What is "Ownself Check Ownself"?
Ownself
check ownself is oneself checking oneself in every aspect of human
existence and human endeavors. No third party is involved.
Essentially, it is self-enrichment, self-glorification, self-indulgence, and self-protection through self-accountability.
In other words, it means no accountability and no transparency to the public, the masses, the citizens
Who created the concept of "Ownself Check Ownself"?
From
the very beginning, this corrupted concept was created by people with
corrupted thinking. It became a corrupt practice carried out by
power-hungry and corrupt dictators and absolute monarchs who enjoyed
unfettered power over their citizens or subjects, and unfettered total
control of all institutions of government in the country in which they
rule.
It is a practice that any conscionable, upright, moral and
law-abiding person or organisation would never have acceded to, condoned
for, or be associated with.
Why is it still in existence?
Nevertheless,
the practice has been going on and on for decades, centuries and time
immemorial. It has been left unchecked by any Independent third party
because the power of the day has always ensure that no Independent third
party ever existed. If it does exist, it has been existing in semblance
and form but not in substance nor in spirit. So, without a third party
to counter-balance the unfettered and absolute power of the ruling
elites, the practice of ownself check ownself carries on without
respite, and become part of the system of governance as if it is a
normal and acceptable practice. And in a vicious cycle, it enhances and
further strengthen the unfettered power of the ruling elites
(dictatorship, monarchy or aristocracy)
Will it ever end?
In
the end, this corrupt practice will lead to much suffering of the
people, by the people and to the people. As the sufferings become too
immense, too intense and too intolerable, uprisings naturally arise to
challenge and topple the unfettered absolute dictatorial power of the
day, with or without bloodshed, no matter how long it takes.
However, no success is possible without sacrifice.
Singapore Context
In the Singapore context, the self-check mechanism is subsumed into the overall governing system. It comprises:
1. The Judiciary,
2. The Parliament,
3. The Attorney General's Chambers.
4. The Accountant General's Office,
5. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau,
6. The Internal Security Department,
7. The Public Service Commission.
8. The Presidential Advisory Council.
9. The Elected Presidency.
Despite
all the above, however, there seems to be no one willing to sacrifice
himself, or no organisation that is willing to sacrifice itself in order
to topple the unfettered absolute power that the PAP enjoys
increasingly over the last 56 years.
Moreover, there has been no
critical mass, strong enough, to want to topple the present PAP
government. But that doesn't mean it will not happen.
The
deceptive CECA Trojan golden wooden horse has already entered the City,
brought in deliberately through the folly of some local leaders. When
the right time comes, under cover of Darkness (pun intended), the hidden
invaders will show themselves and it will be too late for the local
leaders and inhabitants to defend themselves.
Conclusion
The
practice of ownself check ownself will lead to the ultimate overthrow
of the unfettered absolute power as the citizenry becomes fed-up,
awakened, more resolute, more courageous and more willing to sacrifice
themselves for the good of the country. And, of course, when a critical
mass is reached, either by the locals or by a mixture of foreign
subversive elements and local traitors.
It is only a matter of when, not a matter of if.
SSO - 23 July 2021.
Yushui Village in Lijiang, Yunnan, with snow mountain backdrop and cascading waterfalls.
7/25/2021
The Concept And Practice Of Ownself Check Ownself
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People's Association Caught Sleeping Again and Again?
The People's Association must be a very exciting organisation to work in. It seems like there are new discoveries every year by the Auditor General's Office (AGO). Last year, there were several serious discrepancies discovered. This year, the AGO has again discovered several lapses and possible irregularities related to the People's Association's management.
The PA had engaged contractors to carry out minor building works at OTH and a managing agent to manage the facilities and supervise the contractors.
The AGO checked only a sample of payments totalling $1.27 million made between April 2018 and March 2020 and found possible irregularities in the supporting documents for 34 of the 36 payments. What if the AGO had checked ALL the thousands of payments? I think someone will faint on the spot.
The irregularities included possible falsification of quotations, alteration of hard-copy payment supporting documents and the creation and backdating of documents to give the false impression that proper processes had been followed.
"As the lapses relate to serious allegations involving falsification of documents, including in relation to claims by external parties, PA has lodged a police report and investigations are ongoing," the PA said, adding that it had suspended the staff involved pending the outcome of the investigation.
The PA also said it would set up a task force led by senior officers to strengthen processes in procurement, contract and facility management, raise staff capabilities, and improve oversight of contractors and managing agents.
It will also appoint an external consultant to conduct a thorough review of its governance system and oversight functions related to contract management of all development projects, the PA added.
The external consultant will be given a "broad mandate" to review such matters and provide recommendations to strengthen PA's oversight of contract management.
Other issues flagged by the AGO include lapses in the computation of adjustments for price fluctuations for the main construction contract at OTH and weaknesses in the management and oversight of contract variations for the main construction contracts for both OTH and HBB.
This means PA could have overpaid its contractors by an estimated $2 million for building materials for OTH, such as concrete and steel reinforcements.
The AGO also checked 465 contract variations amounting to $26.48 million and found lapses in 252 or 54.2 per cent of them. Contract variations are mutually agreed changes to the terms of contracts that are already in effect.
No evidence of approval was found for 109 contract variations, while approvals for 142 of them were obtained only one month to 5½ years after works had commenced or were already completed. There were also other issues such as the use of incorrect rates, resulting in over- and underpayments.
AGO also found wastage of $5.39m of public funds at HPB over excess fitness trackers.
AGO finds heritage items improperly deleted from NHB records, tender bids not evaluated.
But the PA failed to ensure this requirement was made explicit in the tenancy agreement. This resulted in the tenant charging fees that were 23 per cent higher than the cap specified for the first two years of its operation.
With a budget of $1 billion, or slightly less, per year, the money seems to be easy come easy go?
Every year, the AGO is bound to discover several lapses, irregularities, discrepancies or possible frauds in almost all the Ministries, Statutory Boards or other government agencies. This cannot go on and on for years. The government is urged to fix the root causes of such embarrassing and preventable lapses.
RE: Anonymous 8'34am
"......The government is urged to fix the root causes of such embarrassing and preventable lapses."
How to fix when the government itself is the problem and the root cause.The only way is to throw out the whole bunch of F......rogues, crooks and scoundrels.
What about the S%5.4 million wasted on that wearable 'steps counter' in the campaign to encouraging exercise? Who has to take the blame?
Auditors are turning into useless 'sleep walkers' in checking fraud and malpractices in companies and making sure the accounts reflect the true state of affairs. They argued that they only know what is being told by the CEO or CFO. So, what are Auditors for?
One perfect example is the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Here in Red Dot the Hin Leong case points to another case of Auditors sleeping on the job. And of course the audits of those yearly revelations of misuse of funds by the AGO happening continously never gets solved. Soon it will become the new normal.
Of course, when it takes 50 men years to come up with figures of state holdings asked by former President Ong Teng Cheong, what else can we expect. Those filling the shoes of Ong Teng Cheong probably now still have no idea what the state of affairs are. Which President after Ong Teng Cheong dared broached the same question again? Killing the chicken taught the monkeys to fall in line.
But not to worry. the ownself check ownself mentality is still alive and working well.
We really do not know what is in the muddy brain of the 4G ministers.They know how to pay themselves in the millions. They know how to raise taxes to burden the citizens. But do they know how to serve the people? No, definitely not. They are privy to everything they do and they drama-drams when caught in the wrong footing. They just simply don't trust their own people the citizens. Die-die they must put all Dalits from India as heads and chiefs of most if not all government linked companies.Also look at how many of the same kind are put in high positions in government departments and the number of their kind holding ministerial posts is out of proportion to the percentage of their population.
Is the island entering a sinkhole or a quackmire with no hope at all? If the citizens don't act now there will be no future for their descendants. It is so scary. Damned the 4Gs idiosy and stupidity.
Just imagine that.
The PA at first started with no budget whatsoever. It survived on donations and self-help activities to raise funds.
Then it started to have a budget, a few years later, of less than $1 million a year. Then increased to $10 million a year. Then to $100 million a year.
For the last 5 to 10 years, the PA had been allocated around $1 billion a year. Unbelievable!
How's that for spending spree?
The PA is the propaganda arm of the ruling party. They run almost all the brainwashing machinery on the island, the CCs, RCs, even Kindergartens. So is it really a surprise that funding of the PA is so massive on the pretext of promoting community cohesiveness?
The S$1 billion a year is even more than the USA's US$300 million a year bounty to smear China.
Ownself check ownself led to ownself pays ownself out of own world salary and bonuses cunningly through parliament rubber stamp.
HDB Heartlanders will keep pappies in power for long long time.
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