//// i was sent lawyer letter demanding i pay my 350 dollars owed to TC plus the 300 over lawyer fees!!! making it over 700 plus!!! thats the TC for you.////

My post #29 refers: The cost of bringing those who can pay but persistent refused to pay only adds up to the S+C cost, which all other rule abiding resident will eventually end up paying.

//// my bro who owned a car was not able to buy season ticket till the S & C money owed is paid in full, thats how f#$% up our govt is.
blood suckers. ///////////

My post #21 refers: There are some people who just do not want to pay on time.

Are you part of the solution or part of the problem?

1 – Companies and Employees have KPI to make sure they deliver something – so why stop at Town Councils when enforcing KPI?

2 – You must accept competition for jobs from foreign talent cause the job needs to be filled by the best man available – so shouldn’t we also open up cabinate positions for foreign talent?

Just a thought we should all consider ;)

Looks like we have been grossly over-charged in the first place.

Sorry, I cannot follow the logic of what you wrote.
There is no analogy. It is a fact that condo face this problem, whereby the able refuses to pay on time. Late charges are imposed to act as an deterrent.

Your question of “why do our Ministers demand millions of dollar salaries when they claimed that $350 a month is enough handout for those unable to fend for themselves” is a oft used argument in TOC for any and every topic, but it has no relevance to my post.

I cannot understand what you mean when you wrote “Besides, those in condo don’t claim to be serving the people, unlike the pappies. ”
What has that got to do with what I wrote?

“On the other hand, there are similar maintenance fee arrears problem also occurs in high end condos. So what does that says?”

You want to use analogy, then why do our Ministers demand millions of dollar salaries when they claimed that $350 a month is enough handout for those unable to fend for themselves?

Besides, those in condo don’t claim to be serving the people, unlike the pappies.

From my own observation, many there are more homeless Singaporeans now that there were twenty years ago. Fortunately for these callous PAP MPs there are no harsh winters in Singapore. If not, they would have been thrown out long time ago when people read of the homeless dying on the streets.

In any case, we have to vote them out now. Vote opposition.

“As to why town council’s management of its finances not being one of the KPIs, other than the number of HDB units in arrears, the MND’s expert committee spin is that finance, including its loses in investments of its sinking fund, is NOT a CORE function.” Forgive me for missing this out on the MSM and this having to quote from you.

Not being a core function doesn’t mean it should be exlucded from the KPI. It simply means lesser weightage should be attributed to the non-core functions in the KPI. All functions, regardless important or non-important or not, should be measured.

That is the statement from the TC.

“persistent arrears households are charged in court, fined, and jailed if they cannot pay the fine”

This is what the writer wrote.

“why are there so many still in arrears?”

This is what the writer asked.

The answer to that is vital. What percentage of those in arrears are in dire need of help and how many are just simply exploiting the situation.

The cost of bringing those who can pay but persistent refused to pay only adds up to the S+C cost, which all other rule abiding resident will eventually end up paying.

Hello Singapore??!!!, what have you done to your own homeland? WAKEP UP! Get/VOTE these greed infested cowards & leeches OUT!!!! Stop complaining and ACTUP! Words are cheap!\

Stop deluding yourself that there’s nothing we can do- NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! Even if you were DEAD, you still can rise up and curse these losers! Rising from the grave is not reserved for MM unless he paid the underworld billions of hell money-and we all know, like his legacy, is worthless!

If we are still BLIND to all these legalized corruption and still not vote these evils out once and for all, then Singapore deserves to rot-period! No hope.

For these people, the flat is the only asset they have.
I find it quite amazing to throw people into jail for the SC and powerbills.
You go to the one of the courts for fines , and you will find the magistrate handing out jail terms to these poor people. No wonder our jails are so filled up.
Have they committed a crime, I don’t think so. Its the situation that they are caught in and this is caused by the government. Many have called for the government to be voted out. If we do not take the courage to do so now, we will be in for many more difficult years, vote the current (PAP ) government out.

Please help the poor instead of throwing them in jail.

i think residents are more concerned about how funds are used. We rather have a detailed breakdown (e.g. collections, maintenance works, how sinking funds are invested etc) and a say in how these are managed. the last KPI cld have been to measure how town councils truly meet the needs of the citizens – they send detailed reports of the use of funds and residents vote on their level of satisfaction. ie somewhat along the line of a private condo management committee seeking residents’ approval in managing estate.

the pap jolly well knows that one of our top concerns is that they are charging way too much for s&c. we can see that in

- their indifference when losing millions in share-punting
- enormous size of sinking funds
- unnecessary repair work (e.g. in Pasir Ris, there are some blocks that get repainted/ pathway in garden that get repaved/void deck recemented in 5 years)

instead of addressing our concern, they set up the last kpi to address their MONEY mind. to add salt to the injury, they dress up the kpi and try to convince us that this is good for us!

what do residents want? to squeeze the last dollars from the poor or a say in how funds are used, with the possibility of lowering the charges?