Singapore was once one of the few countries in the world with the least corruption cases. It is a downhill fall for the Singapore government, the country could not live up to its good reputation anymore, because many corruption cases were discovered and exposed in 2012.
It is either money or sexy lady is the root of all evils. The sexy lady could offer love and sex under table to high ranking officials in order to get his approval for tenders and projects. Others might also offer cash. Greedy officials would find attractive and take up the illegal deal easily. Hence, nowadays society is corrupted with money and sex.
Whoever played a role in the corruption case, either by accepting or offering the illegal deal, had made a big mistake. Most of the officials involved were already married, yet they still had an external affair. They are really the perverted ones.
What can be done to change the current situation?
The first tool is through public education. Let the public clearly know about the punishment in Singapore for any person who is convicted of a corruption offence. At the same time, give them advice on how to avoid from getting involved in corruption. This can be done frequently through all forms of media, campaigns and interactive lessons for students .It is more effective if the educational programmes are reached out to Singaporeans from a young age of 7 years old and continued throughout one’s working life.
Next, l would like to recommend authorities to make all tenders and monthly money usage transparent to the whole office workers. For larger projects, it should make transparent to the public. This means that everyone, including the lower-ranking workers, to have a chance to voice out any disagreements. When there are too many disagreements, the highest board of management need to relook into the matter. Then the individual head of department will not have any chance to be corrupted.
Of course, everyone should have self-control and integrity, doing only the right thing. When everyone have honesty towards their profession, and will not link under-table affair or relationship with one’s work. Think twice before carrying out any actions, or else you will be guilty forever.
Finally, I am confident that authorities are able to bring the island nation corruption free and charge and prosecute anyone who is guilty of bribery and graft without fear.