overlapping of govt/academia and business is not acceptable in the clampdown against corruption. //
After the cleanup, China can surpass a tiny "snort" ( bi sai ) in its corruption index in ranking and essence
// Xi Jinping was quoted to have said in his book that no one is immune from punishment. //
Does it include traitors?
If traitors just passed away already, still can mete out any punishment?
Like dig out his grave and whip his corpse?
Or seize his urn and pour his cremated remains into an active volcano?
You people did not know the meaning of RIP. Let people RIP lah.
Let dead people RIP.
俗语说计生不计死 meaning
do not deal with the Dead.
Let all matters with the Deceased
be done with and closed.
However, there are cases where the
Deeds of the Dead have lingering
and long after effect on others. This
is where the Successor(s) of the
Deceased has to be held accountable
for his/her deed. Worse is if the Successor(s) carry on or even worsens the Misdeed and Wrong. Then there is need to make correction, mete out measure to counter or just end the living evil doer. No punishment is possible on the Dead, but the Successor's extension of the Deceased's misdeed(s) should be stopped at all cost.
Yes, let the Dead rest permanently, in peace or otherwise, but never let the Evil Doers live in peace and worse in power.
One Dr Tham reported in the paper that retribution will go down to the 7th or 9th generations.
When will that be ?
Year 2000 ?
Year 2015 ?
or
Year 2020 ?
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