Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Evil Corporation - Part Two

Like all good movies,all good posts also come in sequels.This post is also about NKF but this time,it concerns the pay of top dog TT Durai and his gold-plated tap.Read up (again,my comments in blue):

Davinder Singh: In your affidavit, you liken yourself to CEOs of companies and ministers in government, right? Would you agree with me that like ministers in the government, you are being paid out of people's money? Would you agree with me that ministers' salaries are transparent?

T.T. Durai: Yes.

Davinder Singh: Would you agree with me that CEOs of listed companies have their salaries published in the newspapers?

T.T. Durai: Yes.

Davinder Singh: And you have likened yourself to CEOs of public companies. Why are you not publishing your own information?

T.T. Durai: I like my salary to remain private. My board members know that. My senior colleagues know that. (Erm,you think top government officials and public company CEOs don't want their salaries to remain private ah?You think they go "come come,see my big,fat salary so you can try and kidnap me" ah?)

Davinder Singh: We all like our salaries to be private. But if it's funded by the public, which takes precedence? The right of the public to know how much of their money goes to you, or your preference for privacy?

T.T. Durai: I think it is for the board to decide. The public doesn't control the organisation. (Isn't that the exact problem?The funds come from the public but they have NO control or knowledge over how it is used.So that's why you need transparency for accountability.The public not having control is the precise reason for transparency,not the lack of it)

Davinder Singh: Exactly. Exactly. You see, Mr Durai, the public does not control, it doesn't have access to information. So doesn't that place on you a responsibility?

T.T. Durai: We comply with all the regulatory requirements. If the regulatory authorities imposed a condition that we have to disclose salaries, we would.

Davinder Singh: Mr Durai, can you tell this court what your salary and bonuses were for 2002?

T.T. Durai: I was earning a monthly salary of $25,000. (Phoooah...)

Davinder Singh: And your bonus?

T.T. Durai: Performance bonus was 10 months. (Phoooooooooooah...)

Davinder Singh: Ten months' bonus! $250,000 bonus. This is for 2002.

T.T. Durai: I cannot recall the exact figure.

Davinder Singh: So, if it is $25,000 a month, multiply that by 12, your total package was $550,000 in 2002.

T.T. Durai: I believe so.

Davinder Singh: 2003, please?

T.T. Durai: You have the numbers. I don't have the numbers offhand.

Davinder Singh: Tell us, please, so that we don't waste time.

T.T. Durai: About the same I think. I cannot tell you offhand now. (I also believe TT cannot remember lah...so many zeros...how to remember?)

Davinder Singh: About the same, meaning $550,000 or slightly higher?

T.T. Durai: About that.

Davinder Singh: How many months' bonus did you get in 2003?

T.T. Durai: Twelve months.

Davinder Singh: In 2004, what was the bonus?

T.T. Durai: Same bonus.

Davinder Singh: Twelve months at $25,000 a month. (NKF got job opening boh?Anyone got lobang,please tell me!I want to join NKF.12 months bonus who don't want?Bloddy hell,my total bonus for three years never even add up to 12 months)

T.T. Durai: Yes.

Davinder Singh: So for the past three years you have earned about $1.8 million from the NKF. (Now,that's a millionaire for you.Working for NKF.Who wants to be a millionaire?Join NKF lah)

T.T. Durai: Yes.

Davinder Singh: And the man who earns $1,000 a month who takes out $50 of his pay packet every month thinking that it is going to save lives, should he not know that that is the kind of money you earn?

T.T. Durai: There is nothing wrong with the money I earn. (I am sure he deserves every cent of it...judging by his intelligent answers.)

Davinder Singh: $1.8 million, I wonder what is wrong. $1.8 million. Should the man who takes $50 out of his pay packet of $1,000, leaving $950 for him, his wife and his children, with no savings, should he not know that some of that money is going or has gone into a $500,000 to $600,000 pay package for you?

T.T. Durai: Surely he knows.

Davinder Singh: Tell me, how does he know?

T.T. Durai: Let me explain. People donate money to the NKF to run a dialysis programme that saves lives. We have built a dialysis programme. We run... (Hello???Is he imitating Stephen Chow here?无厘头）

Judge: Please answer the question.

Davinder Singh: You said: 'Surely he knows.'

T.T. Durai: No, I am saying a person who contributes to the foundation knows that there are people working in the institution. (Huh?What does that got to do with anything???)

Judge: No. The question is, should that person know that you are earning $500,000, $600,000 a year? It is a simple question.

T.T. Durai: No, your honour, I do not see a need for him to know. (If we don't need to know,maybe we don't need to donate either,right?)

Davinder Singh: Thank you. It has nothing to do with privacy. It is about embarrassment, is it not?

T.T. Durai: No. (This is true,he doesn't have to be embarrassed.Do you think Hannibal Lector is embarrassed about eating someone's liver?)

Davinder Singh: You would lose all authority, all moral authority to look at him in his eyes, isn't that right?

T.T. Durai: That is not true. (Lawyer tricks!Good old TT don't have to fall for it nor feel ashamed.Just buy a $1,000 pair of shades and you won't their eyes already mah)

Davinder Singh: If he knew that you were flying first class on his money, you could not look him in his eyes, isn't that true?

T.T. Durai: It is not true. (Of course not ashamed lah,you fly First Class you won't even meet those Economy Class lowlifes.Never even meet,how to be ashamed?)

Davinder Singh: If he knew that his salary couldn't even buy the bathroom fittings in your private office suite, you couldn't look him in his eyes.

T.T. Durai: That is not true. (Technically not true,those salarymen save a few months also can buy gold-plated taps mah...but bank account bankrupt lah)

Davinder Singh: We now understand why you say the $990 tap is not expensive. Well, coming from you at $600,000 a year, we now know why you say it is not expensive. But tell us, for that man with $1,000/$2,000, is it expensive?

T.T. Durai: Yes, he may consider it expensive. (Huh?You earn $1,000 and you pay $990 and it "may" be expensive.I'd think it IS expensive)

Davinder Singh: He may, or is it? Tell us the truth.

T.T. Durai: I cannot speak for him. It depends on the type of building, the use of the item. (Oh yeah?As in example: NKF Building,TT Durai use to wash his backside tap then not expensive lah huh?)

Davinder Singh: The man in his HDB one-room, two-room, three-room flat, earning a salary of $1,000, $2,000, $3,000 - would he find that tap at $990 plus 10 per cent discount expensive?

T.T. Durai: He may consider it expensive, yes. (Unless his father LKY?But then again,he won't be living in a flat then)

Davinder Singh: He may, or will he?

T.T. Durai: If he is an educated person, if he knows the use of the particular office, for what purpose, he may probably think it is something reasonable. (Boy,bloody TT just insulted me.Call me uneducated...)

End note:Bottom line...don't offend SPH ah,you silly bugger.They saw off your hands and legs,twist your head 180 degrees and then make soup out of your severed limbs.NKF silly buggers.Singapore only one newspaper and you go and offend that paper somemore.Whose perspective do you think people will be reading come the end of the day?Bad press liao lah...next NKF show get only 20 calls then you know...all NKF staff call one somemore.

Anyway TT ah,can come and use your toilet or not.I want to use $990 tap leh.Use this tap water to wash face confirm become Andy Lau mug one.