A hot topic for many Singaporeans these days, for the last 2 weeks at
least.
With the furore slowly dying down, I thought it would be a good time to
pen my thoughts on this issue.
There are always 2 sides to a story and there is no exception in this
case.
The court case was the catalyst of this whole episode to begin with. In
the hands of Mr Davinder Singh, Mr TT Durai was reduced to mush and for
what SPH was paying him, Mr Singh had indeed achieved the desired
effect, that is, to cast aspersions on Mr TT Durai's integrity and the
way that the NKF is being run.
My gut feel tells me that there's more than meets the eye over here. As
many have eventually concluded, the revelations during the court case
should not be taken as is, because the manner of which it was
presented, was designed to inflict maximum damage to the plaintiff's
case against the defendant. While there are truths in what was said, it
probably could have been seen from many other perspectives, of which,
it may not have looked so bad.
I strongly believe, even now, that Mr TT Durai ran NKF as well as he
knew how and in the process was compensated a remuneration that was
perceived to be fair in relation to the efforts put in and the results
achieved, not to forget that the remuneration he received, was approved
by the Board as well. There have been many testimonies in the media and
the internet substantiating this fact. He DID put in much effort and
his time into building the organization and he HAS achieved milestones
in terms of the services that NKF provides for the patients in its
care, let's not rob him of that.
It has been said that you can make 1 mistake out of 10 and you will be
remembered for that 1 thing, no matter how well the 9 times you
succeeded. I think that describes this situation best.
Don't be mistaken, I am not pro-NKF because I always been against the
idea of them organizing so many charity shows in a year as well as
disagreed with some of their implementation policies e.g. subsidy
qualification standards etc etc ...
Mr TT Durai's undoing however, has been his deep desire to keep private
certain information, such his salary and perks, which when revealed in
court, was the single factor that may have caused his downfall. If he
had been open about this pay and perks all the while, the backlash may
have not been so bad.
But alas, what has been done cannot be undone and he would have to live
with the consequences of his action or inactions.
Many have said that it was the revelation of the actual numbers of
patients versus what was communicated by them was the straw that broke
the camel's back. I disagree. Firstly, I did not even know how many
people that they treated and that would not have been a criteria for my
donation in the first place. This I suspect, is the case with most
people as well. I read in an internet forum and this person put it
correctly saying that does it mean that if they knew there were 2,000
patients, they would have donated $2 instead of $3? Rubbish!
Some of the reactions following the court case was indeed uncalled for.
I read that there was this joker who demanded for his $12 that he
donated and eventually the staff took out the money from her own pocket
to appease him. That guy is an idiot! I guess what they say about the
mob mentality of human beings may actually be true.
So let's really move on from here. Let the new management do their job
and hopefully they would make the changes required to regain the
confidence of the donors.
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